Upper Midwest 

Upper Midwest (UMW) Chapter Officers
Position Chapter Officer Phone E-mail
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

Upper Midwest Chapter News

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

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 55347

We are planning to have one more meetings during remainder of 2009. 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 2009

October 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 60089

September 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, Texas

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

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

March 19, 2009 MinnTS 2009

Time: 5:00 to 9:00 PM
Location: Medtronic Headquarters at 694 & Hwy 65 in Fridley, 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 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 60089

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 63304-5685

Chapter Service Award

We have been awarding one chapter service award every year since last 4 years. Mr. Madhu Reddy has been selected to receive the UMW Chapter Service Award, 2009 for his long and dedicated volunteer work to our chapter.