IEEE Toronto Section

Agile Methodology Framework Case Study
2019-10-17 18:30 - 21:00 (America/Toronto) | Eric Palin Hall (Room EPH 216), 87 Gerrard St E, Toronto, ON M5B 2M2, Canada
Thursday October 17th, 2019 at 6:30 p.m. Rafi Ahmed, Telecom IT Consultant, will be presenting “Agile Methodology Framework Case Study”.
Day & Time: Thursday October 17th, 2019
6:30 p.m. ‐ 9:00 p.m.
Speaker: Rafi Ahmed, M.B.A., M.Res., B.Sc. Telecom IT Consultant
Organizers: IEEE Toronto Computer Chapter
Location: Eric Palin Hall, Room EPH 216
Ryerson University
87 Gerrard St E, Toronto, ON M5B 2M2
RVSP: RSVP is required for this event. Please visit https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/203806 for more details and to register
Fees: IEEE Members: Free
Non-Member (Professional): $10 + 13% HST
Contact: Dennis Cecic, P. Eng., SMIEEE
Chair, IEEE Computer Society (Toronto Chapter)
Abstract: Are you looking to deliver your projects with high quality, higher customer satisfaction, increased project control, reduced risk and faster ROI and are unable to decide whether Agile or Waterfall methodologies are right for you? In this talk we will discuss how to align your initiatives with your organization’s strategy by defining a problem using the Diamond E framework, and how to execute an initiative by choosing the right methodology for execution (Agile, Waterfall or Hybrid). We will also discuss how organizations can achieve their objective of having complete visibility from defining strategic initiatives to execution of those strategic initiative; from top level in the organization all the way to bottom.
The theory will be followed by an actual case study for one of the largest telecom operators in the Middle East and how it was able to launch a world class marketplace within a record time of 9 months.
Biography:
Rafi has 25+ years of IT experience in delivering small to very large-scale projects. He has held several executive roles in various organizations. Rafi has worked as Digital Transformation Lead, DevOps Lead, Cloud Architect, Business Architect & IT Transformation, Enterprise Architect, Solution Architect, Quality Assurance/ Business Analyst / Software designer with an exceptional record of delivering cost effective, high performance technology solutions to meet challenging business demands. He has extensive qualifications in all facets of information systems methodology from conceptual design through documentation, implementation, user training, quality review, and enhancement. He has worked extensively with Fortune 1000 companies.

Setting in with Programming – Python – Workshop 3
2019-11-11 13:30 - 15:30 (America/Toronto) | Lassonde Building, Ottawa Rd, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada
Monday November 11th, 2019 at 1:30 p.m. Enas Tarawneh will be presenting a Python workshop, “Setting in with Programming – Workshop 3”.
Day & Time: Monday November 11th, 2019
1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Speaker: Enas Tarawneh
Organizers: IEEE WIE, WICSE
Location: Lassonde Building (LAS-3033)
Contact: Hina Tabassum
Pre-requisites: Workshop 1 and 2
Registration Link: http://bit.ly/2OiCSPO
Snacks will be served.
Workshop Description: This workshop will cover (1) creating ROS processing nodes (includes creating classes, functions) (2) passing messages between nodes (includes abstracting the problem) (3) capture the images from the webcam and (4) apply different image processing in separate nodes and display continuous processing results.
Note: Bring your own laptop with a python installation (2.7, 3.3-3.6) and Speech Recognition Package installation. Installation guidelines will be sent to registered attendees.
Biography: Enas Tarawneh is a PhD student at York University in the department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. She works in the Vision, Graphics and Robotics (VGR) Laboratory as a research assistant. Her most recent research involves the development and evaluation of a cloud-based avatar (intelligent agent) for human-robot interaction that is part of a project funded by VISTA. She holds an OGS and VISTA doctoral scholarship. Prior to this, Enas worked as an academic Lead, instructor and e-learning coordinator in the Institute of Applied Technology in UAE in which she received an award for “Distinguished Curriculum Support” and another for “Excellence in E-learning coordination”. Most importantly Enas, is a wife and mother of three, that believes that open-mindedness and positivism is the best accomplishment and the source of true happiness.

