IEEE Iowa Illinois Section

In this talk we plan to discuss a novel class of nanoscale devices that address unmet performance demands for applications in data communications. The performance of emerging generations of high-speed, integrated electronic circuits is increasingly dictated by interconnect density and latency as well as by power consumption. To alleviate these limitations, data communications using photons has been deployed, where photonic circuits and devices are integrated on platforms compatible with conventional electronic technologies. Within the dominant platform; namely Si, dielectric waveguides confine light via total internal reflection. This imposes bounds on minimizing device dimensions and density of integration. Those bounds arise due to the diffraction limit and the cross-coupling between neighboring waveguides. Nanoscale Plasmonic waveguides provide the unique ability to confine light within a few 10s of nanometers and allow for near perfect transmission through sharp bends as well as efficient light distribution between orthogonally intersecting junctions. With these structures as a building block, new levels of optoelectronic integration and performance metrics for athermal transceivers with achievable bandwidths of 100s Gbps and detection sensitivity better than -55 dBs, will be overviewed in this talk. In addition, opportunities for the role that 2D materials may pay in propelling these record performance metrics even further will be projected. Speaker(s): Amr Helmy, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/319139

This talk will cover a wide range of topics concerning electric motor preventive maintenance. The presentation will touch on everything from vibration analysis to motor storage procedures to give technicians/engineers/maintenance personnel a better idea of what to look for and ask questions about when it comes to electric motor maintenance. Most of the topics could be entire classes on their own so this should be considered the starting point to much more in-depth conversations with your electric motor repair shop. Speaker(s): Derek Bloomfield, Agenda: 6:00pm - 7:00pm Presentation, Q&A Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/314956

"Cybersocial Third Friday" is a monthly reoccurring networking/social meetup hosted by the IEEE R4 Iowa-Illinois Computer Society Chapter. Join us for social hour and see your friends and colleagues. Cybersocial is a monthly event held the third Friday of each month. Agenda: We plan to meet IN PERSON at Tangled Wood in Bettendorf. Tangled Wood, 3636 Tanglewood Rd, Bettendorf, Iowa, United States, 52722