March
3, 2020
CareRinger.com – Productized Services Explained
Engineering & Business Series
6:30 PM
Thought Leader: Henry Chan
Meetings are free and open to the public. Register at www.ieee-bv.org/meet/2020-03-ent
Overview
CareRinger
and its reassurance system can provide feelings of comfort and peace of mind
to our seniors and everyone involved. Feeling of comfort and peace of mind is
important to you and your loved ones. This session will share about a
productized-service known as CareRinger. It was developed by a Buenaventura
IEEE Section member. Senior-friendly CareRinger is like having a call buddy.
Install this CareRinger button app on your smart phone. Seniors living an
active lifestyle can check-in anywhere at the time of their choosing.
CareRinger makes all the buddy calls. It will notify the designated care
buddy, friend or family member if the call is not answered. CareRinger calls
you only at the time of your choosing. Check-in early, so CareRinger knows
not to call you that day. CareRinger will alert the designated contact
according to your instruction, by phone, by text or email. Or, just tell
Alexa to cancel the next call. If you have a Smart Speaker (such as the
Amazon Echo) near you, why not?
About the
Thought Leader
Henry Chan, inventor, senior care,
telecommunications and systems designer will share his about his most recent
invention called CareRinger. Henry is a former telecommunication
professional, now attending to special needs of elderly people. He is a
member of the CSVP (Conejo Valley Senior Volunteer Program) Advisory Board.
Since 2012, Henry has been teaching about senior-friendly technologies in his
local communities. He is the Founder of CareRinger and holds patents on
methods that apply to his service. He is a regular speaker at forums and
conferences.
Henry
was responsible for data networks and high-speed Internet products for the
healthcare verticals and strategic projects. He worked with major HMO
organizations, teaching hospitals and medical centers as technical consultant
in the planning and development of their medical network, including UCLA’s
expanded network, now referred to as UCLA Heath. His experience also includes
systems maintenance and planning, engineering, product development, process
assurance, and program management.
Location
Hub101
Cal Lutheran Center for Entrepreneurship
31416 Agoura Road
Westlake Village, CA 91361
(map)
Presented by: IEEE
Buenaventura Entrepreneurship Group
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March
12, 2020
IEEE Buenaventura Spring Mixer
Featuring:
Engineering Musical Instruments with 3D Printing
6:30 PM: Buffet Taco Dinner
6:50 PM: Recognition of
Scholarship Recipients, and Engineer of the Year
7:10 PM: Presentation by Dr.
Charlie Jackson and Musical Demonstration
Event is free and open to the public, but registration is required: www.ieee-bv.org/meet/2020-03-mixer
People
have been making musical instruments for a long time; for over 40,000 years. We
use whatever we can find to make them. Today we can use 3D printers to make
them. This talk will show how to apply microwave theory to the design of
woodwind instruments; especially renaissance instruments such as the flute,
crumhorn, or cornetto. The talk will then show how to use 3D printing to make
working instruments.
About the
Presenter
Dr. Charlie Jackson has had an interest
in the design of woodwind instruments for many years. He has written articles
on Quasi-optical components, High Temperature Superconductors for microwave
applications, Ferroelectric phase shifters, and Microwave Radiometers. He has
been awarded three patents. He is on the Center Staff of the RFMS of Northrop
Grumman Aerospace Systems. He was President of the IEEE Microwave Theory and
Techniques Society in 2001, and is a Fellow of the IEEE.
Location
Hub101
Cal Lutheran Center for Entrepreneurship
31416 Agoura Road
Westlake Village, CA 91361
(map)
Presented by: IEEE
Buenaventura Section
March
17, 2020
Low Phase Noise Signal Generation Utilising Oscillators, Resonators &
Filters and Atomic Clocks
Pizza and Networking: 6:30 PM
Presentation: 7:00 PM
Speaker: Jeremy Everard
Tentative.
Please check our section
calendar for updates.
Overview
Oscillators
and clocks are used in almost all electronic systems. They set the timing of
operations and clock elements as required. The phase noise, jitter &
stability of these oscillators often sets the ultimate performance limit.
Oscillators requiring low phase noise are used in communications, control,
RADAR and navigation systems and also as flywheel oscillators for atomic
clocks, particle accelerator systems and Very Long Base Interferometry (VLBI)
systems.
This
talk will initially discuss the theory and design of a wide variety of
oscillators offering the very best performance. Typically, this is achieved
by splitting the oscillator design into its component parts and developing
new amplifiers, resonators and phase shifters which offer high Q, high power
handling and low thermal and transposed flicker noise. Key features of
oscillators offering the lowest phase noise available will be shown, for
example: a 1.25GHz DRO produces -173dBc/Hz at 10kHz offset and a noise floor
of -186dB and a 10 MHz crystal oscillator shows -123dBc/Hz at 1Hz and -149 at
10Hz.
New
compact atomic clocks with ultra-low phase noise microwave synthesiser chains
(with micro Hz resolution) will also be briefly described to demonstrate how
the long-term stability can be improved.
New
printed resonators (and thereby filters) demonstrate Qs exceeding 540 at 5GHz
on PCBs and > 80 at 21GHz on GaAs MMICs. These resonators produce near
zero radiation loss and therefore require no screening. L band 3D printed
resonators demonstrate high Q (> 200) by selecting the standing wave
pattern to ensure zero current through the via-hole and new ultra-compact
versions (4mm x 4mm) have been developed for use inside or underneath the
package. Alumina based resonators demonstrating Qs >200,000 at X band have
also been produced. Tuneable versions (1%) have recently been developed.
Jeremy
presented the first course on oscillators including a lab class at the IEEE
International Microwave Symposium in Boston in 09. This was repeated in 2010,
2011. A battery powered lab kit offering 5 experiments with full theoretical
and simulation support was provided. The kit also produced the
state-of-the-art performance with flicker noise corners around 200Hz. The
methodology behind this course will be described. Theory and 5 experiments on
the same day was part of the reason for success.
The
next generation of oscillators will offer orders of magnitude improvement in
performance. Our current attempts to do this will be described.
About the
Speaker
Jeremy Everard obtained his degrees from
King’s College London and the University of Cambridge, UK in 1976 and 1983
respectively. He worked for six years in industry at GEC Marconi Research
Laboratories, M/A-Com and Philips Research Laboratories on Radio and Microwave
circuit design. At Philips he ran the Radio Transmitter Project Group.
He
then taught at King's College London for nine years and became full Professor
of Electronics at the University of York in September 1993. He has taught
analogue IC design, switched mode PSU & Class D audio amplifier design,
optoelectronics, filter design, Electromagnetism and RF & microwave
circuit design.
In
September 2007, he was awarded a five-year research chair in Low Phase Noise
Signal Generation sponsored by BAE Systems and the Royal Academy of
Engineering.
In
the RF/Microwave area his research interests include: The theory and design
of low noise oscillators; flicker noise measurement and reduction high
efficiency broadband amplifiers; high Q printed filters with low radiation
loss and broadband negative group delay circuits. In Opto-electronics,
research includes: All optical self-routing switches which route
data-modulated laser beams according to the destination address encoded
within the data signal, ultra-fast 3-wave opto-electronic detectors and
mixers and distributed fibre optic temperature sensors.
Recent
research involves the development of atomic clocks using coherent population
trapping and ultra-low phase noise microwave flywheel oscillator synthesiser
chains with micro Hz resolution.
He
has published a book on “Fundamentals of RF Circuit Design with Low Noise
Oscillators” (Wiley).
Location
Skyworks Solutions
649 Lawrence Drive
Newbury Park, CA 91320
(Not the main building; please use map to arrow that
pinpoints building)
Presented by: IEEE Buenaventura
Microwave Theory and Techniques Society Chapter
March
25, 2020
A Look at Venture Investment Funding in The Biotech/Medical Industries: How
101 Corridor Compares to SoCal in General
Dinner (optional): Available at 6:00 PM for
$12, payable at the door.
Presentation (free): 7:00 PM
Speaker: Benjamin F. Kuo
Free admission to presentation. Register at www.ieee-bv.org/meet/2020-03-emb
Overview
In
this event, we will take a look at the dynamics of the venture investment
funding in the biotech/medical device/biopharma/scientific and other related
industries, and compare that with what's going on in SoCal and 101 Corridor,
including Ventura County. What are some of the trends in the overall venture
investing market for the biotech/biopharma/medical device/scientific
industries, and what does that mean for companies in Ventura County looking
for funding in those similar areas? What opportunities are there for local
companies, and what does that mean for startups?
About the
Speaker
Benjamin F. Kuo is the founder of
SOCALTECH LLC, and the publisher of socalTECH.com. socalTECH.com provides an
online resource with real time news updates on high tech companies across the
entire Southern California region, with interviews with entrepreneurs,
updates on venture capital funding, major business deals, and much more. The
site also features the region's most extensive calendar of high-tech events
and conferences, job postings, and an extensive database of venture capital
sources, high tech companies, and other resources for high tech
entrepreneurs.
Location (this month only for EMBS)
Hub101
Cal Lutheran Center for Entrepreneurship
31416 Agoura Road
Westlake Village, CA 91361
(map)
Presented by: IEEE Buenaventura
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Chapter
Visit
the EMBS chapter web site for details on other upcoming events
March
26, 2020
Awesome Photons – A Fiber Optic Technology Update
Pizza and Networking: 6:30 PM
Presentation: 7:00 PM
Speaker: Dennis Horwitz
Meetings are free and open to the public. Register at www.ieee-bv.org/meet/2020-03-ips
Overview
Fiber
optics has revolutionized the world of communications since its commercial
inception nearly 4 decades ago. In 1970, Corning Glass researchers Robert
Maurer, Donald Keck, and Peter Schultz invented fiber optic wire or
"Optical Waveguide Fibers" (patent #3,711,262) capable of carrying
65,000 times more information than copper wire. This wire allowed for
information carried by a pattern of light waves to be decoded at a
destination even a thousand miles away. Then in 1977, the first optical
telephone communication system was installed about 1.5 miles under downtown
Chicago. Each optical fiber carried the equivalent of 672 voice channels.
Today, the Los Angeles-to-Hong Kong Pacific Light Cable Network spans 13,000+
km of ocean between Los Angeles to Hong Kong supporting 144 Tb/s or the
equivalent 2.25 billion voice channels. Fiber optics is more than pushing
high speed data over long distances but the technology has been used to
create unique sensors that have enabled many new applications and enhanced
capabilities. Lesser known is how fiber optic technology is being applied in
manufacturing, energy, aerospace, transportation, medicine, infrastructure,
consumer goods and art. In this presentation, we will explain how fiber
optics works as well as take a look at the current status of fiber optic
technology and its many usual and unusual applications. A strand of glass
fiber - or even that of plastic - has more uses than meets the eye. But, it
all comes down to how this unique medium conducts light in so many different
ways.
About the
Speaker
Dennis Horwitz received his B.S.E.E. and
M.S.E.E. degrees from the University of California at Los Angles and has more
than 40 years’ experience in fiber optic research and development, product
development, standards development, sales, and marketing of fiber optic test equipment,
sensors and components. He was co-founder of two successful start-ups in
fiber optic test and measurement: Photodyne Inc. (1979–1990) and Rifocs Corp.
(1990–2003). He is currently co- founder and Vice President of Sales &
Marketing for Micronor Inc., (2003 to present) a manufacturer and distributor
of fiber optic kinetic sensors for medical and industrial applications.
Dennis is also ASME Channel Islands Vice Chair.
Location
Hub101
Cal Lutheran Center for Entrepreneurship
31416 Agoura Road
Westlake Village, CA 91361
(map)
Presented by: IEEE
Buenaventura Section Photonics Society Chapter
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