IEEE SSIT Australia Chapter

Speaker(s): Emil Björnson, Montreal, Quebec, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/266024

IEEE YP Professional Development Series: Part 4 The Professional Development Series is a 10-part series of online seminars which aims at presenting and discussing career opportunities and pathways in the engineering profession, with presenters coming from a wide range of backgrounds across Canada and the world. In Part 4, Ugomma Ogu will talk about how one can keep up with latest trends in the professional world and stay up-to-date in the ever-changing world of technology. Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/273115

IEEE YP Professional Development Series: Part 5 The Professional Development Series is a 10-part series of online seminars which aims at presenting and discussing career opportunities and pathways in the engineering profession, with presenters coming from a wide range of backgrounds across Canada and the world. In Part 5, Anna Mathew will give you advice and share her knowledge needed for you to get your dream career in the professional world. Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/273118

This is an introduction to Python programming for students without any prior programming knowledge or experience. The proposed 5-day course covers the fundamental aspects of programming, which include data types, various operators, input/output, conditions, control flow, functions, and algorithms. The learning experience is enhanced by a number of examples and problem sets (data, strings, file processing and simple graphics) that will be solved interactively during the lecture with the participation of the students. The course format includes 3 hours of daily lectures (2 hours of lecture and 1 hour of lab). A certificate of completions will be given to the student who successfully complete the course and pass a short exam at the end of the course to evaluate their knowledge. Electronic copies of the course materials will be provided to the students. The students will also be provided with career advice, and skills development. The course is delivered online and limited space (25 spots) is available. Please register by July 11. After the registration, applicants will be contacted with the virtual meeting information and course material prior to the start of the course. Fees: - $250 CAD (IEEE or OSPE Members) - $350 CAD (Non-members) Please follow IEEE on Social Media: https://twitter.com/ieeetoronto https://www.ieeetoronto.ca/ Co-sponsored by: Dr. Maryam Davoudpour Speaker(s): Dr. Alireza Sadeghian, Agenda: Day 1 – July 12, 2021, 6:00-9:00 pm EST: Introduction to computer systems, hardware architecture, CPU, memory, compilation, high level vs. low-level programming language, data representation, Python and PyCharm interactive IDE installation, writing/editing/saving/retrieving and running a simple program, basic data types, variables, assignments, comments, and expressions. The material learned will be reinforced through examples provided during the lecture. Day 2 – July 13, 2021, 6:00-9:00 pm EST: The following topics will be discussed: conditions, operators (arithmetic, logic, and comparison), control statements (if and if-else), and loops (for and while). The material learned will be reinforced through examples provided during the lecture. Day 3 – July 14, 2021, 6:00-9:00 pm EST: Students will be introduced to Strings and text files in Python. They will learn how to work with files, reading/writing text and numbers from/to a file, string manipulation, indexing, and string slicing. The material learned will be reinforced through examples provided during the lecture. Day 4 – July 15, 2021, 6:00-9:00 pm EST: Functions, arguments, and return values will be discussed. The material learned will be reinforced through examples provided during the lecture. Day 5 – July 16, 2021, 6:00-9:00 pm EST: The topics of lists and dictionaries will be discussed. Students will learn about the basic operators, creating, accessing, slicing, adding, removing, replacing, and iteration methods for lists and dictionaries. The material learned will be reinforced through examples provided during the lecture. Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/274865

IEEE YP Professional Development Series: Part 6 The Professional Development Series is a 10-part series of online seminars which aims at presenting and discussing career opportunities and pathways in the engineering profession, with presenters coming from a wide range of backgrounds across Canada and the world. In Part 6, Ana Laura Gonzalez Rios will go over key points and ideas to pursue when networking with others in your area of expertise, and how to do so efficiently and effectively. Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/273121

