WIE SFV is proud to partner with the California Institute of Advanced Management for this event.

Unlock your leadership potential through an immersive leadership development seminar designed for aspiring leaders.

The Leadership Blueprint is a transformative leadership development experience that brings together renowned keynote speakers and forward-thinking leaders for dynamic, real-world learning. Rooted in Peter Drucker’s Management as a Liberal Art philosophy, the seminar explores leading oneself, leading others, and leading with impact. Attendees will gain actionable insights, meaningful networking opportunities, and receive an official Certificate of Completion from the California Institute of Advanced Management.

Registration link: leaderbp.eventbrite.com

To be seated with the IEEE group please email lynda@ieee.org after registration.

Attendees from IEEE will receive a 25% tuition discount for Fall 2026 enrollment at CIAM.

For details and eligibility verification, please email lynda@ieee.org and include your IEEE membership ID in the subject line:

CIAM Tuition Benefit – IEEE Member [ID]

Brief description of program:

The use of electricity is increasing rapidly due to the fast adoption of mega-sized data centers,
electric vehicles, etc. To combat the greenhouse effect, the generation of renewable energy is
also skyrocketing. However, the other important piece of the puzzle is to transport electricity from
where it is generated to where it is used in load centers in the most reliable, efficient and
affordable way. The power industry’s pressing need for the most economical ways to transfer bulk
power along a desired path may be met by building new transmission lines, which is a long and
costly process. Alternatively, it may be quicker and cheaper to identify the underutilized
transmission lines and harness their dormant capacity to increase the power flows to the lines’
thermal limits. The presentation will cover: basic principles of power flow control theory, an
overview of the most commonly used power flow controllers, and their merits and demerits, and
future trends. The audience will hear from an expert who actually designed and commissioned a
number of power electronics-based FACTS controllers since their inceptions in the 1990s. 

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Agenda:

• IEEE Reliability Society AZ officer election for the year 2026.

IEEE Alaska Executive Committee Meeting

Tuesday, June 2, 2026 ⋅ 6:00 – 7:30pm (Alaska Time - Anchorage)

Jeremie Smith is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting using the IEEE Alaska Section Account

Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 988 3277 8456
Passcode: 269832

Please register if you will be attending.

In today’s highly competitive and technology-driven environment, operational excellence is no longer optional—it is a strategic necessity. This webinar explores how Lean Thinking principles enable leaders to drive efficiency, eliminate waste, and build high-performance systems that deliver sustainable results.

Drawing insights from semiconductor manufacturing—one of the most complex and precision-driven industries in the world—this talk highlights how lean methodologies, data-driven decision making, and continuous improvement practices can transform operations and leadership effectiveness. Participants will learn how leaders can foster a culture of accountability, streamline processes, and align teams toward operational excellence.

This session is designed for engineering leaders, project managers, and professionals who want to leverage lean thinking to enhance productivity, improve quality, and lead impactful organizational transformation.

Hello Foothill Section Consultants Network members,

Notice is hereby given that Consultants Network will host a seminar on June 3, Wednesday 6:30pm PDT.

After few monthly meetings, are you on you gear to develop a consultancy firm now?

I hope I can hear your voices on what you want to pick up.

Regards,

Nick Ng

Consultants Network Chair

Formal vs Simulation: When, Why, and Where

Muhammed Luqman Jukaku, Synopsys

Please register to allow for proper planning.
Parking structure located at 2585 Augustine Dr.  3-hour free parking

Innovation and Research are necessary for a successful business. Though they are used synonymously research and innovation are different. Which aspects of Innovation and Research should we focus going forward to create an impact? How would AI impact this? Let us discuss how we could approach Innovation, Research and real-world impact.

IEEE CS and Triton Quantitative Trading at UCSD will present their work on developing an order book algorithm deployed on a FPGA to perform high frequency trading on NASDAQ data. The presentation will be led by Brendon Cheng (3rd year Electrical Engineering), on June 5th at the CSE building.

Join us to see students' designs at IMS-2026 in Boston!

