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June 2013

June Calendar

06/04-06/13Sensors Expo & Conference

06/05/13Energy InfrastructureModernization Act

06/06/138:00-9:00AMWIEBreakfast Meeting

06/11/13IEEE-RRVSEMC Seminar

06/11/137:00-9:00PMIEEE-CSBoard Meeting

06/13/136:00-8:00PMIL Contributions toElectronics Industry

06/19/1311:15AM-1:00PMIASElections and Lunch

06/19/13FVSSTBD

06/26/13PSESTBD

Chair's Corner: Reflections From My Term as ChairAs I begin my final month as Chair of the Chicago Section it is time to highlight and rememberjust a few of the activities of the Section this year.

2014 Chicago Section Technical ConferenceIf you can commit to one meeting a month and 5 to 10 hours between meetings, you will enjoy aunique opportunity. Help your fellow engineers, learn new skills, meet new engineeringassociates, and grow personally. You will also have the satisfaction of giving something back byproviding an important career enhancing event to your fellow Chicago Section Members. Can'make that big of a commitment but still want to be involved? Let us know and we'll find a way toinclude you.

Fostering Innovation in Illinois: Illinois Science & Technology Coalition Aligning with the IEEE's efforts to foster technological innovation and excellence, the IllinoisScience & Technology Coalition (ISTC)works to drive innovation and economic growththroughout the state of Illinois.

Wind Power IntegrationThe IEEE-Chicago Section's Reliability Chapter is focused on the broad aspects of reliability,allowing us to be seen as the IEEE Specialty Engineering Organization. We are concerned withattaining and sustaining these design attributes throughout the total life cycle. We want toassure that a system will perform its intended function for the required duration within a given

environment, including the ability to test and support it throughout its total life cycle.

Major Blackouts and NERC ResponseThe North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) is a not-for-profit entity whosemission is to ensure the reliability of the bulk power system in North America.

Seismic and Wind Load Compliance for Non-Structural ComponentsOver the past decade, untold tragedy and great expense have accompanied the growingnumber of natural disasters within the U.S. However, the majority of financial losses due toearthquakes and hurricanes in developed countries occur through the damage or failure of non-structural components rather than failure of the building.

15th Annual EMC Mini-SymposiumOn May 7th, the IEEE-Chicago Section's Electromagnetic Compatibility Chapter hosted the 15thAnnual Mini-Symposium. Hosted at the Itasca Country Club, attendees were treated to a fullexhibit hall, numerous lectures and vibrant discussion.[

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Chair's Corner: Reflections From My Term as Chair

As I begin my final month as Chair of the Chicago Section it is time to highlight and rememberjust a few of the activities of the Section this year.

In August, The Chicago Section's first IEEE Milestone recognition plaque was awarded in aceremony at S&C Electric Company for the centennial of the invention of the power fuse onwhich the company was founded. Application has now been completed for a second IEEEMilestone award to recognize an important invention by another company within the Section. Wethank George Thomas, Chicago Section History Chair, for his work in this area.

In November the second Chicago Section Technical Conference washeld. The conference featured not just technical speakers, but also a sofskills track which included a legal presentation on social media. It was asmall but dedicated group of volunteers on the conference committee,led by Dave Richardson, which made it all come together in spite oHurricane Sandy's effect on IEEE server functions. The Sectionconference means something very special to me and I am personallvery grateful to all who made it happen.

There were 8 awards given by the Section to individuals and one company at the awardsluncheon for the Section Conference. Key to all of the awards was not just technicalaccomplishments, but also contributions to the IEEE organization. As Awards Chair, SaeedKamalinia's work was essential to making the awards presentation possible.

Several of the Section committees have been very busy this year. Activity continues in theholding of PACE workshops. PACE Chair Ed Barrett has done a wonderful job of setting up andrunning these workshops for several years. He has contributed tremendously in making theIEEE serve its members in a measurable way.

