BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250430T174857Z UID:A8D135FA-0548-4CFF-AEF0-A46AC8F86ABD DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250429T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250429T203000 DESCRIPTION:IEEE Susquehanna Section Technical Dinner and Presentation\n\nH ow often have you had a chance to talk with an engineer who was part of th e conceptual design team for something as complicated as a next generation aircraft carrier? Probably not often\, because there aren’t too many of them around!This talk will discuss the complex engineering that goes into the design of a new aircraft carrier. Aircraft carriers are a marvel of m odern technology and have formed the backbone of military strength for mos t of the world’s nations for the past century. But we don’t often thin k about the engineering that must have went into designing these modern ma rvels. We tend to view aircraft carriers simply as ships that can launch f ighter jets. And while this is true\, the true scope of the complexity of these platforms are often taken for granted. An aircraft carrier is essent ially a floating city that hosts many thousands of people. When designing an aircraft carrier\, you have to solve all the same problems that city pl anners have to solve. You have to provide residential services to all thos e people. You have to deal with waste management\, water systems\, food st orage\, preparation\, and distribution\, and all the other infrastructure a city that hosts a permanent population must provide.\n\nThis floating ci ty also has a fully functioning airport that would rank as one of the worl d’s busiest. So you also have to deal with many of the same problems air port designers have to deal with\, and some very unique and difficult chal lenges (like allowing planes to take off and land on such a very short run way that happens to be on unsteady ground).\n\nAnd this floating city has multiple working nuclear power plants. So you have to deal with all the sa me issues that a nuclear power plant designer would have to deal with\, in cluding safety\, material handling\, and power distribution.\n\nThis prese ntation will provide a first-hand account of some of the engineering trade s that were made in the original design of the new Ford class aircraft car riers now being deployed by the United States Navy. You will hear about so me of the design goals for this new type of ship\, and the complex enginee ring trades that were made to achieve those goals.\n[DVIDS - Images - USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) [Image 2 of 19]]\n\nThe presentation will be prece ded by dinner. To welcome the coming of Spring and warmer weather\, we are going to have a Barbeque! Our BBQ Buffet will include the following:\n\n- BBQ Pulled Pork on Hawaiian Pretzel Roll\n- Mac & Cheese\n- Broccoli & Ba con Salad\n- Corn\n- Jalapeno Corn Bread\n- Fudge Brownies\n\nThere is a f ee for the entire dinner+presentation event. There is no fee for only atte nding the presentation.\n\nParking for the event is free and is in the par king lot south of the library. See the below map of the PSU Harrisburg cam pus for an overview on where the building and parking is located.\n\nSpeak er(s): Mr. Alfred Kraft\, \n\nAgenda: \nDinner: 6:00 - 7:00 PM\n\nPresenta tion: 7:00 - 8:30 PM\n\nRoom: Room 101\, Morrison Gallery\, Bldg: Madlyn L Hanes Library (Building D)\, Penn State Harrisburg\, 777 West Harrisburg Pike\, Middletown\, Pennsylvania\, United States\, 17507 LOCATION:Room: Room 101\, Morrison Gallery\, Bldg: Madlyn L Hanes Library ( Building D)\, Penn State Harrisburg\, 777 West Harrisburg Pike\, Middletow n\, Pennsylvania\, United States\, 17507 ORGANIZER:jack.burbank@ieee.org SEQUENCE:22 SUMMARY:IEEE Susquehanna Section - The Engineering Behind an Aircraft Carri er: Engineering a Modern Marvel URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/479498 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><strong>IEEE Susquehanna Section Technical Dinner and Presentation</strong></p>\n<table style="border-collapse: coll apse\; width: 100%\; border-width: 0px\; border-style: hidden\;" border="1 "><colgroup><col style="width: 51.2171%\;"><col style="width: 38.7537%\;"> <col style="width: 10.0292%\;"></colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style="bord er-width: 0px\;">\n<p class="p1"><span data-teams="true">How often have yo u had a chance to talk with an engineer who was part of the conceptual des ign team for something as complicated as a next generation aircraft carrie r?</span> Probably not often\, because there aren&rsquo\;t too many of the m around!This talk will discuss the complex engineering that goes into the design of a new aircraft carrier. Aircraft carriers are a marvel of moder n technology and have formed the backbone of military strength for most of the world&rsquo\;s nations for the past century. But we don&rsquo\;t ofte n think about the engineering that must have went into designing these mod ern marvels. We tend to view aircraft carriers simply as ships that can la unch fighter jets. And while this is true\, the true scope of the complexi ty of these platforms are often taken for granted. An aircraft carrier is essentially a floating city that hosts many thousands of people. When desi gning an aircraft carrier\, you have to solve all the same problems that c ity planners have to solve. You have to provide residential services to al l those people. You have to deal with waste management\, water systems\, f ood storage\, preparation\, and distribution\, and all the other infrastru cture a city that hosts a permanent population must provide.</p>\n<p class ="p1">This floating city also has a fully functioning airport that would r ank as one of the world&rsquo\;s busiest. So you also have to deal with ma ny of the same problems airport designers have to deal with\, and some ver y unique and difficult challenges (like allowing planes to take off and la nd on such a very short runway that happens to be on unsteady ground).</p> \n<p class="p1">And this floating city has multiple working nuclear power plants. So you have to deal with all the same issues that a nuclear power plant designer would have to deal with\, including safety\, material handl ing\, and power distribution.</p>\n<p class="p1">This presentation will pr ovide a first-hand account of some of the engineering trades that were mad e in the original design of the new Ford class aircraft carriers now being deployed by the United States Navy. You will hear about some of the desig n goals for this new type of ship\, and the complex engineering trades tha t were made to achieve those goals.</p>\n</td>\n<td style="border-width: 0 px\; text-align: center\;"><img class="sFlh5c FyHeAf iPVvYb" src="https:// d1ldvf68ux039x.cloudfront.net/thumbs/photos/2308/7987119/2000w_q95.jpg" al t="DVIDS - Images - USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) [Image 2 of 19]" width="38 5" height="578" aria-hidden="false"></td>\n<td style="border-width: 0px\;" >&nbsp\;</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>The presentat ion will be preceded by dinner. To welcome the coming of Spring and warmer weather\, we are going to have a Barbeque! Our BBQ Buffet will include th e following:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>BBQ Pulled Pork on Hawaiian Pretzel Roll</li>\ n<li>Mac &amp\; Cheese</li>\n<li>Broccoli &amp\; Bacon Salad</li>\n<li>Cor n</li>\n<li>Jalapeno Corn Bread</li>\n<li>Fudge Brownies</li>\n</ul>\n<p>T here is a fee for the entire dinner+presentation event. There is no fee fo r only attending the presentation.</p>\n<p>Parking for the event is free a nd is in the parking lot south of the library. See the below map of the PS U Harrisburg campus for an overview on where the building and parking is l ocated.</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p>Dinner: 6:00 - 7:00 PM</p>\n<p>Pre sentation: 7:00 - 8:30 PM</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR