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SoutheastCon 2010 March 18-21, 2010, Charlotte-Concord, North Carolina

IEEE SoutheastCon 2010: Energizing Our Future

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IEEE SoutheastCon2010 is the annual IEEE Region 3 Technical, Professional, and Student Conference. It brings together electrical, computer, and other engineering and science professionals, faculty, and students to share the latest information through technical sessions, tutorials, and exhibits. Attendance and technical program participation from areas outside IEEE Region 3 are also cordially encouraged and welcomed.

Scope of the Technical Program: IEEE SoutheastCon 2010 invites prospective authors to submit their technical work on all aspects of engineering, science, and technology of current interest, to the conference. The conference technical program includes, but is not limited to, the following technical categories:

• Power and Energy • Computer and Software Engineering • Communications and Networking • Embedded Systems • Control and Automation • Electromagnetics and Microwaves • Nuclear Science and Engineering • Circuits, Devices, and Semiconductors • Robotics and Computer Vision • Optics and Optoelectronics

• Nanotechnology and Materials • Bioengineering and Informatics • Signal Processing and Image Processing • Instrumentation, Measurement and Testing • Geoscience and Ocean Technology • Remote Sensing and Sensor Networks • Military and Security Applications • Topics on Sustainability • Application and Interdisciplinary Topics • Education

IEEE SoutheastCon 2010 will feature presentations of technical papers, as well as tutorial sessions and workshops. Theoretical and applied topics are encouraged for all sessions. Program questions of a general nature should be directed to the Technical Program Chair, at [email protected] .

Technical Paper Timeline: All papers (up to 6 pages) will be reviewed. Standard papers will be 4 pages in length but may contain up to 2 additional pages (extra page charge). Authors should indicate a preference for either an approximate 15 minute oral presentation format or a poster-session presentation format. All accepted papers with paid registration will appear in the conference proceedings and IEEE Xplore.

• Submission of full-length papers for review (in .pdf) is due by December 1, 2009 (firm). • Review of submitted full-length papers will be completed by January 15, 2010. • Paper certificate and copyright forms will be available to authors by January 18, 2010. • Final submission of the accepted full-length reviewed papers is due in electronic form (.pdf) by February 1,

2010. Note: Author’s conference registration is due at this time.

IEEE reserves the right to exclude a paper from distribution after the conference (e.g., removal from IEEE Explore), if the paper is not presented at the conference.

SoutheastCon 2010 March 18-21, 2010, Charlotte-Concord, North Carolina


Technical Paper Submission Information: The submission and review of technical papers for IEEE SoutheastCon 2010 will be handled by the conference's paper submission and review system, accessible from the IEEE SoutheastCon 2010 website. The submitted papers must contain original work and not have been previously published or presented elsewhere. All full-length reviewed papers accepted for IEEE SoutheastCon 2010 will be published in the IEEE SoutheastCon 2010 proceedings on CD and IEEE Xplore. At least one author must pre-register for the conference, paying the full registration fee, in order to have their paper included on CD and IEEE Xplore. During the acceptance process, the corresponding author will identify the presenter of the paper. A total of 4 double-column printed pages are allowed for each full-length reviewed paper. A page charge of $100.00 will be applied for each extra page (up to 2 pages for full-length reviewed papers) exceeding the 4-page limit (6 pages maximum). All submissions must comply with International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) regulations, and IEEE policies.

Technical Presentation Format: Full-length papers may be presented in one of two technical presentation formats: an oral presentation format, or a poster-session format. Authors should indicate preference for either the oral presentation format or the poster-session format at the time of paper submission. Author preference for oral or poster presentation format will be honored where possible. However, conference organizers cannot guarantee any presentation format and reserve the right to set the presentation, due to constraints on facilities and schedules. Notification of final presentation formats will be through publication of the advance technical program schedule on February 22, 2010.

Tutorials and Workshops: Proposals are also invited for tutorials and workshops to be presented at IEEE SoutheastCon 2010. The proposal should include the tutorial or workshop objectives, a brief description (500 words), an outline, proposed length (one-hour, two-hour, or four-hour), and a short professional resume of the instructor. Please send proposals for tutorials and workshops to the Technical Program Chair by November 12, 2009. Tutorial and workshop presentation materials (in .pdf) and handouts (in .pdf) are due by February 1, 2010.

Copyright Information: Submission of a paper, an abstract, or other material to IEEE SoutheastCon 2010 represents the author's agreement to allow IEEE to publish the paper, abstract, or other materials in any written or electronic format for distribution to all interested parties in perpetuity with or without compensation to IEEE and without compensation to the author. The parties understand that the author is granting a nonexclusive license and all copyrights remain the property of the author. A copyright form must be signed by the author for each accepted paper or abstract to be published in the conference proceedings.

Conference Registration: Advance conference registration for IEEE members will be $150 per person plus an additional $150 per paper. For each paper, at least one author must pay the full non-student registration fee plus the additional paper fee. For example, an author of 2 papers would pay an advance registration fee of $150 + 2 x $150 = $450, and the co-authors would not be required to pay per-paper fees.

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the entire Steering Committee we are pleased to invite and welcome you to the IEEE SoutheastCon 2010 conference. We plan to have nearly 1000 participants with over 100 technical presentations and dozens of tutorials. The conference is returning to the Charlotte region after 17 years, having last been held here in 1993. In preparation for this year’s conference, many volunteers, patrons, and contributors have generously given their time and resources to make this year’s conference an enjoyable event and a tremendous success.

IEEE SoutheastCon 2010 is the premier annual conference hosted by IEEE Region 3, and is cosponsored by IEEE Region 3, the IEEE Charlotte Section, and the IEEE North Carolina Council this year. This important conference brings together electrical, computer, and other engineering and science professionals, faculty, and students to share the latest information. The conference offers a unique blend of technical sessions, professional tutorials, technical exhibits, student competitions, and IEEE Region 3 leadership meetings. Truly, few conferences offer such professional synergy and interdisciplinary breadth.

We are delighted that you are participating in this outstanding conference, and we have made every effort to ensure that your stay in the Charlotte-Concord metropolitan area is professionally rewarding and enjoyable. As you network with colleagues and friends, this program book will help provide information about the technical tracks, student competition, seminars, tutorials, and social functions.

We are grateful to have a team of dedicated and committed IEEE volunteers who have worked to make IEEE SoutheastCon 2010 a success. Special thanks go to members of the Steering Committee and the reviewers on the Technical Program Committee, whose time, effort, and dedication are all greatly appreciated. Thanks also to Dr. Ryan Adams, who took the lead in organizing the hardware student competition, and to Dr. David Binkley, who took the lead in organizing tutorials. In addition, this conference would not have been possible without the support and dedication of the faculty, staff, and students of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Finally, on behalf of IEEE Region 3 and IEEE SoutheastCon 2010, we extend special thanks to UNC Charlotte Energy Production and Infrastructure Center (EPIC) for its generous contribution.

James Conrad Tom Weldon

General Conference Chair Technical Program Chair IEEE SoutheastCon 2010 IEEE SoutheastCon 2010

IEEE SoutheastCon 2010Charlotte-Concord, NC March 18-21, 2010

Sponsored by: IEEE Region 3, IEEE Charlotte Section, and IEEE NC Council


the Charlotte Skyline at night

Exhibitors

Front and back photos courtesy of CRVC and UNCC

Gold Participant

Silver Participant

Blue Participants and Exhibitors

Contributors and Exhibitors

SoutheastCon Exhibits and Corporate Participation

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents.............................................................................................................1

Invitation – Gov. Purdue..................................................................................................2

Invitation – Committee....................................................................................................3

Invitation – Charlotte Mayor...........................................................................................4

Invitation – Concord Mayor ............................................................................................5

Invitation – UNC Charlotte ..............................................................................................6

Invitation – Region 3 .......................................................................................................7

IEEE SoutheastCon 2010 Committee ..............................................................................8

Region 3 Executive Committee .......................................................................................9

Master Schedule .......................................................................................................10-12

IEEE Professional Development Seminar......................................................................13

2-4 Hour Tutorials and Workshops ..........................................................................14-15

50 Minute Tutorials ..................................................................................................16-21

8:00 A.M. Technical Paper Sessions..........................................................................22-23

10:00 A.M. Technical Paper Sessions........................................................................24-25

1:30 P.M. Technical Paper Sessions...........................................................................26-27

3:30 P.M. Technical Paper Sessions...........................................................................28-29

Region 3 Meeting Schedule ..........................................................................................30

Student Meeting............................................................................................................31

Hotel Map ......................................................................................................................32

Invitation to IEEE SoutheastCon 2011 .................................................Inside Back Cover

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Eric AckermanRobert AdamsRyan AdamsAbhinav AggarwalLindsey AlexanderGlenn AllenJohn BakerClinton BannerPhilip BarlettaDaniel BedardAmit BhatiaDavid BinkleyStan BirchfieldJonathan BirdRichard BrooksRebecca BruceChenghui CaiLoren CharnleyAmalendu ChatterjeeJames ConradRob CoxKasra DaneshvarDonald EkongDavid EromonFred EsenweinLaura FaulconerIan FergusonMichael Fiddy

Russ FrazierMohammad FuadMichael GerholdMietek GlinkowskiFrank GozzoVaradraj GurupurBruce HarveyMichael HassanMeghan HegartyIvan HowittGeorge HsiehDouglas IsenbergDong JeongBryan JonesBharat JoshiYogendra KakadSafeer KhanSarfraz KhokharMargaret KimPatrick KungValerie Lafond-FavieresRoger LawrenceIngyu LeeYuan LiaoHeng LinJianhua LiuShu LiuVasilije Lukic

Leda LunardiGregory MazzaroKonrad MiehleMehdi MiriReshmi MitraKarl MolnarArindam MukherjeeRaghu MulagadaLakshmi NarasimhanAsis NasipuriJayesh NathMaciej NorasDev PalmerWilliam QuaintanceYasin RajaGrayson RandallMary Ellen RandallHam RaraArun RavindranSrinath RavindranJames ReavesBienvenido RodriguezRon SassStefan SchmidtPayam ShoghiJim SolinskyPerry SprawlsRichard Stansbury

Edward StokesCharles StroudAmbarish SuleTushar TankRahman TashakkoriDorota TempleScott ThomasWessel ThomasFarid TranjanAngelina TzachevaRandy Van BurenR. VenkatasubramanianDavid WallachJewel WardSeth WilkKenneth WilliamsAndrew WillisLinda XieThomas YangWeiguo YangHuiming YuXiaohong YuanWeidong ZhangYong ZhangGuogang Zhao

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IEEE SOUTHEASTCON 2010 COMMITTEE

General Chair: James Conrad, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Technical Program Chair: Tom Weldon, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Treasurer: Rob Cox, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Registration Chair: Charles Lord, Triangle Advanced Design and Automation, Inc.