SWE Speaks November 2019: A Journey of Successful Women’s Leadership
2019-11-13 17:30 - 20:00 (America/Toronto) | 245 Church St Toronto, Ontario Canada M5B 1Z4
Wednesday November 13th, 2019 at 5:30 p.m. SWE Speaks will feature Tracy Holmes, P.Eng., President of Jenike & Johanson Ltd, a globally respected Bulk Solids Handling Consulting Engineering firm.
Day & Time: Wednesday November 13th, 2019
5:30 p.m. ‐ 7:50 p.m.
Speaker: Tracy Holmes, P.Eng.
President of Jenike & Johanson Ltd
Organizers: SWE, IEEE Toronto (WIE, Measurement/Instrumentation-Robotics), Computer Science Department of Ryerson University
Location: 245 Church St
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5B 1Z4
Building: George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre
Room Number: ENG 288
Register: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/209036
Contact: Ayda Naserialiabadi
Abstract: Are you looking around for female mentors and leaders to inspire your career? Are you excited to talk to women in engineering about their career paths?
Our next SWE Speaks on November 13th features a Tracy Holmes, P.Eng., President of Jenike & Johanson Ltd, a globally respected Bulk Solids Handling Consulting Engineering firm.
Agenda:
5:30 pm – registration
6:00 pm – speaker and Q&A
7:00 pm – networking
All Engineers, EITs, P.Geo’s, professionals in engineering-related fields (that includes you technicians, software folks, GIS specialists, etc!) and new grads are welcome. We welcome people of all genders and supporters of women in engineering fields.
Come make new connections and renew old ones. SWE Toronto is pleased to be co-hosting the evening with IEEE WIE. SWE Toronto and IEEE Women in Engineering help our members develop and reach their career goals through learning about others’ journeys and connecting our membership together. SWE Toronto’s mission statement is to support and contribute to the continual professional success of women in engineering. IEEE Women in Engineering’s mission statement is to facilitate the recruitment and retention of women in technical disciplines globally.
Biography: Tracy has consulted to a wide spectrum of clients in Canada and overseas. She has published numerous papers and lectures frequently on the storage and flow of bulk solids across Canada. Tracy received her Bachelor of Applied Science in Civil Engineering from University of Waterloo in Canada.

IEEE Toronto Section Annual General Meeting 2019
2019-11-16 18:00 - 22:30 (America/Toronto) | Room Brûlé C, 21 Old Mill Rd, Toronto, ON, Canada
On behalf of the IEEE Toronto Section, you are cordially invited to join us in our annual IEEE Toronto Section AGM/Dinner event. The AGM is a special occasion to celebrate the achievements of the Toronto Section, made possible by its dedicated volunteers and members.
Date: Saturday, November 16, 2019
Time: 6:00 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.
Location: Room Brûlé C, 21 Old Mill Rd, Toronto, ON, Canada
FREE Registrations (by Oct. 25): Please fill out the registration HERE – space is limited and we anticipate a high demand.
– Each Chapter/Affinity group should register two representatives for the AGM (typically the Chair and Vice-Chair or other team member) and two guests of your choice.
– Each student branch should register two students representatives for the AGM and two guests of your choice, in addition to the Branch counsellor and one guest.
– Please fill out a single registration form for you and your guest.
– You may also register for free if you have received a personal invitation from the Section Officers.
– Since space is very limited please do not register unless you are committed to attend.
PAID registrations: Additional tickets may be available in limited supply; please contact Maryam Davoudpour for special requests.
We look forward to seeing you all on November 16, 2019!

National Engineering Month 2020 Meeting Fall 2019
2019-11-28 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York)
The WIE Toronto Team will continue to prepare for the National Engineering Month competition.
Day & Time: Thursday, November 28, 2019
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Organizers: IEEE Toronto WIE, Humber Student Branch
Location: Humber College North Campus, Room F305
Contact: IEEE Humber

Raspberry Pi Workshop Fall 2019
2019-11-29 13:30 - 15:30 (America/New_York)
We will be programming and displaying the date and time for our Smart Mirror project.
Day & Time: Friday, November 29, 2019
1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Organizers: IEEE Toronto WIE, Humber Student Branch
Location: Humber College North Campus, Room J233A
Contact: IEEE Humber

Women in Engineering Fall 2019
2019-11-29 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
WIE Toronto will be discussing future projects.
Day & Time: Friday, November 29, 2019
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Organizers: IEEE Toronto WIE, Humber Student Branch
Location: Humber College North Campus, Room J233A
Contact: IEEE Humber

Programming Session Fall 2019
2019-11-29 17:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
These Sessions are to evolve our members’ programming and critical thinking ability.
Day & Time: Friday, November 29, 2019
5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Speaker: Dr. Andrew Rudder
Organizers: IEEE Toronto WIE, Humber Student Branch
Location: Humber College North Campus, Room F305
Contact: IEEE Humber

