Author: Deron Johnson
April 20 AES/LMAG Chapter Talk: Wild Weasel – The Suicide Mission
April 20, 2023 Wild Weasel – The Suicide Mission at Hub101 and online Speaker: Jerry Knotts Networking: 6:30 PM PDT Presentation: 7:00 PM PDT Register at: events.vtools.ieee.org/m/355618 [Update: We are aware of the IEEE vTools outage. If you are not able to register, please see the end of this post for location and online information.]… Read more
Skoolcade Seeking Volunteers to Serve as Judges for Game Design
Starting February 18, judges review online. Final competition March 4. Skoolcade, Ventura County’s video game design competition for students in grades 3 – 12 will be live again this year. They need judges for all levels (grades 3 – 5, 6 – 8 and high school). Preliminary judging is online beginning on February 18. Judges… Read more
Volunteers Needed: IEEE Buenaventura March 2023 STEM Event for Girls
“Girls Make STEM with Heart”, the IEEE Buenaventura STEM event for middle-school girls, will be on Saturday, March 4 at Isbell Middle School in Santa Paula. If you were involved in previous events, you know what a wonderful experience it is for the students and volunteers. Here is some background: ∙ We have at least… Read more
IEEE Buenaventura ComSoc Chapter Talk: Perspective of Pluggables vs. CPO For New Optics in the Next 5-10 Years
By Dr. Victor Lin, IEEE-BV ComSoc Chapter Chair In December 2022, Dr. Frank Chang, senior member of IEEE and OSA Fellow, presented a talk at the Hub 101 (a Cal Lutheran University incubator) in Ventura County, Southern California on pluggable optics vs. co-packaged optics (CPO) for high-speed optical communications. Dr. Chang is Source Photonics’ Chief… Read more
Volunteers Needed: FIRST Lego League Robotics Tournament
Once again IEEE Buenaventura Section is supporting middle school robotics by hosting/sponsoring the annual FIRST Lego League Robotics Tournament on Sunday, November 13. Teams of young robot enthusiasts that will compete for a chance to go to the regional tournament. The IEEE has been generous in its support over many years both financially and in… Read more
Girls Make STEM with Heart – Spring 2022
Saturday, March 26, 2022 Girls Make STEM with Heart IEEE Buenaventura STEM Event for Middle School Girls 10:00 AM to 2:30 PM Santa Paula Registration required. Register at www.ieee-bv.org/stem Girls in grades 5 to 8 will become scientists and engineers for a day. They will explore how science, technology, engineering and math can help sustain… Read more
Girls Make STEM with Heart 2021
On Saturday, October 9, 2021, 114 middle school age girls and 50 parents arrived for Girls Make STEM with Heart student workshops and parent program, an initiative sponsored by the IEEE Foundation and taking place in Thousand Oaks. The 35 volunteers, which included IEEE members and local educators, came together to create a unique experience… Read more
Volunteers Needed: FIRST Lego League Robotics Tournament
Once again IEEE Buenaventura Section is supporting middle school robotics by hosting/sponsoring the annual FIRST Lego League Robotics Tournament on Sunday, November 21. There will be 24 teams of young robot enthusiasts that will compete for a chance to go to the regional tournament. The IEEE has been generous in its support over many years… Read more
Development of Low Cost, Reconfigurable Robots for Neurorehabilitation
Date and Time: May 27, 2021; 4 PM PDT Speaker: Dr. Michelle Johnson Register Online Approximately 15 million people suffer a stroke each year and 70% of strokes occur in low and middle income countries where healthcare infrastructure and clinical resources are inadequate. Robotic devices can improve functional outcomes, increase access to and length of… Read more
Dr. Bernard Sklar Discusses the ABCs of OFDM
On 18 March and 25 March 2021, Dr. Bernard Sklar gave a two-part talk to the Communications Society Chapter on “The ABCs of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM)”. The main benefit of OFDM is its ability to cope with severe multipath channel conditions without the need for complex equalization filters. How does it accomplish this?… Read more