Dr. Osman Ceylan (Vice Chair of IEEE Foothill Section and MTTS Chapter) organizes the SDC2 - RF Bias Tee Design for Active Baseband Load-pull Applications.

The competitions will be scheduled into a Morning Session or an Afternoon Session. The schedule will be made available after SDC applications close on 15 April 2026. Winners will be recognized at the Student Awards Luncheon on Thursday, 11 June 2026.

At least one team member must register for IMS2026 and attend the student design competitions in person on Tuesday, 9 June 2026 in order to assist with measurements (where applicable) and answer questions.

Prize Amounts:

1st Place=00

2nd Place =00

3rd Place =0

For more information, click here!

The IEEE Foothill Section holds its monthly meeting on the second Tuesday of the month. 

CHEERS OCEANEERS! JUNE 10th 2026

Scaling Phytoplankton Observations and Participatory Science at the Ends of the Earth

Join us to hear from Biological Oceanographer and Executive Director Dr. Allison Cusick about how she is reimagining the ocean data pipeline by transforming global sea-going travelers into an active network of climate data collectors.  Driven by a vision to scale oceanographic data collection and bring science directly to the public, Allison launched a new 501(c)(3) non-profit, Plankton Base. This venture builds directly on the 9-year operational legacy of FjordPhyto, a citizen science program she co-founded and manages. Holding a Scripps PhD, a StartBlue alumnus with a MicroMBA, and running her own consulting LLC, Allison bridges high-level marine research with expedition tourism and participatory science leadership. Come discover how she is expanding this proven framework to build public trust with hands-on engagement and scaling global ocean stewardship. Her work solves critical data gaps at the base of the marine food web—powered by phytoplankton, the unsung heroes and microscopic engines running our planet

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Welcome to the monthly event for the IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society (OES), San Diego Chapter, which is hosting this meeting jointly along with TMA BlueTech (The Maritime Alliance), and MTS (Marine Technology Society).

Please join us for the main presentation and also plenty of time for networking and friendly conversation about everything oceanic, engineering, science, Blue Tech, and more.  No need to be an IEEE or OES member, or TMA, or MTS.  Everyone is invited.

This month, we will be at Quantum Brewing again, a cool science-themed brewery founded by a biochemist.

No ticket required, but please order something for yourself from the brewery.

Please grab a bite from a nearby restaurant, which is okay to bring into the brewery per the owner.

The food and drinks are not being funded by the hosts.  Please open your own tab.

Power flow control techniques have been practiced, from using inductors, capacitors, transformers and load tap changers in the earlier days of electrical engineering to power electronics-based solutions in recent years. Even though the costs and complexities of the available solutions vary widely, the basic underlying theory of power flow control is still the same as it has always been. The question is which solution one should employ. The answer depends on knowing what the true need is. The power industry’s pressing need for the most economical ways to transfer bulk power along a desired path may be met by building new transmission lines, which is a long and costly process. Alternatively, it may be quicker and cheaper to utilize the existing transmission lines more efficiently. The key is to identify the underutilized transmission lines and harness their dormant capacities to increase the power flows to the lines’ thermal limits using the most cost-effective and time-tested solutions. Also, the grid congestion can be mitigated by holding the power flow in a line at its limit, instead of tripping the line and possibly initiating a cascaded failure of the grid, resulting in a blackout. 

The presentation is designed to provide the basic principles of power flow control theory, an overview of the most commonly used power flow controllers, and future trends. The first commercial-grade Sen Transformer is designed, manufactured, and tested. The test results are as always expected. The audience will hear from an expert who actually designed and commissioned a number of power electronics-based FACTS controllers since their inceptions in the 1990s.

About the Speaker:

Kalyan Sen is the President & Chief Technology Officer of Sen Engineering Solutions, Inc. (www.sentransformer.com) that specializes in developing SMART power flow controllers—a functional requirements-based and cost-effective solution. Kalyan was an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at Prairie View A&M University during 1987-90 and spent the next 30 years in industry, starting at Westinghouse Science & Technology Center (STC) in 1990 and retiring from Fluor (formerly Westinghouse) in 2020. He was a key member of the Flexible Alternating Current Transmission Systems (FACTS) development team at the Westinghouse-STC for which he became a Westinghouse Fellow Engineer. He contributed to concept development, simulation, design, and commissioning of FACTS projects at Westinghouse. He conceived some of the basic concepts in power flow control technology for which he was elevated to the IEEE Fellow grade with the citation: for the development and application of power flow control technology. He is the Co-inventor of the Sen Transformer, which is commercially available to regulate ±6.5 MVA line power in a 33 kV line.

