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17 Part-time Passions /18 Member Recognitions

18 In Memoriam /19 Deadlines & Reminders

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ieee.org/theinstitute VOL. 34 NO. 2 JUNE 2010

ANNUAL ELECTIONGet to

know the

candidates

for 2011 IEEE

president-

elect: Gordon

W. Day [left]

and JosephV. Lillie (right).

P. 6

IEEE HISTORYIEEEs 100th

Milestone

in Electrical

Engineering

and Com-

puting was

secret for

decades.P. 8

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sidecars,

and another

officiates

at lacrosse

games.P. 17

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a selection

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1

REGION NortheasternUnited States

I Worcester County

(Mass.) Section establishes chapter

of IEEE Communications Society.

I Princeton/Central Jersey

(N.J.) Section establishes chapter

of IEEE Education Society.

I Schenectady (N.Y.) Section

forms Women in Engineering (WIE)

affinity group.

4

REGION CentralUnited States

I Cedar Rapids (Iowa)

Section establishes chapter of

IEEE Communications Society.

I Rock River Valley (Wyo.)

Section forms WIE affinity group.

5

REGION SouthwesternUnited States

I Denver Section

establishes chapter of IEEE Robotics

and Automation Society.

6

REGION WesternUnited States

I Metropolitan Los Ange-

les Section forms WIE affinity group.

BRIEFINGSIEEE AROUND THE WORLD

IEEE AROUND THE WORLD

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REGION Canada

I Toronto Section

establishes chapter of

IEEE Magnetics Society.

I Newfoundland-Labrador

Section establishes chapter of IEEEOceanic Engineering Society.

I London (Ont.)Section

establishes Graduates of the

Last Decade (GOLD) and WIE

affinity groups and chapter of

IEEE Power & Energy Society.

I Peterborough (Ont.)Section

forms Life Members affinity group.

I Student branch formed

atUniversity of British

Columbia, Okanagan.

8

REGION Europe,Middle East,and Africa

I Morocco Section establishes

chapter of IEEE Education Societ y.

I Czechoslovakia Section

establishes joint chapter of

IEEE Industry Applications and

Industrial Electronics societies.

I Norway Section establishes

chapter of IEEE Power

Electronics Society.I Israel Section establishes

chapter of IEEE Robotics and

Automation Society.

I South Africa Section

establishes chapter of IEEE

Power & Energy Society.

I Romania Section establishes

chapter of IEEE Broadcast

Technology Society.

I National School of Engineers of

Sfax, Tunisia, establishes WIE affinity

group and chapters of IEEE Computer,Engineering in Medicine and

Biology, Robotics and Automation,

and Signal Processing societies.

I Student branch atDokuz Eyll

University, Izmir, Turkey, establishes

chapter of IEEE Engineering in

Medicine and Biology Society.

I Student branch at the Institute

of Radiophysics and Electronics,

Kharkiv, Ukraine,establishes chapter

of IEEE Electron Devices Society.

I Student branch formed at

Al-Ahliyya Amman University

College of Engineering,

Amman, Jordan.

I Student branches formed in Saudi

Arabia atKing Abdullah University

of Science and Technology, Thuwal;

and KingSaud University College

of Business Administration, Riyadh.

I Western Saudi Arabia Section

forms WIE affinity group.

I Student branch formed at

Al-Azhar University, Cairo.

I Student branch formed at the

Lebanese University Faculty

of Engineering, Roumieh.

I Student branch formed

atthe University of Pierre

and Marie Curie, Paris.

9

REGION Latin America

I Colombia Section


IEEE Society on Social

Implications of Technology.

I Student branch at the NuevaGranada Military University,

Bogot, Colombia, establishes

chapter of IEEE Antennas

and Propagation Society.

I Student Branch formed

at the Colombian School of

Industrial Careers in Bogot.

I Pontifical Catholic University

of Peru, in Lima, establishes

chapters of IEEE Computer and

Industry Applications societies.

I Student branch formed at the

Catholic University of St. Turibiusof Mogrovejo,in Chiclayo, Peru.

I Peru Section establishes

chapter of IEEE Robotics

and Automation Society.

I El Salvador Section forms

GOLD affinity group.

I Student branch at the National

Technological University,

Buenos Aires, establishes chapter

of IEEE Computer Society.

I Student branch at the Military

School of Engineering, La Paz,

Bolivia, establishes chapter of IEEEIndustry Applications Society.

I Student branch at the University

of Campinas, Brazil, establishes

chapter of IEEE Geoscience and

Remote Sensing Society.

10

REGION Asia andPacific

I Nagoya (Japan)

Section establishes chapter

of IEEE Microwave Theory

and Techniques Society.

I Student branch established

atWaseda University, Tokyo.

I Thailand Section establishes

chapter of IEEE Engineering in

Medicine and Biology Society.I Shanghai Section establishes

chapter of IEEE Electromagnetic

Compatibility Society.

I Nanjing (China)Section

establishes chapter of IEEE

Geoscience and Remote

Sensing Society.

I Beijing Section establishes

chapters of IEEE Magnetics and

Robotics and Automation societies.

I ChengduSection and Harbin

Section, both in China, establish

chapters of IEEE ComputationalIntelligence Society.

I Taipei (Taiwan) Section


IEEE Sensors Council.

I WIE student branch affinity

groups formed in India atVimal

Jyothi Engineering College,

Chemperi; Basaveshwar

Engineering College, Bagalkot;

K.S. Rangasamy College of

Technology, Tiruchengode;

and NarayanaguruCollege of

Engineering, Tamil Nadu.

I Student branch atSwami

Keshvanand Institute of Technology

in Ramnagaria, India, establishes

chapter of IEEE Microwave Theory

and Techniques Society.

I Student branches formed in India

atR.N.S. Institute of Technology,

Bangalore; Reva Institute of

Technology and Management,

Karnataka; College of Engineering,

Poonjar; College of Engineering,

Kottarakkara;and Dharmsinh

Desai University, Nadiad.

I Kharagpur (India) Section

forms WIE affinity group.

Send your region or section news to

[email protected].

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ieee.org/theinstitute4 THE INSTITUTE JUNE 2010

IEEE to Offer LimitedE-Membership

AN ELECTRONIC MEMBERSHIP optionfor the 2011 membership year will beoffered to those living in the 124 coun-tries where the per capita gross domes-tic product is US $15 000 or less, asdetermined by the United Nations.

The basic dues for an electronicmembership will be $50 and willinclude subscriptions to online versionsofIEEE Spectrumand The Institute. Theapplicable regional assessment would

be added to this base price. Studentand graduate student dues are notaffected by the program.

Those who select the electronicoption will have all the advantagesof standard membership, includingthe ability to vote in IEEE elections,

join socie ties, engage in local act ivi-ties, be considered for membershipgrade elevation, and access mem-ber discounts.

For members who do not live

in the affected countries but needhelp paying their dues becausethey lost their jobs, retired, becamedisabled, or have low incomes,IEEE will continue to offer its SpecialCircumstances program.

IEEE president Pedro Ray explainsmore about the electronic member-ship option on p. 11.

Committees to Focus onHumanitarian Projects

THE IEEE BOARD of Directorsappointed two committees at itsFebruary meeting to review IEEEshumanitarian activities.

The Humanitarian Ad Hoc Com-mittee is to develop an overall strat-egy for IEEEs efforts in that area. Inpart, the committee is charged withidentifying IEEE humanitarian proj-

ects under way and surveying activi-ties around the world to assess whereIEEE could apply its resources.

The committee is also to pro-vide operational oversight for the IEEEHumanitarian Technology Network Ini-tiative, which received US $290 000in additional funding. The network is a

wiki-based Web site that is to becomea repository for humanitarian tech-nology projects developed by IEEEmembers and others. It is expected

to be a resource for communicationsamong projects, funding sources, andhumanitarian organizations.

In January, IEEE president PedroRay appointed the Humanitarian Tech-

nology Challenge Ad Hoc Commit-tee. The HTC involves IEEE members,humanitarian aid workers, technolo-gists, and others working on techni-cal solutions for problems that plaguemany countries. The Challenge AdHoc Committee is working with theHTC Steering Committee to recom-mend future directions to the Board,including a plan to assess the HTCsbenefits. The IEEE Board authorized$320 000 for the challenge programin 2010.

IEEE Election KicksOff in August

LOOK FOR YOURannual electionballot package toarrive in Augustvia first-class mail.Those eligible tovote include newmembers as of 30

June and those elevated to memberor graduate student member grade onor before that date.

Members who have moved shouldupdate their contact information by15 June to ensure they receive thepackage. Graduating students shouldupdate their educational data so theycan be elevated to graduate studentmember or member grade. Studentmembers and graduate student mem-bers graduating between 1 January

and 30 June are automatically ele-vated to professional member gradein June each year. Make sure toupdate your information so you dontmiss opportunities to get involved.

To change your contact informa-tion and other personal data, visithttp://www.ieee.org/go/my_account.

Associate members may not votein the annual election. They may, how-ever, apply for elevation to membergrade by 15 June by submitting their

rsums and IEEE associate membernumbers to [email protected].

ELECTION DEADLINES1 AUGUST IEEE annual election bal-lots are sent to all voting members bythis date.1 OCTOBER Last day for membersmarked ballots to be received by IEEE,by noon central daylight time, USA(17:00 UTC).8 OCTOBER Last day for ballots to be

tallied by the IEEE Tellers Committee.21 NOVEMBER The IEEE Board ofDirectors acts to accept the TellersCommittee report. Annual electionresults are made official.

CALENDAR

1875: Alexander Graham Bell and hisassistant, Thomas A. Watson, transmitfirst speech sounds electronically.

1915: Bir th date ofNicholas Metropolis,computer pioneer who developedthe early Maniac I computer at Los AlamosNational Laboratory, in New Mexico.

1951: UNIVAC I, the worlds first com-mercial computer, begins operation.

18 1964: AT&T starts up TPC-1, the firstranspacific submarine telephonecable, running from Hawaii to Japan.

1623: Birth date ofBlaise Pascal,French mathematician and philosopher.

1948: The Manchester Mark I proto-type becomes the first stored-programcomputer to execute a program successfully.

June: IEEE Board Series,Montreal.

IEEE HonorsCeremony Montreal.

JULY

1888: Birth date ofHerbert SpencerGasser, corecipient of the 1944 NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine, awardedfor discovering how nerve cells function.

8 1937: England begins its 999 emer-gency telephone system for police,fire, and medical services.

1856: Birth date of electricitypioneer Nikola Tesla.

1975: The Apollo 18 and Soyuz 19space capsules separate after dock-ing in orbit for two days during the firstoint manned spaceflight of the Unitedtates and the Soviet Union.

25 1857: Birth date ofFrank JulianSprague, developer of the firstommercially successful electric streetcarystem, an IEEE Milestone.

26 1989: Robert Tappan Morris Jr. isthe first person to be indicted by theU.S. government on charges of purposelyreleasing a computer virus.

1983: NASA launches Telstar 3A,the first in AT&Ts Telstar 3 series ofomestic communications satellites.

UGUST

August: IEEE Region 8 StudentBranch and GOLD Congress,Leuven, Belgium.

IEEE president-elect candidates

debate at Region 8 Student Branchnd GOLD Congress, in Leuven, Belgium.

1926: Don Juan the first commercialmovie with a soundtrack, though nopoken dialogue, debuts in New York City.

1960: NASA launches the firsttelecommunications satellite of itswn, Echo 1

1315 August: IEEE Region 1meeting, Binghamton, N.Y.

2003: A large power outage affects

major North American cities, includingleveland, Detroit, New York, and Toronto.

Historical events provided by the IEEE History Center.IEEE events indicated in red.

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I about four decadessince a human set foot on themoon. With space agencies fac-ing major financial challenges,missions to send people back to

the moon and elsewhere in spaceare on the back burner. ut thatisnt stopping I members fromtrying to expand our knowledgeof the universe with nonhumanexplorers: robots.

pace robots come in many shapes

and sizes. Planetary rovers explorethe surface of moons and planets,taking photos and soil samples andsending the data back to labs on arth.Orbital robots, a relatively new type,service orbiting satellites or assembleparts of a space structure. he Japan

erospace xploration gency (JX ),the U.. Defense dvanced ResearchProjects gency, and other organiza-tions are experimenting with orbitingprototypes. nd probes are landing

on asteroids. JXs ayabusa probe,for example, alighted on the surface ofthe asteroid Itokawa in 2005 to collectsoil samples . ayabusa is expected toreturn to arth this month.

he rst robot to explore an extra-terrestrial body was Lunokhod,launched in 1970 by the oviet Unionto explore the moon. Remotely oper-ated from arth, Lunokhod traversed10.5 kilometers of the moon surface,taking photos and analyzing the soil.

