[IEEETOR E-News][June 2001 Issue]
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20010604 ISSUE June 2001
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CONTENTS
1. Upcoming lectures and seminars (1 event scheduled)
2. Press Release: Induction Of New CAE Members
3. Citations - New CAE Inductees
4. New IEEE-USA Webzines
5. Obituary
6. Search for New Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions
on Engineering Management
7. Executive of the Toronto Section
8. How to subscribe/unsubscribe
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1. UPCOMING LECTURES AND SEMINARS
* June 7, 2001 "Genetically Modified Foods"
Please see below for detailed description of this events.
(Note that the list of current events is also available at
http://www.tor.ieee.ca/events.htm )
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Professional Engineers Ontario
Toronto Dufferin Chapter and Kingsway Chapter jointly
present a Public Service Feature:
Genetically Modified Foods
Good Or Bad?
How Are Plants Genetically Modified?
How Can We Tell If A Plant Has Been Modified?
What Are The Advantages In Modifying Plants?
Are They Safe To Eat?
Reserve Now To Hear A Debate On The Advantages
And Disadvantages Of Genetically Modified Foods
Peter Pauls, Assoc. Prof, U. of Guelph
Genetics Research
Michael Khoo, Greenpeace
Genetics Engineering Project
When: Thursday, June 7, 2001
Refreshments: 6:45 PM
Presentation: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Where: Islington Golf Club
45 Riverbank Road
(tel.) 416 231 1114
(West off Islington Avenue,
one block North of Dundas Street)
Admission: FREE
Please reserve by E-mail, phone, or fax
Thomas Fabry Zuzana Gimerska
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(P) 416 781 9203 (P) 416 922 5752
(F) 905-678-0443
Joe Bonadie Gary Mahony
Email :joebo...@acncanada.net gma...@imax.com
Tel. (416) 664-2992 (B) 905-403-6311
(F) 905-855-2606
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2. PRESS RELEASE INDUCTION OF NEW MEMBERS
CANADIAN ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING
For Release on 1 June 2001
President Micheline Bouchard, FCAE, today formally welcomed 29 new
fellows into the Canadian Academy of Engineering. The ceremony took
place in Calgary, Alberta, in conjunction with the Academy's Annual
General Meeting, at the Petro-Canada Centre there. "This is the
largest group of new inductees admitted since the Academy was
established in 1987" said Mme Bouchard "and this increase in the
number of inductees represents a major step forward in recognizing
some of the most innovative engineers in Canada".
The Academy is an independent, self-governing, non-profit
organization, established to serve the nation in matters of
engineering concern. Fellows of the Academy are professional
engineers from all disciplines; they are elected by their peers on
the basis of their distinguished achievements and on their
contributions to society, to the country, and to the profession.
The total number of active fellows in the Academy is just under 250.
Given a total of over 150,000 registered engineers across the
country, those elected constitute an extraordinarily qualified and
dedicated group.
The Canadian Academy of Engineering works in close cooperation with
other national academies in Canada and internationally. Major
collaboration continues with the Royal Society of Canada in matters
of scientific concern and in expert advice to governments; the
Academy also works closely in engineering matters with the Canadian
Council of Professional Engineers, the Association of Consulting
Engineers of Canada, and the Engineering Institute of Canada plus
its constituent societies. The Academy is also a member of the
International Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological
Sciences, which includes some 25 similar organizations around the
world.
Citations are attached for each of the new inductees, along with an
identification of the major societies and associations in which
membership is indicated.
For more information contact
Philip Cockshutt,
FCAE Executive Director
130 Albert Street
Suite 616
Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5G4
Tel: (613) 235-9056
Fax: (613) 235-6861
aca...@cpe.ca
www.acad-eng-gen.ca
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3. CITATIONS - NEW CAE INDUCTEES
1. JEAN BÉLANGER
Jean Bélanger est un ingénieur spécialisé en électronique et
président fondateur de Opal-RT. Cette PME de 40 personnes, créée en
1997, commercialise de puissants outils de simulation numérique en
temps réel pour les industries de l'automobile, de l'aérospatiale,
de la robotique et les utilités électriques. Jean Bélanger a aussi
joué un rôle clé dans la conception et construction des lignes a 735
kV de l'Hydro-Québec provenant de la Baie James ainsi que dans le
développement de puissants simulateurs de réseaux électriques et de
leurs logiciels.
2. PRAKASH BHARTIA
Prakash Bhartia, Director General at Defence Research Establishment
Ottawa, has 30 years of exceptional contributions to electromagnetic
systems, including microstrip antennas, transmission lines,
microwave and millimeter wave components and systems. They are
embodied in 8 books and over 150 papers, as well as several patents,
which are used in industry and universities around the world. Dr.
Bhartia has led the Dept. of National Defence efforts in navigation
systems, radar and space technologies, many of which are in current
usage in the Canadian Forces. He has demonstrated outstanding
scientific creativity, productivity and leadership, as well as
management skills.
3. HOWARD CARD
Howard Card, Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer
Engineering at University of Manitoba, has made outstanding
contributions to the related fields of pattern recognition,
microelectronics and digital signal processing, specifically through
research and development of novel hardware and software for
artificial neural networks and their applications. He has
demonstrated great leadership in training highly-qualified
personnel, primarily undergraduate and graduate students, in these
areas.
4. DAVID COLLETT
David Collett has spent his entire professional career at
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro, where he is presently Executive
Vice President, Production. He is recognized for his engineering
leadership on the development of the massive Churchill River
Developments (Upper and Lower) as well as other generation and
transmission projects. He has shown similar leadership in his
activities for the engineering profession.
5. FRANÇOIS GONTHIER
François Gonthier, Président fondateur, ITF Technologies Optiques,
est ingénieur physicien et un inventeur-innovateur-entrepreneur peu
ordinaire. A 33 ans, en janvier 1997, il créait ITF Technologies
inc. pour exploîter ses premieres inventions de coupleurs
multifibres pour télécommunications par fibre optique. ITF
s'affîche déja comme l'une des entreprises les plus dynamiques au
Canada; avec 95 M$ d'investissements privés a ce jour, des ventes de
10 M$, déja 600 employés, et une valeur au marché de plus d'un
milliard $. L'ingénieur Gonthier est un inventeur prolifique (15
brevets a ce jour et plusieurs autres a venir) et l'auteur de 65
publications savantes, la plupart avant son entrée en affaires.
6. DAVID PARNAS
David Parnas, Director of the Software Engineering Program at
McMaster University, has made outstanding contributions to the
science and art of software engineering through the development of
basic concepts in software design, software specification methods
and the methodology for inspection of safety-critical software. He
has provided visionary leadership in developing educational
programmes for computing and software engineering, and in defining
the professional role of software engineering.
7. EMIL PETRIU
Emil Petriu is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at
the University of Ottawa and Director of the new School of
Information Technology and Engineering. He has invented an absolute
position measurement method using pseudo-random encoding. The
resulting very-high resolution serves in 3D model-based object
recognition using computer vision, tactile robot-sensing, or
structured light. He is a dedicated teacher and a prolific author.
8. WALLACE READ
Wallace Read, President of Read Management Advisory Services, has
for fifty years continuously provided outstanding leadership in the
electric power sector in Newfoundland, in Canada and
internationally. He oversaw the engineering and construction of the
great system expansion of Newfoundland from the mid-1960's to the
mid-1980's. He became the first full-time President of the Canadian
Electricity Association providing innovative leadership and serving
as the industry's national spokesperson for a decade. Always
generous with his time in service to his profession and his
community, he has been recognized with many awards in both domains.
9. MOHAMAD SAWAN
Mohamad Sawan, Professeur titulaire a l'École Polytechnique, est un
ingénieur électronicien reconnu mondialement pour son rôle de
pionnier en dispositifs médicaux intelligents (DMI). Il a su
équilibrer sa carriere avec rigueur, étant tour a tour enseignant,
formateur de spécialistes de l'électronique et du biomédical,
chercheur, inventeur, innovateur, entrepreneur, rassembleur et agent
de transfert de ses nouvelles technologies vers l'industrie
canadienne. Il vient de se voir octroyer 8 M$ pour une plate-forme
technologique lui permettant d'oeuvrer plus efficacement avec
d'éminents chercheurs dans 8 spécialités différentes de la médecine.
Il est l'auteur de 4 brevets, de quelque 200 articles scientifiques,
de nombreux chapitres de livres, etc.
