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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 | 636-300-5102 | downen@westar.com |
| Vice Chair Person | Dr. Robert D. Polak | 847-523-3622 | bo.polak@motorola.com |
| Secretary | Robert Shurson | 952-974-7862 | shurson@comcast.net |
| Treasurer | Russell Ingvaldson | 651-636-4224 | ringvaldsen@comcast.net |
| Program Chair | Madhu Reddy | 952-285-5720 | madhu@usei.net |
| Web Administrator. | Vern Born | 612-722-0308 | vborn@comcast.net |
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UPCOMING MEETINGS
April 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 55416
Contacts for Meeting: Madhu Reddy, 952-285-5720 (phone), madhu@usei.net (e-mail), Bob Shurson, 952-974-7862 (phone), shurson@comcast.net (e-mail)We are planning to have 3-4 more meetings during remainder of 2009. Please check the UMW Chapter website time to time for details. Information about these meetings will be circulated to you by e-mail. Another very important up coming event is SID annual conference and exhibit 2009 to be held at San Antonio, Texas. The details are given below:
May 31- June 5, 2009 Display Week 2009
Location: Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, San Antonio, Texas
Topics: Display Technology Seminars, Courses, Symposium, Exhibits, Investors Conference, Business Conference
Details: Please see http://www.sid.org/conf/sid2009/sid2009.html.
MEETINGS HELD in 2009
January 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 63304-5685February 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 60089March 19, 2009 MinnTS 2009
Time: 5:00 to 9:00 PM
Location: Medtronic Headquarters at 694 & Hwy 65 in Fridley, MN
Details: Please see www.minnts.org.March 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 55416
MEETINGS HELD IN 2008
July 15, 2008 "An Introduction to Patent Law" by Rick Machonkin, partner at McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
Meeting Location: Toshiba America Electric Components, Buffalo Grove, IL 60089
Mr. Rick Machonkin gave an excellent talk on patent laws. The meeting was well attended (31 people) and was the first UMW chapter meeting in Chicago area.May 21, 2008 Business meeting, UMW Chapter activities
Location: Westar Booth, SID Exhibits
Topic: Planning and Logistics Discussions for the fist UMW Chapter meeting at Chicago. The discussions and planning resulted in a very successful meeting at Chicago area in July.April 3, 2008 "The Emerging Pico-Projector Market - A Review of Competing Technologies and Companies" by James Lupino, XR Medical, Inc. (US Electronics Inc.), 6250 Wayzata Blvd, Minneapolis, MN 55416
March 20, 2008 MinnTS 2006 (6th Annual Minnesota Technical Symposium), Medtronic World Headquarters, MN
The 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 Mass Spectrometry Discussion Group (MinnMass)
Minnesota Microscopy Society (MMS)
Society for Applied Spectroscopy, Minnesota chapter (SAS)
Society for Information Display, Upper Midwest chapter (SID)Two well attended exciting talks; "NASA Spitzer Space Telescope" by Robert Gehrz, University of Minnesota and "Stardust" by Robert Pepin, University of Minnesota were presented at MinnTS 2008. Over 150 people attended the conference in spite of the long Easter weekend. 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.
January 23, 2008 SID Upper Midwest Chapter Meeting held at Westar Display Technologies, Saint Charles, MO
Topic: "Motion Picture Response Time (MPRT) and A New Method for Measurement", Mike Wilson, Product Manager, Westar Display Technologies.
Chapter Service Award
We have been awarding one chapter service award every year since last 5 years. Mr. Madhu Reddy has been selected to receive the UMW Chapter Service Award, 2009 for his long and dedicated services to our chapter. You can congratulate Mr. Madhu Reddy at 952-285-5720 (phone) or madhu@usei.net (e-mail).