Tutorial Chair: David Binkley, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Regional Student Activities Chair (RSAC): Dr. Eric S. Ackerman, Nova Southeastern University

Sponsorship Chair: Lee Stogner, IEEE Region 3 Director

Exhibition Chair: James Conrad, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Publicity Chair: Jim Corr, IEEE North Carolina Council

Region 3 Liason: Lee Stogner, IEEE Region 3 Director

Local Arrangements: Larry Whicker, LRW Associates

Guest/Spouse Programming: Vianne Howitt

Webmaster: Tim Lee

IEEE SoutheastCon 2010 Technical Program Committee

REGION 3 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Director and Region 3 Initiatives ..........................................................................................................................Lee StognerDirector Elect ....................................................................................................................................................David G. GreenSecretary ..................................................................................................................... .................Gregg L. Vaughn, Ph.D., P.E.Treasurer & Finance Committee Chair ..............................................................................................................Donald W. HillPast Director ....................................................................................................................................................William RatcliffArea 1 Virginia Council ..................................................................................................................................William ClaytonArea 2 North Carolina Council ................................................................................................................................James CorrArea 3 Georgia ..........................................................................................................................................................Curtis LeeArea 4 Florida Council ..........................................................................................................................................Quang TangArea 5 Tennessee Council ....................................................................................................................................Tim BigelowArea 6 Alabama Mississippi ......................................................................................................................................Ron OganArea 7 South Carolina Council ..........................................................................................................................Richard BakerArea 8 Kentucky Indiana ..................................................................................................................................Jerry W. GoerzArea 9 Jamaica ............................................................................................................................................Wilfred A. RobertsAudit Committee ..................................................................................................................................................Dale CastonAwards and Recognition Committee ....................................................................................................................Dev PalmerCommunications Committee, Chair/Vice-Chair ........................................................................William Clayton, Jim RemichElectronic Communication Systems Coordinator Sub-Committee ................................................................Davi d G. GreenNewsletter Editor Sub-Committee ..................................................................................................................William LaBellePublic Information Sub-Committee ................................................................................................................David L. BowerWebmaster Sub-Committee ..............................................................................................................Eric S. Ackerman, Ph.D.Conference Committee ........................................................................................................................................Sean HaynesSouthcon Senior/Junior Representative Sub-Committee ................................................James H. Beall, James M. HowardSoutheastCon 2009 Sub-Committee ......................................................................................Amy Wilson, William MarshallSoutheastCon 2010 Sub-Committee ..............................................................................................James Conrad, Ph.D., P.E.Southeastcon 2011 Sub-Committee ..........................................................................................................Saleh Zein-SabattoSoutheastCon 2012 Sub-Committee ..............................................................................................................George McClureSoutheastCon 2013 Sub-Committee ................................................................................................................Percy ShadwellEducational Activities Committee .............................................................................................. ......................Bruce WalcottTeacher In-Service Program Sub-Committee ......................................................................................................Pat DonohoeLeadership Development and Regional Support Committee, Chair/Vice-Chair ..........Charles J. Lord, P.E. Percy ShadwellArchive Management Sub-Committee ....................................................................................................Charles J. Lord, P.E.Section/Chapter Rejuvenation Coordinator Sub-Committee ..............................................................................Lee StognerSections Congress Coordinator Sub-Committee ................................................................James M. Howard, Sean HaynesMembership Engagement and Life Cycle Committee, Chair/Vice-Chair ..........................John Montague, Percy ShadwellGOLD Representative Sub-Committee ..............................................................................................Wah Wah Myint GarrisIndustrial Relations Sub-Committee ............................................................................................ ................William HarrisonLife Member Coordinator Sub-Committee ................................................................................................Charles HusbandsMembership Recruiting and Recovery Sub-Committee ....................................................................................Jim AndersonWomen in Engineering Liaison Sub-Committee ............................................................................................Parveen WahidNominations and Appointments Committee ................................................................................................William RatcliffProfessional Activities Operation Committee, Chair/Past Chair ..................................Susan Ronning, P.E., Adeeb HamzeyEmployment and Career Assistance Representative Sub-Committee ................................................................E d KirchnerPACE Sub-Committee ................................................................................................................................Susan Ronning, P.E.Pre-College Representative Sub-Committee ......................................................................................................Ralph RussellS-PAC Coordinator Sub-Committee ............................................................................................................James M. HowardStrategic Planning Committee Chair/Vice Chair ..............................................................Richard L. Riddle, George McClureHistory Sub-Committee ..........................................................................................James Beall, Charles Hickman, Ph.D., P.E.Special Review Sub-Committee ................................................................................................................................Roy HarrisStudent Activities 2010 Committee ....................................................................................................Eric S. Ackerman, Ph.D.Student Activities 2011 Committee ............................................................................................. ...........Regina HannemannStudent Representative Sub-Committee ....................................................................................................Matthew EricksonTellers Ad Hoc Appointment ......................................................................................................Gregg L. Vaughn, Ph.D., P.E.Sections Governance Ad Hoc Appointment ....................................................................................................Bill TiedemannTechnical Liaison Ad Hoc Appointment, Chair/Vice Chair ..................................................Tom Haebetler, Grayson RandallMedical Technology Policy Committee IEEE-USA Liaison ............................................................................William HarrisonEnergy Policy Committee IEEE-USA Liaison ..................................................................Thomas Bellarmine, Percy ShadwellCritical Infrastructure Protection Committee IEEE-USA Liaison ................................................................. .George McClureResearch and Development Policy Committee IEEE-USA Liaison ..................................................................Pe rcy ShadwellCareer and Workforce Policy Committee IEEE-USA Liaison ..................................................George McClure, Lee StognerIntellectual Policy Committee IEEE-USA Liaison ............................................................................................Edward G. TutleTransportation and Aerospace Policy Committee IEEE-USA Liaison ..........................................................George McClureGovernment Relations Activities IEEE-USA Liaison ................................................................Lee Stogner, George McClure

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2-4 Hour Tutorials and Workshops

EnergyThursday, March 18, 2010Room: Concord C

8:00-9:50 AM:What is the Smart Grid?

This tutorial will discuss various aspects of the Smart Grid.The presentation will provide an overview of the many dif-ferent proposals that are currently under discussion. These in-clude efforts to increase the penetration of renewablesources and plug-in hybrids, use of power electronics forpower-flow control, increased automation, monitoring, andcontrol in transmission and distribution networks, and newmetering schemes for commercial and residential customers.

Speaker Biography: Robert Cox is an Assistant Professor ofElectrical and Computer Engineering at UNC Charlotte. Hereceived his PhD in Electrical Engineering from MIT, and hasbeen at UNCC since 2006. His current research interests arerelated to control and diagnostics for power equipment andelectric machines. He is also heavily involved in the develop-ment of low-power converters for energy harvesting in wire-less sensor networks.

10:00-11:50AM:Introduction to Solid-State Lighting.The recent development of high-brightness LEDs based on III-Nitrides and AlInGaP has led to the possibility of revolution-ary new approaches for lighting that have become known asSolid State Lighting. Solid State Lighting technology haslargely been developed by those in the compound semicon-ductor community who have little or no understanding ofthe lighting industry. A similar lack of knowledge also existsabout the advances of LEDs for lighting applications in thegeneral lighting community. The scope of this course is toprovide a state-of-the-art review of the Solid State Lightingtechnology from both the perspective of the solid state scien-tist and those involved in the lighting industry.

Speaker Biography: Ian T. Ferguson is Professor and Chair ofthe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering atthe University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Previously, hewas Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engi-neering at Georgia Institute of Technology and Director forthe Focused Research Program for Next Generation Lighting.Dr. Ferguson’s research focuses on the area of wide band-gapmaterials and devices (emitters, detectors and electronics)using GaN and ZnO and developing these materials for illu-mination, spintronic and nuclear detection applications. Hehas over 220 refereed publications, six book chapters, ten ed-ited conference proceedings, two books and multiplepatents. Dr. Ferguson is a Fellow of the IEEE and SPIE.

1:30-5:20PM:Nuclear Energy for Non-nuclear Businesspeople.

This session provides an overview of current nuclear industryenergy power generation technology and processes. The ses-sion is designed to provide a general conversant knowledgeof the business for those who are interested in or currentlyworking with people in the nuclear industry. Attendees willbe able to separate fact from fiction as they leave with anunderstanding of general operations and nuclear safety, usedfuel management, and nuclear power in the digital age.

Speaker Biographies: Dayna Herrick is Manager of Work-force Development for the generation division of Duke En-ergy. She is a registered professional engineer who hasserved in the nuclear industry for 19 years in a variety oftechnical and non technical roles. Dayna has a regional andnational presence in the nuclear industry in her service to theNuclear Energy Institute and the Carolinas Nuclear Cluster.

Keyes Niemer is a Project Manager of The Shaw Group (SGR),Nuclear Division. Shaw Nuclear provides engineering, pro-curement, construction, maintenance, environmental and re-mediation nuclear services to commercial, government andinternational clients. As Project Manager, Dr. Niemer is re-sponsible for the Shaw Module Program for new AP1000TMnuclear power plants.

Steve Nesbit is the Director of Nuclear Policy and Support atDuke Energy. In addition to supporting commercial nuclearpower plant operations, he has worked on several Depart-ment of Energy programs, including the Yucca MountainProject and the MOX project to dispose of surplus plutoniumfrom nuclear weapons. Steve has served on numerous indus-try committees and working groups sponsored by the Nu-clear Energy Institute, the Electric Power Research Institute,and the American Nuclear Society.

Victor (Vic) Fregonese is a Senior Manager with AREVA in theElectrical Systems Business Unit. He has 29 years of experi-ence in the nuclear industry. His background includes DesignEngineering Manager for a three unit nuclear power siteconstruction engineering, startup and commissioning, projectengineering and management, and profit/loss center man-agement. Vic has also served with the Institute of NuclearPower Operations (INPO), served as an industry standardscommittee chairman for the Instrumentation, Systems, andAutomation Society (ISA), collaborated on I&C projects withthe Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and has been aproject team leader for industry benchmarking with the Nu-clear Energy Institute (NEI).

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2-4 Hour Tutorials and Workshops

Embedded Systems Design 1Thursday, March 18, 2010Room: Concord D

8:00-11:50AM:Wireless Sensor Networks: Theory andApplication Development.Wireless sensor networks provide powerful low-costsolutions for an array of monitoring applications.Currently, many off-the-shelf wireless sensor platforms areavailable that can be programmed to sense, process, and au-tonomously configure into a wireless mesh network to per-form distributed monitoring operations. This tutorial willpresent the fundamental principles of WSNs and extendhands-on practice with a commercially available sensor net-work platform to provide an understanding of this new tech-nology. An energy sensing application currently being usedwith several power generation and distribution facilities willalso be described.

Speaker Biography: Asis Nasipuri is an Associate Professorand the Graduate Coordinator of the Department of Electri-cal and Computer Engineering at UNC Charlotte. His researchareas include: Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, Wireless Sensor Net-works, Statistical Signal Processing and Wireless Communica-tions. His most recent research has been in conjunction withEPRI for sensing power production/distribution parametersand collecting the data for fault prediction.

1:30-5:20 PM:Real-Time Operating Systems.

This class teaches the basics of RTOS through examples, basedon a representative RTOS, the POSIX-compliant MQX systemoffered by Freescale for their 32-bit processors. The classteaches the basic structures and some of the ‘build versusbuy’ considerations that need to be addressed when startinga potential RTOS-based project. This class is based on a com-mercial two-day workshop and includes live demonstrationsof some of the examples.

Speaker Biography: Charles Lord, P.E., is a consulting engi-neer with over 30 years of experience in the embedded sys-tems, RF, military and medical device / pharmaceutical fields.He is a frequent speaker for IEEE and quality / regulatorymeetings and conferences. His company, Triangle AdvancedDesign and Automation, is based in Cary, NC.

Embedded Systems Design 2Friday, March 19, 2010Room: Concord D

8:00-11:50AM:Introduction to the Universal Serial Bus (USB).

Purpose: To familiarize the student with the overall structureof USB and what is needed to integrate this interface in a mi-crocontroller project, both from the device and PC sides.Thisclass is based on a three-day commercial class, so is intendedto give a thorough overview of what resources and skills areneeded to carry out USB design. It is an excellent preparationfor an upcoming project or to provide managementoverview of USB design and integration. The class includeslive demonstrations of some of the examples.

Speaker Biography: Charles Lord, P.E., is a consulting engi-neer with over 30 years of experience in the embedded sys-tems, RF, military and medical device / pharmaceutical fields.He is a frequent speaker for IEEE and quality / regulatorymeetings and conferences. His company, Triangle AdvancedDesign and Automation, is based in Cary, NC.

1:30-5:20PM:C for Microcontroller Development.

Purpose: Familiarize the student with the requirements andskills to program an embedded project. This class will provideand introduction to integrated development environments(IDEs) and programming concepts in C and C++ for both 8and 32 bit microcontrollers. Using a typical IDE, this class willgive instruction and examples of C constructs need for micro-controller development. Prerequisites: the student shouldhave a basic understanding of some programming languageand basic microcontroller structure. This class will teach Cspecifics from scratch, so previous C experience is helpful butnot required.

Speaker Biography: Charles Lord, P.E., is a consulting engi-neer with over 30 years of experience in the embedded sys-tems, RF, military and medical device / pharmaceutical fields.He is a frequent speaker for IEEE and quality / regulatorymeetings and conferences. His company, Triangle AdvancedDesign and Automation, is based in Cary, NC

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FREE TUTORIALS – 50/110 Minutes

Energy, Friday, March 19, 2010Room: Concord C

8:00-8:50AM: Lithium Battery Energy Storage –Building Better Batteries.

As the world will turn toward electric versus hydrocarbonenergies the need for ways to store and use electricity in-creases. Celgard is a pioneer in energy storage technologyand will discuss the technical efforts in lithium battery en-ergy storage and how it can quench our society’s thirst formore juice.

Speaker Biography: John Zhang is the ChiefTechnical Officer and Vice President at Celgard.

9:00-9:50AM: How to Save Development DollarsUsing Senior Design Talent and Introducing theCharlotte Research Institute.

How companies can save money or get shelved projectsmoving by utilizing the Senior Design program at manyUniversities. Real world examples will be given on howvarious companies received engineering labor for as littleas $5.00 per hour. Discussion of handling intellectual prop-erty and what the company can do to insure success aswell as get a result it really can use. The second part ofthis talk is on the Charlotte Research Institute, part of theUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte, helps the re-gion’s economy by facilitating partnerships between theUniversity’s applied research programs and governmentagencies, industry and academia.

Speaker Biographies: Dr. Heybruck received is BSEEdegree from Merrimack College in North Andover MA, aMasters in Computer Science from Union College in Sch-enectady NY and more recently his Ph.D. in EE from UNCCharlotte in 2001. He was with IBM for 32 years where hewas a consulting engineer for test technology, a wirelessconsultant and a Product Development Manager inPrinter Development for 15 years. He retired from IBMand is currently the Director of the Industrial Solutions Labat UNC Charlotte.

Dr. Robert Wilhelm is an Associate Provost for StrategicResearch Partnerships & Executive Director of CRI. Dr. Wil-helm has wide experience in both academic and businesscircles. At UNC Charlotte since 1993, Wilhelm was a found-ing faculty member for PhD programs in Mechanical Engi-neering, Biotechnology, Information Technology, andNanoscience. Before coming to Charlotte, Wilhelmworked at the Palo Alto Laboratory of Rockwell ScienceCenter and at Cincinnati Milacron. He co-founded a high-technology manufacturing company, OpSource, Inc.,in 2001. Wilhelm holds a BS in industrial engineeringfrom Wichita State University, a MS in industrialengineering from Purdue University, and a PhD inmechanical engineering from the University of Illinois atUrbana-Champaign.

10:00-10:50AM: The Mechanics and Chemistryof Biomass Energy

Evonik Energy Services will present the utilization of bio-mass as a fuel source for the generation of energy. Thispresentation will provide the current definition of themeaning of “biomass”, the chemical and mechanical char-acteristics of biomass combustion, environmental aspects,the technologies utilized to accomplish the conversion ofbiomass to energy, and the cost associated with biomassto energy conversion. Evonik Energy Services currently haseleven (11) biomass facilities with the 12th facility firingmanure under design/construction.

Speaker Biography: Mark Ehrnschwender is theDirector of Business Development of Evonik Energy Serv-ices LLC and is responsible for all business activities ofEvonik for the North American Market, including all de-velopment of operations and maintenance acquisitionsand contracts in power generation businesses such asWind, Biomass, Waste to Energy, Oilsands for the NorthAmerican market. Mark has been in the power industrysince 1981 and for the last 15 years has focused on devel-oping environmentally friendly solutions, strategies, andtechnologies to meet the more stringent environmentalmandates.

11:00-11:50AM: The “Green Spend” andBottom-line Corporate Results.

Companies feel the pressure to ‘go green’. Making a sus-tainable program translate into actions and conform toorganizational resources – people and money – are chal-lenges. aVERT Energy has expertise in energy manage-ment, finances, risk and engineering – representingexperience in firms as diverse as banking, packaging, soft-ware and manufacturing. In this session the realities ofanalyzing and implementing a sustainable energy organi-zational effort are reviewed in tactical terms that impactthe ‘corporate spend’ of an organization.

Speaker Biography: Suzanne McVeigh has led a careerthat spanned numerous industries including InformationTechnology, Staffing, Banking, and Textiles, and now com-bines her innovative experience in business and technol-ogy to help lead aVERT Energy, a firm dedicated toredefining the “sustainable” definition of business. Sheled award winning teams while employed at WellsFargo/Wachovia, Oracle, Ingres, and Burlington Industries.Suzanne is now working to leverage her innovation expe-rience in both technology and large project managementand implementation to deliver results for clients seekingto implement effective solutions to meet their alternativeenergy needs, as a founding partner in aVERTenergy.

1:30 -2:20PM: Energy Parks: Opportunities forCreative Energy Solutions.

Energy Parks” may be springing up around thenation as a new and creative approach to energy genera-tion. Opportunities to capitalize on local and regional re-

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sources to produce energy products by different produc-tion methods are expected to be integrated together tohelp the US become more energy independent. This ses-sion explains the DOE’s role is supporting the develop-ment of energy parks and how they can answer ournation’s need for clean, safe, reliable and economicalsources of energy.

Speaker Biography: Mark Gilbertson is the ActingDeputy Assistant Secretary, Program & Site Support,at the Department of Energy.

2:30-3:20PM: ReVenture Park – DevelopingMultiple Renewable Energy Facilities on theCatawba River.

The Charlotte Region is undertaking a bold energy andenvironmental vision as it delists a Superfund site andcreates a multiple-facility renewable energy park on theCatawba River. The site is intended to house and managebiomass and solar energy facilities, provide waste watertreatment, Produce alternative fuels. “ReVenture Park”can be a model of technology and community teamworkas it approaches the energy and environmental challengesour nation’s faces.

Speaker Biography: Chris Neaville is an EnvironmentalEngineer, and he is President of Liability Transfer Associ-ates, LLC. He has 23 years of experience implementing re-mediation projects on a wide variety of active facilitiesand idle properties, including Superfund, RCRA, andBrownfield sites. Neaville worked for Shell Oil Companywhere he was responsible for assisting Shell companiesworld-wide with site investigation, risk assessment, andremediation. During 2001-2004, he started and managedShell’s Land Value Transformation business which derivedprofits from redevelopment of surplus property throughteaming with 3rd party developers. Over the past severalyears, he has initiated multiple renewable energy enter-prises that include solar, biomass power plants, and biogasto energy applications.

3:30-4:20PM: Low CO2 Emission Fossil FuelPower Generation Technologies: Research,Development and Demonstrations.

This presentation will first describe EPRI’s PRISM analysiswhich defines the technical pathways to achieving large-scale CO2 emissions reductions while meeting future U.S.electricity demands and it will explain the importance ofhaving a full portfolio of low CO2 emission power genera-tion technologies instead of relying only one or two op-tions. Then it will focus on the technical pathwaysassociated with coal power generation.

Speaker Biographies: Jeffrey N. Phillips, Robert Steele,and Ronald Schoff are with the Electric Power ResearchInstitute.

4:30-5:20PM: Conservation as an EnergyResource.

Utility, industry and university representatives and expertswill broadly contrast the demand reduction and load act-ing as resource markets in the RTOs. Presentations anddiscussion will then address various smart grid approachesrelating what vertically integrated utilities can do withrates and residential energy management systems, whereelectric co-operatives can act as supply-side resource, andapproaches for aggregating residential loads to act as anancillary service.

Speaker Biography: Rosalie Day is Policy Director, NCSustainable Energy Association. Ms. Day has significant ex-perience leading the creation and management of varioustransmission, generation and economic aspects of energyon the conventional and renewable supply-side as well asworks with efficiency and conservation.

Professional DevelopmentFriday, March 19, 2010Room: Concord J

8:00-8:50AM: Jump Starting ProjectManagement.

This session will introduce attendees to the disciplinedpractices, controls and behaviors associated with projectmanagement. As we face the toughest economic timesthat many of us have seen in our lifetime, change initia-tives will face more scrutiny than ever before. This sessionwill not turn attendees into successful project managers injust one hour, but it will provide them with a foundationon which they can build through consideration and re-search.

Speaker Biography: Karen McIsaac is the Founder andManaging Director of Project Managers, Inc., a niche con-sulting firm that helps manage strategic business changefor companies in the Fortune 1000, not-for-profits andgovernment agencies. Karen has over 25 years experienceleading numerous projects with significant and sustain-able positive financial impact for some of the nation’sleading companies. In her role as managing director,Karen is accountable for helping clients be successful inthe management of major business transformations –combining the skills and principles of program/projectmanagement and change management.

9:00-9:50AM: Public Speaking – If You’re WorriedAbout What To Do With Your Hands, You’reFocused on the Wrong Thing.

So many presentations on public speaking deal with themechanics of it — things like fear, anxiety, gesturing andtone of voice. They tell you to look at a spot on the backwall, or to imagine your audience in their underwear, or

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to hold your hands in a very precise fashion. I don’t haveto tell you that these approaches don’t work. They don’twork because they are focused on the wrong thing. Theytreat “public” speaking as if it were somehow a thingapart from “private” speaking. They focus on mechanicsand ignore the fact that speaking – for an audience of 1or 100,000 — is personal, interpersonal and intimate. Thekey to effective public speaking is to achieve that inti-macy, that connection — not with the “audience” butwith every individual in the audience. In this session, wewill discuss ways to cultivate the mindset that will allowyou to achieve this connection. We will discuss what youmust do to adequately prepare – your material and your-self – for your presentation. We will discuss how to recog-nize the tell-tale signs that you are slipping away from theright mindset and what to do about it. We won’t focus onmechanics and we won’t talk about what to do with yourhands. With the right mindset, your hands will know whatto do, all by themselves.

Speaker Biography: Jim De Piante is managing the Jeop-ardy Challenge project at IBM Research. No one has eversaid to Jim De Piante, “You’re a natural born leader,” be-cause he’s not. Jim is an ordinary guy with ordinary prob-lems and ordinary leadership gifts, which he seeks toimprove upon. Jim learned a great deal about leadershipwhile serving as a flight crewman in the U.S. Navy. Subse-quently, he attended, and graduated summa cum laudefrom the University of Florida. Jim has worked for 25 yearsand has achieved IBM’s highest Project Management certi-fication, that of Executive Level Project Manager. He hasmanaged development projects for the IBM Product Divi-sions, IBM Global Services, IBM Research, IBM Global Engi-neering Services and ibm.com.

10:00-10:50AM: Every Three Ring Circus Needs aRingmaster.

The Ringmaster is an example of the power of communi-cation - managing audience or customer expectations andproviding leadership and direction to the three perform-ing teams means the audience can follow what is happen-ing and is much more likely to enjoy the show. Accordingto leading business publications, 90 percent of a businessleader’s responsibility is communication. If that 90 percentis done effectively, your success rate will increase.

Just like a three ring circus would be chaos if not for theRingmaster, in order for an organization to be successfulin these turbulent times of change, the senior leadershipmust ensure timely and effective communication to all.However, if you can communicate effectively to yourteams and the other internal and external partners, itwon’t matter how great you are at planning or any othermanagement related task because you will be able tomanage the circus.

Speaker Biography: Karen McIsaac‘s biography is listedon page 17.

11:00-11:50AM: Effective RequirementsManagement.

Why do projects fail? Poor requirements managementprocesses (or lack thereof) have been identified as a lead-ing cause of project failure. To address this problem, or-ganizations utilize a number of approaches inrequirements definition and requirement gathering. How-ever, requirements activities, as employed in many organi-zations today, are unstructured and ineffective.Requirements are essential considerations in project de-velopment. Product requirements set the project scopeand therefore, determine what is and what is not coveredin the project. Successful projects are highly dependent onwell-defined and well-understood requirements. Require-ments management, when implemented as processes, andin collaboration with stakeholders, capitalizes on themajor contributors to project success. Requirements Man-agement is Level 2 requirement for SEI-CMM. It is also anessential part of the Project Management Institute’s Stan-dard for Project Management. This presentation focuseson how Requirements Management processes can addresscauses for project delays and failures, and contribute toproject success.

Speaker Biography: Victoria S. Kumar, PMP, has over 20years of information technology (IT) project managementexperience, including 10 years with IBM and 7 years in ITconsulting. She holds two master’s degrees: one in PureMathematics, and another in Computer Science from theUniversity of Waterloo (Canada). She also has PhD credits(ABD – all but dissertation) in management science fromthe University of Waterloo (Canada) and has earned amaster’s certificate in IT Project Management fromGeorge Washington University (USA). She is a Past Presi-dent of the Project Management Institute (PMI) NorthCarolina Chapter. She is a graduate of the PMI LeadershipInstitute (Master’s Class of 2004) and is a certified ProjectManagement Professional (PMP®).

1:30-2:20PM: The Remarkably Ordinary Leader.

We have all seen presentations on leadership that feature“The Great Leaders” from history. Inspiring? Perhaps.Meaningful in my life as a technical leader and projectmanager? Not really. It’s hard for me to relate. I am justan ordinary guy – a remarkably ordinary guy. While I canadmire these truly great leaders, I must also concede that Iam made of lesser stuff. I have lesser ambitions. I don’twant to change the world. I just want to finish my projecton time and within budget. Our success as technical lead-ers depends entirely on our ability to lead our teams in or-dinary things – remarkably ordinary things. We don’t haveto tell our teams that they can only expect “...blood, toil,tears and sweat.” But we might need to tell them thatthey can expect to work on the weekend. We do not haveto challenge our teams to commit to, “...landing a man onthe moon and returning him safely to the earth.” But wemight need to ask them to commit to complete assignedtasks on time. In this session, we will talk about leadership


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in practical terms, terms that you will be able to relate to,terms that will inspire you. We will talk about how re-markably ordinary people can improve their effectivenessas leaders. We will talk about simple and concrete stepsthat you can take to achieve a certain excellence as aleader.

Speaker Biography: Jim De Piante‘s biography is listedto the left.

2:30-3:20PM: IEEE Financial Advantage Program:Overview of IEEE Member Group DiscountPrograms.

Overview of the IEEE Financial Advantage Program, theportfolio of non-technical benefits and discounts availableto IEEE members. Three categories of services are offered:Insurance, Financial and Home & Office. New develop-ments and enhancements for 2010 include premium ratereduction for the term life insurance plan, a new dentalprogram, the expansion of the Dell discount program tomore countries and the introduction of Mozy.com, HPhardware discount and more.

Speaker Biography: Mila Thelen is Senior Administratorof Member Group Insurance Programs at IEEE. She hasbeen with the Financial Advantage Program for four yearsand is mainly responsible for program promotion, Webpresence, customer service, and business partner relations.She was formerly Membership Administrator at what isnow Member and Geographic Activities where she coordi-nated the Membership Development Retreat and man-aged the Senior Member Elevation Program.

3:30-4:20PM: Career Preparation & ProfessionalDevelopment for Engineering Majors.

This is an interactive session, where participants are en-couraged to bring their resume and interviewing ques-tions. Presenters will talk about the do’s and don’ts ofresume writing, interviewing, conducting a job search andother topics relating to career management. Both currentengineering students as well as experienced professionalsare welcome to attend. Handouts will be provided.

Speaker Biographies: Linda Thurman currently holds theposition of Faculty Associate for Student Professional De-velopment and Employer Relations for the William StatesLee College of Engineering at UNC Charlotte. With over14 years of experience working with engineering profes-sionals, students and the engineering and technical com-munity, she has helped hundreds of students and alumniprepare for their engineering careers.

Ben Cudia is an Assistant Director in the University CareerCenter and Career Advisor for students in the College ofEngineering, School of Architecture, and Departments ofPhysics and Geography and Earth Sciences. He activelyworks to ensure students are prepared for the job searchand their overall career development and also efficientlyconnect students with employers.

4:30-5:20PM:NCEES and Professional Engineering Licensure.

Licensure for professional engineers functions as a publicsafeguard. It can also be a valuable career asset to thosewho hold the P.E. The licensure system involves standardsin the areas of education, experience, and examinations.NCEES plays an important role in this system by serving asan umbrella organization for state licensing boards andby developing the FE and PE exams. Join Tim Miller ofNCEES for a discussion about the licensure process, thebenefits of becoming a P.E., and the services NCEES offersfor P.E.s, such as the popular Records Program.

Speaker Biography: Timothy L. Miller, P.E., is director ofExam Development Services at NCEES. He oversees the de-velopment and scoring of all engineering and surveyingexaminations used for professional licensure in the UnitedStates. Before joining NCEES, Miller was an engineeringconsultant and project manager for more than 20 years.Miller is a graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute andState University and is licensed in South Carolina.

Energy and TechnologyFriday, March 19, 2010Room: Concord B

9:00-9:50AM: Power System Analyses andCalculations.

This tutorial discusses a) Steps and Why We Perform Elec-trical Analyses and Calculations, and b) Learning the BasicElectrical Terminologies and Concepts.

Speaker Biography: Zia Salami is an advisory electricalengineer in the Electrical and I&C Department of AREVANP, Inc. He is an expert in Electric Power System Design,Analysis, Planning, Network Modeling, Calculation, andSimulation, and holds a Ph.D degree in Electrical PowerSystems and Controls.

10:00-11:50AM: Introduction to PSoC 3Architecture and Creator Design Tool.

An introduction and hands on lab featuring Cypress newlyreleased PSoC 3 system on chip device with programmableanalog and digital modules as well as an MCU all on onechip. Attendees will get an overview of the architectureand software design flow as well as leaving with a CypressCY8CKIT-003 First Touch Kit. NOTE: You must preregisterfor this workshop at: http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/?p=WEB22A942XCLVR

Speaker Biographies: Ernie Buterbaugh is a PrincipalField Applications Engineer for Cypress Semiconductorand has more than 28 years experience with embeddedprocessors, board level design, ASIC, FPGA and CPLD de-sign. While at Cypress, Mr. Buterbaugh has focused on avariety of products including clocking and timing devices,USB, and the programmable mixed signal system-on-a-


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chip PSoC. Prior to Cypress Semiconductor, he worked atIBM designing Avionics computers used in a variety of mil-itary aircraft and installations. Mr. Buterbaugh earned hisBSEE from the Pennsylvania State University and has au-thored a variety of application notes, articles, and thebook: Perfect Timing: A Design Guide for Clock Genera-tion and Distribution.

Patrick Kane is the director of the Cypress University Al-liance Program. This program is dedicated to partneringwith academia and universities to ensure that professorsand students have access to the latest Cypress PSoC tech-nology for use in education and research. Patrick joinedthe Cypress team in July 2006. Prior to joining CypressPatrick spent 13 ½ years at Xilinx in a variety of roles in-cluding Applications Engineer, Aerospace and Defense,Automotive, Technical Training and managing the XilinxUniversity Program.

1:30-2:20 PM:Electrical Distribution System DynamicModeling & Analysis in Generation Station.

This tutorial will present a typical dynamic modeling ofthe electrical distribution system in generation stations,equipment modelling (such as diesel generator, motor,etc.) and system responses.

Speaker Biography: John Liu, Ph.D. is a PrincipalElectrical Engineer in the Electrical and I&CDepartment, AREVA NP Inc.

3:30-4:30 PM: Innovation at Microsoft.

Representatives of Microsoft will talk about the life of aMicrosoft software engineer and opportunities within thecompany.

Speaker Biography: Paul Schottland and Bob Wilton aremanagers at the Charlotte, NC, Microsoft facility.

50 Minute TutorialsSaturday Morning, March 20, 2010Room: Concord C

9:00-9:50AM: The Path to Becoming a P.E.

For many engineering students, starting the process of be-coming a P.E. can lead to some exciting career opportuni-ties. The path to professional licensure for engineersincludes meeting high standards in education, work expe-rience, and examinations. Join Tim Miller of NCEES for adiscussion of the steps to becoming a P.E., and find outmore about the FE and PE exams, which NCEES developsand administers throughout the country.

Speaker Biography: Timothy L. Miller, P.E., is director ofExam Development Services at NCEES. He oversees the de-

velopment and scoring of all engineering and surveyingexaminations used for professional licensure in the UnitedStates. Before joining NCEES, Miller was an engineeringconsultant and project manager for more than 20 years.Miller is a graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute andState University and is licensed in South Carolina.

10:00-10:50AM: Career Preparation & Profes-sional Development for Engineering Majors

This is an interactive session, where participants are en-couraged to bring their resume and interviewing ques-tions. Presenters will talk about the do’s and don’ts ofresume writing, interviewing, conducting a job search andother topics relating to career management. Both currentengineering students as well as experienced professionalsare welcome to attend. Handouts will be provided.

Speaker Biographies: Linda Thurman and Ben Cudia‘sbiographies are listed on page 19.

11:00-11:50AM: Building Embedded Systems ona Platform FPGA.

This tutorial demonstrate how to build a complete Linux-based Embedded System on a Platform FPGA.

Speaker Biography: Ron Sass is an Associate Professor atUNC-Charlotte and the author a forthcoming book Em-bedded Systems Design with Platform FPGAs (July 2010).

1:30-2:20PM: Introduction to Optical and DigitalSuperresolution.

The problem of achieving increased resolution has a longhistory and for the last 50 years numerous attempts havebeen made to cheat the well-known diffraction limit thatresults in spatial resolutions being no better than theorder of the wavelength. In fact there is no fundamentalresolution limit based on wavelength, but noise usuallylimits what one can achieve in practice. Recent advancesin computational imaging suggest new ways to model im-aging systems and to represent information that canallow trade-offs between resolution, field of view and apriori assumptions about what one wants from the meas-ured data.

Speaker Biography: Michael Fiddy was a faculty memberat Kings College, London from 1979 to 1987 when hemoved to the University of Massachusetts Lowell wherehe was ECE Department Head from 1994 until 2001. In2002 he became director of the Center for Optoelectron-ics at UNC Charlotte. He is the editor of Waves in Randomand Complex Media, a fellow of SPIE, OSA, and IOP and asenior member of the IEEE.

2:30-3:20PM: Introduction to Metamaterials.

Artificial materials in which sub-wavelength scale featuresare patterned appear to offer permittivities and perme-


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abilites not found in nature. This prospect, combined withnew applications that demand these unusual refractive in-dices, have fuelled a huge R&D effort to fabricate thesematerials and use them in real applications. Examples ofthe electromagnetic properties of some simple artificial“atoms” abstracted from resonant circuits or scatteringstructures will be presented. We will review the history ofmetamaterials, some intriguing applications and discusswhere the field might be heading.

Speaker Biography: Michael Fiddy‘s biography is listedto the left.

3:30-4:20PM: Solar Cell Efficiencies.

What do they mean by “ultimate efficiency”,“nominal efficiency”, and “detailed balance limitefficiency” (SHOCKLEY and QUEISSER, J Appl. Phys. 32,510, 1961)? This tutorial will help you learn how to calcu-late them and understand what they mean. Also will bediscussed are the efficiency limits for various other solarcell ideas, such as multi-junction, organic-PV, sensitized PV,nano-architectured PV, intermediate band, split–spectrum,multi-exciton generation, etc., and their current status.

Speaker Biography: Yong Zhang received his Ph.D inPhysics from Dartmouth College. He recently joined theECE Dept. of UNC Charlotte as Bissell Distinguished Profes-sor. Prior to that, he was a Senior Scientist with the Mate-rials and Computational Science Center at NREL for 15years. He has over 140 publications in various areas ofphysics and material science.

50/100 Minute TutorialsSaturday Afternoon, March 20, 2010Room: Concord D

9:00-9:50AM: Innovation at Shaw PowerGroup.

Representatives of Shaw Power Group will talk aboutthe life of a Shaw engineer and opportunities within thecompany.

10:00-11:50AM: Introduction to PSoC 3Architecture and Creator Design Tool.

This presentation is identical to the Friday, 10:00 to 11:50presentation. Information about this presentation is pub-lished on page 19.

1:30-2:20PM: Using Renesas Microcontrollersin Education.

The Renesas QSK62P Plus Evaluation board is used at sev-eral universities across the US, including UNC Charlotteand North Carolina State University. This session will in-

clude an examination of the Renesas M30262 microcon-troller and the QSK62P Plus evaluation board, anddemonstrate how professors, students, and researcherscan use these products in their courses, senior design proj-ects, and research projects.

Speaker Biography: Richard McKinney earned his BSand MS degrees in Electrical Engineering from UNC Char-lotte. He is currently is pursuing a PhD in Electrical Engi-neering at UNC Charlotte. James Conrad is a professor atUNC Charlotte. He teaches courses in digital logic and em-bedded systems.

2:30-3:30 PM: Innovation at Microsoft.

