September 23, 2014
Title: New Direction of the Center for Advanced Power Systems (CAPS) at FSU

Unfortunately, Dr. Roger McGinnis, the New Director of the Center for Advanced Power Systems (CAPS) at FSU, was not available on the 23rd.
However, Dr. Sastry Pamidi, the Principal Investigator and Lead Scientist of the Superconductivity and Cryogenics Laboratory at CAPS, spoke at the meeting. He discussed the research and direction of CAPS. You can find Dr. Pamidi’s bio at http://www.caps.fsu.edu/personnel/pamidi-sastry.html

Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Time: 5:00 p.m to 8:00 PM

Location: National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (Mag Lab) Room B101, 1800 E. Paul Dirac Drive (Innovation Park), Tallahassee

Attendance:  50
Guest Attendance 13
IEEE Member Attendance 37
Start Time 2014-9-23 17:00:00
End Time 2014-9-23 20:00:00
Time Zone America/New_York
Location
Region 3
Section TALLAHASSEE AREA
Organizational Unit PE31
City Tallahassee
State/Province Florida
Country United States

 

October 23, 2014

Title: Tour of the Hopkins Power Generation Plant
Description: A technical tour of the Hopkins Power Plant was conducted for IEEE members and other guests.

The IEEE Tallahassee Area Section has arranged for IEEE members and guests to take a tour of the  Arvah B. Hopkins Power Plant on Thursday, October 23rd at 2:00 PM.

The  Arvah B. Hopkins Power Generating Station (http://www.talgov.com/you/you-learn-utilities-electric-hopkins.aspx) is a 504 MW power generation plant using primarily natural gas for fuel.  It is
located three miles west of Capital Circle SW on Geddie Road, between highways 20 and 90.

Guest Attendance 13
IEEE Member Attendance 16
Start Time 2014-10-23 14:00:00
End Time 2014-10-23 16:00:00
Time Zone America/New_York
Location
Region 3
Section TALLAHASSEE AREA
Organizational Unit PE31
City Tallahassee
State/Province Florida
Country United States