During the past decade, therewere major bre akt hrough s in spacerobotics, notably by s auton-omous Mars rovers, pirit andOpportunity, which landed on the

Red Planet in 2004 and continue tosend back photos and data.

he two rovers have encounterednumerous obstacles. Opportunitygot stuck in the soil for several weeksin 2005 before engineers could getit moving again. nd pirit is nowimmobile, trapped in sand, strugglingto tilt its solar panels toward the sunfor some extra electric heat before theextremely cold Martian winter hits.

he rovers troubles have helped

researchers such as I MemberKazuya Yoshida understand how tobuild a better crop of robotic explor-ers. Yoshida, a professor of aerospaceengineering at ohoku University, in

endai, Japan, is an expert on themechanisms and control of spacerobots, including planetary roversand asteroid robots such as ayabusa,

which he helped design. e was fea-

tured in the December 2009 issueof IEEE Robotics & AutomationMagazine, which was dedi cate d toterrain mapping, sensors, robotic-

whe el tr act ion cont rol , and oth erspace robotics technologies.

For lunar and planetary explo-ration, robots are especially critical,because human access to the hostilespace environment is very difficultor in many cases not yet possible,

Yoshida says.

INTOTHEUNKNOWNYoshida and his tea m of rese arc h-ers at the universitys pace RoboticsLab have been working on severaladvances in planetary rovers. Oneinvolves improving the topographicmapping techniques robots use asthey prepare to traverse the land-scape. Robots map their environ-ment using sensors and then plan asafe route. he researchers are a lso

worki ng on modif ying the trac tionmechanics of the robot wheels to pre-vent rovers from getting stuck in soil.

he labs most recent creation, arobot named l Dorado II, show-cased its advances at the planetaryrover contest during last years IRobotics and utomation Conference,in Kobe, Japan. Five robots tried tomove about a Mars-like terrain. hefully autonomous l Dorado II, whichsnagged rst place, was the only one

to successfully map the test course,navigate across the bumpy graveleld littered with rocks, reach a tar-get, and return to its base. he robotshuman minders had no prior knowl-edge of the course, so their robots hadto deal with whatever they encoun-tered, including rocks and sand.

o make sure l Dorado II canovercome obstacles, Yoshida hasbeen working with new sensingand navigation techn iques. o map

its environment before it sets out,l Dorado II uses a cutting-edgetechnique called 3-D simultaneouslocalization and mapping. he robotuses laser sensors to capture layers of

its surroundings by measuring thedimensions of the topography withina range of about 30 meters. It buildsa three-dimensional map by super-imposing the multiple layers to forma complete view of the area.

l Dorado II uses an iterativeclosest-point algorithm to constructthe map. Originally, the algorithm

was developed as a way of registering

3-D shapes for computer graphics,but it is now widely used in mobilerobotics to construct topographicmaps. Once the map is completed, lDorado II determines the best pathfor avoiding obstacles.

SANDTRAPSs th e Mars rovers demo nstr ate d,its pretty easy to get stuck but d if-cult to get free. Yoshida is workingon ways to ensure a robot doesnt

get trapped in the rst place. hatmeans focusing on the wheels.s Mars rovers are successful

at moving over bumpy, rocky terrain,he notes, but they have a more dif-cult time going over sand, becausethe wheels can slip, causing them togrind into the ground and get stuck.

Yoshida a nd his tea m developeda system that addresses the wheelsslip ratio, which is the differencebetween a wheels tangential speed

and the speed of the axle relative tothe ground. When the wheels havedifferent slip ratios and one wheelis going faster than the others, therobot can get stuck. he idea,

Yoshida s ays, is to control the r ota-tional velocity of each wheel so theirslip ratios are equal.

o do that, l Dorado II uses anonboard video camera to observethe terrain texture beneath it. ydifferentiating the successive ter-

rain images, optical flow vectorsare obtained. ensors in the robotsinertial measurement unit analyzethe vectors to estimate the slip ratioand slip ang le of each wheel. asedon that, the robots control systemadjusts the speed and angle of t he

wheels to mini mize sl ippage.Yoshida says he hopes his space-

robotics work helps society exploreparts of the un iverse impossible forhumans to v isit. Robotic exploration

is absolutely necessary to expandthe horizons of our knowledge andpresence in space, he says. Robotsshould be a precursor to any futurehuman expeditions. n

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IF YOU WERENT AN ENGINEER,WHAT WOULD YOU BE?DAY: I always wanted to be aphilanthropist but lacked a keyqualication. Realistically, I thinkI was destined to be some kindof technologist. My parents toldme that I began building thingsand taking things apart when I

was ver y young. I chose electr icalengineering for its breadth, but Ithink I could have been happy as acivil or mechanical engi neer.LILLIE: Early in my college days Iconsidered changing my major to

accounting but never did. As a kid Ialways wanted to know how thingsworked. I wou ld tear t hem apart tosee what was inside, so becomingan engineer was a given.WHAT GADGET ORTECHNOLOGY CANTYOU LIVE WITHOUT?LILLIE: My favorite gadget is myiPhone. I used a BlackBerryfor many years and only

recently changed to theiPhone. It still amazes methe way technology hasprogressed over the years.DAY: Thats an easy one.Most of the things thatcontribute to our qualityof life are powered, orotherwise enabled, byelectricity. It shouldremind us that one of themost effective things we can do to

improve the quality of life in lessdeveloped parts of the world is toprovide greater access to electricity.It doesnt have to be large projectsbut could be small-scale sola r,

wind, or hydro.

HOW DO YOU FEEL ENGINEERSWORK BENEFITS HUMANITY?DAY: Its hard to think ofanything that has improved ourquality of life in t he past centuryor so that wasnt developed by

applied technologists. I likethe famous quote fromTheodore von Krmn,

an early 20th-centuryrocket scientist: engineers create a worldthat has never beforeexisted. More than

most professions, appliedtechnologists create jobsand increase prosperity.LILLIE: IEEEs mission is

to foster technologicalinnovation and excellence

for the benet of humanity. As

IEEE members, we work together toaccomplish this mission, creatingnew technologies and then sharingthem with the world.

HOW WAS YOUR COLLEGEEXPERIENCE AND WHAT WEREYOU LIKE AS A STUDENT?LILLIE: College was a lot of fun. Ilived in a dorm while attendingthe University of SouthwesternLouisiana [now the University of

Louisiana at Lafayette]whichallowed me to become goodfriends with the students livingthere, participate together inactivities, and study with them. I

was involved in numerous ca mpusactivities even though I always helda part-time job. I also attended allthe schools sports events.DAY: Any of my classmates

who r ead th is woul d probabl ysay that I was a clas sic nerd. I

did enjoy some of my non-technical elective classes, though,including one in art history thatled to a lifelong interest in artand artistic crafts.

Getting to KnowDay and LillieBY ANNA BOGDANOWICZ

KI ERE the candidates for 2011 president-

elect stand on IEEE issues is vital to deciding who youllvote for when you receive your ballot in August for theannual IEEE election. But theres much more to the

two candidates ordon . Day and Joseph V. Lillietha ntheir positions on serious topics. Before we cover those in ourSeptember issue, heres a look at their personal sides. You mightbe surprised to learn what they have in common and what you,too, might share with them.

Day, a Life Fellow and t he 2009 IEEE-USA president, wasa researcher and manager at the U.S. ational Instit ute ofStandards a nd Technology, in Boulder, Colo., for 33 yearsbefore retiring in 2003. is research focused on optoelectronics,

including fundamental physical measurements, standardsfor optical ber, and the development of new types ofinstrumentation. In 1994 he founded and became the rst chiefof the IST ptoelectronics Division. Af ter leaving IST, heserved as science adviser to Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-.Va.)on an IEEE-USA congressional fellowship and later as directorof government relations for the ptoelectronics IndustryDevelopment Association. e also worked as a consultant,specializi ng in optoelectronics technology and science policy.Day, the 2000 president of the IEEE Photonics Society, has heldnumerous other IEEE positions.

Lillie,a senior member, has 37 years of experience in

telecommunications engineering and management. e held anumber of positions at BellSouth Telecommunications facilities inLouisiana from 1973 to 2002, including design engineer, planner,planning manager, district support manager, and engineeringmanager. hen he retired from the company in 2002, he wasa member of the Louisiana BellSouth state staff, providingengineering and construction support. In 2003 he joined orthStarCommunications roup in Birmingham, Ala., as director ofcorporate quality, and in 2005 he returned to BellSouth (nowAT&T) to work on restoration projects following urricane Katrina.e continues to provide part-time engineering support to AT&Tin Louisiana. e has held var ious IEEE positions, including vice

president of Member and eographic Activities in 2008 a nd 2009and director of the IEEE Foundation. Lillie was the runner-up in theelection for 2010 IEEE president-elect.

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WHATISYOURFAVORITE

COLLEGEMEMORY?

DAY: Visiting the engineeringlibrary to talk to the librarian (I

married her).LILLIE: Serving as t he college ofengineerings representative on thestudent government association.The experience taught me a lotabout listening to the views ofothers and the need to work towardshared accomplishments.

FAVORITEVACATIONSPOT?

LILLIE: Home in Lafayette, La. Ienjoy the time I spend with family

and friends.DAY:Many of our vacations havebeen to visit family. Right now

were look ing f orwa rd to v isit ingour two oldest grandsons and theirparents. As for travel destinations,Im always happy to return toJapan, the United Kingdom,Scandinavia, and Australia.

FAVORITETHINGTODO

INYOURFREETIME?

DAY: Since I was young, Ive likedworking with wood. Ive done somelarge projects, but over the past few

years Ive mostly focused on using alathe to turn small objects, such asbowls, plates, and pens.

LILLIE: Playing with my vegrandchildren. My wife and I havea lot of fun with them. They are verycreative and may even be futureIEEE members.

WHATWASYOURMOST

MEMORABLEIEEEEVENT?

LILLIE: I have always enjoyed the

IEEE Honors ceremonies. We honorthe best of the best and get tomeet those who have contributedso much to the development ofproducts that benet humanity.

DAY: The opportunity to work asa science adviser to a U.S. senatoras an IEEE-USA CongressionalFellow provided lots ofmemorable experiences: learni nghow the legislative process works(or doesnt); meeting the decisionmakers, including t hen-SenatorBarack Obama; sitting on theSenate floor watching debates;crafting language that appearedin legislation or the CongressionalRecord; and many others.

WHATLESSONHAVEYOU

LEARNEDTHATYOUWOULD

LIKETOPASSONTOOTHERS?

DAY:I tell young engineers andscientists that their professionalsuccess is not their employersresponsibility but their own. Itsa much more important conceptnow than when I was young.Todays technologists will holdmany jobs. The extent to whichthey maintain and expand theirskills w ill determine how well

they succeed.LILLIE:Develop your nontechnicalskills. Technical skills areimportant, but nontechnical skill scan help you better utilize yourtechnical capabilities.

WHATISYOUR

FAVORITETYPE

OFMUSIC?

LILLIE:Country and

Western.DAY:My

wife a nd Ioften attendclassical concertsorchestral, chamber, and choraland our CD collection is mostlyclassical. While working atmy computer, I f requently stream

jaz z or f olk tu nes from the 196 0sand 70s.

WHATHASBEENTHEMOST

CHALLENGINGMOMENTOR

PROJECTOFYOURCAREER?

LILLIE: Shortly after HurricaneKatrina struck the New Orleans area[above], I was asked to return toBellSouth to assist in the restoration

efforts. It was a very challengingtime, especially knowing that somany families were depending onus to get their lives back together.

Working as a team, we were able tomake a difference.DAY: Perhaps it was the very rststep, making the transition froma high school class of 50 (I dont

thin k any of us had ever meta practicing engineer)

to a highly com-

petitive univer-sity environment

where there wereover 30 000 students.

WHOISYOURROLE

MODEL,ANDWHY?

DAY: As I get older, I increas-ingly recognize the impactmy father had on my lifetheskills and attitudes he passed

along. I often catch myself behav-ing as I thin k he would have. In abroader perspective, Ive alwaysadmired T homas Jeffersonsvision and eloquence, his interestin applying technology to every-day tasks, and his global v iew. I

recommend visiting Monticello,his home in Virginia.LILLIE:My father. He taught methat the key to success was torespect others.

DOYOUHAVE

ANYFEARS?

LILLIE:My greatestfear is having to eat

a meal withoutTabasco

sauce.DAY: The

mountainlions(cougars)that have beenturning up in my Boulder,Colo., neighborhood makeme a little nervous. See:The Beast in the Garden, a

book by David Baron.

WHATISTHEBESTADVICEYOUVEEVERRECEIVED?

DAY: Make yourselfindispensable, said to me by myrst boss, when I asked hi m aboutturning my then-temporary jobinto a permanent one.LILLIE:My parents always stressedthe need for education, and over the

years I have passed this on to others.

FAVORITETVSHOW?

LILLIE:The Big Bang Theory.DAY: I watch quite a bit of televisionnews, mostly time-shifted. Whenchannel-surng, I tend to land ondocumentaries or sports events.

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Ev you buy somethingonline, you can thank public-key cryptography for the secu-

rity of the purchase. he 1970sbreakthrough made possible safecommunications and e-commerce,

and it laid the groundwork for thedigital reolution.

Public-key cryptography usesasymmetric algorithms in commu-nications deices such as comput-ers and mobile radios to encryptand decrypt messages. he algo-rithm on the senders end uses acode, or key, to encrypt a message,and the recipient uses a different keyto decrypt ithence the description

asymmetric.

But who is to thank for inent-ing the technology? he answer isnot so straightforward. any haecredited a group of researchers atStanford and who made thediscoery in 1975. hose Stanfordresearchers, Whiteld Dife, artinHellman, and alph erkle, are this

years recipients of the ichardW. Ha mming eda l f or t heir workon public-key cry ptography.

But in the early 1970s, British

researchers James llis, CliffordCocks, and alcolm Williamsonsecretly inented public-key cryp-tography while working at a Britishintelligence agency, the Goernment

Communications Headquarters(GCHQ), in Cheltenham, ngland.

For decades their work wentunknown. t was declassied in 1997.llis died shortly before he couldenjoy the public recognition.

o make sure the inentorsreceie their due, a group of members from egion 8 nominatedthe inention by llis, Cocks, and

Wi ll iamson for an ile stonein le c tr ic al ngine e r ing andComputing, s 100th.

SECRETS AND SPIESCryptography was once mostly usedby companies to protect businesscondentiality, by intelligence agen-

cies coding their own messages andtry ing to decode intercepted phoneand radio messages from othercountries, and by military com-manders during war to communi-cate orders to their troops.

Prior to public-key cr yptography,the security of all encrypted mes-sages depended on the exchange of asecret key, contained in a codebook,for example, that was in the pos-session of both the sender and the

recipient. he challenge was gettingthe sender and receier to agree ona secret key from among many pos-sibilities in the bookwithout any-one else discoering it. f they were

in separate locations, they entrusteda courier, a phone system, or someother transmission medium to sharethe secret key. Anyone who inter-cepted the key in transit could useit to decrypt the messages.

he ulnerability of those meth-ods, as well as the high cost andinconenience of sending the keyssecurely, led intelligence agenciesin the late 1960s to seek alternaties.ost researchers studying cryptog-raphy at the time, howeer, said it

wasnt possible to deise a better sys-tem. nter llis, a physicist at GCHQ,

who in 1969 set out to do just that.

PROVEN POSSIBLEBy the end of the year, llis had dem-onstrated to the agencys seniorofcials that public-key cryptogra-phy was attainable, but because he

wasnt a mathematici an, he did notknow how to implement his concept.

n 1973, Cocks, a mathematician,wa s as ke d to joi n th e ef for t. t issaid that he found a solution in just

30 minutes, but it couldnt be usedbecause the computers of the daywer ent ad an ced enough. A yea rlater, Will iamson, also a mathema-tician, began inestigating Cocksssolution and eentually found amethod that did work, leading topublic-key cry ptography.

ach person uses a pair of keys;one is a public key to send messages,and the other is priate, known onlyto the recipient. he need for the

sender and receier to share secretinformation is eliminated; all com-munications inole public keys,and no priate key is eer transmit-ted or shared. Only the recipientspriate key can decrypt the message.he keys are related mathematically,but the priate key cannot feasiblybe deried from the public key giencurrent computational limit s.

plans to mount a plaquer e c ogniz ing th e ile stone at

GCHQs mai n operational build-ing at Cheltenham. he plaque

wi ll read :At GCHQ, by 1975 James Ellis

had proved that a symmetricsecret-key system is unnecessaryand Clifford Cocks with MalcolmWilliamson showed how suchpublic-key cryptography couldbe achieved. Until then it wasbelieved that secure communi-cation was impossible without

exchange of a secret key, with keydistribution a major impediment.With these discoveries the essentialprinciples were known but werekept secret until 1997. n

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was developed to search for new par-ticles and properties of nature by col-liding two counter-rotating protonbeams. Supporters say the collidercould help scientists answer some of

the most fundamental physics ques-tions and might even explain how theworld began. But critics say buildingthe US $10 billion machine is a wasteof time and money. It might even bedangerous, they add, because it couldcreate tiny black holes, althoughphysicists have refuted that idea.Other critics say the laws of naturewill prevent the collider from making

any breakthroughs.Is the LHC a worthwhile scien-

tic endeavor? Will it help answerimportant questions about thenature of our universe?

eanableeaBecause the cost of the LHC isshared among many countries andthe majority of physicists feel it will

yield useful informat ion, I think theLHC is reasonably valuable for themoney. I dont believe theres anydanger of black holes; many physi-cists have al ready considered andrejected that. Its also a fact thatvery high energy cosmic rays havenot created black holes, or if theyhave, the black holes have vanishedbefore we could find them. Life isfull of risks, which we should under-take as long as t hey are reasonable.

PAUL GREGGSeymour, Wis.

unexecteeltIts often true that the most success-ful experiments deliver unexpected

even unintendedresults. In the caseof the LHC, the worry seems to bethat black holes could be formed anddestroy all or parts of Earth. On theother hand, doing nothing will bringus no new knowledge. Im for gettingthe LHC up to its design specs andseeing what results can be obtainedexpected, unexpected, intended, unin-tended, whatever. Let the results speakto whether it was worth the cost.

WILLIAM L. SCHULTZ

Ridgecrest, Cali.

taWateThe LHC is a massive waste of moneythat could be much better spent onimproving the lives of people aroundthe world. This is science creating itsown idol for knowledges sake.

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The LHC will help us understand themost fundamental physical laws ofour world. We do not yet understandat the most basic level how gravity isrelated to nuclear and electromag-netic forces, whether our understand-ing of how matter acquires mass iscorrect, or whether there are super-symmetric counterparts to fami liarparticles such as the electron. TheLHC experiments are the logical nextsteps in answering those questions.