Representatives of Microsoft will talk about the life of aMicrosoft software engineer and opportunities within thecompany.

Speaker Biography: Paul Schottland and Bob Wilton aremanagers at the Charlotte, NC, Microsoft facility.

3:30-4:20PM: Solving Load Cell and PressureSensor Problems with Conductive PolymerTechnology.

This tutorial is intended to introduce you to the science ofconductive polymer sensors and their potential applica-tions. The intrinsic properties of conductive polymers en-able the creation of sensors or sensing materials thatperform in extreme environmental conditions. These ma-terials can be thermoformed or machined or flexed tomeasure 2D or 3D surfaces. With high impact resistance tosize, very robust sensors can be developed in very smallsizes. Other medical and industrial applications in thepipeline will be demonstrated as examples of this newtechnology. Dr. Clark will take you through a presentationwith photography and video:

• What are “smart plastics” and conductive polymersensors?

• Why is this breakthrough technology?• What are examples of its application?• What level of development is the technology?• How might you use this technology?

Speaker Biography: Andrew Clark is Founder & ChiefTechnology Officer of SensorTech Corporation. He is agraduate of the Clemson University with a Masters and aPh.D. in Bioengineering. Dr. Clark has worked with ad-vanced materials science for the past 10 years and wasnamed the Co-Inventor of the SensorTech’s conductivepolymer sensor technology in 2005. While at Clemson, Dr.Clark completed internships at Schlumberger and PrattWhitney. His work and SensorTech’s were recognized lastNovember as the winner of the Small Enterprise AwardWinner at the 2009 InnoVision Technology Awards.

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Technical Paper Sessions, Friday, March 19, 2010

IEEE SoutheastCon 2010

8:00 A.M. Sessions

A1L-A: Embedded SystemsChairs: Mircea Stan, Somsak SukittanonRoom: Carolina ATime: 08:00 - 09:50

08:00 A Low-Cost Stand-Alone Real-Time Multi-Channel Frequency Monitoring SystemM. Abdallah, O. ElkeelanyTennessee Technological University, UnitedStates

08:18 Integrated Personal Mobile Devices toWireless Weather Sensing NetworkL. Herrera, B. Mink, S. SukittanonUniversity of Tennessee at Martin, United States

08:36 Using the iPhone and iPod Touch for RemoteSensor Control and Data AcquisitionB. Geltz, J. Berlier, J. McCollumVirginia Commonwealth University, United States

08:55 CORDIC Implementation with ParameterizableASIC/SoC FlowZ. Qi2, A. Cabe2, R. Jones Jr1, M. Stan2

1SRC Inc, United States; 2University of Virginia,United States

09:13 Power Aware Design of Second LevelCache for Multicore Embedded SystemsM. Rani, A. AsaduzzamanFlorida Atlantic University, United States

09:31 A Wireless Quiz System Using Low PowerMicrocontrollersS. Swami, O. Raut, I. Acharya, J. ConradUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte,United States

A1L-B: Circuits and DevicesChairs: Jia Di, Raghu MulagadaRoom: Carolina BTime: 08:00 - 09:50

08:00 On Built-in Self-Test for MultipliersM. Pulukuri, G. Starr, C. StroudAuburn University, United States

08:18 Investigation and Design Modification ofDelay-Insensitive Asynchronous Circuits forMinimum Supply Voltage OperationD. Coleman, J. DiUniversity of Arkansas, United States

08:36 Modeling and Optimization of Fast-SettlingTime Gain-Boosted Cascode CMOS AmplifiersY. Yang2, D. Binkley2, C. Li11Texas Tech University, United States; 2Univer-sity of North Carolina at Charlotte, UnitedStates

08:55 Thermal Analysis and Verification of aMounted Monolithic Integrated CircuitT. Harris1, S. Melamed1, S. Luniya1, W. Davis1,M. Steer1, L. Doxsee Jr2, K. Obermiller2, C.Hawkinson2

1North Carolina State University, United States;2Parametric Technology Corporation,United States

09:13 Impact of Leakage and Short Circuit Current inRush Current Analysis of Power Gated DomainsV. Sreekumar, S. RavichandranCadence Design Systems, India

09:31 A Prototype Single-Chip Spectrum Analyzerwith Integrated Frequency-Synthesized TuningP. Shoghi, C. Barnwell, R. Mulagada, T. WeldonUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte,United States

A1L-C: SensorsChair: Lakshmi NarasimhanRoom: Carolina CTime: 08:00 - 09:50

08:00 Data and Information Architecture for aMarine Sensor Network SystemL. NarasimhanEast Carolina University, United States

08:18 Novel Low-Cost Salinity Sensor forEmbedded Environmental MonitoringS. Russ, V. Perepa, S. Leavesly, B. WebbUniversity of South Alabama, United States

08:36 Microwave Moisture Sensor for Rapid andNondestructive Grading of PeanutsS. Trabelsi, S. NelsonUnited States Department of Agriculture,Agricultural Research Service, United States

08:55 Sensor Information Framework: Using Work-flow to Integrate Distributed Sensor ServicesC. Baber, Y. LiNorth Carolina Agricultural and TechnicalState University, United States

09:13 A Scheme for Reduced Latency in WirelessSensor Networks Using Self OrganizedMirrorsP. Gaynor, D. CooreUniversity of the West Indies, Bahamas

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A1P-D: Applications and EducationChairs: Chih-Cheng Hung, Sharad SharmaRoom: Concord HTime: 08:00 - 09:40

Memory Access Reduction Method forEfficient Implementation of Vector-Radix2D Fast Cosine Transform Pruning on DSPX. Liu, Y. WangUniversity of Texas at Dallas, United States

Robot Muscles in a Subzero TemperatureEnvironmentK. Reband, M. Dees, J. ConradUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte,United States

Determination of Friction Coefficients forCutting Brush - Road Surface InteractionThrough FEML. Vanegas Useche2, M. Abdel Wahab1,G. Parker3

1Ghent University, Belgium; 2Universidad ecnologica de Pereira, Colombia; 3Universityof Surrey, United Kingdom

mRx: Negotiating Collaborative DecisionsM. Washburn, B. CutterUniversity of Missouri,United States

Simple Traffic Light Controller: a DigitalSystems Design ProjectJ. Ortiz, R. KlenkeVirginia Commonwealth University, UnitedStates

A Low-Cost Solution for Automated SolderPaste ApplicationZ. Dziczkowski, B. Geltz, T. Trimeloni, J. Berlier,J. McCollumVirginia Commonwealth University, UnitedStates

An Integrated, Semi-Automated Approach toThermochemical Conversion Research for Sus-tainable Farming SystemsK. Cantrell, J. Martin IIUnited States Department of Agriculture,Agricultural Research Service, United States

The Impact of Image Block Size on FaceFeature Extraction Using Discrete CosineTransformS. Kulkani, J. Moriarty, C. HungSouthern Polytechnic State University,United States

Project-Centered Pedagogy and Practice inTeaching Microprocessor and Embedded Sys-tems Design to Undergraduate StudentsX. Wu, M. Obeng, J. WangBethune-Cookman University, United States

Adding New Functions to the Remote AirfieldLighting SystemJ. Liu1, C. Grant1, D. Gallagher2

1Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, UnitedStates; 2Federal Aviation Administration,United States

Competitive and Agile Software EngineeringEducationK. Watkins1, T. Barnes2

1Georgia Southern University, United States;2University of North Carolina at Charlotte,United States



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10:00 A.M. Sessions

A2L-A: Computers and SoftwareChairs: Bharat Joshi, Kera WatkinsRoom: Carolina ATime: 10:00 - 11:50

10:00 PSIM: a Processor SIMulator for Basic Com-puter Architecture and Operation EducationM. Lusco, C. StroudAuburn University, United States

10:18 Secret Sharing with Extended CoefficientUse for Improved Data CapacityF. Shen1, C. Mei1, H. Jiang1, Z. Xu2

1Arkansas State University, United States;2Royal Holloway, University of London, UnitedKingdom

10:36 Study of Data Locality for Real-TimeBiomedical Signal Processing of StreamingData on Cell Broadband EngineA. Panday1, B. Joshi1, A. Ravindran1, J. Byun1,H. Zaveri21University of North Carolina at Charlotte,United States; 2Yale University, United States

10:55 Choke-Based Switching Algorithm inStochastic P2P Networks to Reduce File Down-load DurationM. Lehrfeld, G. SimcoNova Southeastern University, United States

11:13 Introducing Fault-Based CombinatorialTesting to Web ServicesK. WatkinsGeorgia Southern University, United States

11:31 Performance Modeling of ParallelMagnetostatic Wave Calculations onShared Memory MulticoreR. Mitra, B. Joshi, A. Ravindran, R. Adams,A. Mukherjee, J. Byun, K. DattaUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte,United States

A2L-B: Signal and Image ProcessingChairs: Alan Thomas, Yi YangRoom: Carolina BTime: 10:00 - 11:50

10:00 Edge Detection Using Fast Bidimensional Em-pirical Mode Decomposition andMathematical MorphologyJ. Zhang, Z. QinWestern Carolina University, United States

10:18 An Improvement on the ModifiedGradient Method for Face LocalizationT. Chai, Y. Zhang, C. HungSouthern Polytechnic State University,United States

10:36 Wavelet-Based Fractal Feature Extraction forMicrocalcification Detection in MammogramsP. Zhang, K. AgyepongAlcorn State University, United States

10:55 An Integrated Method for Video ShotBoundary DetectionL. Zhu, J. Qu, M. Rahman, W. HongClayton State University, United States

11:13 Wavelet Analysis of Impulse Ultra-WidebandRadarR. Jenkins2, B. Dewberry1, L. Joiner2

1Time Domain Corporation, United States; 2Uni-versity of Alabama in Huntsville, United States

