June 2013

June Calendar 06/04-06/13 Sensors Expo & Conference 06/05/13 Energy Infrastructure Modernization Act 06/06/13 8:00-9:00AM WIE Breakfast Meeting 06/11/13 IEEE-RRVS EMC Seminar 06/11/13 7:00-9:00PM IEEE-CS Board Meeting 06/13/13 6:00-8:00PM IL Contributions to Electronics Industry 06/19/13 11:15AM-1:00PM IAS Elections and Lunch 06/19/13 FVSS TBD 06/26/13 PSES TBD

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 remember just a few of the activities of the Section this year. 2014 Chicago Section Technical Conference If you can commit to one meeting a month and 5 to 10 hours between meetings, you will enjoy a unique 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 by providing an important career enhancing event to your fellow Chicago Section Members. Can't make that big of a commitment but still want to be involved? Let us know and we'll find a way to include you. Fostering Innovation in Illinois: Illinois Science & Technology Coalition Aligning with the IEEE's efforts to foster technological innovation and excellence, the Illinois Science & Technology Coalition (ISTC) works to drive innovation and economic growth throughout the state of Illinois. Wind Power Integration The 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 with attaining and sustaining these design attributes throughout the total life cycle. We want to assure 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 Response The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) is a not-for-profit entity whose mission is to ensure the reliability of the bulk power system in North America. Seismic and Wind Load Compliance for Non-Structural Components Over the past decade, untold tragedy and great expense have accompanied the growing number of natural disasters within the U.S. However, the majority of financial losses due to earthquakes and hurricanes in developed countries occur through the damage or failure of nonstructural components rather than failure of the building. 15th Annual EMC Mini-Symposium On May 7th, the IEEE-Chicago Section's Electromagnetic Compatibility Chapter hosted the 15th Annual Mini-Symposium. Hosted at the Itasca Country Club, attendees were treated to a full exhibit 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 remember just a few of the activities of the Section this year. In August, The Chicago Section's first IEEE Milestone recognition plaque was awarded in a ceremony at S&C Electric Company for the centennial of the invention of the power fuse on which the company was founded. Application has now been completed for a second IEEE Milestone award to recognize an important invention by another company within the Section. We thank George Thomas, Chicago Section History Chair, for his work in this area.

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

There were 8 awards given by the Section to individuals and one company at the awards luncheon for the Section Conference. Key to all of the awards was not just technical accomplishments, but also contributions to the IEEE organization. As Awards Chair, Saeed Kamalinia's work was essential to making the awards presentation possible. Several of the Section committees have been very busy this year. Activity continues in the holding of PACE workshops. PACE Chair Ed Barrett has done a wonderful job of setting up and running these workshops for several years. He has contributed tremendously in making the IEEE serve its members in a measurable way. The membership development committee headed by Rich Fedrigon has been very active in manning booths at many major conferences in the area. The MD group has kept the IEEE Chicago Section very visible at events with high attendance and we value this activity very much. Member Communications; headed by John Zulaski, continued to be an area where the Section focuses resources. An up-to-date website, calendar, and newsletter are essential to keeping the membership 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 new financial software, Netsuite. This was nearly a full-time task for the Section Treasurer Vickie Peters for several months and took much dedication on her part. The Section voucher system

has also been redone. This should give greater financial transparency up the chain of IEEE command 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 the volunteer efforts that keep it going. All volunteers' efforts are greatly appreciated.

2014 Chicago Section Technical Conference If you can commit to one meeting a month and 5 to 10 hours between meetings, you will enjoy a unique 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 by providing an important career enhancing event to your fellow Chicago Section Members. Can't make that big of a commitment but still want to be involved? Let us know and we'll find a way to include you. Volunteers are needed to plan the Chicago Section Technical Conference to be held in the Fall of 2014. The event will offer career advancing opportunities for Chicago Section members by providing technical programs, career development programs, networking events and exhibitions of products and services. Interested? Contact John A. Zulaski, IEEE-Chicago Section 2014 Technical Conference Chair to get started. Can't make up your mind? Here's a Top 10 list of why you should volunteer to be a part of the planning 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, it interrupts usual tension-producing patterns. #9: It Saves Resources. - Donating your time provides valuable services so that more of our limited funds can be spent to optimally benefit local members. #8: Volunteers Gain Professional Experience. - Build some new skills that will be useful for advancement 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 and providing solutions helps foster empathy and self-worth. #5: Volunteering Strengthens Your Community. - Enhance Chicago's reputation as a technology center. #4: You Learn a Lot. - Discover hidden talents; learn about the functions and operation of the Chicago 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 and growth 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! Contact John 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, theIllinois Science & Technology Coalition (ISTC) works to drive innovation and economic growth throughout the state of Illinois.

