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ENMAX Shepard Energy Centre Tour (Students Only)
Date: Tue., Feb 21st, 2023, 01:00 PM – 02:30 PM (MST) Alberta
Location: ENMAX Shepard Energy Centre (9500 100 St SE, Calgary, AB T3S 0A2)
Sponsored by the: IEEE University of Calgary Student Branch, Joint PES/IAS Student Branch Chapter
Topic: Are you a student at the University of Calgary interested in the learning about Alberta’s largest natural gas power facility? ENMAX Shepard Energy Centre, a state-of-the-art power generation facility, is excited to invite you to an exclusive tour of their plant.
During this tour, you will have the opportunity to see firsthand how ENMAX generates electricity combined-cycle technology, via two natural gas-fueled turbines and one steam turbine provide more than 860 megawatts (MW) of electricity to the provincial grid – enough to meet almost half of Calgary’s current needs. You will also learn about the latest technologies and innovations in energy production and get a chance to ask any questions you may have to our team of experts.
This is a rare opportunity for students to gain insight into the inner workings of a successful company and understand the potential career opportunities in this field. Don’t miss out, RSVP by February 16th, 2023 to reserve your spot. We look forward to welcoming you to ENMAX’s Shepard Energy Centre.
Vancouver TALK 13: Rural Electrification Association
Date: Sat., Feb 18th, 2023, 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM (MST) Alberta
Location: Virtual: Zoom
Sponsored by the: IEEE Vancouver Section Life Member (LM) Affinity Group, IEEE Southern Alberta Section Life Member (LM) Affinity Group, etc.
Speaker: Glen Fox, Chair of the Board of Directors of Equs REA
Topic: In Canada, Rural Electrification Associations (REAs) are unique to Alberta. They provide power for consumers in rural communities each within a specific geographic boundary. Each REA has an elected board of directors that handles the business operations of the REA. After WWII, Alberta REAs brought power to the rural areas of Alberta, whereas in other provinces, the provincial governments and their generally provincially owned utilities brought power to their rural areas. Equs is now the largest member owned utility in Canada.
Glen’s presentation will describe how rural Alberta came together to create the many REAs and how they brought power to rural Alberta.
IEEE×TechStart Blockchain Panel
Date: Fri., Feb. 03rd, 2023, 06:30 PM – 07:30 PM (MST) Alberta
Location: University of Calgary Rm EEEl-161)
Sponsored by: IEEE U of Calgary Computer Society / Co-sponsored by TechStart UCalgary
Cost: No Charge for IEEE Members and all others
Topic: IEEE×TechStart Blockchain Panel
Join us for an enlightening panel discussion on the future of blockchain technology. Our esteemed panel of experts will delve into the various applications and implications of this revolutionary technology. From finance to supply chain management, our speakers will explore how blockchain is shaping the way we conduct business and exchange value.
Speakers:
• Dave Bradley – Chief Revenue Officer at Bitcoin Well
• Meredith Wasney – Co-founder and CEO of Rallie
• Dr. Alfred Lehar – Associate Professor at Haskayne
Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from some of the brightest minds in the blockchain space and gain valuable insights into the potential of this technology. Register now to reserve your spot!
CoolIT Systems Office Tour (Students Only)
Date: Fri., Feb. 03rd, 2023, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM (MST) Alberta
Location: CoolIT Systems Office (2928 Sunridge Way NE #10, Calgary AB)
Sponsored by: IEEE U of Calgary Student Branch
Cost: Free for IEEE Members, $5.00 Cdn. for all others
Topic: RF Hackathon – Info Session
Are you a student at the University of Calgary interested in the latest technologies in liquid cooling? Look no further! CoolIT Systems, a leader in the industry, invites you for an exclusive tour of thier office and workspace!
This is a rare opportunity for students to gain insight into the inner workings of a successful company and understand the potential career opportunities in this field. Don’t miss out, RSVP by February 1st, 2023 to reserve your spot. We look forward to welcoming you to CoolIT Systems.
RF Hackathon – Info Session
Date: Wed., Feb. 01st, 2023, 10:00 AM – 01:00 PM (MST) Alberta
Location: University of Calgary, Room ICT-516
Sponsored by: U of Calgary IEEE Microwave Theory and Technology Society Chapter
Topic: RF Hackathon – Info Session
Interested in getting hands-on experience designing, implementing, and testing antennas? The U of Calgary IEEE Microwave Theory and Technology Chapter is organizing an RF Hackathon!
This free information session will provide background, logistics, and support for this exciting contest! Come to this event to learn more, understand the design challenge, and sign-up with a partner for the event. No prior RF or antenna experience required!
The RF Hackathon, itself, will be February 11, 2023, 10:00 AM – 01:00 PM (MST) Alberta. Hackathon registration is $5 for non-IEEE members and free for IEEE members.
IEEE (Winter 2022) Ferroelectrics School (IEEE-UFFC-S), Univ’ of Calgary Campus, Calgary, AB, Canada
Date: Mon., Dec. 05th, 2022, to Fri., Dec. 09th, 2022
Location: “In Person” Workshop, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Sponsored by: IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society (UFFC-S), their local FerroSchool Committee and in part, the IEEE Southern Alberta Section
Workshop/School: IEEE (Winter 2022, Calgary) Ferroelectrics School (IEEE-UFFC-S), U of Calgary Campus, Calgary, AB, Canada
The IEEE (Winter 2022) “FerroSchool”, … is a week-long educational event, … initiated, supported and run by the IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society (UFFC-S), … and their local U of C committee, to be held from:
Mon., Dec. 05th, 2022, to Fri., Dec. 09th, 2022,
at the University of Calgary,
Calgary, AB, Canada.
See the following for more details.
IEEE-UFFC Society:
The FerroSchool Committee Contacts at the University of Calgary:
Chair – Associated Prof., Michelle Dogos
michelle.dolgos1@ucalgary.ca
Assistant Chair – Postdoctoral Associate, Dr Stuart Burns:
Department of Chemistry
University of Calgary
2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
stuart.burns@ucalgary.ca
Bringing Back Pipelined ADCs in the Era of SAR ADCs
Date: Fri., Dec. 08th, 2022, 04:00 PM – 05:00 PM (MST) Alberta
Location: Virtual
Sponsored by: IEEE Southern Alberta Section, Jt. CAS04/SSC37 Technical Chapter
Topic: Recent Trends and Advances in High Performance Fractional-N PLL Design
While SAR ADCs have become one of the most successful ADC architectures over the past decade owing to the compactness and the power-efficiency in advanced CMOS processes, pipelined ADCs seem to be somewhat out of the designer’s attention. However, we still can find some recent designs reporting competitive performances, often with SAR ADCs as their sub stage, utilizing opamp-free residue amplifiers. As high-speed single channel ADCs is preferable for time-interleaving (TI) to reduce the number of channels, the pipelined architecture is likely to remain as one of the best suited ones in achieving both high resolution and high speed. With this perspective, this talk reviews the development history of the pipelined ADCs and introduces recent architectures including the single-amp dual-residue pipelined ADC.
Recent Trends and Advances in High Performance Fractional-N PLL Design
Date: Fri., Nov. 20th, 2022, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM (MST) Alberta
Location: Virtual
Sponsored by IEEE Southern Alberta Section, Jt. CAS04/SSC37 Technical Chapter
Topic: Recent Trends and Advances in High Performance Fractional-N PLL Design
High performance fractional-N phase-locked loops (PLLs) are essential elements of any advanced electronic systems. In recent years, both analog and all-digital PLLs employing sampling or sub-sampling phase detector have gained popularity and demonstrated below 100-fs integrated jitter and superior figure-of-merit. This talk focuses on this PLL architecture and elaborates the advanced design techniques to achieve low jitter, low fractional spurs, fast locking, and low power operation. Both circuits design and digital calibration techniques will be presented in detail. In addition, recent advances in reference clock generation will also be discussed as it is crucial for high performance PLLs.
IEEE Vancouver TALK 11: My 40 Years at SPAR (Lorne Keyes)
Date: Sat., Nov 19th, 2022, 09:45 AM – 11:00 AM (MST) Alberta
Location: Virtual
Sponsored by the: IEEE Vancouver Section Life Member (LM) Affinity Group, IEEE Southern Alberta Section Life Member (LM) Affinity Group, etc.
Speaker: Lorne Keyes
Topic: SPAR Aerospace was the Canadian company that produced equipment for the Canadian Space Agency, associated with the NASA Space Shuttle missions. It is most famous for developing the Canadarm (Shuttle Remote Manipulator System). Canadarm 2 is still in use on the International Space Station. (SPAR Aerospace is now part of MDA.)
Lorne Keyes will be reminiscing on his 40 year career at SPAR during this presentation.
IEEE Southern Alberta Section (SAS), 2022 Annual General Meeting (AGM)
Date: Tue., Nov 15th, 2022, 06:00 PM to 07:30 PM (MST)
Location: Virtual
Presented by: The IEEE Southern Alberta Section (SAS) Executive Committee (ExCom)
As an IEEE Member, in good standing of the IEEE Southern Alberta Section (SAS), you are cordially invited by the SAS Executive Committee (ExCom), to the IEEE SAS, 2022 Annual General Meeting (AGM). This meeting, in virtual format, (as hosted by the IEEE Webex app), will provide the Section Membership with an update over the past year, (from Nov. 2021 to Nov. 2022), on the activities of the following groups:
- The IEEE Southern Alberta Section, as a whole, … (via the Chair’s Report, the Treasurer’s Report),
- The various IEEE Southern Alberta Technical Chapters:
- (inc. the Jt. PES/IAS, Jt. CSS/IMS, Jt. CAS/SSC, Jt. AP/COM/MTT, CS, EMBS Chapters)
- [See: IEEE Southern Alberta Section Technical Chapters]
- The various IEEE Southern Alberta Affinity (AF) Groups:
- (inc. the WIE, YP, SIGHT, LM Groups)
- [See: IEEE Southern Alberta Section Affinity (AF) Groups]
- The IEEE University of Calgary (U of C) Student Branch, … (via the Student Branch Chair’s Report),
- (inc. the U of C Student Branch Jt. PES/IAS, MTTS Technical Chapters)
- (inc. the U of C Student Branch WIE Affinity Group)
- [See: IEEE Southern Alberta Section (U of C) Student Branch]
all based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Furthermore, during the IEEE SAS 2022 AGM, we will also recognize the IEEE SAS 2022 Award Recipients, including IEEE SAS 2022 Scholarship Award Winners/Recipients, for the IEEE SAS 2022 (AGM/Awards) Calendar Year (Oct. 01th,, 2021 to Sep. 30th, 2022).
Lastly, there will be some discussion, at the end of the AGM meeting, related to the new IEEE “on-line” e-voting processes, being first introduced within the IEEE here in late 2022, at the Section level, and will be in full effect, … to the best of our knowledge, … within the IEEE, as a whole, in 2023, 2024 and beyond. [See: Latest 2022 IEEE Southern Alberta Section ExCom Officer Election Voting Rules/Guidelines]