The INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS, Inc.
Eastern Idaho Section
IDAHO FALLS LUNCHEON MEETING
TOPIC: HAZMAT Cam Wireless System
SPEAKER: Kevin Young
DATE: Friday, November 4, 2005
TIME: 12:00 noon
PLACE: JB’s Family Restaurant, 850 Lindsay Blvd., Idaho Falls
MENU: Order from the menu
COST: Restaurant lunch prices
Free lunch: For first five IEEE members who show Membership Card
ABSTRACT:
The Hazmat Cam Wireless Video System is a light weight, wireless video camera system housed in a tough, waterproof flashlight body. When taken into hot zones or hazardous areas, it can send real-time video images to incident commanders and technical experts as far as five miles away. It is the first portable wireless video system incorporating a waterproof housing, encrypted video, 900 MHz transmitter and diversity receiver.
BIOGRAPHY:
Kevin Young is a father, an electrical engineer, a musician, and a public speaker. He received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Utah State University and an MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Idaho. He started his professional career in 1988 as a U.S. Air Force officer launching rockets and satellites into space. For the past 11 years he has worked at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) as an electrical engineer developing a variety of technologies including the recent R&D 100 award winning Hazmat Cam Wireless Video System. As a public speaker, Kevin has given over 150 talks, reaching an estimated 12,000 people, describing activities at the INL and the importance of science education. He has played saxophone since age seven and his Jazz Quartet currently performs in the Idaho Falls area. Last-but-not-least, Kevin is on his 20th year of a happy marriage to Karen Jayne Young and they are the proud parents of a 10 year old girl, Mikaila, and a 13 year old boy, Christopher.
*** VISITORS AND NON-MEMBERS ARE WELCOME ***
PLEASE POST IN YOUR AREA