The ISTC is a member-driven, non-profit organization that cultivates and attracts research and technology based investment, talent and job growth across the state. Created through state

statute almost 25 years ago, the ISTC is the State of Illinois' technology advisor and economic development partner, connecting industry, academia and government to leverage the state's vast research and development assets. ISTC's members represent leaders across the Illinois innovation ecosystem, such as the state's leading universities, federal labs and research institutions; private industry; and other technology-driven entities and non-profits. Through the ISTC, these organizations share a voice and develop partnerships that advance Illinois' position as a national and global innovation leader. Located within 1871, the hub of entrepreneurial and technology activity in Chicago, the ISTC develops and implements initiatives which advance Illinois' innovation capacity. Our mission is to:

Foster sector-driven, public-private partnerships and executable projects that tackle key societal and market needs, and increase economic development; Attract technology and innovation-driven federal resources and private investment to Illinois; and Raise awareness and visibility for Illinois' innovation ecosystem and advocate for state and federal policies to enhance its development.

Currently, ISTC's work focuses on: Energy and sustainability - Advancing the energy ecosystem, including smart grid development and deployment, such as the Illinois Smart Grid Regional Innovation Cluster, demonstration projects and foreign direct investment; energy storage R&D (Joint Center for Energy Storage Research); and the newly formed $72.5 millionEnergy Foundry. Health and health innovation - Advocating for health and medical research and innovation in Springfield and Washington; developing a health innovation campus at the Illinois Medical District; and cultivating international collaborations and industry support, including supporting the 2013 and 2016 BIO International conventions and the Midwest bioscience cluster. Advance Manufacturing - Developing the Illinois Manufacturing Laboratory to increase the competitiveness of SME's through applied research; and supporting federal funding opportunities in Illinois, such as the $70 million Digital Manufacturing and Digital Innovation Institute announced by President Obama as part of the National Network of Manufacturing Innovation. Illinois Innovation Council - Fostering innovation in Illinois through the creation of the Illinois Innovation Network, a central portal for the innovation index data and resources in Illinois that will launch later this month; increasing the publication of government data and use of technology to address civic needs through the first-everIllinois Open Technology Challenge; and ultimately better connecting the dots between research, talent, capital and ideas. STEM Education - Developing the Illinois Pathways R&D STEM Learning Exchange, a publicprivate 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 Illinois Innovation Ecosystem and engage with us to advance and celebrate our region as an engine for science and technological innovation. Please contact us at info@istcoalition.org for additional information and to get involved with our initiatives.

Wind Power Integration The 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 with attaining and sustaining these design attributes throughout the total life cycle. We want to assure that a system will perform its intedned function for the required duration within a given environment, including the ability to test and support it throughout its total life cycle. With wind power's rapid introduction into existing energy supply portfolios due to renewability and cleanliness, the U.S. Department of Energy has recently analyzed a scenario in which wind power meets 20% of the U.S. electricity demand by the year 2030. However, as of 2011, the installed capacity of wind power accounts for less than 3% of total capacity. Several critical issues must be solved before we can achieve large-scale wind power integration. The IEEE-Chicago

Section's RS Chapter presented Dr. Zhi Zhou, a computational engineer at the Decision and Information Sciences (DIS) Division at Argonne National Laboratory. Dr. Zhou received his Ph.D. in decision sciences and engineering systems from Rensseleaer Polytechnic Institute, in 2010. He also has a M.S. degree in Operations Research and Statistics, and a M.E. degree in Computer Sciences. His research interests focus on agent-based modeling and simulation, optimization, statistical forecasting, and the applications in complex systems modeling, including electricity markets, and renewable energy integration. Dr. Zhou's presentation focused on the issue of dynamic scheduling of operating reserves to account for power market uncertainties. Particularly, the supply of wind is inherently intermittent and 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 operating reserves, where the curve represents the amount that a system operator is willing to pay for these services. The demand curve is quantified by the cost of energy supply shortage, accounting for uncertainty from generator contingencies, load forecasting errors, and wind power forecasting errors. The methodology addresses two key challenges in electricity market design: integrating wind power more efficiently and improving scarcity pricing.

