NORTHROP GRUMMAN, History & Technology

DATE:     Thursday, October 28, 2021 (THIS WEEK)
PLACE : Zoom Virtual Meeting
TIME :     6:45 p.m. Log-on & Registration
7:00 p.m. Presentation (45-60 min)
COST:     Free, via Zoom

ABOUT THE MEETING:   Please join us this Thursday (October 28) for our Cincinnati IEEE section meeting and what promises to be a very interesting presentation on Technology

ABOUT THE PRESENTER:  Jon Chambers is a seasoned Software Engineering Manager with 21+ years at Northrop Grumman.  Jon has led many successful programs during his tenure. He will cover a brief history of Northrop Grumman, the work environment, and the core technologies they apply from cyber to hardware systems.

While Jon will be talking technology it should be noted that for anyone in the chapter looking for new opportunities, Northrop Grumman is hiring locally.  They have many engineering positions open including Cyber, Software, RF, Hardware, Test, and Signal Processing.  Details at https://www.northropgrumman.com/Careers/

MENU SELECTIONS:  Uber Eat your way through this remote meeting.

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How the Next Generation of Industrial Electricians is Being Trained

DATE:             Thursday, May 27, 2021

PLACE :         ZOOM Virtual on-line

TIME :            7:00 p.m.  Presentation  (45-60 min)

COST:             Free

ABOUT THE MEETING:     Discussion about the training used to teach students to become industrial electricians, including controls, motors, relays and troubleshooting. How we are placing students to meet skills gaps within companies.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER:    Jason Hendrickson is a Program Manager at Cincinnati State Technical and Community College.  Experience includes:  Navy Nuke – 8 years, Steel Mill – 9 years, Brewery – 3 years, Machine Installation- 3 years, Management 3-years, Teaching and Program Management – 4 years

Master’s degree in Workforce Education

MENU SELECTIONS:   Virtual meeting.

LOCATION:  ZOOM https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86929170554?pwd=RldXcUxGNmVmM2pubkI4ek5sVTNidz09  (Please make certain your device microphone and camera are turned OFF during the presentation.)

RESERVATIONS:  http://www.ieeecincinnati.org/meetings/.  Please click on the appropriate link and complete the reservation.  (Note:  Meeting list on webpage can be slow to load on some browsers)

Reservations close at 11:59 PM on Wednesday May 26, 2021.

DINNER RESERVATION CANCELLATION POLICY
An email to reserve.cinti@ieee.org prior to the close of reservations is required to properly cancel your reservation.

All Reservations must be made by E.O.D. May 26, 2021.

PE CREDITS:  Depending on the subject matter, attendance at IEEE Cincinnati Section Meetings now qualifies the attendee for Professional Development Hours towards renewal of Professional Engineers Licenses.  Required documentation will be available following the meeting if qualified!  The Section Meetings also provide a great opportunity to network with fellow engineers in the area.

University of Cincinnati and Miami University Senior Project Presentations (This week)

DATE:           Thursday, April 29, 2021 

PLACE :        Virtual / On-line Meeting

TIME :           7:00 p.m. to ≈ 8:00 p.m. –  Presentation

COST:            Free with registration

ABOUT THE MEETING:   Each year the engineering students at the University of Cincinnati and Miami University complete their senior projects.  We are amazed at the talent and creativity of these students as they present their projects to us. These presentations are typically an interesting mix of hardware and software, solving problems, improving efficiencies, and creating new opportunities.

Miami University:

Investigation of Hyperdimensional Computing

Advisors:  Prof. David Hartup and Prof. Gokhan Sahin

Team Members:  Casey Corless, Jonathan Hagen, Hiep Le, Jake Russell

Project Summary: HyperDimensional Computing (HDC) is a novel AI technology first developed in 2009. This emerging computing technology is built around hypervectors. Hypervectors are vectors with high dimensionality, typically containing tens of thousands of dimensions. Inspired by the attributes of the human brain such as high dimensionality, fully distributed holographic representation, and randomness, HDC can be employed for machine learning tasks such as classification and recognition. This project explores the feasibility of using HDC machine learning algorithms for classification of texts, images, and sounds.

Solar Powered Vertical Take-Off Airplane

Advisor:  Mr. James Leonard

Team Members:  Jacob Gero, Ryan Gracia-Rodriguez, Evan Johnson, Thomas Warrick

Project Summary: The team, composed of Jacob Gero, Ryan Gracia-Rodriguez, Evan Johnson, and Thomas Warrick and advised by Mr. James Leonard, was tasked with assembling and flying an unmanned aerial vehicle at the 2021 Midwest Regional UAS Competition sponsored by NASA. This aircraft is required to have vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) capabilities, utilize a solar battery charger, fly via autopilot, drop glow sticks on a visible target from an altitude of 200 feet, and have a video camera to stream to a ground station.

University of Cincinnati:

Senior Design Research Award:  “Split Manufacturing: Dividing Designs to Enhance Hardware Security”

Daniel Mraz and Andi Thomas

Senior Design Awards:  “BetterRead”

CS– Isaih Lloyd, William Cupp, Maddie Eckhart, Sean Hearne

Advisor: Dr. Badri Vellambi

BetterRead is an accessibility tool meant to improve the web browsing experience for those with visual impairments. BetterRead uses machine learning to identify important content of web pages and ignore the superfluous information that someone with visual impairments shouldn’t worry about. BetterRead’s purpose is to promote diverse internet usage by allowing vision-impaired users to navigate the internet and give them experiences similar to able-bodied users. A visually impaired user surfing the web will be able to use our browser extension to get an audio description of the webpage that they are currently accessing. The web extension will use the text-to-speech API available in the user’s browser to convert the text description to audio and play that audio to the user.   POSTER

CMPE–   “Fully Operational 3D Printed Model Roller Coaster with Industrial Safety PLC Control System”

Team Member:  Jared Holladay

Roller coasters are some of the most terrifying and thrilling machines ever built. They take millions of people every year on the ride of their lives and do so with an incredible level of safety. This new educational experience allows guests to “become the ride operator” as they interact with the same technology used to keep riders safe on real roller coasters in this small scale engaging setup.   POSTER

EET– “Internet of Things Smart Home”

Team Members:  Kirsten Benney, Nathan Hemmelgarn, Brett Hoelscher, Jeffrey Johnson

Advisor:   Professor Xuefu (Frank) Zhou, Ph.D. Associate

The Internet of Things (IoT) conceptualizes the idea of remotely connecting and monitoring real world objects through the Internet. This concept can be applied to the home itself to improve its safety and security by connecting specialized sensors to a microcontroller that alerts users of hazards regardless of their proximity.   POSTER

EE– “Sentiment Analyis Tool”

Team members:  Coleman Lyski, Jeet Shah, Tim McCabe

Advisor: Dr. Ali Minai

This project analyzes the sentiment of social media data to display trends in public opinion. Users search for a set of keywords, then data from the past week is analyzed from Twitter, Reddit, and Tumblr and displayed on a graph.    POSTER:

MENU SELECTIONS:   Whatever you bring- it’s a virtual meeting.

LOCATION:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81536055271?pwd=MnEvUVpHOC9LUFVKS2lBQjFGVHhmdz09

RESERVATIONS:  Make Reservation Here (updated)  Please click on the appropriate link and complete the reservation.  (Note:  Meeting list on webpage is slow to load on some browsers)

No cost.

Reservations close at 5PM on Thursday  April 29, 2021.

DINNER RESERVATION CANCELLATION POLICY
An email to Reservations@ieeecincinnati.org prior to the close of reservations is required to properly cancel your reservation.

PE CREDITS:  Depending on the subject matter, attendance at IEEE Cincinnati Section Meetings now qualifies the attendee for Professional Development Hours towards renewal of Professional Engineers Licenses.  Required documentation will be available following the meeting if qualified!  The Section Meetings also provide a great opportunity to network with fellow engineers in the area.

Modern Embedded Engineering: Where we are and our Exciting Future

ABOUT THE MEETING:
Nearly anyone today can feel like an embedded engineer. A plethora of new electronic systems are being developed by individuals outside of our profession. We enabled this new customer base, and it is flourishing. Though initially this trend could be viewed as concerning to professionals, I am excited by the prospects for the professional engineer. I predict embedded engineering will increase in importance as it continues to create leverage for all developers. Electronic systems will become even more important as the backbone of modern economies. In this keynote, I aim to describe the technical details which enabled this change to occur and explain the role of the modern embedded engineer in reducing integration complexity to attract new customers and traditional ones alike.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER:
Randall Restle has worked in embedded engineering for over 40 years as a developer and manager of embedded engineering teams. He started his career in late 1975 by applying microprocessors to electronic musical instruments like church organs and synthesizers at Baldwin Piano and Organ Co in Cincinnati. His career is split into three, nearly equal parts:

1. As a customer embedding electronics into products,
2. As an Applications Engineer helping customers adopt new electronic technologies, and
3. As a Manager and Executive of teams of engineers doing these things.

His embedded experience is broad and holds patents spanning such fields as using software to demodulate Frequency Modulation (FM) radio broadcasts in real time to high speed packaging machine design.
He has presented at several technical sessions at Embedded World conferences in past years and other international technical conferences.

LOCATION: For your safety our meeting will be presented virtually this month. We hope to be in person again for our fall sessions.

RESERVATIONS: Register in advance for this meeting:
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Please register at least 2 hours prior to the meeting to allow time for your invitation to arrive.

PE CREDITS: Depending on the subject matter, attendance at IEEE Cincinnati Section Meetings now qualifies the attendee for Professional Development Hours towards renewal of Professional Engineers Licenses. Required documentation will be available following the meeting if qualified! The Section Meetings also provide a great opportunity to network with fellow engineers in the area.

The Teller Committee is pleased to report the election results for the Cincinnati Section. Voting was open from November 15, 2020 to December 22, 2020. Six percent (6%) of our membership voted.

The following officers will serve for two years (2021 to 2022):

Chair: Robert Schindler
Vice Chair: Sai Sudheer Reddy Bonthu
Secretary: David Hernandez
Treasurer: Andrew Foerster
Member-At-Large: Joseph R. (Bob) Morrison

Congratulations to these volunteers.

We also owe a big THANK YOU to the outgoing officers who served from 2019 to 2020:

Chair: Joseph (Jay) Perin
Vice Chair: Brendan Moser
Secretary: Sai Sudheer Reddy Bonthu
Treasurer: Robert Schindler
Member-At-Large: David Hernandez

Integrated Adaptation and Model Inference for Safety Assurance of Cyber Physical Systems

DATE:  Thursday, October 22, 2020

PLACE:   1819 Innovation Hub, University of Cincinnati (see below for directions)

• REGISTRATION & MASKS are REQUIRED
• This In-Person meeting is limited to non-students due to UC requirements.
• A separate registration is available for for virtually attendance for anyone, including students, for the presentation portion of the meeting- a Skype invitation will be sent to registered individuals.
• Health & Safety Protocols for Attendees.  Masks are required, social distancing observed.

TIME :

5:30 p.m.-5:45 p.m.   Registration (Registration closes promptly at 5:45)

5:30 p.m.  6:00 p.m.  Dinner & Social

6:00 p.m.- 6:30 p.m. Welcome address and Tour of Facility

6:30 p.m.- 8:30 p.m.  Presentation

COST:  $5 See information in Reservations

ABOUT THE MEETING:   Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) are systems in which physical and software components are very closely coupled, operate simultaneously on different spatial and temporal scales and interact with one another in ways not always entirely predictable at the time of design. Changes to any sub-component of a CPS while it is in operation can lead to unintended, but potentially dangerous, outcomes. The danger is particularly present when a Cyber Physical System employs reinforcement learning to adapt in response to the loss of efficacy. Reinforcement learning could adapt based on temporally and spatially local observations  — but still be unready for conditions not seen during that adaptation.

This presentation will focus on a method to meld reinforcement learning and model inference in a self-adapting Flapping-Wing Micro Air Vehicle (FW-MAV).  The salient features of the method are that it does not require system evaluation beyond that, one would use for adaptation and can that it can use “indirect” information that would be available during normal operation instead of dedicated, off-line, model verification. The ability to trust our increasingly complex systems is a critical need. Therefore, this presentation will also discuss the intended long-term development of these and related techniques to ensure ongoing verification and validation capability for other cyber-physical systems even in the presence of both intentional and unintentional injections of uncertainty.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER:   Dr. John Gallagher received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in computer engineering from Case Western Reserve University.  He is currently a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Cincinnati. He conducted research in machine learning and A.I. as applied to robotics and control and analog VLSI neuromorphic computation and studies topics in machine learning and meta-heuristic search, verification, validation, and security of adaptive cyber-physical systems, neuromorphic computation, and  adaptive autonomous robots.

MENU SELECTIONS:   Buffet Menu:   Box meal

LOCATION:  1819 Innovation Hub- University of Cincinnati

2900 Reading Road, Cincinnati, OH 45206

(Intersections of E. University Ave, Lincoln, and Reading at I-71)

(Lat Long)       39.132685, -84.497100

Entrance:  Ground level at south entrance adjacent to the Children’s parking lot.

Recommended parking in the Children’s lot- free for this event.

www.uc1819.com

RESERVATIONS:  http://www.ieeecincinnati.org/meetings/.  Please click on the appropriate link and complete the reservation.  (Note:  Meeting list on webpage is slow to load on some browsers)

(In Person) Cost is $5 for advanced registration.  This In-Person meeting is limited to non-students due to UC requirements.  Students and others may attend virtually and will receive connection information after registering- this is a separate registration.  Reservations close at 11:59 PM on Wednesday October 21, 2020.

DINNER RESERVATION CANCELLATION POLICY
An email to reserve.cinti@ieee.org prior to the close of reservations is required to properly cancel your reservation.

All Reservations must be made by October 21st, 2020

WALK-INS (those without reservations): Walk-ins NOT AVAILABLE FOR THIS MEETING.

PE CREDITS:  Depending on the subject matter, attendance at IEEE Cincinnati Section Meetings now qualifies the attendee for Professional Development Hours towards renewal of Professional Engineers Licenses.  Required documentation will be available following the meeting if qualified!  The Section Meetings also provide a great opportunity to network with fellow engineers in the area.

Connecting Internet of Things Systems

ABOUT THE MEETING:      Terminology of the IoT, frameworks for connectivity, and many real world examples and gotchas.  Plan is to actually wire up and integrate an edge device to a system.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER:     Kevin Klawon is a Research Scientist and adjunct Faculty member in the Computer Science department at the University of Dayton.  He is deeply involved in sensor integration and IoT connectivity for a number of clients including the US Air Force.  He is the founder New Dawn Labs.

MENU SELECTIONS    Buffet Menu: Homemade Potato & Chicken Noodle Soups, Salad & Baked Potato Bar, Toppings: Shredded Cheddar, Chopped Bacon, Sliced Hardboiled Eggs, Sauteed Mushrooms & Garlic, Diced Broccoli & Diced Turkey, Cottage Cheese, Breadsticks, Chef’s Choice of Dessert

LOCATION:  Raffel’s is located at 10160 Reading Road, south of Glendale-Milford Road on the east side of Reading. Take I-75 to the Glendale-Milford Rd. Exit, go east on Glendale-Milford Road approximately ¾ of a mile to Reading Rd. and turn right on Reading.

RESERVATIONS:  http://www.ieeecincinnati.org/meetings/.  Please click on the appropriate link and complete the reservation.  (Note:  Meeting list on webpage is slow to load on some browsers)

Cost is $15 for members advanced registration.  Non-members and unregistered member cost is $20 cash at the door.

Reservations close at 11:59 PM on Sunday September 20, 2020.

DINNER RESERVATION CANCELLATION POLICY
An email to reserve.cinti@ieee.org prior to the close of reservations is required to properly cancel your reservation.

All Reservations must be made by September 20, 2020

WALK-INS (those without reservations): You are welcome to attend this meeting and/or enjoy the dinner even if you did not register in advance. Walk-ins pay a higher $20 dinner fee. Raffel’s determines our cost based on the number of plates used; if you choose to have dinner, please pay the fee if you eat even if you arrive late or didn’t pre-register.

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