BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:US/Eastern BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20190310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20191103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190720T223535Z UID:C5B6CEBE-7B94-45C6-832A-44E77A67BF02 DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20190720T100000 DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20190720T170000 DESCRIPTION:The IEEE Sensors Council cordially invites you to the grand ope ning of a new community maker space in Arlington\, VA. Spend a Saturday at the Arlington Central Library. Explore the new equipment available to the community. Learn about cutting edge uses for technologies such as 3D prin ting.\n\nThere is free parking. The library is walking distance from the V irginia Square and Ballston Metro stations on the Orange and Silver Lines. \n\nFrequently asked questions\n\nQ: Is this event free?\n\nA: Yes\, this event is free.\n\nQ: Do I need to stay for the whole day?\n\nA: No\, our s peakers are at 1 and 2 PM. We recommend that you come for the first talk f rom 1-1:30 PM\, explore the library from 1:30-2\, and stay for the second speaker from 2-2:30.\n\nQ: Is this only open to IEEE members?\n\nA: No\, t his is open to the general public.\n\nCo-sponsored by: IEEE-RAS Washington D.C. & No-Va Chapter\n\nAgenda: \n1 PM - Andrew Ippoliti\n\nWhile electro nics surround us\, and innovations occur daily\, the actual process of man ufacturing electronic devices has changed little in recent decades. So\, n ow may be the time to ask: has the process plateaued? Might electronics be made with more speed\, reliability and ease? And --- is it really necessa ry to rely on so-called experts to manufacture them? Andrew Ippoliti\, lea d developer at BotFactory\, will describe some enlightening answers. Follo wing a broad historical review of electronic circuit board manufacturing\, Andrew's talk will take us into the rapidly evolving realm of future elec tronic board fabrication.\n\n2 PM - Guru Ramu\n\nGuru Ramu is an engineer supporting various projects at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center as a contr actor specializing in prototyping and instrument design. With a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Maryland\, Colleg e Park\, Guru started his career in the planetary environments laboratory at NASA Goddard to fabricate components of science instrumentation for Mar s.\n\nGuru wanted to help bring additive manufacturing technologies to God dard and began his own prototyping company\, Alio Designs LLC\, to assist in developing rapid prototypes of designs and assemblies for testing. His company soon held a niche market for developing high-resolution models of flight instrumentation. Alio Designs specialized in actuating and creating interactive models to simulate operation scenarios. He sold Alio's assets in 2015 and returned to NASA Goddard to support planetary missions. In Ju ne\, 2018\, Guru teamed up with his contracting company Beacon Systems\, t o expand manufacturing capabilities and provide rapid machining and protot yping services to NASA Goddard.\n\nRoom: The Shop on the 2nd floor\, Bldg: Arlington Central Library\, 1015 N Quincy St\, Arlington\, Virginia\, Uni ted States\, 22201 LOCATION:Room: The Shop on the 2nd floor\, Bldg: Arlington Central Library\ , 1015 N Quincy St\, Arlington\, Virginia\, United States\, 22201 ORGANIZER:cgordon@gatech.edu SEQUENCE:4 SUMMARY:Maker Space Grand Opening URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/200998 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>The IEEE Sensors Council cordially invites you to the grand opening of a new community maker space in Arlington\, VA .&nbsp\; Spend a Saturday at the Arlington Central Library.&nbsp\; Explore the new equipment available to the community.&nbsp\; Learn about cutting edge uses for technologies such as 3D printing.</p>\n<p>There is free park ing.&nbsp\; The library is walking distance from the Virginia Square and B allston Metro stations on the Orange and Silver Lines.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p> \n<p>Frequently asked questions</p>\n<p>Q:&nbsp\; Is this event free?</p>\ n<p>A: Yes\, this event is free.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Q: Do I need to s tay for the whole day?</p>\n<p>A: No\, our speakers are at 1 and 2 PM.&nbs p\; We recommend that you come for the first talk from 1-1:30 PM\, explore the library from 1:30-2\, and stay for the second speaker from 2-2:30.</p >\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Q:&nbsp\; Is this only open to IEEE members?</p>\n<p >A:&nbsp\; No\, this is open to the general public.</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p>1 PM - <span class="il">Andrew</span>&nbsp\;Ippoliti</p>\n<p>Whi le electronics surround us\, and innovations occur daily\, the actual proc ess of manufacturing electronic devices has changed little in recent decad es. So\, now may be the time to ask: has the process plateaued? Might elec tronics be made with more speed\, reliability and ease? And --- is it real ly necessary to rely on so-called experts to manufacture them?&nbsp\;&nbsp \;<span class="il">Andrew</span>&nbsp\;Ippoliti\, lead developer at BotFac tory\, will describe some enlightening answers. Following a broad historic al review of electronic circuit board manufacturing\,&nbsp\;<span class="i l">Andrew</span>'s talk will take us into the rapidly evolving realm of fu ture electronic board fabrication.</p>\n<p>2 PM - Guru Ramu</p>\n<p>Guru&n bsp\;Ramu is an engineer supporting various projects at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center as a contractor specializing in prototyping and instrument design.&nbsp\; With a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Maryland\, College Park\, Guru started his career in the pl anetary environments laboratory at NASA Goddard to fabricate components of science instrumentation for Mars.&nbsp\;<br /> <br /> Guru wanted to help bring additive manufacturing technologies to Goddard and began his own pr ototyping company\, Alio Designs LLC\, to assist in developing rapid proto types of designs and assemblies for testing.&nbsp\; His company soon held a niche market for developing high-resolution models of flight instrumenta tion.&nbsp\; Alio Designs specialized in actuating and creating interactiv e models to simulate operation scenarios.&nbsp\; He sold Alio's assets in 2015 and returned to NASA Goddard to support planetary missions.&nbsp\; In June\, 2018\, Guru teamed up with his contracting company Beacon Systems\ , to expand manufacturing capabilities and provide rapid machining and pro totyping services to NASA Goddard.&nbsp\;</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR