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  • Dr. Prabha Kundur’s Seminar on Sustainable Electric Power Systems in the 21st Century

    Room 1105, Sanford Fleming building, 10 King’s College Rd, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G8

    Wednesday, June 6th at 6:00 p.m., Dr. Prabha Kundur, President of Kundur Power Systems Solutions Inc., will be presenting a seminar on “Sustainable Electric Power Systems in the 21st Century”. Day & Time: Wednesday, June 6, 2018 6:00 p.m. ‐ 8:00 p.m. Speaker: Dr. Prabha Kundur President of Kundur Power Systems Solutions Inc. Location: 10 King’s College Rd Toronto, Ontario Canada M5S 3G8 Building: Sanford Fleming building Room Number: Room 1105 Contact: Omid Alizadeh Organizer: Power & Energy Chapter, University of Toronto Student Branch Register: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/172987 Abstract: IEEE Toronto is honoured to have Dr. Prabha S. Kundur give a presentation on Sustainable Electric Power Systems in the 21st Century: Requirements, Challenges and the Role of Intelligent Systems Technologies, on Wednesday, June 6th, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm, Room 1105 at Sanford Fleming building, University of Toronto. Sustainability of electric power systems requires balancing the business across three areas: economic, social and environmental. This will have a profound impact on how power systems are planned, built and operated in the future. In the evolving electricity supply industry environment, the challenges are to produce, transmit, and use energy in an environmentally friendly manner, to reduce costs by improving operating efficiency and business practices, and enhance the reliability and quality of power supply. In particular, there will be increased focus on improving the security and reliability of power systems while addressing environmental concerns, such as greenhouse gas emissions and global warming issues. There will also be greater emphasis on “smart” use of energy. Research, development and application of intelligent systems technologies will play a major role in shaping the future directions of power systems in this regard. This presentation will describe these changes affecting the electric power industry and highlight new technologies that will influence the changes. Light refreshments will be provided. Biography: Prabha Kundur holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Toronto and has over 40 years of experience in the electric power industry. He is currently the President of Kundur Power system Solutions Inc., Toronto, Ontario. He served as the President and CEO of Powertech Labs Inc., the research and technology subsidiary of BC Hydro, from 1994 to 2006. Prior to joining Powertech, he worked at Ontario Hydro for nearly 25 years and held senior positions involving power system planning and design. He has also served as Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto from 1979 to 2017 and at the University of British Columbia from1994 to 2006. He is the author of the book Power System Stability and Control (McGraw-Hill, 1994), which is a standard modern reference for the subject. He has performed extensive international consulting related to power system planning and design, and has delivered advanced level technical courses for utilities, manufacturers and universities around the world. Dr. Kundur has a long record of service and leadership in the IEEE. He has chaired numerous committees and working groups of the IEEE Power & Energy Society and was elected a Fellow of the IEEE in 1985. He served as the Chair of the IEEE Power System Dynamic Performance Committee from 2001 to 2003. From 2004 to 2010, he served as a member of the IEEE PES Executive Committee and as the PES Vice-President for Education. He is the recipient of several IEEE awards, including the 1997 IEEE Nikola Tesla Award, 2005 IEEE PES Charles Concordia Power System Engineering Award, and the 2010 IEEE Medal in Power Engineering. Dr. Kundur was elected as a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering in 2003 and as a Foreign Member of the US National Academy of Engineering in 2011. He has been awarded two honorary degrees: Doctor Honoris Causa by the University Politechnica of Bucharest, Romania in 2003, and Doctor of Engineering, Honoris Causa by the University of Waterloo, Canada in 2004.

  • Introduction to Robotics Class 3: Introduction to Encoders and Feedback

    Humber North Campus, J Building

    Students will learn the basic robot building blocks through hands on examples. By the end of the lesson students will precisely control a motor through Arduino code. The flow of information and signals will be examined. Students should read online tutorials on: 1. How to control a servo motor via Arduino 2. How a rotary encoder sensor works and how to use them via Arduino. Date & Time: Monday June 11th, 2018 3:30 p.m. Organizers: IEEE Toronto WIE, IEEE Toronto Robotics Chapter, IEEE Humber Student Affinity Group Location: Humber North Campus, J Building For information, please contact: Dr. Maryam Davoudpour

  • Introduction to Microcontrollers

    Humber North Campus, J Building

    The workshop is to introduce students to Ardunio microcontroller programming, a way to get the knowledge about microcontrollers. This involves hardware component and software components. Date & Time: Wednesday June 13th, 2018 2:30 p.m. Organizers: IEEE Toronto WIE, IEEE Toronto Robotics Chapter, IEEE Humber Student Affinity Group Location: Humber North Campus, J Building For information, please contact: Dr. Maryam Davoudpour

  • Advanced Sensor Concepts, Exploitation, Signal Processing and Systems Engineering

    BA 1200 (Bahen Center), University of Toronto, 40 St. George Street, Toronto, Canada M5S 2E4

    Thursday, June 14th at 11:00 a.m., IEEE AESS and SC Distinguished Lecturer Michael C. Wicks, Ph.D., will be presenting “Advanced Sensor Concepts, Exploitation, Signal Processing and Systems Engineering”. Day & Time: Thursday, June 14, 2018 11:00 a.m. ‐ 12:30 p.m. Speaker: Michael C. Wicks, Ph.D. DIEEE AESS and SC Distinguished Lecturer Endowed Chair and Professor of Electrical Engineering University of Dayton, Dayton OH 45469 USA Host: Dr. Raviraj Adve Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Toronto Location: BA 1200 (Bahen Center) University of Toronto 40 St. George Street, Toronto Canada M5S 2E4 Contact: Dr. Mehrdad Tirandazian Organizer: Aerospace and Systems, Man and Cybernetics IEEE Toronto Section Abstract: In this talk, a number of concepts and technologies forming the foundation for the exploitation of sensors from a Big Data perspective are presented. A signal processing and systems engineering approach is discussed, and heuristic techniques are presented as being critical to leap ahead advances in sensor exploitation. While radar centric in nature, the foundation for a more general sensors approach to Big Data exploitation is discussed. Archival data is considered to be essential to the optimal exploitation of sensor phenomena, as humans are unable to fully observe or even comprehend the volumes of rapidly changing data available today. Topics as diverse as radio frequency tomography for below ground imaging, millimeter wave sensing for exquisite feature extraction, target resonance and dynamic imaging of targets obscured by clutter and cover, as well as space-time adaptive processing are presented. The integrating theme of Big Data exploitation in the Internet of Radar is discussed within the context of these enabling sensor technologies as is the “Velocity of Sensor Data.” Biography: Dr. Wicks is a leading research scientist in remote sensing, signal processing and systems engineering, with a current focus on distributed sensing and radio frequency technology. He has pursued a variety of research interests in his career, including: cognitive radar, radio frequency tomographic radar, counter explosive sensor technology, cognitive radar and radio, space object sensing, missile defense, deep earth probing radar, multi-dimensional adaptive processing for airborne and space based radar, ultra-wideband radio and radar, passive and active multi-static systems, and concealed weapons / contraband detection and carrier identification. He pioneered the concept of knowledge-based signal processing and waveform diversity, and has led national and international research teams on the design, development and fielding of novel algorithms, architectures and systems for remote sensing from space, air and surface platforms. Sponsored research is currently focused on advanced algorithms for the detection and track processing of airborne targets obscured by wind farm clutter, as is research on spatially and spectrally diverse sensing for the automatic detection, identification, and feature exploitation of objects under cover, e.g. below ground, inside structures, or under foliage. Space object identification is also a topic of current research. The design and analysis of distributed radar for exoatmospheric surveillance is complimented by analysis and experiments for side-looking imaging and surface moving target indication radar. Recent research has resulted in the development of a mobile waveform diverse distributed MIMO radar system and a radio frequency tomography test bed at the University of Dayton. Research on integrated close-in sensing and long range wide area surveillance radar is addressing feature extraction, in addition to detection processing and track formation. Algorithms and architectures for the numerical and symbolic (heuristic) processing of sensor data is a primary focus of this research.