Kalyan holds BEE (1982), MSEE (1983), and PhD (1987) degrees, all in Electrical Engineering, from Jadavpur University, Tuskegee University and Worcester Polytechnic Institute, respectively, and an MBA (2012) from Robert Morris University. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania and New York. He has been serving as an IEEE PES Distinguished Lecturer since 2002. In that capacity, he has given presentations on power flow control technology more than 250 times in 20 countries. He serves IEEE SSIT Board of Governors as Education Committee Chair and President-Elect (2025-2026). He also serves IEEE Region 2 as its Professional Activities Chair. Kalyan has authored or coauthored more than 25 peer-reviewed publications, 8 issued patents, 2 books, and 3 book chapters in the areas of power flow control and power electronics. He is the Coauthor of the book titled, Introduction to FACTS Controllers: Theory, Modeling, and Applications (978-0-470-47875-2), IEEE Press and John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2009, which is also published in Chinese and Indian paperback editions. His second book is titled, Power Flow Control Solutions for a Modern Grid using SMART Power Flow Controllers (ISBN: 978-1-119-82435-0), IEEE Press and John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2022. Kalyan served twice as a Fulbright Specialist, sponsored by the U.S. Government.

IEEE SSCS Oregon Chapter 2026 Summer Social

Join the Oregon SSCS Chapter for an evening of golf at Topgolf Hillsboro on Thursday, June 11, 2026, 6:00-8:00 PM. Enjoy a catered Mediterranean buffet (vegetarian friendly), non-alcoholic drinks, and friendly competition across 4 private bays.

Spaces are limited to 20 guests, so register early.

If your plans change, please cancel your registration so others can join.

Join us for an inspiring introduction to OneAquaHealth project. This session will explore how the project uses AI‑assisted environmental monitoring, early‑warning indicators, and citizen‑science engagement to better understand the link between ecosystem dynamics and public health, supporting smarter, more resilient urban environments.

In the second part of the webinar, the consortium will present the IEEE OneAquaHealth Global Hackathon 2026 – an open call for innovators, students, and citizen scientists to co‑create digital solutions that strengthen the sustainability of urban aquatic ecosystems. Participants will discover how the hackathon transforms environmental and citizen‑generated data into actionable insights through AI, data platforms, and human‑centred design, advancing the mission of connecting ecosystem health, biodiversity, and human wellbeing.

This webinar sets the foundation for both the scientific vision of OneAquaHealth and the creative, community‑driven innovation the hackathon aims to spark.

This is the monthly PES chapter's Executive Committee meeting.  Typically, an hour to discuss old business and new business.

We focus on the upcoming events.  Senior member activity, Section Picnic, and Holiday Party, Future City Event. + technical events.

Join us for a day of technical insights, professional networking, and a first look at the CKC Laboratories new facility in Fremont!

Enjoy free technical seminars hosted by Randy Clark and Steve Behm, along with a catered lunch compliments of 

Stick around for your chance to win over 0 in prizes, including a JBL speaker, Igloo cooler, SF Giants tickets, and gift cards!

There is no charge to attend, but you must register by Friday, June 12!

IEEE members and non-members are welcome!!

We are organizing part4 of the IEEE San Diego Electronics Packaging Society (EPS) chapter meeting.

The agenda is as follows:

1. Next technical lectures
2. About EPS subsidy
3. Webpage development & Linkedin page
4. IMAPS collaboration 
5. Ask EPS for merchandise/swag 
6. Membership drive
7. Invite student chapters 
8. Booth at local events 

The IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society Young Professionals, Women in Circuits (WiC), and IEEE Electron Devices Society invite you to an evening mentoring and networking event. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage directly with seasoned professionals from industry, research, and academia in a relaxed setting. Whether you are an experienced mentor or an early-career professional seeking guidance, this session offers meaningful opportunities to connect with members of SSCS and EDS in an open atmosphere. The event is open to all and refreshments will be provided.

Turn an early idea into something real and fundable. In this session, Troy Vosseller from gener8tor, one of the most respected startup accelerators, breaks down how founders move from a concept to a reputable company. You’ll hear what helps inventors gain traction, build a business that can grow, and get in front of investors when it counts. 

Please join us for a warm and engaging virtual event as we welcome Seattle chapter's new IEEE PES Women in Power Representative, Bosong Li.

Bosong will host a collaborative conversation where we invite you to share the kinds of activities, topics, and opportunities you’d like to see from Seattle chapter’s IEEE PES Women in Power (WiP) community. This is a great chance to help shape future programs and ensure they reflect the interests and needs of our community.

Your voice is valuable—and we’d love to hear your ideas.

For more information about Women in Power, please visit their website (https://ieee-pes.org/about-pes/women-in-power/) and LinkedIn page (https://www.linkedin.com/company/ieee-pes-women-in-power).

We look forward to connecting with you on June 18th at 5:00 PM!

As Generative AI rapidly moves from experimentation into everyday workflows, professionals across technical and business roles are discovering new ways to improve productivity, accelerate decision-making, and reduce repetitive work. From software engineering and product management to communication, research, and operations, AI assistants are increasingly becoming practical collaborators in day-to-day work.

Following our May session on “Security in AI,” the IEEE Orange County Computer Society GET-AI Series continues with a practical and demo-driven June session focused on how AI is transforming productivity across the modern workplace.

As AI becomes integrated into modern workflows, organizations and individuals are leveraging AI tools to automate repetitive tasks, generate content, analyze information, accelerate software development, and streamline collaboration.

This session combines business and engineering perspectives to demonstrate how AI assistants and coding copilots are reshaping the way teams think, build, communicate, and operate.

Most professionals spend a significant portion of their workweek on repetitive tasks such as drafting emails, writing documents, debugging code, summarizing meetings, analyzing feedback, or preparing presentations.

This session demonstrates how AI assistants such as Claude can act as practical productivity partners across both technical and non-technical workflows.

Through live demonstrations, attendees will explore real-world scenarios including:

• Understanding legacy code
• Debugging production issues faster
• Generating features from natural language requirements
• Writing unit tests and pull request summaries

• Converting rough notes into structured PRDs
• Extracting insights from customer feedback
• Drafting stakeholder communications
• Preparing executive presentations and interview guides

The session concludes with a live audience challenge where a real attendee workflow problem will be solved interactively using AI.

👉 Takeaway: Learn practical prompting techniques and AI workflows that can immediately improve day-to-day productivity.

AI is rapidly reshaping how engineers design, build, review, deploy, and operate software systems. This session explores how AI is evolving from a coding assistant into a practical engineering copilot across the software delivery lifecycle.

Topics include real-world usage of:

• Codex
• Cline
• MCP-enabled development workflows
• GitHub, Bitbucket, and Confluence integrations

The session also explores how AI can accelerate:

• Pull request reviews
• Design documentation
• Architecture visualization using Mermaid and draw.io
• Test generation
• Troubleshooting and debugging

A key focus will be AI-assisted spec-driven development, where AI helps bridge business requirements, technical specifications, implementation, and deployment workflows.

The discussion includes:

• Productivity gains and engineering trade-offs
• Reliability considerations
• Human oversight and governance
• Practical lessons from enterprise adoption

Rather than focusing on theoretical AI concepts, this session emphasizes practical engineering workflows and actionable techniques that architects, developers, and technical leaders can immediately apply.

👉 Takeaway: Understand how AI-assisted engineering workflows are transforming modern software delivery and learn practical approaches for enterprise adoption.

