[Fornlist] lunch/lecture by Wayne W. Manges, "ORNL's Worldwide Leadership in Industrial Wireless Technology."@1201Oak Ridge Turnpike

[Bob Costner]

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Greetings, Friends. Please join us for another interesting and certainly
very salient and topical program: 

February 18, 2009 Friends of ORNL Lunch/Lecture
"ORNL's Worldwide Leadership in Industrial Wireless Technology."
Wayne W. Manges, Manager, DOE's Industrial Wireless Program, ORNL

Abstract: 
The wireless revolution sweeping through our personal lives is beginning to impact industrial
systems. ORNL has managed DOE's Industrial Wireless Program since 1999 and continues to
hold leadership positions in numerous technical fields and international standards bodies. Wayne
will describe ORNL's effort in industrial wireless since its inception as well as how ORNL
represents the state of the art in industrial wireless technology in China, France, Australia,
Canada, and US sites. Wayne will describe activities in development of the new ISA industrial
wireless standard, ISA100, poised to be the equivalent of analog 4-20ma for the 21st century.

Wed. 18 February 2009: 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
1201 Oak Ridge Turnpike see directions below

Speaker's bio below.

Lunch by the Soup Kitchen will be $7.00 and includes at least 2 choices of
hot soup, choice of sandwich, pickle, chips, choice of iced tea or hot coffee,
and choice of dessert.

As always, registered professional engineers who attend shall receive
one (1) PDH certificate. 

NOTICE - NOTICE

Members wishing to submit renewal dues by mail
can make a check for $20.00 payable to FORNL
and mail it to:

Treasurer, Friends of ORNL
214 Park Lane
Oliver Springs, TN 37840

Non-members who wish to join should also mail a 
check for $20.00 payable to FORNL and mail it to
the same address. [Note that the dues cover the
fiscal year starting on October 1 of each year.]
Non-members should also submit the following information:


Name
Mailing address
e-mail address (if applicable)

NOTICE - NOTICE

MONTHLY AGENDA:

11:00 am Socializing and coffee 
11:30 am Lunch served 
11:50 am Annual Meeting
12:00 noon Lecture begins 
12:45 pm Q&A 
1:00 pm Adjourn

HEADS UP: 

March 18 - TBD
April 15 - Bob Perlack, Potential Capacity for US lands to produce ethanol


DIRECTIONS TO MEETING LOCATION

Our meeting location is the white-colored
building at 1201 Oak Ridge Turnpike (State Highway 95)
between Taco Bell and Applebee's
at the intersection of the Turnpike and
Rutgers Ave (at Traffic Light #7).

At the south-west corner of the white-colored building
there is an entrance with a canopy.
Caution - - there is an additional entrance with
a canopy close by - - the entrance we use is that
closest to the Jameson Inn. The glass door is identified as
"The University of Tennessee - University Outreach & 
Continuing Education."

ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Wayne Manges currently directs the US Department of Energy's Industrial Wireless Program for
UT-Battelle at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), focusing on the needs of hard
industries from DOE's Industrial Technologies Program. With 30 years at ORNL, Wayne works
extensively with steel, paper, and other industries to bring robust, wireless technology to their
markets and is committed to the deployment of integrated systems that solve real problems. He
has worked on systems from one-of-a-kind uranium enrichment processes, intelligent robotics,
manufacturing, and is currently working on the application of his expertise in systems to the
development and deployment of intelligent wireless sensors.
Wayne has published and presented papers around the world and continues as a contributing
editor for Sensors Magazine. He co-chairs the ISA (standards body for wireless industrial
automation) ISA100 committee, establishing a new international standard for industrial wireless
automation. Wayne holds a B.S. in Education and Chemistry from California University of
Pennsylvania, a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh, an M.S. in
Natural Science from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering
from the University of Tennessee.

- 
Robert Costner
http://www.fornl.org