Volunteer to Work with IEEE SoutheastCon 2007

SoutheastCon is the annual IEEE Region 3 Technical, Professional, and Student Conference. As the premier conference for the IEEE Region encompassing Jamacia and the Southeastern United States, it brings together electrical, computer and other engineering and science professionals, faculty and students to share the latest information through technical sessions, tutorials, and exhibits.

If you are interested in volunteering to help with the conference organization, you can review descriptions of the various committee/subcommittee responsibilities and assignments on the SoutheastCon 2007 Committees page.

Contact either of the SoutheastCon 2007 Steering Committee General Co-Chairs. Express your desire to volunteer and detail in what area(s) you might be willing work:

General Co-Chair:Sean Haynes
General Co-Chair:Adeeb Hamzey

IEEE-Power Engineering Society "Seminar on Protection"

IEEE-PES RICHMOND CHAPTER VA
S_Dev_Walia@DOM.COM Ph: 804-257-4077
Dan_Ward@DOM.COM Ph: 804 755-5302

Seminar On Protection
Transformer & Industrial Motors in Substation and Industrial Plants
Offered by IEEE-PES Richmond Chapter

Technical Seminar On Protection - Topic:
This program is intended to introduce the attendees to the topics of transformer, motor and circuit protection. You will learn about the theory and principles of basic protection and what is involved in determining the trip settings for protective equipment. The topics include transformer differential and backup overcurrent protection, motor protection, phase & ground overcurrent, under/over voltage and current unbalance protection.

Seminar Date: THURSDAY, June 22, 2006
Place: Dominion Virginia Power Building, 2501 Grayland Ave.
Richmond, VA 23220 – Tel: 804-257-4077

Registration & Coffee : 8:00 AM- 8:30 AM

Program: 8:30AM – 10:00 AM - Transformer protection – Lee Underwood, Schweitzer Engineering

10:00AM-10.15 AM - Coffee Break

10:15AM-11:30 AM - Motor protection - Mark Lanier, Schweitzer Engineering

11:30AM-12:15 PM - DOM Utility & Industry Application - Clyde Johnson, Dominion

12:15 – 1:30 PM - Lunch with Q & A period

Seminar & Lunch Cost: $50 with advance reservation & $60 on the day of seminar.
Reservations: We will accept payment at the meeting, but reservations should be made by no later than 19 JUNE 2006 by email or phone.
Checks should be made payable to the IEEE-PES Richmond Chapter and sent to Dev Walia P.E. Dominion Virginia Power, Substation Engineering, 2400 Grayland Avenue Richmond, VA 23220, S_Dev_Walia@DOM.COM, Ph 804-257-4077, 804-536-8979 (cell) OR
Dan Ward Dominion Virginia Power, 7500 West Broad St., Richmond, VA 23294-3608 dan_ward@dom.com Tel: 804 755-5302

Directions to Seminar:
From the Petersburg, VA area Take I-95 North to Richmond.Take the I-195 Downtown Expressway Exit. Continue on the Downtown Expresswayuntil the Boulevard Exit. Take the Boulevard to Grayland Ave. Make a right onGrayland Ave. The meeting room 2501 Grayland Ave. is located ahead on your right.
From northern Virginia Take I-95 South. Take the I-195 Downtown Expressway Exit. Continue on the Downtown Expressway until the Boulevard Exit. Take the Boulevard to Grayland Ave. Make a right on Grayland Ave. The meeting room 2501 Grayland Ave. is located ahead on your right

IEEE SoutheastCon 2006 Robot

Check out the VCU and VSU IEEE Branch Robots at the IEEE Richmond Section Meeting on Thursday, 4 May 2006.

The Robots are Coming from VCU and VSU … Last Meeting of the Season

SoutheastCon 2006 as seen by Engineering Students will be the topic of the 4 May 2006 IEEE Richmond Section Meeting. Each year IEEE Region 3 Student Branches participate in a Robot contest at the annual IEEE SoutheastCon. Students from the VCU IEEE Student Branch and the VSU IEEE Student Branch will bring their robots to our meeting.

Speakers will be Manan Thakkar, Souma Badombena-Wanta and Prof Salame Amr from the VSU IEEE Student Branch and the IEEE Student Branch members from VCU. The VCU and VSU "autonomous package loading" robots will, we hope, strut their stuff.

RSVP by high-noon on Friday, 28 April 2006.

Engineering & Technology In A Historic Setting - Richmond, VA

The IEEE Richmond Section serves the Richmond, VA metropolitan area. Richmond, the state capital, is located centrally in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Richmond, while a mid-sized city, offers cultural opportunities typically found only in large metropolitan areas, such as first-class museums, prominent universities, numerous theater companies and art galleries, and its own symphony, professional ballet and opera.

Richmond and Virginia are also not without their historical engineering achievements. For instance, the area was home to the first U.S. canal system and the world’s first commercially successful electric street railway system.

Indeed, it is often its long, distinguished history that characterizes the region. Nearby is America's Historic Triangle of Virginia's Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown. This tiny place in Virginia gave birth to a great nation. In 2007, Jamestown, Virginia and America's first permanent English Settlement will turn 400. Come to Virginia and join us in commemorating America's 400th Anniversary.

"The Smokey Pig" Catering April IEEE Richmond Section Meeting

The famous The Smokey Pig restaurant in Ashland, VA will be catering the dinner for the IEEE Richmond Section Meeting on 6 April 2006. Join us at the Media General Atlee Station Printing Plant for dinner and a tour. Register on-line at www.ieee.org/richmond. The Smokey Pig will be providing Chopped Pork BBQ and Baby Back Ribs.

6 April 2006 Plant Tour...Media General - Richmond-Times Dispatch Printing Plant

Like to see motor-drives running three-story-high printing presses? Semi-autonomous robots moving rolls of paper each the weight of an automobile? How about printing-plate production remotely from the downtown editorial offices? Want to see every kind of conveyor you can think of in one location? A substantial electric power plant? It’s all there and you’ll see a lot of it in operation. Join the IEEE Richmond Section at the Media General Atlee Station printing plant in Hanover County, north of Richmond off U S 301, for dinner, a plant tour, and discussion with their knowledgeable staff.

Tour: Media General staff leads us through the plant from the railroad siding where the paper arrives to the packaging and distribution doors where the papers go to the delivery trucks.

RSVP & Deadline: By high-noon on Friday, March 31. Use the on-line RVSP at http://www.ieeerichmond.org/.
Tell us the following:
1. Your phone number
2. Meal or just the program
3. Student or not

Meeting
Time: Social 5:30 to 6:15, Dinner 6:15 to 7:00, Business Meeting 7:00 to 7:15, Program 7:15 to 8:15, Board Meeting 8:30 to 9:45
Where: Media General Atlee Station printing plant off U S 301 in Hanover County.
Cost: $20 by the RSVP deadline, $25 after the deadline. Student members get in for $10 before or $13 after the deadline.
Menu: Something we’re catering in; still a mystery.
Payment: By check or cash, during the Social time.
Getting There:It’s north of Richmond in Hanover County near the confluence of U S 301 North and I 295 East. You can’t see the plant from either 301 or I 295, so as you head north on 301, look for the fast-food burger place on the right (east). As you approachit, look sharp for Times-Dispatch Blvd. You turn in there (head east). Drive down that road and you’ll see on the left the parking lots and the building shown above.