Utilizing a case study, Dr. Zhou presented the proposed operating reserve strategies in a twosettlement electriciy market with centralized unit commitment and economic dispatch and cooptimization of energy and reserves. We compared the proposed probabilistic appoach to traditional operating reserve rules. Dr. Zhou used the Illinois power system to illustrate the efficiency of the proposed reserve market modeling approach when combined with probabilistic wind power forecasting. The IEEE-Chicago Section's Reliability Chapter is currently coordinating their next meeting. Please contact Zhaojun Li with 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 whose mission is to ensure the reliability of the bulk power system in North America. The NERC System Protection and Control Task Force (SPCTF) was formed shortly after the August 14, 2003 Northeast Blackout to address blackout recommendation 8a on relay loadability. SPCTF work expanded as other blackout recommendations were addressed and other issues arose. As the 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) standards and addresses protection issues; which in many cases been driven by actual events. The IEEE-Chicago Section's Power and Energy Chapter hosted Bill Miller, Chairman of the NERC System Protection and Control Subcommittee for a presentation on the critical work of the SPCS, as well as discussion surrounding the events that led to their creation. Mr. Miller graduated with a BSEE in power engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and has been working at ComEd (Exelon) ever since. He started in the testing department and worked testing protection and control systems in transmission and distribution substations. Mr. Miller also spent a few years as a relay settings engineer. Currently Mr. Miller serves as Principal Engineer in the Real Time Analysis department analyzing system events. Having joined the NERC SPCTF after it was formed following the NE Blackout, Mr. Miller currently Chairs the NERC System Protection and Control Subcommittee. He is also a member of the IEEE Power & Energy Society. Major U.S. Blackouts Northeast Blackout of 1965 11/9/1965 High loads due to cold weather 30 million people lost power 80,000 square mile radius affected NERC established in 1968 with voluntary participation 1977 New York City Blackout 7/13/1977 2 - 345kv lines tripped by lightning 6,000MW loss 9mln people lost power NYC collapsed due to insufficient generation North American Power Systems Interconnective Committee (NAPSIC) becomes part of NERC NERC adopts NAPSIC operations criteria and guides Western North American Blackout of 1996 08/10/1996 500kv line sagged into a tree and tripped 13 hydroelectric units subsequently tripped 30,390MW lost 7.5mln people lost power DOE & NERC recommend creating Independent Self Regulatory, Electric Reliability Organization (ERO) to develop and enforce North American Standards 2003 NE Blackout 08/14/2003 Due to lines tripping; power system becomes unstable 50mln people lost power

07/2006 NERC becomes FERC ERO for US Mr. Miller highlighted common causes behind some of the most crippling blackouts. Those causes include: Lines sagging into trees Distance relays tripping during high static loading conditions Relay malfunctions or failures He then went on to highlight some of the major SPCTF efforts: Relay loadability exception reports Blackout Recommendation 8a Protection & Control Standard 023 (PRC-023) FERC Order 693 SPCTF "Relay Maintenance Technical Reference Report" For a full list and description of Standards Milestones, click HERE.

Seismic and Wind Load Compliance for Non-Structural Components Over the past decade, untold tragedy and great expense have accompanied the growing number of natural disasters within the U.S. However, the majority of financial losses due to earthquakes and hurricanes in developed countries occur through the damage or failure of nonstructural components rather than failure of the building. Mechanical, electrical and plumbing equipment, including the anchors and connecting components are all considered non-structural components. Any item that is not part of the structural system yet connects components to the primary structural system are included. Losses resulting from non-structural component failures have been estimated to exceed 50% of the total value of the structure. The IEEE-Chicago Section's Industrial Applications (IAS) Chapter hosted Mr. John Wilson, CEO of The VMC Group to share his experience. Mr. Wilson is one of the foremost members of the shock, vibration, and seismic control community, with over 25 years in practice. An expert in seismic restraint, Mr. Wilson has developed and designed numerous industry patented products. His comprehensive experience and knowledge in vibration isolation, seismic design, and code compliance make him a pioneer in helping define requirements for certification methodologies of non-structural building components in the areas of HVAC, power generation, and fire protection. John co-authored 'A Seismic Guidebook', a training manual for the seismic bracing of non-structural building components, with Richard C. Berger. He is a frequent lecturer and writer for Electrical Generating Systems Association (EGSA), AHR and other industry standard organizations. He is a member of the Vibration Isolation and Seismic Controls Manufacturers Association (VISCMA) and American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE). Understanding provisions in the latest edition of the International Building Code (IBC) is critical when specifying electrical generating systems that will continue to operate during and after events such as an earthquake or hurricane. IBC's can be challenging to understand due to various versions and coordination between architects, engineers, contractors, and equipment manufacturers. 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 June 19th, 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 profession and the IEEE. For more information please visit the IAS Chicago website. 15th Annual EMC Mini-Symposium On May 7th, the IEEE-Chicago Section's Electromagnetic Compatibility Chapter hosted the 15th Annual Mini-Symposium. Hosted at the Itasca Country Club, attendees were treated to a full exhibit hall, numerous lectures and vibrant discussion. Event Chair Frank Krozel of Electronic Instrument Associates welcomed attendees and introduced the "Fundamentals of EMC" presentation. The 'Fundamentals' course highlighted the need 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 Predictions" "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 own Education Committee. Attendees were able to get a look and lay hands on some of the equipment 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 how the 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 come away with new ideas about trouble-shooting techniques, specification updates and a better understanding of how to measure critical parameters while providing continuing education on the 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

To join the IEEE, visit: http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/index.html Exhibitors at the 15th Annual EMC Mini-Symposium Included: Electronic Instrument Associates, AR-Worldwide, ETS-Lindgren, EMSCAN, Elite Electronic Engineering, EM Test, DLS Electronic and the IEEE-Chicago Section EMC Chapter.

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