Pradyumna Kodgi
Principal Product Manager | Oracle Health & AI
IEEE Senior Member | Vice Chair, IEEE EMBS – Orange County
Member, IEEE AI Agentic Systems & AI Policy Committees

📍 California, USA
📧 pkodgi@ieee.org
🔗 linkedin.com/in/pkodgi

We are thrilled to host LLNL’s 30th Center for Advanced Signal and Image Sciences (CASIS) workshop. The workshop returns with a full 2-day in-person schedule on Wednesday and Thursday, June 24-25, 2026.

We encourage a broad range of technical topics at the workshop and being non-archival  apart from original work, we are also considering intermediate results from ongoing efforts as well as recently published publications for presentation as a talk and/or a poster. The goal of the workshop is to provide a platform for the exchange of ideas and network with peers across disciplines to foster collaboration and build community. Please submit your abstract by Friday, May 15, 2026. Authors will be notified of the review decisions one week later on May 22,  2026.

Apart from the regular presentation track we will feature parallel tutorials, hands-on mini workshops and a dedicated student track to introduce career opportunities at LLNL.

The workshop will be held in-person at the University of California Livermore Collaboration Center (UCLCC) and requires pre-registration until June 18, 2026. As this is a 2-day whole-day workshop, we will provide coffee and snacks in morning and afternoon breaks as well as a lunch on both days. As this is our 30th anniversary, we will also host a Happy Hour following the regular program on Wednesday, June 24, 2026.

CLICK HERE FOR TALK SUBMISSION, REGISTRATION AND MORE

This year’s workshop features presentations in the following tracks, moderated by the Program Chairs:

• AI/Machine Learning (PhanNguyen, Kowshik Thopalli)
• National Ignition Facility (Eugene Kur, Christopher Miller)
• Non-Destructive Evaluation (Seemeen Karimi, Harry Martz)
• Quantum Sensing & Quantum Computing (Kristi Beck)
• Remote Sensing, Non-Invasive Imaging & Inverse Problems (Sean Lehman, Viacheslav Li)
• Robotics & Automation (Aldair Gongora, Abhik Sarkar)
• Student Track: All topics (Poster only) (Ted Bauman, Min Priest)

Become part of this great experience and submit your talk proposal at https://engineering.llnl.gov/centers/casis/workshops before May 15, 2025!

Check out this report for last year’s amazing event to see what to expect!

The no-fee CASIS Workshop is sponsored by the LLNL Engineering Directorate and held at the University of California Livermore Collaboration Center (UCLCC). It is organized by the Center for Advanced Signal and Imaging Sciences (CASIS), and is a joint meeting with the local chapters of the IEEE Signal Processing Society and IEEE Computer Society. supported by the IEEE Oakland East Bay Section.  

The Innovation in Action: WIE Case Challenge is designed to strengthen the connection between academia, technology, and industry by bringing students and professionals together in a collaborative and engaging environment. During the event, students will be grouped with industry professionals and mentors to work as teams on a real-world engineering or technology-related challenge. Participants will have the opportunity to exchange ideas, develop innovative solutions, strengthen leadership and teamwork skills, and build meaningful professional connections while learning from one another’s experiences and perspectives.

EMC Scan Technologies"

Near field scanning is a widely known and well received method for component, module and system EMC characterization. One specific emission scan technology, called the NF EMI scan, is the most common scan technology, but the immunity scan is relatively less known and less widely used. Three immunity and two emission scan technologies will be presented: ESD Scan, RF Immunity Scan, Current Spreading (CSP) and Phase Measurement Scan.

ESD scan is a very effective scan technique to debug or pre-screen components or modules that are more likely to cause problems (specially soft failures) before they are integrated to a system. Its main goal is localizing weak spots or traces causing ESD gun test failures with a well-controlled disturbance source.

RF Immunity Scan is very similar to ESD scan in concept, but it is a narrow-band scan while the ESD scan is a wide-band.

Most currents injected by an ESD gun follow the intended path by design, but a small amount causing system upset can flow through an unexpected route. CSP (Current Spreading) is a visualization technique for surface current flows, which identifies unexpected current paths and can verify ESD protection design.

Phase information helps improving accuracies of modeling of EUT's for simulation or can be directly used for specific applications. Specific application of the phase information will be introduced after brief review of simultaneous magnitude and phase measurement in time and frequency domain.