IEEE Northern Canada Section Newsletter

 IEEE NORTHERN CANADA SECTION November 2014
IEEE Northern Canada Section
www.northerncanada.ieee.ca IEEE NCS
Officers
Chair
Pankaj Sharma
Vice-Chair
Mooney Sherman
We aim to promote the vision of the IEEE Secretary
Jim Ellis
within the membership in our region Treasure
Des Fernando
Treasurer/Secretary
Aly Saleh
through sharing of ideas, attendance at conferences and workshops, and ethical Committee Chairs
practice. The section supports Chapters, Awards/Recognition John Grylls/ Cecilia Wang
special interest groups, student activities Educational Activities Nima Daneshpour
and student awards. Graduates Of the Last Decade Sagar Lunawat
Humanitarian Initiative Mooney Sherman/ Aly Saleh
Life Member Andy Jones
Member at Large Graham Walker
Membership Development Afsaneh Esteki
Professional/Career Activities Kelly Butz
Section Communications/Newsletter Sholeh Madani/ Raheleh Rasimarzabadi
Teacher in Service Program Mooney Sherman /Rossitza Marinova Webmaster/Newsletter Shahram Fardadvand
WIE (women in engineering) Adefeyike Odutayo/Wei Shi/Afsaneh Esteki
www.northerncanada.ieee.ca IEEE NORTHERN CANADA SECTION | November 2014 1
IEEE-NCS Presents
Thursday, December 12th , 2013, 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Christmas dinner
Annual IEEE Northern Canada Section Christmas dinner was hold at the German Canadian Cultural Centre on December 12. This year there were a no‐host bar and a plated meal. IEEE IAS ESTMP Presents
Electrical Safety, Technical and Mega Projects Workshop March 3-5, 2014
The IEEE IAS ESTMP Workshop provided a forum for exchanging and advancing industry knowledge in the areas of electrical safety, engineering design, and power system reliability and the implementation and execution of Mega Projects. The Workshop focus was to share innovative concepts, successes as well as lessons learned in the areas of: 1) advancing state of the art knowledge and best practices, 2) stimulating innovation in creating the next generation of technology and 3) design and implementation of Mega Projects. Who Attended? Individuals that had participated in past ESTMP workshops continued to attest to the high quality of the presentations and tutorials. Anyone involved with electrical, safety, construction, or design benefited from this workshop. Some of the companies that continued sending employees to the workshop include: PCL Intracon Power Inc., E&I Contractor, Albian Sands Energy Inc., PowerComm Inc, Enbridge Pipelines, Bantrel Canada, Pyramid Corporation, EnCana, Ber‐Mac Electrical and Shell, Emerson Industrial, Instrumentation, Sinai Engineering, EPCM, Capital Engineering, SNC Lavalin Inc., Fluor Canada Ltd., Cenovus Energy, Suncor Energy Inc, Husky Oil CH2MHILL Canada, Syncrude Canada Ltd., Irving Oil, Chemco Electrical, Jacobs Engineering, Chevron, TransAlta, Laird Electric Inc., ConocoPhillips Canada, Tri Ocean Engineering Ltd., Magna Electric Corporation, CoSyn Technology, University of Alberta Magna IV Engineering, Dickin Engineering Inc., Worley Parsons, Nova Chemicals, DuPont, Exhibition Exhibitions were held on Monday and Tuesday afternoons following the technical sessions. Vendors and suppliers were invited to showcase their products & services. IEEE NORTHERN CANADA SECTION | November 2014 2
IEEE-NCS, IAS/PES Presents
What’s New with Medium Voltage Drives?
Tuesday, April 1st, 2014, 6:00 to 9:00pm, doors open at 5:30pm
Abstract: Bill Lockley and Rick Paes  Technical changes and innovation over the last few years;  IEEE 1566 2nd Edition:  Unique applications such as marine, long cable runs and generator supply;  Data Sheet and Data Sheet Guide;  How to apply and order a MV ASD. GOLD Speaker: To promote the Graduates Of the Last Decade (GOLD) we had a 15 minute opening presentation from a GOLD Guest Speaker on “Building a Distribution Automation Program” Building a Distribution Automation Program SCADA has long been a staple of the transmission world, where it is a mature technology serving very well‐understood business and operational needs. As this, and other automation technologies, enters the distribution world, however, we find that the needs are different. In this presentation, we had a look at some of the needs driving the distribution automation program at ATCO Electric, and at how they affect the system design and architecture choices made. IEEE NORTHERN CANADA SECTION | November 2014 3
IEEE-NCS, IAS/PES Presents
Conductors and Raceways Design
Tuesday, May 13th, 2014, 6:00 to 9:00pm
This seminar provided details on the design aspects of conductor/cable and raceway installations. A review of CSA standards for conductors/cables and raceways was provided. Practical installation requirements and techniques were discussed. Canadian Electrical Code requirements and variances were included in the presentation. Trends in upcoming cabling installations were discussed. George Morlidge is the Chief Electrical Engineer at Fluor Canada Ltd. He has forty years of experience in design, installation, operation and maintenance of electrical systems. Principal Engineer with numerous duties including assignments on projects to assist Project Management in various areas of responsibility including Project Engineering/Engineering Management, interdiscipline coordination, scheduling, procurement, and work sharing with both Fluor domestic and international offices. Critical success factors included budget, schedule, quality and client satisfaction. Extensive experience in modularization, specifically in 3rd Gen Modular ExecutionSM. Past chairman and member of the Energy Industry Electrical Engineers Association, an industry safety codes and standards development group of senior engineers from the energy industry and the major consultants in that industry. Voting member of the Canadian Standards Association Standard 22.1, the Canadian Electrical Code Part 1. Chairman of Section 18 Hazardous Locations. Voting member of the subcommittees for Section 2 General Rules and Section 10 Grounding of the CSA Standard C22.1, the Canadian Electrical Code