MOVE Tech Talk - SEP 2024 - IEEE MOVE Weather Team
The MOVE Weather Team is one of several support components of the MOVE program. It includes both professionals and enthusiasts who are interested in weather and support of the IEEE MOVE Program. This support primarily involves providing information to MOVE Operations about conditions that might lead to the deployment of a MOVE team, and secondly, offering information to the MOVE team during a deployment.
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- Date: 24 Sep 2024
- Time: 08:00 PM to 09:30 PM
- All times are (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
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- Co-sponsored by IEEE-USA MOVE Program
- Starts 13 February 2024 03:56 PM
- Ends 24 September 2024 09:30 PM
- All times are (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
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Francis Grosz
The MOVE Weather Team is one of several support components of the MOVE program. It includes both professionals and others who are interested in weather and who support MOVE. This support is in two forms. The first is to provide information to MOVE Operations of conditions that might lead to deployment of a MOVE team. It takes time to coordinate volunteers for deployment and to make sure that everything is in readiness with the vehicles, and the Weather Team tries to alert Operations to conditions which might lead to a deployment. Hurricanes are an obvious case, but wildfires can also lead to a deployment such as the recent deployment to New Mexico. Tornados form quickly but it is sometimes possible to warn of weather that may lead to a tornado outbreak.
The second way that the Team supports MOVE is during deployments. Not all deployments are in response to disasters; some are for STEM events and public outreach. The Weather Team tries to provide specific weather information for all deployments, both during transit to and from the events and while on deployment. Specific information on hazardous weather is particularly important but driving conditions and general weather conditions are also useful. While the team does not generally deploy, it does provide an important support function.
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Francis Grosz is an Engineer and Physicist. He holds BS degrees in Physics and Engineering Science and an MS in Engineering from the University of New Orleans and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Louisiana. He has been an IEEE member for 57 years and a volunteer for over 40 at the Section, Region, Society, and Institute level. He served as Region 5 Director in 2016-17, as IEEE Vice-President for Member and Geographic Activities in 2019, and was a Board-nominated candidate for IEEE President in 2021. He continues to serve as a member or chair of several committees at various levels. When not involved in IEEE activities he reads and builds electronics.
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