[] Dr Chin is currently a Research Scientist at Discovery Partners Institute, part of the University of Illinois System. He is working on research in mobile social networking, IoT, responsible AI, human-centered AI, and data science. His research interests are in data science, machine learning, IoT, big data, social networking, HCI, ubiquitous computing, web and AI. Note: PDH / CEU is not being offered for the Spring 2025 sessions. Speaker(s): Dr. Alvin Chin, PhD Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/456323

Power electronics has evolved in the last 50 years gaining more and more relevance till it becomes a critical technology for the next energy shift for a more sustainable society. One of the latest technological trends concerns the essence of power processing that discloses how the electric power flows through the electronic circuit and components. The so-called partial power processing concept claims to reduce the conversion losses, alleviating the thermal burden of the devices and further enabling the downsizing of converter and component ratings. This seminar provides a unique insight into this technology and also builds a solid base of knowledge for power electronics design trades. Speaker(s): Mario Lucio da Silva Martins, Agenda: 6:00 PM to 6:30 PM - Networking and Light Snacks 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM - Seminar Event Room: EV2.184, Bldg: EV Building, 1515 Saint-Catherine St W, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3G 2H7

Tuesday, February 25th, 2025, 12:00 NOON US-Central TOPIC: " Indian Aerospace Paradigm" THIS IS A HYBRID EVENT SPEAKER: Dr Surendra Pal, Life-FIEEE, FNAE, FNASc, Former Vice Chancellor- Defence Institute of Advanced Technology- Pune(India), DRDO Dr. D.S Kothari Chair DG ECS Office Bangalore, Prof. Satish Dhawan Professor, Senior Adviser- Satellite Navigation(ISRO), Distinguished Scientist, Associate Director, Chairman GAGAN -PMB & Prog.Director Sat.-Navigation- URSC(ISAC)-ISRO] , IEEE Fellow PRESENTATION: India will celebrate 50 years after launching its first satellite, ARYBHATA. In the last 50 years, the progress in the aerospace arena, be design and fabrication of satellites, launchers, rockets, missiles or fighter aircraft along with applications in the domain of use of space technology for societal, security and defence has been exponential. Till now, India has launched >537 satellites and 100 satellite launchers. Satellites have been launched for various countries, including the USA, among other countries. The talk is about the journey of the last 50 years and the exponential progress made by India/ISRO and DRDO in the Aerospace Domain. HIMALAYAN TAJ RESTAURANT, Location:1425 NASA Parkway (next to Space Center Houston), Houston, Texas, United States, 77058, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/469274

[] Dr Kootsookos, IEEE Connecticut Section Chair. Dr Kootsookos will describe his career preparation. He will conduct a deep dive of his field as an expert in patent arbitration providing source code reviews. He is a teacher of telecommunications, signal & image processing, circuit analysis, digital hardware, and various software engineering courses at the University of New Haven, Fairfield University, Central Connecticut State University, and CT State Community College, Middlesex in the US and the Australian National University and University of Queensland in Australia. He is a Researcher: Signal processing research: more than 40 papers in conferences and international journals in signal, video, and image processing; Full life-cycle systems engineering: requirements, analysis, design, verification, validation, delivery; Quality processes worked with: IS09001-2000, CMMI, ACE (UTC’s Achieving Competitive Excellence). Note: PDH / CEU is not being offered for the Spring 2025 sessions. Speaker(s): Dr. Peter James Kootsookos, PhD Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/456326

An antenna can have excellent impedance and radiation characteristics when designed in isolation. However, antennas are never in isolation and the effect of surrounding environment must be considered during the design stage. This makes the in-situ or the antenna placement analysis as important as the antenna design. In this presentation, a complete design life cycle of an antenna will be presented, starting from the standalone design to the in-situ analysis. Speaker(s): Gopinath Gampala, Dr. C.J. Reddy of Altair Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/463847