Software Security and White-box Cryptography
2019-11-30 14:30 - 15:30 (America/Toronto) | Centennial College 941 Progress Avenue Toronto, Ontario Canada M1G 3T8 Room Number: PR A3-15
Saturday November 30th, 2019 at 2:30 p.m. Dr. Sk Md Mizanur Rahman, professor in the department of Information and Communication Engineering Technology, School of Engineering Technology and Applied Science, Centennial College, will be presenting “Software Security and White-box Cryptography”.
Day & Time: Saturday November 30th, 2019
2:30 p.m. ‐ 3:30 p.m.
Speaker: Dr. Sk Md Mizanur Rahman
Professor, Department of Information and Communication Engineering Technology, School of Engineering Technology and Applied Science, Centennial College
Organizers: IEEE Toronto Systems Chapter
Location: Centennial College
941 Progress Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M1G 3T8
Room Number: PR A3-15
Contact: Dr. Mehrdad Tirandazian
Abstract: Traditionally, cryptographic implementations are mainly designed to resist black-box attack without considering grey-box or white-box attacks. In a black-box attack model, an adversary tries to deduce the cryptographic key by knowing the algorithm and analyzing only inputs and outputs without the execution being visible. It is assumed that the adversaries know what family of cryptographic algorithm they are targeting (e.g., AES, DES, RSA, etc.), but all other details (e.g. execution time, power consumption, memory accesses) are unavailable to them. In fact, a black-box attacker treats a cryptographic implementation as a mathematical function. On the other hand, a white-box attacker is a much more powerful type of adversary and is able to analyze all parts of the implementation. Rather than just study inputs and outputs, a white-box attacker can see everything that goes on inside the implementation. For example, if the attackers are targeting cryptographic software running on, say, a PC or mobile phone, then they can execute that software inside a debugger and examine memory and register values during the execution. In a grey-box attack scenario, it is assumed that an attacker has limited knowledge of the security assets and methods (more that a black-box attacker) but does not have access to source code or detail design information. Therefore, based on the severity of an attack, the above attack models can be categorized as white-box > grey-box > black-box. In this presentation, a brief discussion will be given on white-box implementations of the existing cryptographic algorithms.
Biography:
Dr. Sk Md Mizanur Rahman is a fulltime professor in the department of Information and Communication Engineering Technology, School of Engineering Technology and Applied Science, Centennial College. Prior to his current appointment, he worked as an Assistant Professor for five years in the Information Systems Department at the College of Computer and Information Sciences, King Saud University. He also worked for several years in cryptography and security engineering in the high-tech industry in Ottawa, Canada. In addition, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher for several years at the University of Ottawa, University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), and University of Guelph, Canada. He completed a Ph.D. in Engineering (Major: Cybersecurity Risk Engineering) in the Laboratory of Cryptography and Information Security, Department of Risk Engineering, University of Tsukuba, Japan, in 2007. The Information Processing Society Japan (IPSJ) awarded Dr. Rahman its Digital Courier Funai Young researcher Encouragement Award for his excellent contributions to IT security research. He is awarded a Gold Medal for distinction in his undergraduate and graduate programs. He has published approximately one-hundred peer reviewed journal and conference research articles. Also, he has a granted industrial patent (US Patent) on cryptographic key generation and protection. Dr. Rahman’s primary research interests are cryptographic protocol design, white-box cryptography, software and network security, reverse engineering and ethical hacking, privacy enhancing technology, sensor and mobile ad-hoc network security, cloud and the Internet of Things (IoT) security, machine learning in information security.

IEEE Toronto Centennial Workshop: Building An ASP.NET Core Application
2019-12-01 10:30 - 12:30 (America/Toronto) | Room A3-11 Centennial College, Progress Campus 941 Progress Ave., Toronto, Ontario, M1G 3T8
Sunday December 1st, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. Thiago do Nascimento Fontes and Kelvin Trinh will be presenting “IEEE Toronto Centennial Workshop: Building An ASP.NET Core Application”.
Day & Time: Sunday, December 1st, 2019
10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Speakers: Thiago do Nascimento Fontes, Kelvin Trinh
Organizers: Magnetics Chapter, IEEE Toronto Centennial College Chapter, WIE IEEE Toronto
Location: Room A3-11
Centennial College, Progress Campus
941 Progress Ave., Toronto, Ontario, M1G 3T8
Contact: Reza Dibaj
Abstract: ASP.NET Core is a cross-platform, high-performance, open-source framework for building modern, cloud-based, Internet-connected applications. A huge number of developers have used this technology to develop amazing websites. In our event, we start from scratch to develop a mini-project using ASP.Net Core to show every step in a hands-on approach. We will build a simple, yet realistic ASP.NET Core application and showcase the feature of Entity Framework Core.

Omni Directional Robotic Project Fall 2019 Session 00
2019-12-02 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York)
WIE Toronto will be looking into robotics basics.
Day & Time: Monday, December 2, 2019
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Organizers: IEEE Toronto WIE, Humber Student Branch
Location: Humber College North Campus, Room N213
Contact: IEEE Humber

Raspberry Pi Workshop Final
2019-12-06 13:30 - 15:30 (America/New_York)
We will be finishing our Smart Mirror project.
Day & Time: Friday, December 6, 2019
1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Organizers: IEEE Toronto WIE, Humber Student Branch
Location: Humber College North Campus, Room J233A
Contact: IEEE Humber

Programming Session Fall 2019 Final
2019-12-06 17:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
We will be holding our final programming session of the Fall 2019 Semester.
Day & Time: Friday, December 6, 2019
5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Speaker: Dr. Andrew Rudder
Organizers: IEEE Toronto WIE, Humber Student Branch
Location: Humber College North Campus, Room F304
Contact: IEEE Humber

End of Year Social
2019-12-20 17:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
We invite our members to come and enjoy the last day of the semester with us.
Day & Time: Friday, December 20, 2019
5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Organizers: IEEE Toronto WIE, Humber Student Branch
Location: Humber College North Campus, Room F305
Contact: IEEE Humber

Omni Directional Robotic Project Winter 2020 Session #1
2020-01-13 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York)
First Session for the Winter 2020 Semester: our Omni Directional Robot project opens its doors to new members.
Day & Time: Monday, January 13, 2020
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Organizers: IEEE Toronto WIE, Humber Student Branch
Location: Humber College North Campus, Room J233A
Contact: IEEE Humber

Women in Engineering Winter 2020 Session #1
2020-01-14 14:20 - 15:20 (America/New_York)
Our Women in Engineering Chapter make plans on their LED Dress.
Day & Time: Tuesday, January 14, 2020
2:20 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.
Organizers: IEEE Toronto WIE, Humber Student Branch
Location: Humber College North Campus, Room J233A
Contact: IEEE Humber

National Engineering Month 2020 Meeting Winter 2020 #1
2020-01-17 15:30 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
The WIE Toronto Team will continue to prepare for the National Engineering Month competition.
Day & Time: Friday, January 17, 2020
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Organizers: IEEE Toronto WIE, Humber Student Branch
Location: Humber College North Campus, Room J233A
Contact: IEEE Humber

Programming Session Winter 2020 #1
2020-01-17 17:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
These Sessions are to evolve our members’ programming and critical thinking ability.
Day & Time: Friday, January 17, 2020
5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Speaker: Dr. Andrew Rudder
Organizers: IEEE Toronto WIE, Humber Student Branch
Location: Humber College North Campus, Room J233A
Contact: IEEE Humber

Omni Directional Robotic Project Winter 2020 Session #2
2020-01-20 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York)
Our Omni Directional Robot project: Basics of Robotics.
Day & Time: Monday, January 20, 2020
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Organizers: IEEE Toronto WIE, Humber Student Branch
Location: Humber College North Campus, Room J233A
Contact: IEEE Humber

Women in Engineering Winter 2020 Session #2
2020-01-21 14:20 - 15:20 (America/New_York)
Continuing the work on the LED dress.
Day & Time: Tuesday, January 21, 2020
2:20 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.
Organizers: IEEE Toronto WIE, Humber Student Branch
Location: Humber College North Campus, Room J233A
Contact: IEEE Humber

Round table: A successful teaching practicum
2020-01-22 16:30 - 17:30 (America/Toronto) | Lassonde Building (LAS) – Room 3033 York University Toronto, ON M3J
Wednesday January 22nd, 2020 at 4:30 p.m. Enas AlTarawneh will be hosting a round table: “A successful teaching practicum”.
Day & Time: Wednesday January 22nd, 2020
4:30 p.m. ‐ 5:30 p.m.
Organizers: IEEE Toronto WIE
Location: Lassonde Building (LAS) – Room 3033
York University
Toronto, ON M3J
Contact: Hina Tabassum, PhD, P.Eng, SMIEEE
Abstract: Are you planning on doing a teaching practicum and would like to ask questions on how to successfully plan for it from those who have done it before? Have you done a teaching practicum before and would like to provide your feedback and experience? Then join this round table. This workshop will provide participants with the basics of a successful teaching practicum. This workshop will also bring on discussions on the following topics 1) Student centered approach, 2) Structured lectures, 3) Guided learning, 4) Use of technology as a learning tool, 5) Evaluations, 6) Pacing, 7) Key performance indicator.
Register: http://bit.ly/2QMYgfk