The membership development committee headed by Rich Fedrigon has been very active inmanning booths at many major conferences in the area. The MD group has kept the IEEEChicago Section very visible at events with high attendance and we value this activity verymuch.

Member Communications; headed by John Zulaski, continued to be an area where the Sectionfocuses resources. An up-to-date website, calendar, and newsletter are essential to keeping themembership informed. The Section has also added a LinkedIn chat group to its activities.

Finally, I want to acknowledge that the Section successfully incorporated the IEEE's newfinancial software, Netsuite. This was nearly a full-time task for the Section Treasurer VickiePeters for several months and took much dedication on her part. The Section voucher syste

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has also been redone. This should give greater financial transparency up the chain of IEEEcommand and allow for careful management of Section budgets.

Thank you all for your contributions. This list is just a fraction of activity in the Section and thevolunteer efforts that keep it going. All volunteers' efforts are greatly appreciated.

2014 Chicago Section Technical ConferenceIf you can commit to one meeting a month and 5 to 10 hours between meetings, you will enjoy aunique opportunity. Help your fellow engineers, learn new skills, meet new engineering

associates and grow personally. You will also have the satisfaction of giving something back byproviding an important career enhancing event to your fellow Chicago Section Members. Can'make that big of a commitment but still want to be involved? Let us know and we'll find a way toinclude you.

Volunteers are needed to plan the Chicago Section Technical Conference to be held in the Fallof 2014. The event will offer career advancing opportunities for Chicago Section members byproviding technical programs, career development programs, networking events and exhibitionsof products and services.

Interested? ContactJ ohn A. Zulaski, IEEE-Chicago Section 2014 Technical Conference Chair toget started.

Can't make up your mind? Here's a Top 10 list of why you should volunteer to be a part of theplanning committee:

#10: It's Good For You. - You will have fun. Optimism, joy, and control over one's fate,strengthens the immune system and when you focus on someone other than yourself, iinterrupts usual tension-producing patterns.

#9: It Saves Resources. - Donating your time provides valuable services so that more of ourlimited funds can be spent to optimally benefit local members.

#8: Volunteers Gain Professional Experience. - Build some new skills that will be useful foradvancement of your career.

#7: It Brings People Together. - Enjoy meeting new colleagues and developing useful contacts.

#6: It Promotes Personal Growth and Self-Esteem. - Understanding member needs andproviding solutions helps foster empathyand self-worth.

#5: Volunteering Strengthens Your Community. - Enhance Chicago's reputation as a technologycenter.

#4: You Learn a Lot. - Discover hidden talents; learn about the functions and operation of theChicago Section, gain knowledge of local resources available to enhance career development.

#3: You Get a Chance to Give Back. - Strengthen the profession by providing learning andgrowth opportunities for your fellow members.

#2: Volunteering Encourages Responsibility. - Fulfill your duty to your profession.

And.... (Drum Roll)

#1: You Make a Difference. - Every member will benefit from what you do!

ContactJ ohn A. Zulaski, IEEE-Chicago 2014 Technical Conference Chair.

Fostering Innovation in Illinois: Illinois Science & Technology Coalition Aligning with the IEEE's efforts to foster technological innovation and excellence, theIllinoisScience & Technology Coalition (ISTC)works to drive innovation and economic growththroughout the state of Illinois.

The ISTC is a member-driven, non-profit organization that cultivates and attracts research andtechnology based investment, talent and job growth across the state. Created through state
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statute almost 25 years ago, the ISTC is the State of Illinois' technology advisor and economicdevelopment partner, connecting industry, academia and government to leverage the state'svast research and development assets.

ISTC's membersrepresent leaders across the Illinois innovation ecosystem, such as the state'sleading universities, federal labs and research institutions; private industry; and othertechnology-driven entities and non-profits. Through the ISTC, these organizations share a voiceand develop partnerships that advance Illinois' position as a national and global innovationleader.

