July 2024 Monthly Update

The IEEE Hawaii Section will be holding its monthly Executive Committee (ExCom) meeting on Thursday, July 11th from 6:30-7:30pm. The meeting will be held at UH Manoa Holmes Hall 244, with an online option available via WebEx.

No food will be provided at the in-person meeting.

Date: 11 July 2024

Time: 06:30 PM to 07:30 PM Hawaii Time

Location: University of Hawaii Holmes Hall 244 OR WebEx

This series of events will allow attendees to experience a diverse range of topics within the information technology sector from engaging industry professionals.

These sessions are open to everyone. Audiences in the past have included students, professionals from various STEM disciplines, retirees, as well as individuals transitioning into the technology sector from other career fields.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) will host The 2024 IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) International Leadership Summit (ILS) on August 1-2, 2024 at Discovery Hall in Richland, Washington. PNNL is one of only ten locations worldwide selected to host the prestigious event. In 2019, PNNL hosted the event, which attracted nearly 400 attendees from academia, industry, and national laboratories—it was hailed as a huge success by IEEE.

🔍 Exceptional posters highlighting cutting-edge technologies and innovative policies are encouraged to submit. The poster session offers ILS attendees the opportunity to connect and exchange insights into their research endeavors. The IEEE Richland Section will honor the most outstanding poster with the Best Poster Award.

Students, post-bachelors, post-masters, and post-doctorates are encouraged to submit an abstract on a related topic for the poster session.

🚀 BEHawaii, a Hawaii nonprofit organization, empowers and elevates Hawaiiʻs people by raising awareness and providing support to create prosperity.

This workshop will present our initiative, the Lei Poina’ole Project, to support the sustainable growth and longevity of Hawaii's lei industry through community partnerships, educational programs, and a network of growers, makers, and vendors.

• Refreshments provided
• Lei-making session

📅 Date: 2 July 2024 at 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM

📍Location: Hybrid

Join us for an inspiring and empowering virtual panel discussion on Project Management and Career Advancement, part of our celebration for Women in Engineering Day! 🌟. The panel will share their expertise and insights on effective leadership, project management, and career development for women in the engineering sector.

📅 Date: July 6
🕙 Time: 10:00 AM (Hawaii time)
📍 Location: Online

Join us for an evening of good pupus and opportunities to network with fellow industry colleagues and friends as we continue to support communities affected by the Maui Wildfires.

• Date: 10 Jul 2024
• Time: 05:00 PM to 08:00 PM
• All times are (UTC-10:00) Hawaii

Join us for learning about financial planning, managing credit cards, and navigating retirement plans.

• Date: 18 Jul 2024
• Time: 05:00 PM to 06:30 PM
• All times are (UTC-10:00) Hawaii

• 2024 33rd International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN), 29 - 31 July 2024 | Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, USA | Event Format: In-person
• 2024 IEEE 36th International Symposium on Computer Architecture and High Performance Computing (SBAC-PAD), 13 - 15 November 2024 | Hilo, Hawaii, USA | Event Format: In-person

For more information about upcoming conferences, visit link

On June 5, Dr. Turgut, Charles Millican Professor of Computer Science at the University of Central Florida presented a vitural distinghused lecture on "Physical and computational modeling of smart homes". Novel "smart" technologies such as smart homes, smart grids, variable pricing, and local energy markets promise both better overall efficiency for providers, a greener home, and lower prices. In this talk, we discuss the need for extensive modeling and simulation for all the components of such homes, including the physical environment, the smart controllers, the behavior of the humans, and the external environment, including the smart grids and local energy market to which the systems connect.

Arc Flash Mitigation with Protection Settings was presented by guest speaker, Dan Ransom. Daniel (Dan) Ransom, PE, is a Senior Technical Application Engineer at GE Vernova (formerly General Electric). He shared his extensive experiences with the dangers of Arc Flash, along with solutions using solid-state relays to reduce hazards through engineering controls. Dan’s knowledge about industrial and utility power-systems was incredible, and he provided detailed information on protection methods. Dan is an active IEEE Senior Member based in the Tacoma, WA, area and plays an active role in the IEEE IAS/PES/ComSoc/Standards Association worlds. It was awesome that IAS Hawaii had the opportunity to host a talk by a technical ace, such as Dan.

On June 12, the IEEE Hawaii Women In Engineering in Hawaii, in collaboration with the IEEE Hawaii Section, IEEE Hawaii Industry Applications Society, and Lawson & Associates, Inc. - Safety Intelligence Institute, were cohost to organize an event about "Safety intelligence". This discussion will outlined some key factors to create a successful safety culture. The discussion was led by Tracy Lawson. She is the President & Founder of the Lawson & Associates, Inc and the Co-Founder of the Safety Intelligence Institute. Tracy has 30+ years’ experience in the occupational safety & health field and maintains several board certifications.

IEEE Women in Engineering Oregon Section and Hawaii Section Affinity Group teamed up to host a dynamic panel discussion a panel discussion to celebrate the 2024 IEEE WIE Day on June 30, 2024. The panel discussion explored various strategies for promoting diversity and equality in engineering for the advancement of AI and 4IR technologies, with a focus on advocacy and allyship.