BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260522T130617Z UID:AB91FD52-85E4-4CC4-8FFD-5F651D94634E DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260521T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260521T200000 DESCRIPTION:Engineers have an ethical obligation to assure that their desig ns are reasonable and safe. While\nEngineers like to think that their desi gns are not only technically correct but perfect\, the truth is that\nerro rs are often made because the engineers either didn’t understand constru ction practices\, hadn’t\nthought through the design\, got sloppy\, or w ere lazy. James will cover some examples of actual design\nerrors that cre ated unnecessary but costly construction difficulties\, put innocent peopl e at risk\, or caused\ndeadly\, life-altering injuries. Some of these stor ies are from James’ own experience\; others have been\nrelated by engine ers who were involved.\n\nSpeaker(s): James Mercier\n\nAgenda: \n6:25 to 6 :35 PM - Open for participants to enter and network.\n6:35 to 6:40 PM - IE EE LM and CTCN Business meeting and to introduce speaker.\n6:40 to 7:55PM - Formal Program and Q&A.\n\nRoom: Community Room 8\, Bldg: Asian American Resource Center\, 8401 Cameron Rd\, Austin\, Texas\, United States\, 7875 4 LOCATION:Room: Community Room 8\, Bldg: Asian American Resource Center\, 84 01 Cameron Rd\, Austin\, Texas\, United States\, 78754 ORGANIZER:bill.martino@ieee.org, uday.kanike@ieee.org, jayasudha.yedalla@gm ail.com SEQUENCE:29 SUMMARY:IEEE CTS CTCN/LMAG InPerson Meeting\, 5-21-2026\, "Electrical Engin eering Design Errors That Caused Construction Problems and Deaths" URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/558799 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>Engineers have an ethical obligation to as sure that their designs are reasonable and safe. While<br>Engineers like t o think that their designs are not only technically correct but perfect\, the truth is that<br>errors are often made because the engineers either di dn&rsquo\;t understand construction practices\, hadn&rsquo\;t<br>thought t hrough the design\, got sloppy\, or were lazy. James will cover some examp les of actual design<br>errors that created unnecessary but costly constru ction difficulties\, put innocent people at risk\, or caused<br>deadly\, l ife-altering injuries. Some of these stories are from James&rsquo\; own ex perience\; others have been<br>related by engineers who were involved.</p> <br /><br />Agenda: <br /><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">6:25 to 6:35 PM - Open for participants to enter and network.&nbsp\;</div>\n<div dir="l tr" data-setdir="false">6:35 to 6:40 PM - IEEE LM and CTCN Business meetin g and to introduce speaker.</div>\n<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">6:40 to 7:55PM - Formal Program and Q&amp\;A.&nbsp\;</div> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR