Events

2021 Industry Mixer

Date: 20 Jan 2021
Time: 4:00PM to 7:00PM
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Join us in welcoming companies from various engineering industries including power and energy, tech, construction, and consulting. We’ll host each company virtually in two slots from 4:00PM to 5:30PM and 5:30PM …

Webinar: Small Modular Reactors

Presented by: Denys Elliot, Megan Moore and Metin Yetisir of Canadian Nuclear Laboratories
Date: Jan 20, 2021, 12-1pm (mountain time)
Register at: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/248527 Registration closes Jan 18 or once full.
As a low-carbon source of energy, Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) are well-aligned with global desire to reduce our …

HackTogether: Alberta Virtual 2020 Hackathon

Register at: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/244304 Registration closes Nov 15
Kickoff meeting: Dec 1, 2020
Implementation: Dec 1, 2020 – Feb 17, 2021
Submission deadline: Feb 17, 2021
This virtual event hopes to bring together post-secondary students who are passionate about science and technology to develop meaningful insights pertaining to one of …

Webinar: The W-net Deep Learning Model for Image Reconstruction

Presented by: Dr. Roberto Souza of the University of Calgary
Date: Nov 24, 2020, 12-1pm (mountain time)
Register at: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/246897 Registration closes Nov 23 or once full.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a diagnostic imaging modality that provides excellent image contrast that leads to diagnoses of several conditions, …

Webinar: How being an IEEE Volunteer can “Transform” your Career

Presented by: Ronnie Minhaz of Transformer Consulting Services Inc.
Date: Nov 18, 2020, 12-1pm (mountain time)
Register at: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/244915 Registration closes Nov 17 or once full.
Ronnie Minhaz began his journey with IEEE as the GOLD (now Young Professionals) Chair. He then transitioned to Section Chair for the …

Webinar: Another Inconvenient Truth: Snails Are More Intelligent Than Us

Presented by: Dr. Thomas W. Williams, retired Synopsys Fellow at Synopsys
Date: Nov 12, 2020, 12-1pm (mountain time)
Register at: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/244887 Registration closes Nov 11 or once full.
For decades there has been a new CMOS technology node approximately every two years. Until recently, thanks to scaling, the …

2020 IEEE Southern Alberta Section Virtual AGM

Date: Nov 5, 2020, 12-1pm (mountain time)
Register at: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/224605 Registration closes Nov 3 or once full.
This virtual meeting will provide an update on the activities of the Section, the Technical Chapters and the Affinity Groups over the past year, and recognize award recipients. Section Officers …

Webinar: Medium Voltage Synchronous Motors

Presented by: Chris Schartner of GE Power Conversion
Date: Oct 29, 2020, 12-1pm (mountain time)
Register at: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/244397 Registration closes Oct 27 or once full.
This webinar will touch on multiple aspects pertaining to synchronous motors including basic theory, machine design considerations, application, construction, insulation, excitation, starting, operation, …