11:31 Resampling Considerations for Registering Re-motely Sensed ImagesK. Camann, A. Thomas, J. EllisGeorgia Institute of Technology, United States

A2L-C: EducationChair: Susan ReiserRoom: Carolina CTime: 10:00 - 11:50

10:00 Case Study: Using Smart Cards with PKI to Im-plement Data Access Control for HealtInformation SystemsJ. Watts, H. Yu, X. YuanNorth Carolina Agricultural and TechnicalState University, United States

10:18 Enhancing Student Learning in ArtificialIntelligence Using RoboticsR. StansburyEmbry-Riddle Aeronautical University,United States



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10:36 Improving the Effectiveness of MicrocontrollerEducationR. Reese, B. JonesMississippi State University, United States

10:55 A Comparative Study of CyberCIEGE Gameand Department of Defense Information As-surance Awareness VideoJ. Jones, X. Yuan, E. Carr, H. YuNorth Carolina Agricultural and TechnicalState University, United States

11:13 Take Chances, Make Mistakes, Get DirtyR. Bruce, S. ReiserUniversity of North Carolina at Asheville,United States

A2P-D: Power and CommunicationsChairs: Hadi Alasti, Yuan LiaoRoom: Concord HTime: 10:00 - 11:40

A Delay Line Discriminator for IFM Usinga Left-Handed Delay LineR. Mulagada, T. WeldonUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte,United States

Supercapacitor Energy Storage for Low-Voltage Ride Through in a 13.8KV AC SystemA. Anwar, M. Ali, R. DougalUniversity of South Carolina, United States

Undergraduate Research Experiencesin Power System Fault Analysis UsingMatlab Simulation ToolsB. Casey, Y. LiaoUniversity of Kentucky, United States

Wideband Waveform Optimization withEnergy Detector Receiver in Cognitive RadioZ. Hu, N. Guo, R. QiuTennessee Technological University,United States

Real-Time Miso UWB Radio Testbedand Waveform DesignY. Song, Z. Hu, N. Guo, R. QiuTennessee Technological University,United States

Survey on Smart GridR. Hassan, G. RadmanTennessee Technological University,United States

Fault Location Estimation Using CurrentMagnitude MeasurementsN. Kang, Y. LiaoUniversity of Kentucky, United States

Wafer Bonding Technique Based GaN/Quantum Dots/GaN SystemY. Li, E. StokesUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte,United States

Experimental Testbed for Investigating IEEE802.11 Handoff in Vehicular EnvironmentY. Tarte2, A. Amanna2, C. Okwudiafor1

1Cisco Systems, Inc, United States; 2VirginiaPolytechnic Institute and State University,United States

Gas Turbine Emulator for Testing ofHigh-Speed GeneratorsB. Correa, A. Smith, W. Jiang, R. DougalUniversity of South Carolina, United States

Background Service QoS in a UMTS NetworkI. Weissberger, I. Kostanic, C. OteroFlorida Institute of Technology, United States

Ground Fault Protection for DC BusUsing Controlled Power SequencingP. Cairoli, I. Kondratiev, R. DougalUniversity of South Carolina, United States

Certificate Revocation List Distributionin VANETs Using Most Pieces BroadcastM. Nowatkowski, H. Owen IIIGeorgia Institute of Technology, United States

Time Synchronization in Wireless SensorNetworks: a SurveyS. Lasassmeh, J. ConradUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte,United States



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1:30 P.M. Sessions

P1L-A: Power and Energy 1Chairs: Robert Cox, Igor KondratievRoom: Carolina ATime: 13:30 - 15:20

13:30 Specification of Fault Current LimitationLevel for FCLs in Power SystemsY. Zhang, R. DougalUniversity of South Carolina, United States

13:48 Power Transmission Line ParameterEstimation and Optimal Meter PlacementY. LiaoUniversity of Kentucky, United States

14:06 Power Line Carrier Impedance MatchingMonitorG. Franklin, S. YangUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham,United States

14:25 Protection of Medium Voltage DC PowerSystems Against Ground Faults and NegativeIncremental ImpedancesU. Ghisla, I. Kondratiev, R. DougalUniversity of South Carolina, United States

14:43 A Closed-Loop Control Based Braking Resistorfor Stabilization of Wind Generator SystemM. Ali, R. DougalUniversity of South Carolina, United States

15:01 Vibration Sensing for Equipment’s HealthMonitoring in Power Substations UsingWireless SensorsA. Nasipuri3, H. Alasti3, P. Puthran3, R. Cox3, J. Conrad3, L. Van der Zel1, B. Rodriguez1, R. McKosky2, J. Graziano2

1Electric Power Research Institute, UnitedStates; 2Tennessee Valley Authority, UnitedStates; 3University of North Carolina at Charlotte, United States

P1L-B: Communications and NetworkingChairs: Richard McKinney, Peng ZhangRoom: Carolina BTime: 13:30 - 15:20

13:30 Efficient HD Video Streaming Over theInternetA. Kashyap, B. BingGeorgia Institute of Technology, United States

13:48 Prediction of Channel State for CognitiveRadio Using Higher-Order Hidden MarkovModelZ. Chen, R. QiuTennessee Technological University,United States

14:06 Visual Network Traffic ClassificationUsing Multi-Dimensional Piecewise Polyno-mial ModelsS. Sanders, K. Fairbanks, S. Jampana,H. Owen IIIGeorgia Institute of Technology, United States

14:25 Throughput Performance in MultihopNetworks Using Adaptive Carrier SensingThresholdO. Acholem, B. HarveyFlorida State University, United States

14:43 Survey of Cognitive Radio ArchitecturesA. Amanna, J. ReedVirginia Polytechnic Institute and StateUniversity, United States

15:01 First and Second Order Statistics Analysisfor the RSS Measurement in an IndoorEnvironmentZ. Dang, I. Howitt, R. McKinney, J. ConradUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte,United States

P1L-C: Nanotechnology and OptoelectronicsChairs: Simon Foo, Edward StokesRoom: Carolina CTime: 13:30 - 15:20

13:30 Revisiting the Perfect Lens with LosW. Yang2, J. Schenk1, M. Fiddy1

1University of North Carolina at Charlotte,United States; 2Western Carolina University,United States

13:48 Linewidth Enhancement Factor SimplifiedW. YangWestern Carolina University, United States

14:06 Acquisition and Analysis of TerahertzTime Domain Imaging and SensingB. Ajilore, W. Baughman, D. Wilbert, J. Kim,P. Kung, S. KimUniversity of Alabama, United States

14:25 CdSe-ZnS Quantum Dot Langmuir FilmsEmploying Thiophene Thiol As a CappingLigandA. Giles, E. StokesUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte,United States



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14:43 Effects of Gallium-Phosphide and Indium-Gallium-Antimonide Semiconductor Materialson Photon Absorption of Multijunction SolarCellsI. Bhattacharya, S. FooFlorida State University, United States

15:01 Exploration of Polymer ConformationalSimilarities in Polymer-Carbon NanotubeInterfacesS. Thakur2, S. Tallury1, M. Pasquinelli11North Carolina State University, United States;2Renaissance Computing Institute, United States

P1P-D: Computing, Applications, and SecurityChairs: Albert Esterline, Yunfeng SuiRoom: Concord HTime: 13:30 - 15:10

Artificial Chromosomes As Genetic Disks:a Systems Software Metaphor for GeneticEngineeringN. Ackovska2, L. Bozinovska1, S. Bozinovski11South Carolina State University, United States;2University St Cyril and Methodius, Macedonia

Efficient Sparse Matrix Vector MultiplicationUsing Compressed GraphI. LeeTroy University, United States

Real-Time GPS Receiver ImplementedUsing Altera FPGA BoardS. Yerabati, Z. Hu, O. ElkeelanyTennessee Technological University,United States

Security Automata Integrated XACML andSecurity ValidationJ. Deng2, R. Brooks2, J. Taiber1

1BMW, Germany; 2Clemson University,United States

Snapshot Capture from Live High DefinitionVideo Stream for Transmission Over Low-Bandwidth Data LinkL. Mize IV, R. Klenke, J. McCollumVirginia Commonwealth University, UnitedStates

A Constraint Satisfaction Algorithm forMicrocontroller Selection and Pin AssignmentJ. Berlier, J. McCollumVirginia Commonwealth University, UnitedStates

A Low-Cost Heading Sensor for AirborneApplicationsT. Trimeloni, R. Klenke, J. McCollumVirginia Commonwealth University, UnitedStates

Using Aspects for Testing NonfunctionalRequirements in Object-Oriented SystemsS. Farhat, G. Simco, F. MitropoulosNova Southeastern University, United States

Personally Identifiable Information:IdentifyingUnprotected PII Using File-Indexing SearchTools and Quantitative AnalysisB. Matthews, A. EsterlineNorth Carolina Agricultural and TechnicalState University, United States

Design and Characterization of anIntegrate-and-Fire Neural Recording SystemS. Yen, J. HarrisUniversity of Florida, United States

A System That Integrates Agent Services withWeb Services and a Distributed Event-BasedSystem for Processing XML InformationK. Krishnamurthy, A. EsterlineNorth Carolina Agricultural and TechnicalState University, United States

A Web-Based Sensor Monitoring System on aLinux-Based Single Board Computer PlatformK. Toshniwal, J. ConradUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte,United States

Self-Certified Public Key Implicit CertificateScheme for Drivers’ Anonymity in Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication NetworksN. RabadiIEEE, United States

The Effects of Limited Lifetime Pseudonymson Certificate Revocation List Size in VANETSM. Nowatkowski1, J. Wolfgang2, C. McManus1,H. Owen III11Georgia Institute of Technology, UnitedStates; 2Vanderbilt University, United States


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3:30 P.M. Sessions

P2L-A: Power and Energy 2Chairs: Philip Barletta, Asis NasipuriRoom: Carolina ATime: 15:30 - 17:20