Part I. Voting member of the CSA Technical Committee for Industrial Products. Blair Sackney has worked in technical and sales roles in the wire and cable industry for over 12 years. He has developed a strong background in wire and cable over a broad range of cables from 300V Instrumentation and Control to Medium Voltage cables. His background includes product development as well as solving technical challenges for Distribution, Engineers, Electricians, and End Users. GOLD Speaker: To promote the Graduates Of the Last Decade (GOLD) we had a 15 minute opening presentation from a GOLD Guest Speaker on the challenges faced by distributed generation to penetrate into Alberta’s market. Increased DG Competitiveness through Fair Market Pricing Distributed generation is in its infancy in terms of market adoption despite offering significant environmental benefits. Furthermore, smart grid implementation offers the opportunity to improve system operations through the better utilization of economics, information and technological innovation. In this presentation we will look at how DG is currently undervalued in the Alberta market and how it can become more competitive through smart grid improvements offering more competitive pricing, information sharing, and better market characterization. IEEE NORTHERN CANADA SECTION | November 2014 4
IEEE NCS AP-S/MTT-S Presents
Invisibility and Electromagnetic-Wave
Manipulation with Metamaterial Structures
June 24th, 2014, 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM Abstract In this seminar we described our recent efforts toward electromagnetic‐wave manipulation using engineered structures (metamaterials) and related concepts. First, we presented some fundamental metamaterial concepts and structures related to imaging beyond the diffraction limit. This was followed by our recent development of the "super‐
microscope": An optical real‐time microscope that overcomes the diffraction limit in the far zone without the need of any fluorescent labeling or fine scanning. Subsequently we introduced the concept of the filed‐discontinuity (FD) metasurface. We then described a thin active cloak which remains effective and thin regardless of the size and material composition of the object to hide. Finally, we showed applications of this FD‐metasurface concept for manipulating electromagnetic waves at included beam refraction and focusing. Biography George V. Eleftheriades earned his Ph.D. and M.S.E.E. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1993 and 1989 respectively. Currently he is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto where he holds the Canada Research/Velma M. Rogers Graham Chair in Engineering. Eleftheriades introduced the concept of utilizing transmission lines to realize negative‐index metamaterials in 2002. Together with his graduate students he has produced the first experimental demonstration of focusing beyond the diffraction limit with a Veselago‐Pendry lens and invented a number of novel and practical antenna/microwave devices. Eleftheriades is the recipient of the 2008 IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Technical Field Award. He is an IEEE Fellow and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He has been the general chair of the 2010 IEEE Intl. Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and CNC/USNC/URSI Radio Science Meeting which was held in Toronto, Canada July 11‐17, 2010. Together with his graduate students he co‐authored several award‐winning papers including the 2010 IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Best Paper Award, twice (2008 and 2012) the RWP King Best Paper Award from the IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, and the 2014 Piergiorgio Uslenghi Best Paper Award from the IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters. IEEE NORTHERN CANADA SECTION | November 2014 5
IEEE-NCS Presents Kickoff to Summer Networking Event Thursday, June 26th, 2014, 5:00 to 7:30pm, come and go Main Speaker Melissa Ranger, HR Manager at Magna IV Engineering, provided a brief discussion on a topic relevant to Career & Professional Development in the workplace. IEEE-NCS Presents
Saturday, August 10th, 2014, 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Summer BBQ
Annual IEEE Northern Canada Section Barbeque was hold at Victoria Park Site 6 in Edmonton at August 10 from 1 to 5 pm. This event was free to IEEE members and their families. Photo by Sahar Banisoltan IEEE NORTHERN CANADA SECTION | November 2014 6
IEEE-NCS, IAS/PES Presents
Technical Seminar:
Renewable Energy Utilization and Role of Energy Storage
and Demand Response for Improved Reliability
Opening Talk:
Networking for Career Development
Tuesday, September 30th, 2014, 6:00 to 9:00pm
Technical Seminar Abstract: It is expected that demand for electricity will increase rapidly around the globe in the foreseeable future. The increase in demand dictates the need for rapid increase in generation capacity, much of which is expected to be in the form of emission‐free renewable energy power generation, including the highly heterogeneous energy sources such as wind and solar. We have already seen the growth of such power generation in the past decade. This presentation evaluated the potential of several different renewable energy power generation sources. The opportunities and challenges associated with the use of variable renewable energy sources and the role of energy storage and demand response in mitigating their variability in grid‐connected and off‐grid (islanded microgrid) applications were discussed. Intelligent power management of multisource microgrids for improved reliability and resiliency, and a vision for a future renewable‐energy‐based Hydrogen‐economy society were also presented. Opening Talk Abstract: This talk provided an overview of networking skill development and debunks the negative connotations associated with networking. In its purest form networking is being authentically interested in the people around you. Authenticity has a powerful effect on career development.