New England Network prior year's events
Since it started organizing meetings in the fall of 1997, the New England Network has held between four and six meetings per year on a wide range of subjects.
Our members predominantly live in the greater Boston area or within commuting distance of New York City in New Jersey, southwestern Connecticut and the Hudson river valley. To accommodate this we initially held our meetings in Hartford, Connecticut, and Sturbridge, Massachusetts. Both locations were within reach of both groups but the choice favoured one group or the other so that an overnight stay might be avoided. As participation by those in the Hudson valley area declined, we stopped the Hartford meetings in favour of weekday meetings in New York City. About once every two years we hold a feature event in Schenectady, New York, the home of the General Electric company and a place of significance to all electrical engineers.
Prior year's events
December, 2007 Ender St. John-Olcayto - Safety-critical Autonomous Spacecraft Guidance Using Potential Function Guidance.
October, 2007 Warner Johnston - Closed Captioning.
September, 2007 Two day North American Forum in Boston.
June, 2007 Ender St. John-Olcayto - Contemporary Approaches and Future Directions of Control System Design.
April, 2007 Paul G. Ranky - An Integrated Approach to Hi-tech Engineering Project Management.
March, 2007 Alan Young - IPTV (Television over IP).
November, 2006 Jordan Bourilkov - Hybrid energy systems for mobile devices.
September, 2006 Two day event at the Schenectady Museum - Communication across the Atlantic.
June, 2006 Carl Selinger - Stuff you don't learn in engineering school.
April, 2006 David Gow - The history of mechanical time pieces.
October, 2005 Irshad Ahmed - Distributed control system implementations in modern day power plants.
April, 2005 Charles Rubenstein - Overview of IEEE's Structure.
February, 2005 Joel Snyder - Offshoring and outsourcing - the effect on our economy.
October, 2004 David J. Ellis - Internet privacy and the personal computer user.
September, 2004 Ed Owen, Chris Hunter - Engineering in the Schenectady region and tour of the Museum Archives.
June, 2004 Nigel Burton - The IEE direction in the coming decade
May, 2004 Jim Hall - FAA airport surveillance radar upgrade program.
February, 2004 Cancelled due to inclement weather.
November, 2003 Mark Sinclair - British Consulate roles and linkages.
September, 2003 Fairfid M. Caudle - Selling technology, psychology of advertising.
May, 2003 Roger Pilkington - EDS at Logan International Airport.
March, 2003 Eleanor Baum - Education for engineers.
February, 2003 John Oldfield - Early technical activities in NY.
November, 2002 Bob Hess, Bob Yankowitz - Digital broadcast TV.
September, 2002 Professor Brian Mellitt, IEE President - The IEE in the 21st Century.
May, 2002 Julian Cox - US electricity transmission.
February, 2002 Howard M. Layton - Building a hi-tech manufacturing company.
September, 2001: Cancelled due to international events.
May, 2001: David Carpenter - Are RF fields dangerous?
February, 2001: Roger D. Cooper - Telenav Microtracker.
November, 2000: Karen VanDyke - The global positioning system.
September, 2000: Ted Lesster - Fuel cell electronics.
April, 2000: Ian Davis - The business of transmission.
December, 1999: Mark Laquidara - The Deer Island treatment facility.
September, 1999: Warren Ziegler - Flywheels as power systems.
June, 1999: David J. Ellis - Getting to know your computer.
April, 1999: Robert Finley - Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI).
December, 1998: John G. Kassakian - Automobile electrical systems.
September, 1998: John N. Rogers - Exhaust emissions test programs.
July, 1998: John V. Oldfield - Crossing the Atlantic with the engineers.
April, 1998: J. Keith Nelson - Educating power engineers for the next millennium (the Network's formal inaugural event).
September, 1997: Terence Facy - The Hubbell telescope (the Network's first formal meeting).
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