Located within1871, the hub of entrepreneurial and technology activity in Chicago, the ISTCdevelops and implements initiatives which advance Illinois' innovation capacity.

Our mission is to:

Foster sector-driven, public-private partnerships and executable projects that tacklekey societal and market needs, and increase economic development;

Attract technology and innovation-driven federal resources and private investment toIllinois; and

Raise awareness and visibility for Illinois' innovation ecosystem and advocate for stateand federal policies to enhance its development.

Currently, ISTC's work focuses on:Energy and sustainability - Advancing the energy ecosystem, including smart griddevelopment and deployment, such as theIllinois Smart Grid Regional Innovation Cluster,demonstration projects and foreign direct investment; energy storage R&D (J oint Center forEnergy Storage Research); and the newly formed $72.5 millionEnergy Foundry.

Health and health innovation - Advocating for health and medical research and innovation inSpringfield and Washington; developing a health innovation campus at theIllinois MedicalDistrict; and cultivating international collaborations and industry support, including supporting the2013 and 2016 BIO International conventions and theMidwest bioscience cluster.

Advance Manufactu ring - Developing the Illinois Manufacturing Laboratory to increase thecompetitiveness of SME's through applied research; and supporting federal fundingopportunities in Illinois, such as the $70 millionDigital Manufacturing and Digital InnovationInstituteannounced by President Obama as part of the National Network of ManufacturingInnovation.

Illinois Innovation Council - Fostering innovation in Illinois through the creation of the IllinoisInnovation Network, a central portal for theinnovation index dataand resources in Illinois thawill launch later this month; increasing the publication of government data and use of technologyto address civic needs through the first-everIllinois Open Technology Challenge; and ultimatelbetter connecting the dots between research, talent, capital and ideas.

STEM Education - Developing theIllinois Pathways R&D STEM Learning Exchange, a public-private initiative to support college and career readiness, advancing authentic, student-driven

research and development - with the goal to build the STEM talent pipeline in Illinois.

The ISTC invites members of the IEEE-Chicago Section to learn more about the broader IllinoisInnovation Ecosystem and engage with us to advance and celebrate our region as an engine forscience and technological innovation. Please contact us at [email protected] for additionalinformation and to get involved with our initiatives.

Wind Power IntegrationThe IEEE-Chicago Section'sReliability Chapter is focused onthe broad aspects of reliability,allowing us to be seen as theIEEE Specialty EngineeringOrganization. We areconcerned with attaining andsustaining these designattributes throughout the totallife cycle. We want to assure

that a system will perform itsintedned function for therequired duration within a givenenvironment, including theability to test and support itthroughout its total life cycle.

With wind power's rapidintroduction into existing energysupply portfolios due torenewability and cleanliness,theU.S. Department o Energyhas recently analyzed ascenario in which wind powermeets 20% of the U.S.electricity demand by the year2030. However, as of 2011, theinstalled capacity of wind poweraccounts for less than 3% ototal capacity.

Several critical issues must besolved before we can achievelarge-scale wind powerintegration. The IEEE-Chicago
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Section's RS Chapter presented Dr. Zhi Zhou, a computational engineer at the Decision andInformation Sciences (DIS) Division at Argonne National Laboratory. Dr. Zhou received hisPh.D. in decision sciences and engineering systems from Rensseleaer Polytechnic Institute, in2010. He also has a M.S. degree in Operations Research and Statistics, and a M.E. degree inComputer Sciences. His research interests focus on agent-based modeling and simulation,optimization, statistical forecasting, and the applications in complex systems modeling, includingelectricity markets, and renewable energy integration.

Dr. Zhou's presentation focused on the issue of dynamic scheduling of operating reserves toaccount for power market uncertainties. P articularly, the supply of wind is inherently intermittenand variable, giving rise to new challenges for a reliable and cost-efficient operation of power

systems. Dr. Zhou shared a probabilistic methodology to estimate a demand curve for operatingreserves, where the curve represents the amount that a system operator is willing to pay forthese services. The demand curve is quantified by the cost of energy supply shortage,accounting for uncertainty from generator contingencies, load forecasting errors, and windpower forecasting errors. The methodology addresses two key challenges in electricity markedesign: integrating wind power more efficiently and improving scarcity pricing.

Utilizing a case study, Dr. Zhou presented the proposed operating reserve strategies in a two-settlement electriciy market with centralized unit commitment and economic dispatch and co-optimization of energy and reserves. We compared the proposed probabilistic appoach totraditional operating reserve rules. Dr. Zhou used the Illinois power system to illustrate theefficiency of the proposed reserve market modeling approach when combined with probabilisticwind power forecasting.

The IEEE-Chicago Section's Reliability Chapter is currently coordinating their next meeting.Please contactZhaojun Liwith questions and/or recommendations for a future meeting.

Major Blackouts and NERC Response

The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) is a not-for-profit entity whosemission is to ensure the reliability of the bulk power system in North America. The NERCSystem Protection and Control Task Force (SPCTF) was formed shortly after the August 14,2003 Northeast Blackout to address blackout recommendation 8a on relay loadability. SPCTFwork expanded as other blackout recommendations were addressed and other issues arose. Asthe work continued, the SPCTF became the System Protection and Control Subcommittee(SPCS), a full time NERC Subcommittee.

The work performed by the SPCTF and SPCS supports Protection and Control (PRC) standardsand addresses protection issues;which in many cases been driven by actualevents. The IEEE-Chicago Section's Power andEnergy Chapter hosted Bill Miller, Chairman ofthe NERC System Protection and ControlSubcommittee for a presentation on the criticalwork of the SPCS, as well as discussionsurrounding the events that led to their creation.

Mr. Miller graduated with a BSEE in powerengineering from the University of Illinois atUrbana-Champaign and has been working atComEd (Exelon) ever since. He started in thetesting department and worked testing protectionand control systems in transmission anddistribution substations. Mr. Miller also spent afew years as a relay settings engineer. Currently Mr. Miller serves as Principal Engineer in theReal Time Analysis department analyzing system events. Having joined the NERC SPCTF afterit was formed following the NE Blackout, Mr. Miller currently Chairs the NERC SysteProtection and Control Subcommittee. He is also a member of the IEEE Power & EnergSociety.

Major U.S. Blackouts

Northeast Blackout of 196511/9/1965High loads due to cold weather30 million people lost power80,000 square mile radius affected

NERC established in 1968 with voluntary participation

1977 New York City Blackout7/13/19772 - 345kv lines tripped by lightning6,000MW loss9mln people lost powerNYC collapsed due to insufficient generationNorth American Power Systems Interconnective Committee (NAPSIC) becomes part of NERC NERC adopts NAPSIC operations criteria and guides

Western North American Blackout of 199608/10/1996500kv line sagged into a tree and tripped13 hydroelectric units subsequently tripped30,390MW lost7.5mln people lost powerDOE & NERC recommend creating Independent Self Regulatory, Electric ReliabilitOrganization (ERO) to develop and enforce North American Standards

2003 NE Blackout08/14/2003Due to lines tripping; power system becomes unstable50mln people lost power
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07/2006 NERC becomes FERC ERO for US

Mr. Miller highlighted common causes behind some of the most crippling blackouts. Thosecauses include:Lines sagging into treesDistance relays tripping during high static loading conditionsRelay malfunctions or failures

He then went on to highlight some of the major SPCTF efforts:Relay loadability exception reportsBlackout Recommendation 8aProtection & Control Standard 023 (PRC-023)

FERC Order 693SPCTF "Relay Maintenance Technical Reference Report"

For a full list and description of Standards Milestones, clickHERE.

Seismic and Wind Load Compliance for Non-Structural ComponentsOver the past decade, untold tragedy and great expense have accompanied the growingnumber of natural disasters within the U.S. However, the majority of financial losses due toearthquakes and hurricanes in developed countries occur through the damage or failure of non-structural components rather than failure of the building.

Mechanical, electrical and plumbing equipment, including the anchors and connectingcomponents are all considered non-structural components. Any item that is not part of thestructural system yet connects components to the primary structural system are included.Losses resulting from non-structural component failures have been estimated to exceed 50% othe total value of the structure. The IEEE-Chicago Section's Industrial Applications(IAS) Chapter hosted Mr. J ohn Wilson, CEO ofThe VMC Groupto share his experience.

Mr. Wilson is one of the foremost members of the shock, vibration, and seismic controlcommunity, with over 25 years in practice. An expert in seismic restraint, Mr. Wilson hasdeveloped and designed numerous industry patented products. His comprehensive experienceand knowledge in vibration isolation, seismic design, and code compliance make him a pioneerin helping define requirements for certification methodologies of non-structural buildingcomponents in the areas of HVAC, power generation, and fire protection. J ohn co-authored 'ASeismic Guidebook', a training manual for the seismic bracing of non-structural buildingcomponents, with Richard C. Berger. He is a frequent lecturer and writer for ElectricalGenerating Systems Association (EGSA), AHR and other industry standard organizations. He isa member of the Vibration Isolation and Seismic Controls ManufacturersAssociation(VISCMA)and American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air ConditioningEngineers(ASHRAE).

Understanding provisions in the latest edition of theInternational Building Code (IBC)is criticalwhen specifying electrical generating systems that will continue to operate during and afterevents such as an earthquake or hurricane. IBC's can be challenging to understand due tovarious versions and coordination between architects, engineers, contractors, and equipmenmanufacturers. It is crucial for each party involved in a project to fully understand the IBC codes

and their responsibilities in order to minimize their exposure risk.

The IEEE-Chicago Section's IAS will host their next meeting at a luncheon meeting on June19th, where the Election of Officers for the 2013 Program Schedule will take place.

Please consider helping for the 2013-2014 Programming Year and offer to serve your professionand the IEEE. For more information please visit theIAS Chicago website.

15th Annual EMC Mini-SymposiumOn May 7th, the IEEE-Chicago Section's Electromagnetic Compatibility Chapter hosted the 15thAnnual Mini-Symposium. Hosted at the Itasca Country Club, attendees were treated to a fullexhibit hall, numerous lectures and vibrant discussion.

Event Chair Frank Krozel of Electronic Instrument Associates welcomed attendees andintroduced the "Fundamentals of EMC" presentation. The 'Fundamentals' course highlighted theneed for finding resolutions to EMI/EMC problems early in the planning stage of any project.

Other presentations included:"Critical Infrastructure and the Potential Impact of HEMP, EMP, IEMI, and Geomagnetic

Disturbance""Magnetic Near Field Measurements to Far Field P redictions"

"How Coaxial Cables Behave in EMC Environments""Multi-Tone Radiated Immunity"

A new presentation this year was titled "Hands-On" and was hosted by the EMC Chapter's ownEducation Committee. Attendees were able to get a look and lay hands on some of theequipment EMC Engineers use in their daily activities.

Tabletop exhibitors provided a way to increase attendee's knowledge base of suppliers,compare local test houses, meet with fellow Professional Engineers, and learn more about howthe Chicago Chapter of the EMC Society assists engineers with their daily challenges.

Frank Krozel shared, "our goals in hosting the event continue to be, having attendees comeaway with new ideas about trouble-shooting techniques, specification updates and a betterunderstanding of how to measure critical parameters while providing continuing education onthe principles of EMI/EMC."

Frank and his committee also enjoy, "creating a venue where discussion on EMI/EMC principles

can occur with other industry professionals."

For more information on upcoming EMC Chapter events in Chicago visit:www.emcchicago.org
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