Meeting Report
Fall Mixer 2023- Lunar Robotic Village
Fall_Mixer Report_A_2023 Second annual Fall Mixer was held at HUB101 of California Lutheran University’s extension campus, on Nov 9, 2023. The event was attended by 62 IEEE and community members. Dinner was served by Stonefire Grill courtesy of IEEE. BV Section Chair, Momin Quddus emceed the event. He presented a brief introduction to IEEE and… Read more
2023 FIRST Lego League Qualifying Tournament
On Sunday, November 12, a FIRST Lego League Qualifying Tournament was held in Thousand Oaks at La Reina High School. About 150 middle school students from 23 teams competed to go on to a regional tournament. FIRST inspires young people to be science and technology leaders and innovators. IEEE Buenaventura Section supported this event both… Read more
Antennas: From Ham Radio to Modern Communication Systems
On May 9, Dr. Hanseung Lee of HRL gave a seminar to the IEEE Buenaventura Communications Society Chapter. The seminar provided a comprehensive overview of basic antenna theory and the introduction of various antenna types, from ham radio to modern communication systems. He began with an introduction to basic antenna theory, including the principles of… 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
Girls Make Tech with Heart, Santa Paula Mar 26, 2022
Slides and Photos: Girls-Make-Tech-With-Heart-Santa-Paula_March_2022.pdf Girls in grades 5 to 8 became scientists and engineers for a day. They explored how science, technology, engineering and math can help sustain our planet. Students attended from workshops on chemistry, circuits, gravity or magnetism; with a focus on how these technologies can be used sustainably. This event was organized… Read more
Girls Make STEM with Heart, Thousand Oaks, Oct, 2021
Girls Make Tech with Heart, Oct 9, 2021 Presentation: Presentation & Photos The clouds cleared right on time in Thousand Oaks, California on October 9, 2021, as 114 middle school age girls and 50 parents arrived for the IEEE Buenaventura Girls make Tech with Heart workshops and parents conference, an initiative sponsored by the IEEE… Read more
IEEE BV Section Spring Mixer 2022
Presentation and Photos: IEEE BV Section SPRING MIXER-Presentation_2022_F.pdf IEEE BV Section held a Spring Mixer for the membership and the community. Food was catered from Stonefire Grill. Over 50 members and non -members attended the social event. Attendees were very happy to see each other in this forum after 2 year hiatus. Our long term… Read more
Volunteer Appreciation Banquet- March 30, 2022
Volunteer Appreciation Banquet Awards Presentation_2022_B March 30th, 2022 IEEE Buenaventura Section arranged a banquet on March 30th. Chapter and section officers were invited to the banquet. In addition, volunteers who had participated in BV Section’s STEM events were also invited to the banquet. Volunteers and officer were recognized for their efforts. Certificate… Read more
EV Technology and Its Implications on Climate Change
July 2021 speaker: Mr. Momin Quddus Professional Engineer (PE); IEEE Senior Member Slides: “EVs (Electric Vehicle)-Technology and its Implications on Climate Change_RevC“ Recording: Electric Vehicle (EV) Technology and its Implications on Climate Change – YouTube Date/Time: Wednesday, July 21, 2021; 6:00-8:00 PM PDT Venue: Virtual (WebEx) Tonight’s talk was arranged by Buenaventura Section and co-sponsored… Read more
Automotive Radar – A Signal Processing Perspective on Current Technology and Future Systems
Dr. Markus Gardill presented a very interesting lecture on Automotive Radars at the BV MTTS October meeting. There is a fair amount of interest in this field since there is a Automotive Radar developer/manufacturer (Delphi/Aptiv) located in this area. A few engineers from this company attended the event. The event… Read more