IEEE CTS LMAG & CTCN 10.17.2024 meeting - Electrical Engineering contributions to the Allied War effort in WWII

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This is a hybrid in person and Zoom meeting starting at 6 PM Central Std. Time.

Engineers and scientists contributed to the Allied war effort in many ways. Their efforts resulted in everything from Colossus to LORAN, and from GEE to the Proximity fuze. The talk will overview as many of these contributions as time permits. 

 

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  • Date: 17 Oct 2024
  • Time: 06:00 PM to 07:30 PM
  • All times are (UTC-05:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
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  • 8401 Cameron Rd.
  • Austin, Texas
  • United States 78754
  • Building: Asian American Resource Center
  • Room Number: 8
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  • Starts 29 September 2024 12:00 AM
  • Ends 16 October 2024 12:01 PM
  • All times are (UTC-05:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
  • No Admission Charge

  Speakers

John Purvis

Topic:

Electrical Engineering contributions to the Allied War effort in WWII

 Engineers and scientists contributed to the Allied war effort in many ways. Their efforts resulted in everything from Colossus to LORAN, and from GEE to the Proximity fuze. The talk will overview as many of these contributions as time permits. 

 

Biography:

 John earned a BSEE from the University of Houston and a MSEE from the University of Texas at Austin. He ha worked for TRW, Texas Instruments, National Instruments, IBM, and the State of Texas Comptroller’s office in engineering an marketing roles. He also was on the Computer Science Faculty at St. Edward’s University for several years. He joined IEEE as a student at U of H and has been a member for 56 years. He has served in many positions within the Section and the Region 5 Committee. Currently he is webmaster for the Central Texas Section Life Member Chapter, on The Institute Editorial Advisory Board, and is R5 Life Member Affinity Group Coordinator. Since retiring he has developed an interest in the history of the WWII period. He has been a docent at the Texas Military Forces Museum for over five years. 

 

 
 

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Address:Austin, Texas, United States




Agenda

6:00 to 6:05 PM - Open for participants to enter and network. 

6:05 to 6:10 PM - IEEE LM and CTCN Business meeting and to introduce speaker.

6:10 to 7:30 PM - Formal Program and Q&A. 

The Life Members Affinity Group and  Austin Consultants Network Affinity Group (CTCN) meets monthly. Except when meeting jointly with other groups, the CTCN meet on the third thursday each month. Meetings usually begin with informal networking from 5:30 to 6:00 p.m., followed by presentations from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. by experts in topics of interest to IEEE Members.   Our meetings are open to the public.

Light refreshments may be available during in person meetings.