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| Upper Midwest (UMW) Chapter Officers | |||
| Position | Chapter Officer | Phone | |
| Director | Dr. Birendra Bahadur | 319-295-9251 | bbahadur@rockwellcollins.com |
| Chair Person | Phillip A. Downen | 314-587-8123 | phil.downen@att.net |
| Vice Chair Person | Dr. Robert D. Polak | rpolak@clcillinois.edu | |
| Secretary | Mike Wilson | 636-300-5115 | wilson@westar.com |
| Treasurer | James Lupino | 952-285-5720 | james@usei.com |
| Program Chair | Madhu Reddy | 952-285-5720 | madhu@usei.net |
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Think about volunteering! We could use your help in this rewarding work as an officer, committee member, or speaker. Please contact chapter Director or Chair for details. Please join SID or renew your membership using the SID web (www.sid.org) or the link, https://www.sid.org/members/member.html, if you are not a current SID member. |
UPCOMING MEETINGS
We are planning to have many more meetings during remainder of 2010. Please check the UMW Chapter website time to time for details. The meeting information is circulated to UMW Chapter members by e-mail.
MEETINGS HELD in 2010
March 24, 2010 SID UMW Chapter Meeting
Topic: Autostereoscopic 3D Display for Mobile Applications by John Schultz, 3M and Tour of 3M Innovation Center
Time: 3:30 - 6:30 PM
Location: 3M Innovation Center, 2350 Minnehaha Ave. East, Bldg. 278, St. Paul, MN
3:30 - 4:00 PM Tour of 3M Innovation Center, museum of 3M innovations
4:15 - 5:15 PM Presentation: Autostereoscopic 3D Display for Mobile Applications by John Schultz, 3M
5:30 - 6:30 PM DinnerMarch 18, 2010 MinnTS 2010
Time: 5:00 to 9:00 PM,
Location: Medtronic Headquarters at 694 & Hwy 65 in Fridley, MN
For details, please see http://www.minnts.org. Contact person for SID are Madhu Reddy and Bob Shurson.January 20, 2010 SID UMW Chapter and Optical Society of Greater St. Louis (OSGSL) Joint Meeting
Topic: High Resolution Electro-optical Remote Sensing.
Speaker: Kevin Kohm, GeoEye Inc.
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: GeoEye, 1835 Lackland Hill Parkway, St Louis, MO 63146
MEETINGS HELD in 2009
December 28, 2009 SID UMW Chapter Meeting
Topic: Enabling the Use of Commercial LCDs for Medical Applications with Calibration Software.
Speaker: Tom Hagen, Engineering Manager, US Electronics
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: US Electronics, 1342 Colorado Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55416A moment of silence was kept before the meeting to pay the homage to Vern Born. His bio-data and accomplishments were read.
November 12, 2009 SID UMW Chapter Meeting
Topic: Designing Custom Touch Screen Solutions.
Speaker: Mr. Jay McDermott, Dawar Technologies
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Matrix Marketing Group, 8957 Aztec Drive, Eden Prairie, MN 55347October 8, 2009 SID UMW Chapter Meeting
Topic: Surface Haptics: Virtual Touch on Physical Surfaces.
Speaker: Dr. J. Edward Colgate, North Western Univ., Evanston, Illinois Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Toshiba America Electric Comp., 2150 East Lake-Cook Rd., Buffalo Grove, IL 60089September 10, 2009 SID UMW Chapter Meeting
Topic: A Common Dithering Technique Used in Real Time Video Image Generation Systems.
Speaker: Dr Charles Lloyd, FightSafety International, Hazelwood, MO
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: FlightSafety International, 5695 Campus Parkway, Hazelwood, MO 63042 (Greater St. Louis)September 10, 2009 SID UMW Chapter Meeting
Topic: The Emergence of LED Backlit Liquid Crystal Displays
Speaker: Doug Rydberg, Matrix Marketing Group, Eden Prairie, MN
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: 8957 Aztec Drive, Eden Prairie, MN 55347 (Greater Minneapolis-St Paul).June 3, 2009 UMW Chapter Business Meeting
Topic: UMW Chapter activities and Presentation of Chapter Service Award 2009 to Mr. Madhu Reddy
Time: 5:00 - 6: 00 PM
Location: Westar Booth, SID 2009 Exhibits at San Antonio, TexasApril 30, 2009 SID UMW Chapter Meeting
Topic: Solid State Lighting - The emergence of LED and OLED products and technologies for general lighting markets.
Speaker: James Lupino, Business Development Manager, US Electronics Inc.
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: US Electronics Inc., 6250 Wayzata Blvd, Minneapolis, MN 55416March 31, 2009 SID UMW Chapter Meeting
Topic: Medical Imaging- Osteoporosis Case Study
Speaker: Dr. Jyothsna Reddy, Family Physician, North Memorial Hospital, Robinsdale, MN
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: XR Medical, Inc., 6250 Wayzata Blvd, Minneapolis, MN 55416March 19, 2009 MinnTS 2009
Time: 5:00 to 9:00 PM
Location: Medtronic Headquarters at 694 & Hwy 65 in Fridley, MNThe half day symposium and tour was co-sponsored by following societies:
American Chemical Society, Minnesota chapter (ACS)
American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Upper Midwest Section (AIChE)
American Society for Materials, Minnesota Chapter (ASM)
American Vacuum Society, Minnesota Chapter (AVS)
Electrochemical Society (ECS)
IEEE- Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (IEEE - EMBS)
Minnesota Academy of Sciences
Minnesota Mass Spectrometry Discussion Group (MinnMass)
Minnesota Microscopy Society (MMS)
Society for Applied Spectroscopy, Minnesota chapter (SAS)
Society for Information Display, Upper Midwest chapter (SID)A well attended exciting talk; "The Fall and Rise of the 35W Bridge" was presented. Ron Voelkar presented the first part, "The Old 35W Bridge", while Peter Sanderson presented the 2nd part, 'The New 35W Bridge". Over 150 people attended the conference. This joint local conference is growing every year and is becoming very popular. We are also planning to hold it next year. More details about MinnTS can be found on www.minnts.org.
February 18, 2009 SID UMW Chapter Meeting
Topic: Seeing Color with Your Brain
Speaker: Dr. Steven Shevell, E. H. Moore Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychology, Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Chicago
Time: 6:00 pm, Wednesday, 18th February 2009
Place: Toshiba America Electric Components, Buffalo Grove, IL 60089January 20, 2009 OSGSL - SID UMW Joint Meeting
Topic: Infrared Camera Technology for Home Energy Audits
Speaker: Tom Ochsner, Thermal Vision Home Energy Audits
Time: 7:00 pm, Tuesday, 20 January 2009
Location: Westar Display Technologies, 4 Research Park Dr, St. Charles, MO 63304-5685Chapter Service Award
We have been awarding one chapter service award every year since last 5 years. Please suggest the names of exceptional volunteers for 2010 UMW Chapter Service Award.