  • Introduction to Robotics Class 4

    Humber North Campus, J Building

    Students will learn the basic robot building blocks through hands on examples. By the end of the lesson students will precisely control a motor through Arduino code. The flow of information and signals will be examined. Students should read online tutorials on: 1. How to control a servo motor via Arduino 2. How a rotary encoder sensor works and how to use them via Arduino. Date & Time: Monday June 18th, 2018 3:30 p.m. Organizers: IEEE Toronto WIE, IEEE Toronto Robotics Chapter, IEEE Humber Student Affinity Group Location: Humber North Campus, J Building For information, please contact: Dr. Maryam Davoudpour

  • Introduction to Robotics Class 5

    Humber North Campus, J Building

    Students will learn the basic robot building blocks through hands on examples. By the end of the lesson students will precisely control a motor through Arduino code. The flow of information and signals will be examined. Students should read online tutorials on: 1. How to control a servo motor via Arduino 2. How a rotary encoder sensor works and how to use them via Arduino. Organizers: IEEE Toronto WIE, IEEE Toronto Robotics Chapter, IEEE Humber Student Affinity Group Date & Time: Monday June 25th, 2018 3:30 p.m. Location: Humber North Campus, J Building For information, please contact: Dr. Maryam Davoudpour

  • Motor Control with Arduino

    Prototype Lab (J232 Humber College North Campus)

    -Introduction -Basic information about DC motor, stepper motor and servo motor -How to make them run (ON/OFF) -How to control speed * Basic information about PID control (I will not make the whole calculation but still I want to mention about the idea to show where it comes from) -How to control direction – How and where can we use them Speaker: Seda Erturk Date & Time: Tuesday July 10th, 2018 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Organizers: IEEE Toronto WIE, IEEE Toronto Robotics Chapter, IEEE Humber Student Affinity Group Location: Prototype Lab (J232 Humber College North Campus) For information, please contact: Dr. Maryam Davoudpour

  • Arduino Microcontroller Programming

    Humber College North Campus, J Building

    The workshop is to continue learning Ardunio microcontroller programming, a way to get the knowledge about microcontrollers. This involves learning hardware component and software component. In this workshop, we are going to introduce Pulse with Modulation concept and program Arduino to see it. Introducing 7 segment LED ( common cathode and anode) and going through wiring and programming. Date & Time: Monday July 16th, 2018 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Organizers: IEEE Toronto WIE, IEEE Toronto Instrumentation Measurement - Robotics Automation Chapter, IEEE Humber Student Affinity Group Location: Humber North Campus, J Building For information, please contact: Zahraa Khalil

  • EMC and Frequency Selective Surfaces for 5G Communications

    Bahen Centre for Information Technology, BA1240, 40 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2E4

    Tuesday, July 17th at 3:00 p.m., Professor Erping Li, Zhejiang University, China, will be presenting “EMC and Frequency Selective Surfaces for 5G Communications”. Day & Time: Tuesday, July 17, 2018 3:00 p.m. ‐ 4:00 p.m. Speaker: Professor Erping Li, Zhejiang University, China Location: 40 St George Street Toronto, Ontario Canada M5S 2E4 Building: Bahen Centre for Information Technology Room Number: BA1240 Contact: Costas Sarris Organizer: IEEE Toronto Electromagnetics & Radiation Chapter Abstract: The spectrum in the range of 28 GHz is sued for adoption of 5G wireless communication. The novel wideband frequency selective surfaces (FSSs) are explored for the extensive applications in 5G communication such as antenna reflectors, radomes to system level electromagnetic structures. This presentation will touch on a novel broadband bandpass frequency selective surface (FSS) designed for fifth generation (5G) communication. The new structure design employs the vertical vias in the two-dimensional (2-D) periodic arrays, which demonstrates that such a single 2.5-dimensional (2.5-D) periodic layer of via_based structure produces a highly stable angular response up to 75 degrees for both the TE and TM incident angles. The proposed FSS is a good candidate for 5G communication applications. Biography: Erping Li holds the appointment of Changjiang-Qianren Distinguished Professor in Zhejiang University, China, Dean for Zhejiang University-UIUC Institute. Prior that he worked for Singapore A*STAR Institute of High Performance Computing as a Principal Scientist, Director of Photonic Department, Associate Professor at National University of Singapore and adjunct Professor at Singapore Nanyang Technological University. Dr Li’s research interests include advanced computational electromagnetics, electromagnetics in micro-nanoelectronics, electromagnetics in 5G communication, nano-plasmonics for microwave and mmwave. He authored or co-authored over 400 papers published in the referred international journals and conferences, authored two books published at John-Wiley Press(2012) and Cambridge University Press(2014). Dr Li is a Fellow of IEEE, and a Fellow of MITElectromagnetics Academy, USA. He received numerous international awards including the IEEE EMC Richard Stoddard Award in 2015, IEEE EMC Technical Achievement Award, and Changjiang Chair Professorship Award from the Ministry of Education in China. He has served as General Chair and Technical Program Chair for more than 10 prestigious international conferences and delivered over 80 invited talks and plenary speeches at various international conferences and forums.

  • Integration of Electric Vehicles in Smart Grids

    40 St George St, Toronto, ON M5S 2E4, Canada

    Friday, July 20th at 11:00 a.m., The IEEE Toronto ComSoc Chapter and University of Toronto – ECE are inviting all interested to the distinguished lecture titled: “Integration of Electric Vehicles in Smart Grids”. Day & Time: Friday, July 20, 2018 11:00 a.m. ‐ 12:00 p.m. Speaker: Prof. Ying-Jun Angela Zhang Chinese University of Hong Kong Location: 40 St George Street Toronto, Ontario Canada M5S 2E4 Building: Bahen Centre for Information Technology Room Number: BA4164 Contact: Eman Hammad Organizer: IEEE Toronto Communication Society Abstract: The recent surge in electric vehicle adoption worldwide brings both challenges and opportunities to the electricity power grid. In this talk, we will first introduce our recent work on coordinated electric vehicle charging when the knowledge of future events is unknown. We will then show how the battery systems in electric vehicles can contribute to stabilizing the grid frequency. Biography: Ying-Jun Angela Zhang (S’00-M’05-SM’10) received her PhD degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong in 2004. Since 2005, she has been with Department of Information Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, where she is currently an Associate Professor. Her research interests include mainly wireless communications systems and smart power systems, in particular optimization techniques for such systems. She serves as the Chair of the Executive Editor Committee of the IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. Previously, she served many years as an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE Transactions on Communications, Security and Communications Networks (Wiley), and a Feature Topic in the IEEE Communications Magazine. She has served on the organizing committee of major IEEE conferences including ICC, GLOBECOM, SmartgridComm, VTC, CCNC, ICCC, MASS, etc.. She is now the Chair of IEEE ComSoc Emerging Technical Committee on Smart Grid. She was a Co-Chair of the IEEE ComSoc Multimedia Communications Technical Committee and the IEEE Communication Society GOLD Coordinator. She was the co-recipient of the 2014 IEEE ComSoc APB Outstanding Paper Award, the 2013 IEEE SmartgridComm Best Paper Award, and the 2011 IEEE Marconi Prize Paper Award on Wireless Communications. She was the recipient of the Young Researcher Award from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2011. As the only winner from engineering science, she has won the Hong Kong Young Scientist Award 2006, conferred by the Hong Kong Institution of Science. Dr. Zhang is a Fellow of IET and a Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE ComSoc.

  • Arduino Microcontroller Programming

    Humber North Campus, J Building

    The workshop is to continue learning Ardunio microcontroller programming. In this workshop, continue the discussion about 7 segment LED , learning about Shift register and the application with Arduino board and keypad integration. The workshop involves hardware and software. Date & Time: Monday July 23rd, 2018 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Organizers: IEEE Toronto WIE, IEEE Toronto Instrumentation Measurement – Robotics Automation Chapter, IEEE Humber Student Affinity Group Location: Humber North Campus, J Building For information, please contact: Zahraa Khalil

  • Engineering Gateways: Communicating for Success as Women in Engineering

    Bahen Centre for Information Technology, University of Toronto, 40 St. George Street, Toronto

    Tuesday, July 24th at 1:00 p.m., come join IEEE Canada Women in Engineering (WIE) and IEEE Toronto WIE Group for “Engineering Gateways: Communicating for Success as Women in Engineering” Panel at the IEEE Professional Communication 2018 (ProComm’18). Diverse perspectives will be brought to this panel on topics such as communications, self-promotion, professional branding, and strategies for intervention. Day & Time: Tuesday, July 24, 2018 1:00 p.m. ‐ 2:15 p.m. Speakers: Namir Anani President and CEO of Information and Communications Technology Council Christine Laperriere Lead Coach and Executive Director of the Women of Influence Advancement Centre Teresa Sing VP Business Development, Refine Recruitment Jennifer van Amerom Founder and CEO, Refine Recruitment Deborah-Tihanyi Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Director, and Communication Coordinator University of Toronto Location: Bahen Centre for Information Technology University of Toronto 40 St. George Street, Toronto Canada M5S 2E4 Register: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/173431 Contact: Dr. Maryam Davoudpour Organizer: IEEE Canada Women in Engineering (WIE) and IEEE Toronto WIE Group