This presentation will begin with a general discussion on the current landscape of THz research and development. In particular, the state-of-the-art of MHz-through-THz material characterization will be briefly reviewed. Subsequently, two groups of free-space THz measurement techniques will be described for accurate material characterization and parametric extraction in connection with frequency independent optical paths. Quasi-optical mirror and lens systems are studied and developed over THz range to achieve precision complex permittivity measurements of dielectric substrates, films, and materials. To achieve a wide plane wave zone for the center of four-parabolic-mirror systems, two corrugated horns are designed and fabricated for the measurement systems. The Gaussicity of the corrugated horn is larger than 97.4%. For the proposed multiple reflection model and direct wave model, a set of closed-form expressions of loss tangent are derived from transmission parameters of the measurement systems. The resolution and uncertainty of loss tangent are examined according to the working frequency, the thickness of wafer or substrate, the real part of relative permittivity, and the transmission measurement uncertainty. The complex permittivity of Rogers/Duroid series PCB substrates, which are commonly used at microwave frequencies, and silicon wafers are measured over THz ranges. Co-sponsored by: STARaCOM (Montreal) Speaker(s): Ke Wu, Agenda: 10:45 AM - 10:55 AM: Opening the workshop, Mansour Naslcheraghi, Chair of YP Montreal 10:55 AM - 11:05 AM: Workshop and Speaker introduction by chair of Terahertz Days workshop Series, Dr. Gunes Karabulut Kurt 11:05 AM - 12:05 PM: Talk by Prof. Ke Wu 12:05 PM - 12:45 PM: Q & A session Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/303374

The IEEE Montreal Section, IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Montreal Chapter, IEEE Solid State Circuits Society Montreal Chapter, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, and ReSMiQ – Regroupement Stratégique en Microsystèmes du Québec invite you to attend the talk by Prof. Paulo Diniz from Department OF Electronics and Computer Engineering, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday March 1st, 2022. The event is virtual and registration is free. Co-sponsored by: IEEE Montreal Section, IEEE Montreal Chapters of CAS and SSC Speaker(s): DR. PAULO S. R. DINIZ, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/304392

Join us for this talk on "Career Planning as an Antidote to a Competitive Job Market" with David Lafferty and Karim Abuawad on March 8th, starting at 11:30 AM. In this presentation, both speakers will discuss how to make career plans to help people find jobs in today's competitive job market. Speaker(s): David Lafferty, Karim Abuawad Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/306051

CubeSat, a modular type of standardized modern small satellites, have been gaining steady popularity and attention from universities and space industries. In addition to education purpose, CubeSats have various promising applications as low-cost space exploration vehicles for technology demonstrations, multi-point observations of space environment, and monitoring/reporting proper deployment of expensive deep space instruments. Antennas are critical components for CubeSat missions. A CubeSat antenna may provide some or all of the following functions: telemetry, tracking, command (TT\&C), high speed downlink for payload data, receiving positioning data, and inter-satellite cross links. Most often, different antennas are required to keep the CubeSat assembly in modular fashion. On the other hand, antenna engineers strive to create solutions that could pack more functionality into one unit. This brings up a need to understand basics of CubeSat development cycle and link budget analysis, so that an electrical engineer would have sound knowledge of limiting factors (posed by the mechanical system and hardware of a CubeSat) to the antennas design. With rapid advancement of electronics, novel mechanical design, and aerospace technology, new progress in CubeSats is emerging every day. This calls for interests and early involvements of creative young minds. The objective of this presentation is to convey the basics of CubeSat development cycle, launch methods, typical CubeSat orbits, link budget analysis, various antenna solutions, and feasible classroom projects. Co-sponsored by: Staracomm Montréal, IEEE Young Professionals, IEEE Montréal Speaker(s): Prof. Reyhan Baktur, 2500 chemin de polytechnique, Polytechnique Montreal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada, H3T1j4, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/304249

Conformal Integration of antennas with solar panels has wide applications, from small spacecraft, Mars rovers, to self-powered wireless sensors. It is particularly beneficial when the surface real estate is a major challenge, such as a CubeSat. A strategic integration not only reduces the development cost, promotes a robust communication link, but also increases the mission capacity by allowing more science instruments to be mounted on the CubeSat. This lecture covers different conformal antenna designs for solar panel integration, from UHF to Ka band. It includes antennas integrated under solar cells, around solar cells, and optically transparent antennas integrated on top of solar cells. It also covers low gain and high gain design. The high gain design mainly focuses on reflectarray antenna, which may be beneficial to those who wishes to study the subject. As these antennas are integrated with solar panel, a unique and complex subsystem, effects of solar cells on the antenna and vice versa need to be analyzed and quantified. The lecture presents analysis of a typical space-certified solar cell, extracted model, experimental set-up to quantify the interaction between solar cells and the integrated antennas. Co-sponsored by: Staracomm Montréal, IEEE Young Professionals, IEEE Montréal Speaker(s): Prof. Reyhan Baktur, 2500 chemin de polytechnique, Polytechnique Montreal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada, H3T1j4, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/304250