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VOLUME 3 NUMBER 8 AUGUST 2002

CONTENTS:
1. Optical Interconnects: An IEEE Spectrum Special Report
2. Locomotive Power Helps California Meet Electricity Needs
3. Hydrogen, Oxygen Conversion Techniques Hold Promise for Power Generation
4. IEEE Standards Association Launches Portal for Asian Community
5. New Appliance Makes Home Refueling Possible for Natural-Gas Cars
6. IEEE Region 10 Convenes TENCON '02 in Beijing in October
7. World Bank Official Helping Rural Africa Meet Its Energy Needs
8. IEEE Starts Work on New Standard to Handle Corrosion in Underground Cables
9. Reference Frames Analysis Topic of Latest "Analysis of Electric Machinery"
10. IEEE Online Catalog & Store Launches New Look, Improved Search
11. ICT Issues Featured in Newly Published ISTS Symposium Papers
12. Surviving the Downsize: The Care and Tending of Your Career
13. Weekly Careers Newsletter Joins What's New @ IEEE
14. General Motors Pushes Prototype Car That Doesn't Pollute

1. OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS: AN IEEE SPECTRUM SPECIAL REPORT
Within a few years, many of the copper connections in computers will yield to high-speed optical interconnects, says IEEE Spectrum magazine. An electrical signal from the processor would modulate a laser beam, which would shine through an optical fiber or through air on a photodetector, which would pass the signal on to the electronics. While more expensive than electronics, IEEE Spectrum reports that optical technologies are the only way to keep up with the demand for more powerful microprocessors. Read more:
www.spectrum.ieee.org/WEBONLY/publicfeature/aug02/opti.html

Find this and other articles in IEEE Spectrum magazine, which received the Gold Award for General Excellence in Magazines and the Bronze award for Design Excellence at the Society of National Association Publications' annual conference. Read articles from their latest issue at: www.spectrum.ieee.org

2. LOCOMOTIVE POWER HELPS CALIFORNIA MEET ELECTRICITY NEEDS
The California Consumer Power and Conservation Financing Authority has harnessed locomotive power to help meet its summer peak power demands. The CCP-CFA buys the energy by-product of locomotives -– rolling electricity generators -- from the Sierra Railroad in Oakdale, CA, USA. The engines themselves are green, too. They burn biodiesel, a cleaner vegetable-oil product.
www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,53591,00.html

3. HYDROGEN, OXYGEN CONVERSION TECHNIQUES HOLD PROMISE FOR POWER GENERATION
An answer to the world's hunger for power could be light-emitting diodes and photovoltaic solar cells. These technologies, which convert hydrogen and oxygen to electricity, are being studied now, according to report on Physics Web. This technology has potential to produce plentiful, efficient, more environmentally friendly energy.
physicsweb.org/article/world/15/7/8

Meanwhile, hydrogen power is also taking center stage in Iceland. Efforts are well underway to end this remote nation's dependence on fossil fuels and promote reliance on hydrogen. physicsweb.org/article/world/15/7/10

4. IEEE STANDARDS ASSOCIATION LAUNCHES PORTAL FOR ASIAN COMMUNITY
The standards community in Asia now has its own Web site. Launched by the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA), StandardsAsia^TM is the first site in Asia to provide a focal point for the Asian standards community. The site supports those who want to learn about, participate in, and access technical standards, especially in the fields of information technology, telecommunications, and power and energy. It also serves IEEE-SA volunteers, members, customers, and international partners in Asia by integrating information on the associations' offerings with regional and global news tied to standards and links to other standards development organizations. Visit StandardsAsia at: www.standardsasia.net

5. NEW APPLIANCE MAKES HOME REFUELING POSSIBLE FOR NATURAL-GAS CARS
By year-end, refueling compressed-natural-gas cars in the U.S. could get easier. Fuelmaker has developed a new appliance that allows owners of CNG-fueled cars to "fill up" using their home gas supply. Until now, the 110,000 CNG cars operating in the U.S. have been limited to use as airport shuttles or short-range taxis because of the scarcity of refueling ports.
www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,53656,00.html?tw=wn_ascii

6. IEEE REGION 10 CONVENES TENCON '02 IN BEIJING IN OCTOBER
Topics on 46 different subjects in computers, communications, control systems and power engineering are on the agenda as part of the IEEE Region 10 Conference (TENCON'02), to be held 28 to 31 October, 2002 in Beijing, China. The meeting is sponsored by IEEE Region 10 and the Beijing chapters of the IEEE Computer Society, IEEE Communications Society, IEEE Control Systems Society and IEEE Power Engineering Society. Included in the computer offerings will be papers on information security and authentication, speech, natural language, image and vision computing, and artificial intelligence.
tencon02.njtu.edu.cn/

IEEE sponsors more than 300 technical conferences and workshops each year, highlighting today's very latest technological advances. The IEEE ConferenceSearch Web site can pinpoint an IEEE conference to help you with the work you are doing today.
www.ieee.org/conferencesearch/

7. WORLD BANK OFFICIAL HELPING RURAL AFRICA MEET ITS ENERGY NEEDS
Sten Bergman is out to electrify rural Africa. The Swedish Development Agency's representative to the World Bank's Africa Rural and Renewable Energy Initiative aims to seek out and help institute inexpensive energy technologies that meet local needs. Bergman is also charged with training local officials, business people and utilities workers to help them adapt to these new methods of power generation.
www.spectrum.ieee.org/careers/careerstemplate.jsp?ArticleId=p080202

8. IEEE STARTS WORK ON NEW STANDARD TO HANDLE CORROSION IN UNDERGROUND CABLES
The IEEE-SA Standards Board has approved work on a new standard, IEEE P1617, "Guide for Detection, Mitigation and Control of Concentric Neutral Corrosion in Medium Voltage Underground Cables." The board also approved revision project IEEE P404, "Standard for Extruded and Laminated Dielectric Shielded Cable Joints Rated 2,500v to 500,000v." IEEE P1617 will focus on unjacketed, underground distribution cables, buried or installed in conduit. IEEE P404 will be revised to align with current industry cable designs and will be updated to include design tests for joint environmental seals, quality control for producing heat shrinkable joints, performance criteria for metallic shields, and additional temperature/current rating performance criteria.
standards.ieee.org/announcements/p1617p404.html

9. REFERENCE FRAMES ANALYSIS TOPIC OF LATEST "ANALYSIS OF ELECTRIC MACHINERY"
The second edition of "Analysis of Electric Machinery: Power and Drive Systems" from Wiley-IEEE Press unifies into one resource reference frame analysis of electric machines and drive systems. Authors Paul C. Krause, Oleg Wasynczuk and Scott Sudhoff of Purdue University discuss application, analysis, simulation and design of complete drive systems including the machine, converter and control. This new edition provides the most complete overview to date of this theory of reference frame analysis, which has become a universally accepted approach.
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10. IEEE ONLINE CATALOG & STORE LAUNCHES NEW LOOK, IMPROVED SEARCH
The IEEE Online Catalog & Store has launched a series of improvements, including an enhanced search feature, new look and feel, and added news and featured links. A new "Search By" option encourages customers to jump directly to a search category of interest, and improved navigation shows how to narrow a search, browse by category or browse topic headings that clearly lead to technical categories. Two new navigation tabs, "All Products" and "Merchandise," allow customers to search and browse those categories. A new right-hand column offers links to news items, features, best sellers and other store information. Shop the definitive source for IEEE products at:
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11. ICT ISSUES FEATURED IN NEWLY PUBLISHED ISTS SYMPOSIUM PAPERS
The newly released, 400-page proceedings of the Technology and Society (ISTS'02) 2002 International Symposium includes career and professional development information. Among its subjects: electronic publishing, digital intellectual property rights, social impact of wireless technology and e-commerce, access for disadvantaged and disabled people, ICT policy, security, privacy; free speech, distance education, ethics in computing and much more. shop.ieee.org/store/product.asp?prodno=CH37293
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12. SURVIVING THE DOWNSIZE: THE CARE AND TENDING OF YOUR CAREER
Management just lowered the boom with an announcement that a staff reduction is the only way to keep the company afloat. When they conduct interviews for the remaining positions, how can you improve your chances of being among those who make the final cut? According to Harry Roman, who has survived a few belt-tightening measures himself, preparation is the key: www.todaysengineer.org/July02/downsizing.htm

13. WEEKLY CAREERS NEWSLETTER JOINS WHAT'S NEW @ IEEE
The weekly email newsletter IEEE Career Alert has joined the What's New @ IEEE program. Written by the editors of IEEE Spectrum magazine, IEEE Career Alert focuses on engineering career news and both education and professional issues. IEEE Career Alert will replace the existing monthly What's New @ IEEE for GOLD (Graduates of the Last Decade) newsletter. To sign up for this free weekly newsletter, visit:
www.spectrum.ieee.org/careers/signup.html

14. GENERAL MOTORS PUSHES PROTOTYPE CAR THAT DOESN'T POLLUTE
Recently, General Motors has devoted many resources to producing non-polluting cars, large investments in the notion that the internal combustion engine is on the way out. The U.S. car giant is promoting a new hydrogen car prototype, called AUTOnomy, that actually creates more electricity than it uses. It could serve as rolling a power-generation plant for homes.
www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.08/fuelcellcars.html

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