15:30 Feasibility of Using a Wireless Mesh SensorNetwork in a Coal-Fired Power PlantA. Hussey1, A. Nasipuri3, J. Sorge2, R. Cox3

1Electric Power Research Institute, UnitedStates; 2Southern Company, United States;3University of North Carolina at Charlotte,United States

15:48 Design and Implementation of a WirelessNode for Advanced Sensor Processing and Ne-twork IntegrationR. Kale3, N. Singh3, H. Alasti3, A. Nasipuri3, R.Cox3, J. Conrad3, L. Van der Zel1, B. Rodriguez1,R. McKosky2, J. Graziano2

1Electric Power Research Institute, UnitedStates; 2Tennessee Valley Authority, UnitedStates; 3University of North Carolina at Char-lotte, United States

16:06 An Implementation of Secured Smart GridEthernet Communications Using AESP. Zhang, O. Elkeelany, L. McDanielTennessee Technological University, UnitedStates

16:25 Analysis of Ultra Capacitors As Ups EnergyStorage DevicesT. OlivoEaton Corporation, United States

16:43 GaN As a Neutron Detection MaterialA. Melton1, E. Burgett1, M. Jamil1, T. Zaidi1,N. Hertel1, I. Ferguson2

1Georgia Institute of Technology, UnitedStates; 2University of North Carolina at Char-lotte, United States

17:01 Si/Ge Nanodot Superlattices for Si-Based Pho-tovoltaicsP. Barletta1, G. Dezsi1, M. Lee3, C. Yi2, R.Venkatasubramanian1

1RTI International, United States; 2US NavalResearch Laboratory, United States; 3YaleUniversity, United States

P2L-B: Robotics and Computer VisionChairs: Douglas Isenberg, Yogendra KakadRoom: Carolina BTime: 15:30 - 17:20

15:30 Robot 2D Self-Localization Using RangePattern Matching via the Discrete FourierTransformA. Willis, Y. SuiUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte,United States

15:48 Advanced Mouse Pointer Control UsingTrajectory-Based Gesture RecognitionK. Manchanda, B. BingGeorgia Institute of Technology, United States

16:06 Components of an Autonomous All-TerrainVehicleR. McKinney, M. Zapata, J. Conrad,T. Meiswinkel, S. AhujaUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte,United States

16:25 Hybrid Control of a Simple WalkingAutonomous RobotA. Harris, J. ConradUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte, United States

16:43 Simulation of Agent Behavior in a GoalFinding ApplicationS. Sharma, S. LohgaonkarBowie State University, United States

17:01 A Decoupled Dynamical Model forDifferentially Driven Mobile RobotsD. Isenberg, Y. KakadUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte,United States

P2L-C: ApplicationsChairs: Moiez Tapia, Ping ZhangRoom: Carolina CTime: 15:30 - 17:20

15:30 New Insights Into Sampling Strategies forImaging Strongly Scattering TargetsU. Shahid, M. FiddyUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte,United States

15:48 Classification of Endoscopic Images Using Sup-port Vector MachinesD. Surangsrirat, M. Tapia, W. ZhaoUniversity of Miami, United States


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16:06 Complex Wavelet Feature Extraction or Video-Based Face RecognitionP. ZhangAlcorn State University, United States

16:25 Message Encoding in Images Using LiftingSchemesR. Tashakkori1, C. Sholar2

1Appalachian State University, United States;2Lowe’s Companies Inc, United States

16:43 A Genetic Algorithm Approach to theSolution of a Differential EquationP. Macneil, S. SchultzMercer University, United States

17:01 A Quality Aware Anycast Routing Protocolfor Wireless Mesh NetworksA. Pal, A. NasipuriUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte,United States

P2P-D: Systems, Circuits, and ElectromagneticsChairs: Hasanul Basher, Rod HarrellRoom: Concord HTime: 15:30 - 17:10

A Fixed Random Walk Method of PotentialComputation in a Conducting Spherical ShellO. Momoh, M. Sadiku, C. Akujuobi, S. MusaPrairie View A & M University, United States

An Evaluation of Protocol BufferG. Kaur, M. FuadWinston-Salem State University, United State

Measurement of Grain and Seed MicrowavePermittivity for Moisture and DensityDeterminationS. Nelson, S. TrabelsiUnited States Department of Agriculture,Agricultural Research Service, United States

Model Reference Control of UncertainTime-Delay SystemsH. BasherSouth Carolina State University, United State

Side-Channel Attack Mitigation UsingDual-Spacer Dual-Rail Delay-InsensitiveLogic (D3L)W. Cilio, M. Linder, C. Porter, J. Di, S. Smith,D. ThompsonUniversity of Arkansas, United States

An Improved FDTD Model for the Feeding Gapof a Dipole AntennaN. Homsup1, T. Jariyanorawiss1, W. Homsup2

1Kasetsart University, Thailand; 2Royal Thai AirForce Academy, Thailand

PowerMon: Fine-Grained and IntegratedPower Monitoring for Commodity ComputerSystemsD. Bedard, M. Lim, R. Fowler, A. PorterfieldRenaissance Computing Institute, UnitedStates

Efficient Computational Design for anAntenna with a Finite Ground PlaneK. TakeiHitachi, Ltd, Japan

Left-Handed Extensions of Maxwell’sEquations for MetamaterialsT. Weldon, R. Adams, K. Daneshvar,R. MulagadaUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte,United States

Adaptive Control of Sychronization forMulti-Axis Motion SystemM. Cheng2, S. Salekeen2, E. Bakhoum3, C. Chen1

1Cheng-Shu University, Taiwan; 2GeorgiaSouthern University, United States; 3Universityof West Florida, United States

Observation of the Poole-Frenkel Effect in Tan-talum Polymer CapacitorsG. Alapatt1, W. Harrell1, Y. Freeman2, P. Less-ner2

1Clemson University, United States; 2KMETElectronics Corp, United States

Third Cumulant Statistical Control of the FirstGeneration Structural Benchmark ProblemL. Storrer, R. DiersingUniversity of Southern Indiana, United States

On System-Level Use of BIST for Program-mable Input/Output Buffers in FPGAsB. Dutton, L. Lerner, S. Vemula, C. StroudAuburn University, United States

A General Purpose Driver Board for theHP26 Ink-Jet Cartridge with Applications toBioprintingJ. Mattimore, R. Groff, T. Burg, M. PepperClemson University, United States

Metamodeling of RFIC Integrated InductorsUsing ASITIC Simulation DataI. Kateeb, M. Bikdash, N. DoganNorth Carolina Agricultural and TechnicalState University, United States



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IEEE REGION 3 Meeting ScheduleSoutheast United States and Jamaica

Date Time (EST) Meeting Room Convener

19 March 7:00p - 8:30p Welcome Reception Concord E

7:30p - 9:00p SPC Dinner (by invitation only) Botanica I (Rocky River) Riddle

8:30p - 10:00p Area/Council Meetings

Area 1/Virginia Council Piedmont Clayton

Area 2/North Carolina Council Concord B Corr

Area 3 (GA) Kitty Hawk Lee

Area 4/Florida Council Concord D Tang

Area 5/Tennessee Council Blueridge Bigelow

Area 6 (AL/MS) Concord A Ogan

Area 7/South Carolina Council Harrisburg A Baker

Area 8 (IN, KY) / Area 9 (Jamaica) Concord C Goerz/Roberts

9:00p - 10:00p SPC Meeting Board Room Riddle

10:00p - 11:00p Area/Council Chairs Concord A Stogner

20 March 7:00a - 8:00a Finance Committee Atrium Hill

8:00a - noon Region 3 Plenary Concord A Stogner

noon - 1:30p Lunch (with SEC professional) Concord E

1:30p - 2:00p Region 3 Plenary (continued) Concord A Stogner

2:00p - 4:00p Breakouts

Breakout: Communications Blueridge Clayton

Breakout: Members Concord A Monteque

Breakout: Conferences Harrisburg A Haynes

4:00p - 5:30p Region 3 Hardware Contest Finals Concord G-J

7:00p - 9:00p Awards Banquet Concord E Stogner

21 March 8:00a - noon Region 3 Committee Meeting Concord A Stogner

noon - 2:00p Conference Debriefing

(by Invitation only) Concord C Conrad

IEEE SoutheastCon 2010 – Student Schedule

FridayStudents are encouraged to sign up for the Professional Development Seminar, which is going onall day See the description starting on page 13 for more detail.

Students are encouraged to attend the 50-minute tutorials, which are going on all day. See thedescription starting on page 16 for more detail. Students may also visit the exhibit hall.

Remember, complimentary breakfast is available for hotel guests in the atrium from 6:30 to 9:30 AM

8:00 AM - 7:00PM Hardware competition practice Concord F

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Reception Concord E

8:30 PM - 12 AM Hardware competition practice Concord F

SaturdayStudents are encouraged to attend the 50-minute tutorials, which are going on all day. See thedescription starting on page 16 for more detail. Students may also visit the exhibit hall.

Remember, complimentary breakfast is available for hotel guests in the atrium from 6:30 to 10:30 AM

7:00 AM - 4:00 PM Software Competition Concord B

4:00 - 5:00 PM finalist interview Kitty Hawk

12:00 AM - 11:00 AM Hardware competition practice Concord F

8:00 AM - 2:00 PM Technical Paper Competition (See posted Piedmontschedule for team times)

9:00 AM - 2:00 PM Ethics Competition (See posted Kitty Hawkschedule for team times)

11:00 AM - 5:30 PM Hardware Competition (finals 4:00 to 5:30) Concord G-J

5:30 - 6:00 PM Clean up hardware practice room Concord F

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Awards banquet Concord E

Sunday Remember, complimentary breakfast is available for hotel guests in the atrium from 6:30 to 10:30 AM

8:00 - 11:00 AM Student President and Counselor Meeting Concord Bfollowed by IEEE SoutheastCon 2011 hardware rules announcements

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