10. ANASTASIOS VENETSANOPOULOS
Anastasios Venetsanopoulos, Professor of Electrical and Computer
Engineering, University of Toronto, has made outstanding
contributions to the design and implementation of communication
systems, digital filters and multimedia systems and to university
teaching, inspiring lectures and seminars, for more than 140 short
courses to industry and government laboratories, and for 272
scholarly addresses. He has also made significant contributions to
research, as co-author and contributor to a very large number of
excellent books (28) and papers in journals and scientific
conferences (667), and to the engineering profession and the society
at large.
11. RABAB WARD
Ms. Rabab Ward, Director of the Centre for Integrated Computer
Systems Research at UBC, is a leader in the application of digital
signal processing theory to cable and high-definition television,
medical images, restoration of astronomical images, and extraction
of an infant's distress level from his/her cry signal. Being a
highly accomplished researcher and a prolific inventor, she has an
impressive list of publications and patents, and her work is used in
various companies and laboratories worldwide. Examples include her
non-intrusive method for measuring the picture quality in cable TV
systems, the non-interfering video system used by the aqua-culture
industry, and the fluorescence microscope system used by
cell-biology researchers.
12. SONGNIAN ZHOU
Songnian Zhou, CEO & Chairman of Platform Computing Corp, is a
software engineer of remarkable creativity and a successful
entrepreneur. His pioneering research at Berkeley led the
foundation of the Internet "postal office". He later broke ground
in computing resource management in large distributed computing
systems. His new system, Utopia, was adopted by Northern Telecom on
over 1,000 computers with 30-40% productivity increase. In 1992 he
co-founded Platform Computing with no venture capital funding and
built it into a leading software company with 300 people and sales
of $ 60M in more than 50 countries.
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4. NEW IEEE-USA WEBZINES
IEEE-USA offers two insightful monthly webzines, IEEE-USA Today's
Engineer and IEEE-USA Policy Perspectives, FREE to all IEEE members.
To read Today's Engineer, please visit:
http://www.todaysengineer.org/careerfocus/index.html
For Policy Perspectives, go to:
http://www.todaysengineer.org/policyperspectives/index.html
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5. OBITUARY
Judy Clift
Judy Clift passed away peacefully, on Sunday, May 27, 2001, after a
courageous six year battle with cancer.
Judy Clift was the beloved wife of Bob Alden. Dearly loved mother
and stepmother to Lydia and Zoe, Christine and Mandy. Dear daughter
of Ivy and the late Albert Clift. Sister to Stan (Brenda), Gordon
and Alan of Sussex, England. Daughter-in-law of Dorothy Alden.
Cousin of Dorothy (John)Cullum and very special friend to Val and
Eleanor. Loving owner of Molly.
Bob Alden has been and is a very active IEEE volunteer. His IEEE
activities include:
- Board of Directors 1988-91
- Vice President of Regional Activities 1990-91
- Region 7 Director 1988-89
- countless positions at section, region, and international level.
We express our deepest sympathy to Bob.
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6. SEARCH FOR NEW EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF THE IEEE TRANSACTIONS
ON ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
IEEE Engineering Management Society
At the March 2001 EMS Board of Governors meeting Dr. Dundar
Kocaoglu, Editor-in-Chief (EIC) of the IEEE EMS Transactions
(IEEE-TEM) asked that he be relieved of his responsibilities as the
current EIC. Dr. Kocaoglu has been the Transactions' EIC since 1986.
The EMS BoG accepted Dr. Kocaoglu's decision reluctantly. The plan
is to make the transition to a new EIC by July 2002.
Under Dundar's leadership the IEEE-TEM has become the preeminent
publication on engineering and technology management. It has
received worldwide recognition as the leading journal in
engineering, technology, and innovation management. In an
independent empirical study conducted among members of the
Technology and Innovation Management Division of the Academy of
Management, researchers in the Academy were asked to compare 29
prestigious journals along three dimensions: "Impact on Technology
Management", "Citation," and "Overall Rating." The EMS Transactions
was rated Number 1 in all categories.
A search committee has been organized and is looking for suggestions
from EMS members and their colleagues to find a new EIC who will
build on these past accomplishments. This is an opportunity for a
person looking for a challenge to make a major contribution to the
publication of research related to engineering and technology
management. The evolution of electronic media presents new
opportunities for growth and demands investment in the newest
technology for paper review and library indexing to support advanced
search engines. This is an opportunity for anyone interested in the
effective and efficient use of all media as used by researchers in
management issues as well as the practitioners.
Purpose of the IEEE-TEM
The Society's Transactions on Engineering Management is restricted
by the Board of Governors policy to the publication of peer-refereed
papers that are research-based and related to engineering and
technology management. Content of the Transactions must relate to
the Society's field of interest and the needs of the Society's
members. The intended audience is comprised of researchers,
educators, graduate students and implementers of engineering and
technology management concepts.
The purpose of the IEEE-TEM is to:
· Identify the future directions of critical issues in engineering
and technology management
· Provide members and subscribers with the latest thinking regarding
the theory and practice of engineering management
· Assist in recognizing engineering management as a discipline
· Provide a medium for publishing leading edge research results
· Function as a forum for the researchers and practitioners of
engineering management, regardless of their technical specialties
EMS Field of Interest (FOI)
The EMS FOI encompasses the management sciences and technology
applicable to individuals and organizations in or overseeing the
management of engineering or technology including:
· Technology policy development
· Technology assessment
· Technology transfer
· Research
· Development
· Design
· Evaluation
· Production
· Commissioning
· Operation or decommissioning of technical, electrical or electronic
equipment/systems
· Allied activities
Areas of interest include:
· Management of engineers, scientists, and technologists and their
characteristics
· Effective laboratory or work environments
· The process and economics of invention, innovation, and application
of technology
· Relations between engineering and other functions of the
organization
· Techniques for program/project management, including schedules
and controls
· The structure of engineering and technology driven organizations
· Topics related to engineering and technology management
· Training and education for or transition to the professional
discipline of engineering and technology management,
and entrepreneurship
· The socioeconomic impacts of engineering and technology management
In addition, the Transactions is allowed to publish abstracts of
articles contained in various on-line data bases, a listing of books
that have come to the attention of the Editor, book excerpts and
reviews, a list of recommended books, meeting notices and other
information relative to the practice of engineering and technology
management. All publication activities will conform to the IEEE
Bylaws, Policies and Procedures, and copyright laws.
Publication Description
The EMS transactions is published quarterly in February, May,
August, and November. The annual page budget is approved by the EMS
Board of Governors (BoG). No more than 10% of pages are devoted to
meeting announcements, call for papers, and other non-professionally
oriented material. IEEE Transactions' format must conform to IEEE
publication policies and approval of the EMS Executive Committee.
All EMS members and affiliates receive the Transactions with their
membership to EMS. Any IEEE member can subscribe to the
Transactions. The Society has approximately 8000 members.
Required Approvals
The EMS President appoints the Transactions' Editor-in-Chief (EIC)
based on recommendations of the VP Publications, the EMS
Publication's Committee, and with the "advice and consent" of the
Board of Governors.
Editor-in-Chief (EIC)
The EIC will be appointed for a period of three years and shall be
renewable for another three-year period. The EIC is responsible for
implementing the Transactions. He/she shall chair the Publication's
Editorial Advisory Board and serve as a member of the Society's
Publication Committee and Board of Governors. The EMS VP
Publications shall be a member of the Editorial Board.
The EIC reports to the EMS VP Publications who provides guidance and
coordinates activities with Editors of the Transactions, the Review,
and the Newsletter to maintain a coherent set of publications that
meet the needs of the EMS membership and IEEE publication
requirements.
Editor's Duties
1. Selects material for each issue.
2. Prepares each issue and coordinates on-time publication
and circulation through assigned IEEE Publication Staff.
3. Works with IEEE Headquarters Staff to assure that organizational
data are correct.
4. Develops systems that allow the Transactions to meet the
requirements established by the IEEE publication entities.
5. Maintains awareness of the critical issues in engineering and
technology management and provides the EMS BoG with information
relative to emerging areas of interest. Makes recommendations
regarding the current FOI as new management principles are
uncovered.
6. Appoints, rotates, or removes department editors with approval of
the VP Publications. All department editors must maintain membership
in the IEEE and EMS. This does not limit accepting assistance from
non-IEEE persons.
7. Chairs the Editorial Advisory Board and with the assistance of
the VP Publications develops the purposes, objectives, duties, and
responsibilities of the Editorial Board. The Editorial Board will
include the Associate/Department editors, the VP Publications, as
ex-officio, and two members selected by the VP Publications with the
approval of the President. The Publications Editorial Board will
meet at an agreed time and place established by the VP Publications
and the EIC.
8. Reports to the EMS President through the VP Publications on
related activities as required and recommended.
