Chair’s message, December 2017
I wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving and a great start to the Holiday Season. I would also like to remind those who have not renewed…
The Pulse of Long Island
In Memoriam: Eugene Sard, IEEE Felow
In Memoriam I was saddened to learn that Eugene Sard, an IEEE Fellow, died recently. He had a career at AIL (now Harris) spanning more…
Potential new jobs on Long Island – October 2017
From Charlie Pleckaitis IEEE Chair Employment Assistance Committee, LI Section Potential company hiring: [1] CVD Equipment Corporation expanding to 180,000 square foot facility now located…
Long Island’s Electrical and Electronic History – November 2017
We resume our look at Section activities during the 1980’s starting with the April 1986 issue of the Pulse. Our Section’s monthly meeting featured a…
ieee.li turns one
The ancient druidic belief is that on Halloween night demons and evil spirits roamed the earth with joy. Halloween 2016 made me wonder if demons…
Chair’s message, November 2017
I hope everyone has had a good start for fall. I offer my prayers and good wishes for all the world’s citizens who have been…
MIT Technology Review: We can print untraceable guns. Should we?
MIT Technology Review writes today: Overnight, a Las Vegas shooting killed 50 people and wounded 200, making it the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history, according…
Amazon HQ #2 on Long Island?
David Winzelberg of Long Island Business News reports that the Suffolk and Nassau County executives Steve Bellone and Ed Mangano joined with Long Island Asociation…
IEEE Long Island Section is building a solid membership base
Our Section has hit the IEEE membership retention goal for the 2017 membership year! The membership development goals were developed based on the Section’s three-year…
Long Island’s Electrical and Electronic History – September 2017
Our Section was happy to learn that its Microwave Theory and Techniques Society Chapter received the 2017 Best Chapter Award from that Society. Our Chapter…