National Engineering Month 2020 Meeting Winter 2020 #2
2020-01-24 15:30 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
The WIE Toronto Team will continue to prepare for the National Engineering Month competition.
Day & Time: Friday, January 24, 2020
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Organizers: IEEE Toronto WIE, Humber Student Branch
Location: Humber College North Campus, Room F233
Contact: IEEE Humber

Programming Session Winter 2020 #2
2020-01-24 17:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
These Sessions are to evolve our members’ programming and critical thinking ability.
Day & Time: Friday, January 24, 2020
5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Speaker: Dr. Andrew Rudder
Organizers: IEEE Toronto WIE, Humber Student Branch
Location: Humber College North Campus, Room F306
Contact: IEEE Humber

Omni Directional Robotic Project Winter 2020 Session #3
2020-01-27 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York)
Our Omni Directional Robot project: Robotics.
Day & Time: Monday, January 27, 2020
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Organizers: IEEE Toronto WIE, Humber Student Branch
Location: Humber College North Campus, Room L212
Contact: IEEE Humber

Women in Engineering Winter 2020 Session #3
2020-01-28 14:20 - 15:20 (America/New_York)
Continuing the work on the LED dress. Soldering dotstars and testing them.
Day & Time: Tuesday, January 28, 2020
2:20 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.
Organizers: IEEE Toronto WIE, Humber Student Branch
Location: Humber College North Campus, Room F307
Contact: IEEE Humber

Setting in with Programming – Python: The beginner crash course
2020-01-29 16:30 - 17:30 (America/Toronto) | Bergeron Center, BRG 213 York University Toronto
Wednesday January 29th, 2020 at 4:30 p.m. Enas AlTarawneh will be hosting “Setting in with Programming – Python: The beginner crash course”.
Day & Time: Wednesday January 29th, 2020
4:30 p.m. ‐ 8:00 p.m.
Organizers: IEEE Toronto WIE
Location: Bergeron Center, BRG 213
York University
Toronto
Contact: Hina Tabassum, PhD, P.Eng, SMIEEE
Abstract: Beginner lesson (assumes no knowledge in programming). This workshop will cover (1) input/output, (2) variables (3) numbers (4) string (5) lists /arrays (6) if-else (7) loops (8) functions (9) use and application of existing packages (10) file manipulation (11) GUI input/output
Note: Bring your own laptop with a python installation (2.7, 3.3-3.7)
Register: http://bit.ly/2sWzOPw

Advances in Open Liberty and Java Performance
2020-01-30 18:30 - 21:00 (America/Toronto) | Bahen Building, Room BA 4287 University of Toronto – St. George Campus 40 St George St, Toronto, ON M5S 2E4
Thursday January 30th, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. Vijay Sundaresan, performance architect at IBM Toronto, will be presenting “Advances in Open Liberty and Java Performance”.
Day & Time: Thursday January 30th, 2020
6:30 p.m. ‐ 9:00 p.m.
Speaker: Vijay Sundaresan
Performance Architect
IBM Toronto
Organizers: IEEE Toronto Systems Chapter
Location: Bahen Building, Room BA 4287
University of Toronto – St. George Campus
40 St George St, Toronto, ON M5S 2E4
Contact: Younas Abbas, Vice Chair, IEEE Computer Society (Toronto Chapter)
Abstract: Are you a Java developer or Open Liberty user who is interested in improving your application’s performance for the cloud environment?
In this talk, we will share insights about running Java EE, MicroProfile, and SpringBoot applications to quantify how well your application will perform with Open Liberty and OpenJ9 in different scenarios.
We will discuss the cutting-edge advancements in the Eclipse OpenJ9 Java Virtual Machine (JVM) which is a core component of OpenJDK with OpenJ9. We will also talk about features that are important for cross platform performance as well as platform specific exploitation of the latest hardware features on Intel and other platforms.
Register: RSVP is required for this event. Please visit https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/209751 for more details and to register.
Fees:
IEEE Members: Free
Non-Member (Professional): $10 + 13% HST
Biography: Vijay Sundaresan is a Performance Architect at the IBM Toronto Lab responsible for WAS/Java runtime performance. Vijay’s technical background and expertise are in the areas of performance analysis, compilation and virtual machine technology, Java SE and Java EE specifications, as well as hardware optimizations over the past two decades. Vijay was one of the original architects on both the Eclipse OpenJ9 JVM as well as on the Eclipse OMR open source projects. As a graduate student at McGill University Vijay also made contributions to the Soot bytecode analysis framework that is very popular for implementing tools and optimizations

Women in Engineering Winter 2020 Session #4
2020-02-04 14:20 - 15:20 (America/New_York)
The main goal of this session is to learn how to use a microcontroller to drive dotstars.

Day & Time: Tuesday, February 4, 2020
2:20 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.
Organizers: IEEE Toronto WIE, Humber Student Branch
Location: Humber College North Campus, Room F307
Contact: IEEE Humber

Medical Applications of Microwaves
2020-02-07 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Toronto) | Bahen Centre for Information Technology – Room 2135, 40 St George street Toronto, Ontario Canada M5S 2E4
Friday, February 7, 2020 Zoya Popovic, Distinguished Professor and Lockheed Martin Endowed Chair of Electrical Engineering at the University of Colorado, will be presenting “Medical Applications of Microwaves”.
Day & Time: Friday, February 7, 2020
3:00 p.m. ‐ 4:00 p.m.
Speakers: Zoya Popovic
Distinguished Professor
Lockheed Martin Endowed Chair of Electrical Engineering, University of Colorado
Organizers: IEEE Toronto Electromagnetics & Radiation Chapter
Location: Bahen Centre for Information Technology – Room 2135
40 St George street
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5S 2E4
Register: https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/219067
Contact: Prof. Costas Sarris
Abstract: This talk will first present a brief overview of the activities in the microwave group at the University of Colorado, Boulder, following a discussion on two topics that use microwave techniques for medical applications: (1) design of exciters and bore for human-sized 10.5-T MRI machines; and (2) a study of near-field radiometry for internal temperature measurements of the human body. The focus of the first topic is design of cavity and probes for improving uniformity of the circularly-polarized B-field inside phantoms for high-field travelling-wave MRI imagers.
The phenomenology of high-field imaging and its resulting challenges will be highlighted, followed by simulation and experimental data using a research Siemens instrument. Although MRI can be used for measuring internal body temperature, it is expensive, large and slow. Radiometry is shown to be a feasible method for implementing a portable or even wearable microwave thermometer.
One of the possible frequencies of operation is the 1.4 GHz quiet band, which is appropriate for centimeter penetration into tissues with minimized radio-frequency interference (RFI). The total blackbody power from a tissue stack is received by a probe placed on the skin, designed to receive a high percentage of the total power from a buried tissue layer. Temperature retrieval for sub-surface tissue layers is performed using near-field weighting functions, obtained by full-wave simulations with known tissue complex electrical parameters.
Measurements are presented using a calibrated Dicke radiometer at 1.4GHz for various phantom tissues. It is shown that temperature can be tracked within a fraction of a degree for a phantom muscle tissue layer under phantom fat and skin layers.
Biography: Zoya Popovic is a Distinguished Professor and the Lockheed Martin Endowed Chair of Electrical Engineering at the University of Colorado. She obtained her Dipl.Ing. degree at the University of Belgrade, Serbia, and her Ph.D. at Caltech. In 2001/03 and 2014, she was a Visiting Professor with the Technical University of Munich, Germany and ISAE in Toulouse, France, respectively. She was a Chair of Excellence at Carlos III University in Madrid in 2018-19. She has graduated 60 PhDs and currently advises 14 doctoral students in various areas of microwave engineering. She is a Fellow of the IEEE and the recipient of two IEEE MTT Microwave Prizes for best journal papers, the White House NSF Presidential Faculty Fellow award, the URSI Issac Koga Gold Medal, the ASEE/HP Terman Medal and the German Humboldt Research Award. She was named IEEE MTT Distinguished Educator in 2013 and the University of Colorado Distinguished Research Lecturer in 2015. She has a husband physicist and three daughters who can all solder.

Women in Engineering Winter 2020 Session #5
2020-02-11 14:20 - 15:20 (America/New_York)
Preparing the algorithm to write the code for the upper pattern of the dress.

Day & Time: Tuesday, February 11, 2020
2:20 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.
Organizers: IEEE Toronto WIE, Humber Student Branch
Location: Humber College North Campus, Room F307
Contact: IEEE Humber