9. Works with other EMS BoG members, committees, and related IEEE
entities to coordinate publicity campaigns and advertising for EMS
sponsored programs.
10. The IEEE budgetary process requires some forethought on
non-budgeted items. The EIC will prepare such requests in a timely
manner to be incorporated during the budgetary process.
11. Selects the recipient/s for the Best Paper of the Year Award.
12. Takes a proactive approach in recommending improvements
to the Transactions.
Meeting Attendance
The EIC serves as Ex-officio member of the EMS BoG but with full
voting rights. Attendance at BoG meetings is required.
1. Chairs the Transactions Editorial Advisory Board.
2. Serves as a member of the EMS Publications Committee.
3. Participates in the annual IEEE Panel of Editors Meeting or
sends a substitute from the Department Editors group.
Periodic Review
The Transactions is reviewed at the request of the EMS BoG. While
the recommended period is every three-years the decision rests with
the EMS BoG.
Duties of the search committee
1. Agree on general approach to the search
2. Prepare a job description
3. Develop an editorial process flow diagram
4. Determine length of contract
5. Interview candidates and current department editors
6. Review editorial direction of the Transactions in relation
to the EMS Field of Interest
7. Determine the role of the current Transactions Advisory Board
8. Consider the role of electronic distribution both short-
and long-term
9. Develop a program where all administrative work would be
handled by IEEE
10. Focus the effort so the Date of transfer to new EIC can
take place by July 1, 2002
11. Develop a transition plan
EMS Transactions Search Committee
Burton V. Dean, Technology and Innovation Department Editor
San Jose State University
Dept. of Organization and Management
San Jose, CA 95192
Phone: 408 924 3551
Email: bvd...@aol.com
Tariq Durrani
University of Strathclyde
204 George Street
Glasgow G1 1WX, Scotland, UK
Phone: 44-141-548-2540
Fax: 44-141-552-248Email: t.du...@ieee.org
Gus Gaynor - VP Publications, Chair
1201 Yale Place No. 203
Minneapolis, MN 55403
Phone: 612 340 1609 (H): 612 332 8822 (O)
Fax: 612 332 3285
Email: g.gaynor@ ieee.org
Dundar Kocaoglu - Current EIC
Department of Engineering and Technology Management
Portland State University
PO Box 751
Portland, Oregon 92707-0751
Phone: 503 725 4660 (O)
Fax: 503 725 4667
Email: koca...@emp.pdx.edu
Wade Shaw - EMS President, ex officio
Engineering Management Program
Florida Institute of Technology
150 West University Blvd.
Melbourne, FL 32901
Phone: 321 728 9053 (H): 321 674 8020 (O)
Fax: 321 984 8461
Email: w.s...@ieee.org
Aaron Shenhar
Stevens Institute of Technology
Castle Point on Hudson
Hoboken, NJ 07030
Phone: 201 206 8024 (O)
Fax: 201 216 8355
Email: ashe...@attila.stevens-tech.edu
Dave Wells - EIC of the EMS Engineering Management Review
Department of Industrial Engineering
University of Houston
4800 Calhoun
Houston, TX 77201-2568
Phone: 713 743 4192 (O)
Fax: 713 743 4190
Email: d.w...@ieee.org
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7. EXECUTIVE OF TORONTO SECTION
Officers:
Chair............................Edward (Ted) H. Sargent
Vice-chair.......................Robert (Bob) Hanna
Secretary & Treasurer............Al Wallis
Past Chair.......................Bruno Di Stefano
Committee Chairs:
Educational Activities...........Randy Park
Student Activities...............Wai Tung Ng
Membership & Awards..............Pelle Westlind
Member Communication.............Raymond Y.V. Chik
Member at Large..................Wallas Khella
Society Chapter Chairs:
Circuits and Devices.............Emanuel Istrate
Communication....................Steve Hranilovic and Andrew Eckford
Computer.........................Angelos Bilas
Dielectrics & Insulation.........Hugh Zhu
Electromagnetics & Radiation.....Ramesh Abhari
Engineering & Human Environment..Walter Zessner, Chair
Mati Lehela, Vice-Chair
Instrumemtation and Measurement..Dennis Cecic, Chair
Florin Gagiu, Vice-Chair
Power Engineering................Shafi Sabir
Signal Processing................Kostas Plataniotis
Solid State Circuits.............Raymond Y.V. Chik
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