Join us for a session on how to protect the National Grid. How to prevent gun fire at the transformers, insulators, switch cabinets and transmission lines? What some of the penalties if caught? Are the CCTV cameras any deterrant from approaching the remote substations? What are local Utilities doing to prevent such occurances? What is the response time for local police? Is Cybersecurity a deterrant? Co-sponsored by: IEEE Power and Energy Speaker(s): Sayonsom Chanda, Sarah Davis Agenda: 4:00 pm PST IEEE Announcements 4:02 pm PST Introduction of Sarah Davis Clean Apex Energy 4:04 pm PST Presentation 4:30 pm PST Introduction of Dr. Sayonsom Chanda 4:55 pm PST Q&A Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/340093

Join us for a lunch session on Clean Energy Fusion with Moein Borghei from Avalanche Energy. Fusion energy has been a long-held dream of not just scientists, but also the general public, as a clean, safe, and abundant energy source. Many academic institutions, national labs, and private companies have been and are currently working to generate more power than the amount needed to operate the device. Although progress was slow in the early 2000s, in recent years, the fusion industry has been revitalized and attracted nearly $3 billion in investment in 2022 alone. Avalanche Energy, a VC-backed start-up, is focusing on a novel fusion configuration known as the Orbitron. The Orbitron uses a voltage difference of hundreds of kilovolts to confine the fusion fuels, while co-confining electrons using a weak magnetic field. Unlike conventional power plant-sized fusion reactors, Avalanche Energy is developing a device the size of a lunch pail that allows for rapid testing, low investment, and modularity. Its potential applications are vast, from powering electric vehicles and spacecrafts to providing electricity to remote areas around the world. Additionally, a multi-kW power pack of this size can be used as a distributed generation unit in microgrids, eliminating the uncertainty of renewables and the emissions of fossil fuel-based generators. Co-sponsored by: IEEE Power and Energy Society Speaker(s): Moein Borghei, Agenda: 12:00 pm PST IEEE Announcements 12:02 pm PST Introduction of the Speaker 12:04 pm PST Presentation 12:45 pm PST Q&A Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/344192

Hello IEEE – Computer Society Members, We are excited to invite you to a virtual career panel hosted by (https://www.pce.uw.edu/) (UW PCE) on Thursday, March 2nd from 5-6pm PST! This panel will feature members of the (https://www.pce.uw.edu/certificates/data-science) and (https://www.pce.uw.edu/certificates/machine-learning) programs’ joint advisory board. The panelists will discuss skills needed to get into or advance in the industry, interviewing best practices, technical aspects of data scientists, future of the career path, and more. They will also welcome questions from attendees. Panelists: - (https://www.linkedin.com/in/animohan/), Senior Manager - Solution Architecture, Data Science & Machine Learning @ NVIDIA Corp - Anish Mohan leads a team building Data Science and Machine Learning Solutions with key NVIDIA customers in the greater Seattle region. Before NVIDIA, he was at Microsoft’s AI Division, working to develop and deploy AI and ML solutions. - (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericnichols/), Staff Machine Learning Engineer @ Cruise - Eric Nichols has been working in machine learning roles in the tech industry for the past decade. He received a Ph.D. in computer science and cognitive science at Indiana University in 2012 for work in computer models of music cognition. After that he worked at Google and then Microsoft in projects related to music and audio understanding and generation with deep learning, and led a home recommendations team at Zillow. Recently he moved to Cruise to work on deep learning-based simulation for self-driving cars. - Janet Matsen, Software Engineer, Machine Learning @ Benchling - Janet Matsen specializes in Machine Learning for Biotechnology. She is currently at Benchling, on a new machine learning team that is figuring out how machine learning can make their ~1100 customers more efficient. Previously she was at Zymergen, developing algorithms to design new organisms that can make valuable chemicals. We encourage you to learn more about UW PCE and the programs we offer. Reach out to enroll@pce.uw.edu with questions about our offerings. We hope to see you there! Co-sponsored by: UW PCE Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/349839

Updates to the IRS Tax Codes Co-sponsored by: IEEE Consultant Network Melbourne Speaker(s): IRS Tax Code changes, Agenda: 4:00 pm PST IEEE Announcements 4:02 pm PST Introduction of Speaker 4:04 pm PST Tax Code Presentation 5:30 pm PST Q&A Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/348726

Gölu Hydrogen Technologies Inc., a spinoff from and backed by SBI group of companies, has developed a disruptive green hydrogen production technology, Gölu-H2 that thermo-catalytically extracts hydrogen from a combination of water and a renewable product, ethanol which, unlike “Hydrogen” from electrolysis, requires no electricity. Gölu-H2 allows decentralized production of Carbon Negative Renewable Hydrogen and Clean Electricity, completely independently without relying on petroleum feed stocks and high CAPEX wind and solar energy, or any other external source of energy. Use of widely available low-carbon ethanol as a feed stock in Gölu-H2 solves the hydrogen distribution problem by tapping into existing petroleum pipelines, transportation, distribution, storage, and dispensing systems already available globally. Gölu-H2 modularized integrated power generation systems are specially designed for on-site hydrogen generation for heavy and light duty HFCEVs, and power for EV charging (Gölu-H2 Flex Energy Stations). Daily, each CHHP (combined hydrogen heat and power) unit can refuel up to 50 transit hydrogen FCEV buses or generate up to 30MWh of green power, sufficient to charge up to 250 EV buses, and 10MWh of useable heat. Recovered heat can replace heat and chilling utilities required for the attached facilities. Gölu-H2 units provide ideal solution for on-site and for microgrid power and energy production to support up to 1,500 houses with power, heat and fuel requirements in addition to resident’s EV charging and FCEV refueling needs. Hydrogen users can utilize existing liquid fuel storage and dispensing facilities for ethanol, eliminating cost prohibitive hydrogen supply chain logistics. Co-sponsored by: IEEE Power and Energy Society Speaker(s): Harpal Kapoor, Agenda: 12:00 pm IEEE Announcements 12:02 pm Introduction of the Speakers 12:04 pm Presentation 12:45 pm Q&A Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/351428

Join us for a session on Cyber Security. Protect your network. Find out why it is important to keep operations going at your organization. Find out how you can prevent work stoppage. Co-sponsored by: IEEE Power and Energy Society Speaker(s): Bill Franklin, Agenda: 7:00 am PST IEEE Announcements 7:02 am PST Introduction of the Speaker 7:04 am PST Presentation 7:45 am PST Q&A Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/351502

Brain-computer interface (BCI) is a direct link between the human brain and the computer. It involves registering the activity of the central nervous system and interpreting it to determine the state of the human brain or to decode a certain number of commands. In this talk we will discuss ways to detect and interpret brain activity, and some interesting achievements in various research labs. Also, we will look at the BCI market a show some of the devices and algorithms designed by Microsoft Research. Agenda: - 5.30 PM to 6.00 PM - Networking Event with the speaker and IEEE members. - 6.00 PM to 6.45 PM - Tech Talk and Question Hour. Co-sponsored by: Seattle University Student Chapter Speaker(s): Dr. Ivan Tashev, Room: Student Center, Room # 160, Seattle University, 901 12th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122, Seattle, Washington, United States, 98122, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/350010

IEEE Seattle Section Excom meeting with chapter and society chairs. Agenda: IEEE Seattle Section Excom meeting with chapter and society chairs. - Approval of past minutes. - Treasurer’s report - Secretary’s report - Chapter Reports - Affinity Group Reports - Student Branch Reports - Committee Chair Reports - On-going Business - Follow-up - New Business Items - Action Items; review and updates Room: Student Center 160 , Bldg: Student Center, Seattle University, Seattle, Washington, United States, 98122, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/351141

Santiago de Chile is the smartest city in Latin America, according to the Cities in Motion ranking prepared by the IESE Business School. In the global ranking it comes in at number 66. The Chilean capital has become a kind of laboratory where different technologies are tested. Through the Smart City Santiago project, within the Plan Nacional Chile Territorio Inteligente, these initiatives in the field of mobility, environmental control and citizen safety are brought together. Among other measures, what stand out are the commitment to electric buses and taxis, charging facilities, smart electricity meters or variable message signs on roads. In addition, sensors in cities are a fundamental tool for collecting data of all kinds: from noise, to temperature, to air quality or determining when it is necessary to water a particular park or garden. This information, for example, is crucial for initiatives such as Smartdrop, a system developed by three Chilean engineers that can reduce park watering by up to 50%. To avoid wasting this unique asset, sensors and information from nearby weather stations are used. Soil moisture and temperature are continuously monitored, allowing, for example, more intensive watering on hot days than on rainy ones. Co-sponsored by: IEEE Power and Energy Society Agenda: 12:00 pm PDT IEEE Announcements 12:02 pm PDT Introduction of Speaker 12:04 pm PDT Presentation 12:45 pm PDT Q&A Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/347799

For efficient design, verification and validation of integrated circuits and components it is important to have an easy to customize workflow. Python has become the standard programming language for machine learning, scientific computing and engineering. In this talk we describe the gdsfactory design automation tool. GDSfactory provides you an end to end workflow that combines layout, verification and validation, which is an extensible, open source, python driven flow for turning your chip designs into validated products. Speaker(s): Joaquin Matres, Ph.D., Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/348254

Join us for our IEEE St. Patty's Day networking Event. Meet your fellow colleagues, find out who is hiring, new projects in your industry, create the alliance and join the Consortium. First Guinness is on the House! Co-sponsored by: IEEE Power and Energy Society Agenda: 3:00 pm PDT IEEE Announcements 3:02 pm PDT Meet the Team 3:04 pm PDT Order a Guinness and a corn beef and cabbage sandwich 3:06 pm PDT Get to know the Team 3:30 pm PDT Group Photo 4:30 pm PDT Happy St. Patty Day 21 Mercer Street, Seattle, Washington, United States, 98109

Join us for our IEEE St. Patty's Day networking Event. Meet your fellow colleagues, find out who is hiring, new projects in your industry, create the alliance and join the Consortium. First Guinness is on the House! Co-sponsored by: IEEE Power and Energy Society Agenda: 3:00 pm PDT IEEE Announcements 3:02 pm PDT Meet the Team 3:04 pm PDT Order a Guinness and a corn beef and cabbage sandwich 3:06 pm PDT Get to know the Team 3:30 pm PDT Group Photo 4:30 pm PDT Happy St. Patty Day 21 Mercer Street, Seattle , Washington, United States, 98109

The presentation will focus on what electrical commissioning is, the types of facilities traditionally associated with electrical commissioning, the commissioning process, and examples of how this process is applied to a project. The presentation will draw on industry standards and project experience to guide a discussion about the electrical commissioning process and best practices for a successful project. Co-sponsored by: IEEE Power and Energy Society Speaker(s): Dan, Agenda: 12:00 pm PDT IEEE Announcements 12:02 pm PDT Introduction of the speaker 12:04 pm PDT Presentation 12:45 pm PDT Q&A Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/353502

MEETING SUMMARY: Our invited speakers will provide an overview of antenna designs, their fundamental parameters, and figures-of-merit. Since antennas are becoming increasingly important due to the continued rapid advances in wireless technology and autonomous vehicles, to name a few applications, an understanding of antenna behavior and performance is essential to efficiently design new products as well as correctly evaluate product performance. The following speakers will separately discuss the impact of many of the antenna fundamentals on the practical application of antennas, with an emphasis on modeling, measurements, and applications on test site evaluations. To conclude the meeting, attendees will learn about innovative and emerging antenna technologies for the modern world. Our first presentation will be given by our keynote speaker, Professor Stuart Gregson, who will present "Application of Electromagnetic Simulation and Post Processing in Modern Antenna Metrology." Abstract: Accurate and precise measurement is an indispensable constituent of research, design, and development with this being especially true in the field of modern electromagnetic and antenna systems. In this talk we shall consistently employ the concept of Computational Electromagnetic (CEM) simulation of the measurement and highlight the use of a range of simulation tools in the development of several varied antenna measurement techniques including evolutionary optimization of compact antenna test ranges for 5GNR applications, development and implementation of novel near-field to far-field (NF/FF) transformation techniques for industrial multi-axis and un-tethered drone measurements including examining novel phase recovery algorithms. The talk will show that these CEM models are not only used to develop, verify, and validate the measurement systems themselves, but they are also being harnessed to effectively test the underlying measurement techniques and post-processing algorithms where, crucially, individual error components may be conveniently, and precisely, examined. Stuart Gregson has more than twenty five years of experience working in the space, aerospace and communications sectors and is currently Director of Operations and Research at Next Phase Measurements, and an honorary visiting professor in the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science at Queen Mary University of London. He received his BSc degree in Physics in 1994 and his MSc degree in Microwave Solid State Physics in 1995 both from the University of Portsmouth. He received his PhD degree in 2003 from Queen Mary University of London with near-field antenna measurements and statistical pattern recognition as his main subject areas. From his time with: Airbus, Leonardo, NSI-MI, and the National Physical Laboratory, Prof. Gregson has developed special experience with near-field antenna measurements, finite array mutual coupling, computational electromagnetics, installed antenna and radome performance prediction, compact antenna test range design & simulation, electromagnetic scattering, 5G OTA measurements and has published numerous peer-reviewed research papers on these topics regularly contributing to and organizing industrial courses on these subject areas. At the end of 2007 he was the lead author of the research text Principles of Planar Near-Field Antenna Measurements which is now in its 2nd edition, and in 2014 he co-authored a second text, Theory and Practice of Modern Antenna Range Measurements now also in its 2nd edition. He is a Fellow of the Antenna Measurement Techniques Association, a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and is a chartered Engineer and Physicist. In 2018, Prof. Gregson was elected to the to the AMTA Board of Directors where he served first as Treasurer, then as Vice President. The next two presentations will be given by Distinguished Lecturers of the IEEE EMC Society, Zhong Chen and Dennis Lewis. You can read their presentation titles, abstracts and biographies below. The event concludes with an interactive panel session with the speakers. Join us! Kindly register in advance. For directions to the meeting venue, see: https://web.uniroma1.it/dip_diet/en/dipdiet/department/how-reach-us Speaker(s): Zhong Chen, Dennis Lewis Agenda: 3:00 – Welcome by Prof. Francesca Maradei, University of Rome, “La Sapienza” and Luigi Caputo, Asea Sistemi, IEEE Italy EMC Chapter Chair 3:05 – “Application of Electromagnetic Simulation and Post Processing in Modern Antenna Metrology” by Stuart Gregson, Next Phase Measurements and Queen Mary University of London 3:45 – “Recent Advances in Above 1 GHz EMC Test Site Evaluation Using Advanced Antenna Measurement Techniques” by Zhong Chen, ETS-Lindgren 4:15 – “Innovative Robotic Antenna Measurements” by Dennis Lewis, Boeing 4:40 – Panel session with all speakers, moderated by Prof. Gregson. Bring your questions or simply listen and learn! 5:00 – Closing comments, adjourn Room: Sala degli Affreschi, Bldg: Main Engineering (Faculty) Building, University of Rome, La Sapienza, Via Eudossiana 18, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Find out how artificial intelligence is playing a role in Smart Grid, renewables and Green Energy Industry. How are data analytics changing the way we see the world? How is advanced metering used to reduce energy costs? Latest update on fusion clean energy, hydrogen on site generation and battery energy Storage. What is Chat GPT and how is it changing the way we are preparing ourselves for the future? Status of the IEEE 1547 Utility interconnections. Panel discussion with our local utility on how they are speeding up the process of connecting to the grid and selling power back to the power Utility. Energy as a Service, power purchase agreements, and how is BIM and scheduling expediting the design process? Co-sponsored by: IEEE Power and Energy Society Agenda: Speaker Line Up 08:00 am PDT Mayor – Kick off the Conference 08:10 am PDT Kurt Conrad, Hydrogen Fuel Bus Depot, CEO Stark Area Regional Transit Authority 08:35 am PDT Mike Brisbois, Microgrids AKANA 09:00 am PDT Jumie Yuventi, Product Engineer, Twenty Percent Plus | Glenn Algie, Enterprise IoT and Energy 09:25 am PDT Dr. Sayonsom Chanda, Grid and Energy Data Analytics, National Renewable Energy Laboratory 09:50 am PDT Mike Brisbois, Microgrids AKANA 10:15 am PDT Stevan Bratic, ‘Lowest Energy option vs. Grid – low carbon emissions – EV Charging Managing Dir. 10:40 am PDT Andrea Corwin Pinabell, Sustainability Executive, AC Impact Advisors, CEO 11:05 am PDT Lexie Assunto, Vice President of Business Development Smart Cities, Solar & Sustainable Energy 11:30 am PDT Dr. Sreeram (Ram) Dhurjaty, Distinguished Speaker, Consumer Technologies 11:55 am PDT IEEE Prize Pack Give Away – Special Guest 12:05 pm PDT Siva Jayaram, PE Grid Scale Energy Storage, Manager, Intersect Power 12:30 pm PDT Katherine Hammack, ‘Measuring resilience in Microgrids’, GBCI 12:55 pm PDT McKenna Dunbar, Building Electrification Lead, Sierra Club 1:20 pm PDT Mark Zannoni, ‘Advancing Cities Transportation through Technology’ 1:45 pm PDT Carl Slater, Senior Engineer, Space and Commercial Airplanes, ‘Plastic Processing using Microgrids’ 2:10 pm PDT Seth Leitman, The Green Living Guy, ‘EV Charging Stations Renewable Energy’ 2:35 pm PDT Ram Dutt, ‘Empowering Digital Transformation with Smart Software as a Service, Meylah, CEO 3:00 pm PDT Jim Dodenhoff, IEEE AI Microgrid Controller Standard, 2030.7, Principal, Silent Running 3:25 pm PDT Pamela Hamblin, ‘Renewable Energy Generation, Transmission, and Distribution’, Consultant, CEO 3:50 pm PDT Chris Carr – North America Sales Manager for GenCell Fuel Cells 4:15 pm PDT Salim Rahemtulla, President and CEO, PowerTap Hydrogen Fueling Corp. 4:40 pm PDT John Somers, Clean Energy Standards, 3Degree, Service Development Manager 5:05 pm PDT Salute to our Speakers 5:10 pm PDT Special Guest Nationally renowned Speakers: Seth Leitman, The Green Living Guy, ‘EV Charging Stations Renewable Energy’ Jumie Yuventi, Product Engineer, Twenty Percent Plus | Glenn Algie, Enterprise IoT and Energy Solution, AT&T Dr. Sayonsom Chanda, Grid and Energy Data Analytics, National Renewable Energy Laboratory McKenna Dunbar, Building Electrification Lead, Sierra Club Dr. Mohamed Essaaidi, EMSI, Director General IEEE Global Cities Alliance, MEA Chair Lexie Assunto, Vice President of Business Development | Smart Cities, Solar & Sustainable Energy Executive Dr. Sreeram (Ram) Dhurjaty, Distinguished Speaker, Consumer Technologies Siva Jayaram, PE Grid Scale Energy Storage, Manager, Intersect Power Katherine Hammack, Katherine Hammack, ‘Measuring resilience in Microgrids’, GBCI Jim Dodenhoff, IEEE AI Microgrid Controller Standard, 2030.7, Principal, Silent Running Carl Slater, Senior Engineer, Space and Commercial Airplanes, ‘Plastic Processing using Microgrids’ Stevan Bratic, ‘Lowest Energy option vs. Grid – low carbon emissions – EV Charging Managing Director. Andrea Corwin Pinabell, Sustainability Executive, AC Impact Advisors, CEO Ram Dutt, ‘Empowering Digital Transformation with Smart Software as a Service, Meylah, CEO Mark Zannoni, ‘Advancing Cities Transportation through Technology’ Pamela Hamblin, ‘Renewable Energy Generation, Transmission, and Distribution’, Consultant, CEO (https://60c89b22-fa84-4f7f-9915-ca0ea9310154.usrfiles.com/ugd/60c89b_76e5e5206e324fbdbb920e43c12e23be.pdf) (https://60c89b22-fa84-4f7f-9915-ca0ea9310154.usrfiles.com/ugd/60c89b_c2bc4bb5e2f74b048f99be6f6977a904.pdf) We thank our supporters today! Thomas Coughlin - (https://tomcoughlin.com/) IEEE Consultant Network Melbourne Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/348794

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What is Chat GPT - How are we using Chat GPT in our technical Roles. Is Chat GPT taking over our jobs? Should we be concerned? How are the brightest engineers using Chat GPT. Co-sponsored by: IEEE Power and Energy Society Speaker(s): David Kasprzak, Niki Clark, Agenda: 4:00 pm PDT IEEE Announcements 4:02 pm PDT Introduction of speaker 4:04 pm PDT Presentation 4:45 pm PDT Q&A Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/350890

IEEE Administrative team meeting to discuss possible industry tour opportunities for April, potential collaborative event(s) with Young Professionals, and officer elections for our chapter's team for the next school year. Seattle, Washington, United States