O f s e c o n d a r y i m p o r t a n c eare the tangible benefits we gainfrom curiosity-driven research.Complicated physics projects such asthe LHC drive developments in elec-

tronics, computer science, and otherareas. Many of the hundreds of stu-dents who receive their technicaltraining working on these projects

wil l go on to develop products withwidespre ad benef its ba sed on whatthey have learned. Lets not forget thatthe Internet was initially conceived asa tool to share papers about particlephysics among researchers.

MICHAEL BURAWinchester, Mass.

lBeWreId rather see humanity go dow n ina black hole during its quest for sci-ence than to see it destroy itself withnuclear weapons, which have alreadycost far more than $10 billion.

SHERIf ZAIANGarching bei Mnchen, Germany

artBelieveI have heard several superstitioustheories as to why the collider willfail. One claims that people from thefuture who think it might destroy the

world are preventing t he LHC fr omworking. Thats why they sent a time-traveling bird to stop it. [Last year abird dropped bread on a section ofLHCs outdoor machinery, eventu-ally leading to signicant overheat-ing in parts of the accelerator.]

Despite such theories, the LHCsucceeded with its first collision,

which I th in k is enoug h to ref utethe theory of a time-traveling bird. Ihope that after results are analyzed,scientists can tell us whether theirtheories of the so-called God particleare true, which can clarify the myste-rious nature of gravity.

POOAN SAIAN EZfULIEindhoven, Netherlands

neneBuilding bigger and better particlecolliders just doesnt make economicsense. We can do a lot with $10 billionthat would be far more productivethan sending protons around a glori-ed roller coaster. The dangers of cre-ating mini black holes are probablyminimal, but t he benefits of achiev-ing signicant breakthroughs are alsominimal. One day well discover weneed a supercollider larger than Eart h

to achieve meaningful results. Untilthen, any signicant breakthroughsare better left to par ticle theory.

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individual rights. Dont the own-ers of those companies have theright to freely contract with oth-ers, or are they second-class citi-zens who exist solely to serve thedesires of consumers?

Steve Jobs and other innovatorscreate their products in order tobring their ideas to reality accord-ing to their own vision. Consumerswho wou ld pref er somethi ng di f-ferent are free to look elsewhere.

Advocat ing the right to dictate wit hwhom and on w hat term s i nnova-tors may contract jettisons the prin-ciple of rights and undermines anecessary precondition of innova-tion: freedom.

JIM ALLARDMadison, Wis.

Gender Gap ViewsThe article Looking at the GenderGap [March, p. 7] seems more

likely to hurt feelings and irritatereaders than to change peopleswa y of t h in k ing . Fo r ex amp le ,a number of my colleagues andI f e lt th is qu ote f r om K ar e nPanetta was simply off-puttingand hurtful: What are electricaland mechanical engineers bestknown for by the general public?As st if fs with no per son al it y andsocial life. It may have been asincere quote, but it surely did not

advance the cause of women inengineering and simply does notring true.

RALPH W. WYNDRUM JR.

Fair Haven, N.J.

I agree with the 38 percent of engi-neers polled who say, according tothe article, the gender gap is not anissue. On the opposite end of the

gap spectrum we see no initiativesto make men more interested incareers like nursing or laboratoryscience. In fact, there is not a sin-gle init iative to get men more inter-ested in fields dominated by morethan 95 percent of women, suchas teaching elementary school.Persuading people to choose acareer they otherwise would avoidjust lead s t o more peopl e w ast ingvaluable time pursuing somethingthat will not fulfill them.

MARK KELCOURSEGreensboro, N.C.

I feel your panel missed some of t hemain reasons why its a challengeto get girls interested in engineer-ing. It is my understanding thatmost female high school studentsprefer the medical and law fieldsover engineering because of the

pay and social status. Althoughfemales are underrepresented inengineering, the gap is even greaterat the supervisory and manage-ment levels. There remains a glassceiling that few break.

Female students often ask mewhy th ey should choose a ca ree rthat requires additional train-ing, education, and certificationsuch as becoming a registeredprofessional engineerwhen the

pay scale is greater in other fieldsfor the same effort. And theyrenot even aware of the inflexi-ble work schedule and lack of afamily-friendly environment atmost companies.

HEATHER R. EASONMoncks Corner, S.C.

I enjoyed the article and agree that abetter campaign for how engineersa f f e c t p e o p l e s l i v e s w o u l d

likely help more women becomeinterested. I agree that negativestereotyping is pervasive in ourculture, but it is not absolutelyu nive r sal . Some e xamp le s of engineers who were also heroesare MacGyver and the BarneyCollier character in Mission:Impossible. However, Hollywoodhas stacked up hundreds of shallowcharacterizations of smart peopleas social misfits. But most of us in

engineering are sufficiently securethat those negative portraya ls dontreally affect us.

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D cb ne ga-tive attitude in Australiatoward female engineersin the late 1960s,

Memer lse hepherd realls a d in-ner party where, upon finding outthat she was an eletrial engineer,the man sitting next to her lurtedout, Arent you sorry for your hus-and? he rude diners misguidedsympathy didnt deter hepherd,

wh o r ok e ge nd er a rr ie rs andtransended soial prejudies toeome a pioneering engineer inthe manufaturing and power se-tors and aademia.

he helped introdue omputersto the ountrys sugar-proessingindustry and ofounded two high-teh start-ups. he is now hair of

Powerlink Queensland, t he statestransmission utility ompany, anda reently retired oard memer ofthe nternational letrotehnialcommission, whih sets gloaleletrotehnology standards.

Alo ng the wa y, sh e olle t ed14 awards, inluding the 2009University of Queensland Alumnusof the Year, estowed in ovemer,for her ontriutions to engineering.

till, she says shed exhange her

suit for a la oat any day: beingon a oard and having the aility toe inuential havent pleased me asmuh as working as an engineer anddeveloping new devies.

er favorite areer memoriesdate to when she was developingutting-edge tehnologysuh asher rst jo as a researh engineerfor the ugar esearh nstitute, inMakay, Queensland. here shehelped streamline the transpor-

tation system ringing sugaraneinto the mills so t hat less of the anearrived stale.

We introdued the mills to theonept of using omputers for

transportation ontrol, she says.his was in the late 60s. We had aomputer the size of a room with only16K of memory, ut it was enough tomake a differene in the shedul-ing system. t saved the mills a lot ofmoney. he work earned hepherdher rst award: the 1972 PresidentsMedal from the Australian oiety ofugar cane ehnologists.

