UMaine Hosting Workshop on Wireless Wechnology for Aerospace Industry
Contact: Ali Abedi, 581-2231 orabedi@ieee.org
ORONO, Maine – The University of Maine will host this month representatives from the government, academic community and aerospace industry companies to discuss future uses of wireless technology in the aerospace industry, and how the technology can be applied to commercial aviation, during the CANEUS Fly-By-Wireless Workshop.
The conference will be held Aug. 24-27 in Arthur St. John Hill Auditorium in Barrows Hall.
Dr. Ali Abedi, a UMaine assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering and director of the Wireless Sensor Networks (WiSe-Net) Laboratory, will serve as the conference chairman.
George Studor of the structural engineering division at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, will deliver a keynote address at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 24, about the vision, opportunities and challenges for wireless technology in the aerospace industry.
Abedi said NASA is exploring the uses of wireless technology because of the weight of wires and related equipment needed to run systems onboard space exploration vehicles. The heavier the equipment, the more energy and therefore more fuel is needed for travel.
The Federal Aviation Administration is also considering the same problems. Successful deployment of wireless devices in the future could help airlines keep down fuel costs that are passed on to consumers.
CANEUS is a nonprofit organization made up of members of the aeronautics, defense and space communities in Canada, Europe, the U.S., and another areas of the world.
For more information, go to www.caneus.org/fbw10.
Abedi will also serve as chairman of the IEEE (Institute ofElectrical and Electronic Engineers) Northeast Industry Day, which is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 24, in Portsmouth, N.H. The event will bring together around 100 professionals from Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts with the goal of strengthening regional and industrial relationships.
The conference will focus on key technologies in the areas of broadband communications, energy, human-computer interfaces and systems.
For more information on IEEE Northeast Industry Day, go to http://ewh.ieee.org/reg/1/irc/