BREAKING BOUNDARIEShepherd emigrated from outh

Afr ia with her fam ily at age 12. Asa hild she was always drawn tomath and physis. n those days, if

you were a girl interested in a a reerinvolving siene, you either had to ereally rilliant or eome a teaher,she says. My father thought should

go into mediine, ut wanted a pro-fession that used math a nd physis.hepherd and another student

were the fi rst women to ear n e ngi-neering degrees from the Universityof Queensland, in 1965.

Lukily, she didnt fae ias atthe ugar esearh nstitute. n thesugar industry, had skills the mendidnt have, so they were pleasedto have me there, she says. but noteveryone was so understanding.

n those days, soiety deemedengineering an unaeptale lineof work for women, she says. Atonferenes, the men wouldnt eatlunh with me, and outside of workthey had to e areful not to e toofriendly with me, eause was per-eived as a threat to their wives.

When told my hairdresser wasan engineer, she ould hardly earto ut my hair. but just thoughtit was funny, she ontinues.

enjoyed my work. had kids and asupportive husand who was happyto have a wife with an interesti ng jo. just aepted early on that what was doing was onsidered weird. but

when tell those storie s today, kid sthin k its too izarre for words.

n 1976, she eame a managerat batstone endry & Assoiates,

wh er e sh e over sa w pr o es s on-trol systems, and she also egan apart-time jo, whih she ontinuestoday, teahing math, physis, pro-ess ontrol, eletrial iruit theory,and teleommuniations at variousQueensland universities.

he went on to ofound twobrisane-ased high-teh start-ups:Mesaplexx (formerly Mirowave &Materials Designs), a nine-year-oldmanufaturer of high-temperaturesuperondutors for mirowave l-ters used in moile telephone sys-tems, and the now-defunt Mosainformation ehnology, whihdeveloped digital signal-proessingtehnology for the teleommunia-tions industry in the mid-1980s.

oday, as the rst female hair ofPowerlink Queensland, hepherdsduties inlude overseeing the six-memer oard of diretors. heompany uilds, operates, and

maintain s the states high-voltageeletri grid. he also works with thecO on strategi issues and servesas the ompanys liaison to the gov-ernment. Under her 15-year guid-ane, Powerlinks revenues havegrown from U $1.4 illion to nearly$5.4 illion. he has also helped therm develop a reputation as an earlyadopter of new tehnology and ost-effetive praties.

hepherds next move might eanother start-up, one that involvesmetamaterials, artifiially engi-neered sustanes ontaining prop-erties not found in nature. hats ifshe an squeeze it in among heradvisory work with various oardsand enouraging the next genera-tion of engineers through leturesand teahing.

When give talks to young engi-neers, remind them t hat engineer-

ing is suh interesting work and torejoie in having a jo that allowsthem to work on improving the

world around them, she says. beingan engineer really i s a privilege. n

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T WAS SEEING the tough guyalways get the girl in biker moviesthat lured IEEE Member MichaelCurrin to motorcycles. He stayed

for the speed and the thril l.I started riding as soon as I got a

drivers license at 16, and I quicklygot hooked, Currin says. I wentthrough my chopper phaseridingbikes with the long front end, whichactually degraded handling andcomfort but looked cool.

As he go t ol de r, he ac qu ire dBMWs (a K11RS and an R80RT),which , he says, are more about p er-formance and comfort. Currin now

has six motorcycles.He is an operations-research sys-

tems analyst for the U.S. ArmyAi rborne a nd Special Oper-ations Test Directorateat Fort Bragg, in NorthCarolina. More than 35

years after he got on hisfirst bike, he still ridesalmost every day, includ-ing during his 80-kilometerround trip to work.

But these days hes partof a niche group of riders. Im amotorcyclist whos evolved into asidecarist, he says. Currin buildshigh-performance sidecars, one-

whe ele d dev ice s th at attach to amotorcycle and carry one or twopeople. The souped-up suspensionsand other custom and performancefeatures can run US $18 000 to $20 000.

His younger son, Jake, got himinterested in sidecars. Jake wasborn with cerebral palsy and isunable to use his legs. I realizedhed never be able to ride on the

back of a motorcycle, so I startedlooking into sidecars, Currin says.

I also built a trailer to haul hiswhe elc ha ir th at rides beh in d hi s

sidecar. When he was a toddler, Idtake him to school in the sidecar,

and the other kids would li ne upto watch him ride up.

W he n Cu r r i n, w it hJake, had trouble keepingup during motorcycleralliesat which enthu-siasts gather and ride in

groupshe modernizedhis original sidecar with

an improved suspension

that can handle car tires, ratherthan motorcycle tires. It puts morerubber on the road for better trac-tion and stability, as well as gettingaround corners faster, he explai ns.

The rest of his family is involvedin his hobby. Currin built anothersidecar for his older son, Cody, and amotorcycle trikea three-wheeledmotorcyclefor his w ife.

But the family-friendly bikes area lot tougher than they look, he says:

I see 60-year-old motorcyclists withsidecars outrunning the kids onsport bikes. Susan Karlin

Michael CurrinRoad Warrior

PASSIONMotorcycling

PROFESSIONSystems analyst

HOMETOWNErwin, N.C.

NOT EVEN a serious injurycould keep IEEE MemberMichael Hyland from hislifetime love of lacrosse.

It took several weeks for him torecover from a cracked neck ver-tebra he suffered in college whileplaying the ga me. But today, almost30 years later, hes more active inlacrosse than ever.

Whe n hes not busy as

vice president of engi-neering services forthe American PublicPower Association, in

Was hi ngton, D.C., heseither playing, coaching,or officiating the sport. Hesa National Collegiate Athletic

Association Lacrosse official and oneof 10 referees chosen to officiate at the2010 World Lacrosse Championships,in Manchester, England, in July.

In lacrosse, players run down afield, passing a small rubber ball to

one another using long-handled rac-quets with loose mesh netti ng at oneend in which they catch the ball. Theplayers try to throw the ball into theother teams guarded goal.

Lacrosse is many sports rolledinto one. You hit your opponents likein football, run as you do in soccer,and have formations like those in ice

hockey and basketball, saysHyland, who has been play-

ing lacrosse since he was12. Its a very fast gameand its not for wussies.

T h a t p o i n t w a sdriven home hard when

Hyland was a freshmanon a lacrosse scholarship

at the U.S. Air Force Academy,in Colorado Springs, Colo., in 1982.During a game early in the season,a blow to his neck put him in thehospital for six weeks. The injury

curtailed his aggressive playwhichruled out college teams. So Hyland

decided instead to study electricalengineering at Drexel University inhis hometown, Philadelphia.

My father worked for Westing-house and wanted one of his sevensons to go into engineering, he says.

I was very good at math and science,so I became the one.

But he never completely lost thelacrosse bug. After graduating in 1988and forging a career at electric utili-ties, he still played on the occasionalclub team. He upped his coachingefforts after another lacrosse-relatedsurgery in 1989 made him more real-istic about not throwing my bodyinto people any more.

Even his coaching slowed. AfterHylands second child was born in1994, he began coaching fewer hoursand found another activity thatdidnt require as much time: offi-ciating. It was only twice a week,and it f it into my schedule b etter,he says. In 1997, he started referee-ing college games.

Today, he coaches at his localhigh school and officiates at col-lege games in Delaware, Maryland,

Nor th Car olina, Vir ginia, andWashington, D.C.

Hyland as a referee has foundsome similarities between engi-neering and lacrosse. Both haveprecise rules, and youre requiredto make tough decisions that a rentalways popular, he says. In a sta-dium of 20 000 people, no matter

what cal l you make, 50 percent are

gonna be mad at you. But your jobis to make the right cal l. S.K.

Michael HylandResilient Referee

PASSION

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PROFESSIONUtility executive

HOMETOWNHuntingtown, Md.

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KON MAX WONG

Wo n g h a s r e c e i v e d aHumboldt Research Award

from the Alexander vonHumboldt Foundation forhis work in electrical andcomputer engineering. Thenonprofit German founda-tion, which aims to improveinternational cooperation

among technologists working on research proj-ects, grants up to 100 awards annually. Wongplans to do research at a German institution. HisUS $90 000 award is to be presented by Germanpresident Horst Khler.

For almost 30 years, Wong has been a profes-sor of electrical and computer engineering atMcMaster University, in Hamilton, Ont., Canada.He holds a research chair in signal processing atthe university.

His areas of interest include signal detectionand estimation, sensor array processing, adap-tive ltering, communications theory, optimaldesign of t ransmitters and receivers, multiple-input and multiple-output communications,and biomedical signal processing. His u niversityresearch group i s developing high-performancesignal-processing algorithms for communica-

tions technologies, including wire-line, cellular,and satellite telephony; multicarrier communi-cations; radar and antenna arrays; and targetidentication and tracking.

Wong i s a member of t he I EEE In form ationTheory and Signal Processing societies.

SENIOR MEMBER

WILLIAM L. JONES

Jones was presented withthe Lifetime Achievement

Awa rd in Aer osp ace fr omthe National Society of Black Engineers. He wascited for his technical excel-lence, leadership, and con-

tributions to the aerospaceengineering eld.

Jones is a senior staff scientist and sub-project manager of the MicroelectronicsProduct Center at Northrop Grummans aero-space systems department in Los A ngeles. Heoversees the development of monolithic micro-

wave i ntegrated ci rcuit s for ight payloads andis the MMIC subproject manager for NorthropGrummans advanced extremely high-frequencyprogram. That program i s developing the U.S.militarys newest strategic and tactical commu-nications relay system.

GRADUATE STUDENT MEMBER

SANNA GASPARD

Gaspard was chosen by theU.S. National Engineers Week

Foundation as one of its 13New Faces of Engineeringfor 2010. She was recognizedfor her innovative researchon a device to improve thehealth and survival rate ofnewborns. The National

Engineers Week Foundation is a coal ition of com-panies, government agencies, and engineeringassociations, including IEEE-USA. Its New Facesprogram highlights the vitality, diversity, and con-tributions of engineers under 30.

Gaspard is a graduate student and researcherat Carnegie Mellon University, in Pittsburgh.There, she developed the neonatal automatedphysiotherapy device, which helps keep new-borns healthy by massaging them. Studies havefound that massage promotes healthy develop-ment of infants. To commercialize the new tech-nology, Gaspard recently founded TLneoCare, apediatric-care biotech company in Pittsburgh.

Gaspard is a member of the IEEE Instru-mentation and Measurement, Circuits andSystems, and Engineering in Medicine and Biologysocieties, as well as IEEE Women in Engineering.

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M. Turhan Taner was a geophysicistwho pionee red sei sm ic met hod sused in the collection of geophysi-cal data that led to breakthroughsin the exploration and developmentof oil and gas elds.

In 1964, Taner helped foundSeiscom Delta, a geophysical ser-

vices company in Houston thatexplores remote areas of the UnitedStates for oil and gas. He went on toserve as the companys director ofresearch, senior vice president fortechnology, and chairman. W hilethere, he devised an algorithm tomeasure the coherence of reectionevents along hyperbolic travel-timetrajectories. This seismic method isused today to derive stack ing veloc-ity elds along seismic traverses.

Taner left Seiscom Delta in 1980to establish Seismic Research Corp.,a developer of geophysical software,also in Houston. As chairman andCEO, he oversaw work on advanced

seismic data-processing tech-niques. The company merged withPetrosoft and Discovery Bay in 1998to create Rock Solid Images, also inHouston. Taner became senior vicepresident and chief geophysicist ofthe company, which develops tech-nology for computing geophysicalsignatures between wells.

Taner was also an adjunct pro-fessor of geology and geophysics atRice University, Houston.

He received a diplme engineer in1950 from the Technical Universityof Istanbul, which awarded him anhonorary Ph.D. in 1991.

Three employees of Tesla Motors, inPalo Alto, Calif., two of whom wereIEEE members, died in the crash of asmall plane in February.

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Doug Bourn was working on digitallogic design, analog circuit design,and test fixture design and con-

struction. He was piloting the plane,which ew i nto electr ical l ines dur-ing a morning takeoff and crashed.

Bourn joined Tesla in 2005 asa senior electrical engineer. Hehelped develop and test the powerelectronics of the Tesla Roadster,the companys showpiece all-elec-tric car.

Before joining the company,he was a senior electrical engi-neer at Ideo, the product designand development company in Palo

Al to that was b ehi nd the origi nalApp le mouse an d the Pa lm Treo.He worked on a variety of con-sumer products and medical elec-

tronic devices.Bourn received a bachelorsdegree in 1973 in electrical engi-neering from Stanford University.H e al so he l d a de gr e e f

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