# articles

article_desc:
Silicon Valley Engineers Club is a technical and social organization. Our members are mostly, but not exclusively residing in the greater San Francisco Bay Area.

The Engineers' Club has offices at the 215 South 16th Street in San Francisco. The Club office is manned four days a week by a volunteer staff. James Morton is the Executive Director and President. He is also the elected Secretary and Treasurer. Tom McDonald joined James at the office in 1991 and heads the education committee.


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The Centennial Exposition of 1876 in San Francisco drew engineers from around the world to view the technical advances of that century. It was apparent to engineers residing in California that engineers did not know each other. Charles E. Billin invited twenty or so engineers to his home the following winter for refreshments. This started a series of gatherings at the homes of various engineers. The Club formally organized in December of 1877 and Professor L M. Haupt was its first President. It limited its membership to fifty. The minutes of the first meeting stated: "Its object shall be the professional improvement of its members, the encouragement of social intercourse among men of practical science, and the advancement of engineering in its several branches." The Club adopted as its motto a quotation from George Washington's speech to the Federal Convention of 1787 accepting the role of president. It expresses the charge placed upon the Engineers Club's members by its charter. The motto states: "Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair."


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The Silicon Valley Engineers Club is offering courses which meet the needs of many practicing professionals. 

In today's rapidly changing world, it is mandatory that we maintain our skills. One effective and enjoyable way to accomplish this goal is the educational program offered by the Engineers Club. We can exchange ideas, share experiences and learn from experts in various fields. You can receive 20 hours of instruction for less than you would commonly pay for a one day seminar. One evening a week means that you do not have to take valuable time from the job, nor need you make great personal sacrifices to enhance your career. 

Make the commitment now to invest in your professional development.


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Engineering Tours of the Silicon Valley are visits to facilities and sites with a wide variety of technical features to stimulate your interest. They are geared to you, the technical professional. 
Attend one or more tours. Club membership is not required! You will be impressed by the knowledge and friendliness of the hosts. They are there for you! 

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE? Anyone.

CAN I BRING A GUEST? Yes. 

DO I HAVE TO BE AN ENGINEERS CLUB MEMBER? No. 

WHAT DOES IT COST? Each tour is $10.00 per person. However, Engineers' Club members and one guest may attend at no charge. 

WHO PROVIDES TRANSPORTATION TO THE FACILITY? You do.


article_desc:
Career Enhancement - A place to meet others in your profession, share ideas and make valuable contacts.

Professional development programs, symposiums, and speeches.

Seminars, technical presentations, topical meetings with discounts on fees to members.

Meetings facilities including 400 seat auditorium, library and meetings rooms.

Engineers' Club annual roster.

Silicon Valley Engineer monthly newsletter.


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The requirements for becoming a member are liberal although applicants are carefully screened for sincerity of interests and whether or not they could benefits from Club membership. The qualifications are only that the applicant be associated with the engineering profession as a result of vocation, hobby or business contact. Each applicant must have two sponsors who are members of the Club. 

Membership in the Engineers' Club of St. Louis is one of the best investments a technical man or woman can make.


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The General meetings are held on the third Thursday of each month at the Valley Caffe, corner of Berkeley and Columbus.

Park in the lot next to the building on Columbus.

Our meetings are also convenient to reach via public transportation. Nearest BART station is Powell.



Meetings begin at 19:00.


# events

event_name:
Marketing Strategy for High Technology Companies with Disruptive Technologies, or Why Smart Engineers Fail in Bringing Advanced Products to Market.

event_desc:
Many high technology developments qualify as discontinuous innovation, 
which is defined as one that requires a change of customer behavior. 
There are two generic types of discontinuous innovation: Paradigm shock 
(e.g., PC replacing a typewriter) Application breakthrough (e.g., voice 
recognition replacing service personnel) 
On the opposite end there are continuous innovations, which do not 
require customer behavior change, e,g., using a new toothpaste. 
As Silicon Valley marketing guru Regis McKenna once wrote, "Marketing is 
Everything" (and not the technology, engineers).  It is thus marketing 
flow that most often defines a product (and often company) market 
failure.  Selection of a suitable marketing strategy is thus extremely 
important success factor for high-tech startups. 

For a continuous innovation, the demand for products gradually increases 
and after reaching maturity, the demand gradually decreases, as 
customers already know what to do with the product and how to use it. 
For a discontinuous innovation, however, there is a gap (called "chasm") 
in customer demand.   After attracting small groups of "techies" (buying 
for the sake of having the newest toys) and visionaries (having an idea 
for a new business based on new technology), the demand evaporates as 
mainstream customers shy away from the product.  Classical marketing 
technologies failed to attract this group of buyers with deep pockets. 
Companies that succeeded in crossing the chasm, however, often reach an 
avalanche growth of sales, defined as "tornado". 

Some of the technologies stuck in Chasm include voice recognition, 
artificial intelligence, electric car, DSL, high definition TV, smart 
cards (in the US) and so far majority of MEMS technologies.  Some of 
technologies that died in Chasm include gyroscopic mouse, Newton PDA, 
Lisa PC and PC Junior. 

Based on market research of large number of companies with discontinuous 
innovation, Geoffrey Moore (initially at Regis McKenna Inc., a leading 
marketing organization in Silicon Valley and later at The Chasm Group) 
developed a strategy for crossing the chasm (summarized in his books 
"Crossing the Chasm" and "Inside the Tornado", A Harper Business Book, 
1999). 

This presentation summarizes Moore findings.  It is focused on 
developing a strategy to cross the Chasm.  This strategy requires 
focusing initially all the company resources on one application in one 
market segment ("pin") and becoming a dominant supplier (a "gorilla") in 
this space.  After accomplishing this goal, Company should develop and 
dominate other pins: either the same application in different market 
segment or different application in the same segment. 
After becoming a "gorilla" in sufficient number of pins, the "tornado" 
starts, destroying the old technology and establishing the new one, 
returning the overwhelming market share to the Company. 
Few examples of Tornadoes include desktop publishing, word processors, 
spreadsheets, Windows, microprocessors, cell phones, E-mail.  Tornadoes 
created 11 new Billionaires in recent four years! 

The presentation then introduces a concept of a "whole product" and its 
requirements for increased chance of dominating the application.  It 
follows to define a recommended marketing strategy during the Tornado. 
Tornado in turn leads to Main Street, a mature market development phase 
that requires again adaptation of a new marketing strategy. 

About the Speaker 
Dr. Bryzek got his MSEE in 1970 and Ph.D. in 1977 from Warsaw Technical 
University.   He completed the executive management program at Stanford 
University in 1987. 
He moved to Silicon Valley in 1979.  Between 1982 and 2000 he cofounded 
five successful Silicon Valley high-tech companies based on MEMS 
technology (MicroElectroMechanical Systems), all introducing products 
based on disruptive technology.  His newest startup founded in March 
2000 focuses on optical networking market. 

One of his technical greatest achievements was the 1981development of 
the world's first low-cost disposable blood pressure sensor used during 
the heart surgery.   This is currently one of the largest volume 
pressure sensor application (20 million units per year).  Another key 
achievement was initiation (1994) and co-chairing the IEEE-1451 Smart 
Transducer Communication Standard, which resulted in two approved 
standards and two standards under development. 

Major marketing achievement was launching of the worldwide MEMS public 
relations campaign from NovaSensor in 1986.  This effort resulted in 
editorials in majority of technical and business publications (including 
Wall Street Journal, Business Week and CNN), dramatically increasing 
worldwide awareness of this disruptive technology and stimulating 
accelerated MEMS developments across the globe. 

He was/is on the advisory board and board of directors of several 
startup companies and occasionally performs a new startup company due 
diligence for selected VC firms. 
Dr. Bryzek has published over 200 papers, chaired many international 
conferences and authored about 30 patents. 

In 1994 Dr. Bryzek was awarded the Lifetime Achievement by Sensors 
Magazine for the cumulative achievements in developing the world sensor 
and MEMS markets.

location:
Blue Star Coffee, 1071 S. DeAnza Blvd, Cupertino 408.863.0707


event_name:
Helping schools develop students' interest in science and technology: SCVSEFA and science fairs.


event_name:
Performance of US economy in 2001. More about Dr. Belotti. Pictures.

event_desc:
Our guest speaker will be Prof. Mario Belotti. He will present "The forecast of the US economy performance in 2001"
Dr Mario Belotti has been teaching at Santa Clara University since 1959.  He teaches economics in both the graduate and undergraduate programs. He served as Chair of the Economics Department from 1962 to 1984 and as the Director of the Institute of Agribusiness from 1988 to 1996. His fields of interest are macroeconomics theory, monetary theory and economic development. He organized and chaired 23 Santa Clara University Symposiums and 28 yearly Economic Forecasts. Dr. Belotti spent many summers as an economic consultant in developing countries: Brazil, Honduras, Sudan, Egypt, Iran, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Thailand, Bulgaria, Hungry, Nepal, and Eritrea. 

Dr. Belotti received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and a Master of Arts in Accounting from Midwestern University. He obtained a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Texas in Austin.

presenter:
Dr. Mario Belotti, Professor of Economics, Santa Clara University.

location:
Hotel Embassy Suites (Diplomat Room), 2885 Lakeside Drive, Santa Clara


event_name:
"Restructuring of the International energy sector - a combination of economics and politics".

event_desc:
International market is undergoing a major restructuring of its energy sector. Many power plants were built to burn coal, which some countries claimed to have in unlimited supply. This system created inefficiency, mismanagement and environmental abuse.

Piotr Moncarz talk will present the aspects of the International energy market restructuring with an emphasis on the privatization and modernization aspects of investment in small and medium size power plants.
About the speaker: 

Piotr Moncarz was born and raised in Poznan, Poland. For last twenty years he has worked at a high profile consulting company: Exponent Failure Analysis, where he is a Principal Engineer and Corporate Vice President. For last seven years his efforts have included the development of a gas-fired electric power plant at Lake Zarnowiec near Gdansk, on the site of an abandoned project of the first Polish nuclear plant. 

The promotion of American investment into Polish economy has become his passion, as he believes this to be the most effective political independence insurance Poland can acquire while entering the new century.
Piotr Moncarz has Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Stanford University, where he teaches graduate classes a Consulting Professor.

location:
ACUSON (bldg.I) 1393 Shorebird Way (corner of Shoreline Blvd.), Mountain View


event_name:
On June 23,2000 during the Club monthly meeting, Dr. Zofia Rek presented an interesting lecture about her work experience at Stanford Synchotron Radiation Laboratory where she works since 1980.

event_desc:
On June 23,2000 during the Club monthly meeting, Dr. Zofia Rek presented an interesting lecture about her work experience at Stanford Synchotron Radiation Laboratory where she works since 1980. 
SSRL is multidisciplinary laboratory funded by Department of Energy and National Institute of Health.  Synchrotron radiation is the electromagnetic radiation emitted by electrons along curved trajectory.  Most of the experiments are in the X-ray energy range although higher energies in the alfa range can be obtained. 

Applications are very diversified: X-ray imaging of defects and strains for large crystals for semiconductor wafers to laser windows to study fusion. In biology studies are made to detect and  eleminate selenium areas in USA in order to improve the quality of soil. 

In medicine radiation is used in angiography to detect blockage of heart arteries without invasion of catater and also in studies of osteoporosis.  The large part of the lecture was dedicated to protein crytallography as a tool for solving protein structure so important for human genomic project. 

Zofia also discussed some other works done by SSRL like membrane protein which works as an intelligent guard against cholera toxin and Topoisomerase a protein that is targeted by anti-cancer drugs.  There was a very interesting discussion after the lecture and members of the Club had an opportunity to examine numerous models and sampels brought by Zofia.

presenter:
Zofia Rek, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory


event_name:
"Issues in Software Development Evolution - a Veteran Practitioner's Point of View".

event_desc:
On May meeting Dr. Zbigniew Sufleta has entertained PAEC club with the presentation on the subject of Software Development Process, the Practitioner's point of view.
His extensive industry experience (over 20 years) gave his listeners a rare opportunity to hear about the process itself, the principles and what applies in the real life.
The speech has concluded with a round table discussion about the current market conditions and the impact it bears on the Bay area living conditions (tight labor market, escalating salaries, booming real estate, traffic congestions).


event_name:
Problems with the manpower in Hi-Tech industry in Silicon Valley.

presenter:
Prof. Aleksander Liniecki, San Jose State University

location:
The Clubhouse in "Sunset Oaks" townhouse complex. 675 Picasso Terrace, Sunnyvale.


# forum_messages

message_desc:
I have a problem in DB MSG at brinkster 
It is in a SQL statement... 
'select * from tablename'--> It is well operated... 
But 'delete from tablename' or 'update set No =1 where No=3...etc'----> It is not well operated.... 
There appears error message 
It is..... 
Query Results 
ADODB.Recordset error '800a0e78' 
Operation is not allowed when the object is closed. 
/DatabaseManager.asp, line 473 "" 
I want to find a way... 
please! give me an answer....


message_desc:
DELETE * FROM tablename WHERE stringfield='stringvalue' 
UPDATE tablename SET stringfield='hello' WHERE numberfield=10 
HTH 
Nige - nhsa@yahoo.com


message_desc:
Nige is right with his SQL string examples, but the error you are getting is because you are trying to perform operations on a recordset which has been closed. If you look at your code you will probably find a line such as dbConn.close, or RS.close or Set RS = nothing somewhere before line 473. 
HTH, 
Bod. 
www5.brinkster.com/hiflyer


message_desc:
how do i write say 10 db results, from a select statement, on a page, then link to another page, with the next 10, and so on.. 
I would be very grateful for any help 
Thank you


message_title:
RE: writing db results to multiple pages

message_desc:
Asuming your database is sorted by a incrementing value you can use the BETWEEN statement in your querry. 
That is on the first page you do: 
SELECT * from Table WHERE OrderValue BETWEEN 1 and 10 
Then you pass along the last value to the next page ""show_rewults?start=11"" for example and go from there 
SELECT * from Table WHERE OrderValue BETWEEN 11 and 20 
and so onЕ


message_title:
what is this error... It works on my iis

message_desc:
keyword =url =comment = there is an error 
Microsoft JET Database Engine error '80040e09' 
Cannot update. Database or object is read-only. 
/input.asp, line 39 
it wokrs on my iis5.0 fine. It is because the db dir isn't set rite or what? 
anyone has any ideaS 
FELIX


message_desc:
i want to rerieve the value from the database based upon the selection criteria that is out of ten text fields if the user select two values means,i should get the output based upon that value.the query should be a single query.


message_desc:
The Best Way is to write SQl Statement . 
For Example 
Select Empno,Ename from emp where empno = '1001' or Sal >100 
if you can provide a code, will try to provide a solution.


message_desc:
Hi, 
how do i change the default directory of the CUSTOM TAG where CF_ tags are places to a directory of my choice???? 
thankxs


message_desc:
You can edit the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREAllaireColdFusionCurrentVersionCustomTagsCFMLTagSearchPath 
And then restart the server. 
/Ruben


message_desc:
I am trying to use the cfmail command to send HTML based emails. This can be easily done by referencing the pictures within the mail to download from an url. 
However, this caused a problem when the recipient tries to read the mail offline. The pictures disappeared. 
A way to solve this would be to embed the pictures and send the pictures with the mail. Is there any way to do this with cold fusion. 
Any prompt help would be deeply appreciated by a desperate guy.


message_desc:
No use, when the user is offline and tries to read the mail 
the pictures are missing. 
The pictures are ok when the user is online


# links

link_desc:
The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, California is a hands-on technology museum devoted to inspiring the innovator in everyone.

address:
201 South Market Street
San Jose, CA 95113
408-294-TECH


link_desc:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ensures national security and applies science and technology to important problems of our time.

address:
7000 East Ave., Livermore, CA 94550-9234


link_desc:
The Monterey Bay Aquarium is dedicated to inspiring ocean conservation. Find out more about how we
approach our mission.

address:
201 South Market Street
San Jose, CA 95113


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At Chabot Space & Science Center (CSSC), the universe is yours to experience. Set amid 13 trail-laced acres of East Bay parkland, with glorious views of San Francisco Bay and the Oakland foothills, CSSC is a hands-on celebration of sights, sounds, and sensations.


link_desc:
University of California Observatories/Lick Observatory conducts leading-edge research to answer the most profound questions in observational astronomy.

address:
University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064
Phone: 831/459-2513; Fax: 831/426-3115


link_desc:
The cable car was born in San Francisco at four o'clock in the morning on August 2, 1873, when Andrew Smith Hallidie successfully tested the world's first cable car. Operated by the nonprofit "Friends of the Cable Car Museum" the Cable Car Museum provides not only an historical perspective of the importance of the cable car to San Francisco, but an insight into the daily operations of today's system.

address:
1201 Mason Street at Washington, San Francisco.


link_desc:
Ames was founded December 20, 1939 as an aircraft research laboratory by the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA) and in 1958 became part of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Ames specializes in research geared toward creating new knowledge and new technologies that span the spectrum of NASA interests.

address:
NASA Ames Research Center is located at Moffett Field, California in the heart of "Silicon Valley".


link_desc:
Berkeley Lab is a multidisciplinary national laboratory that conducts nonclassified research. We are located in Berkeley, California on a site in the hills directly above the campus of the University of California at Berkeley.  Overlooking both the campus and San Francisco Bay, the site consists of 76 buildings located on 183 acres.


# store_editorial_products

article_desc:
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article_title:
1001 Web Site Construction Tips and Tricks


article_desc:
If you're right in the middle of learning (or just jumping into) Flash to create and manipulate animations, music tracks, sound effects, and interface design, try the Flash 4 Magic. Inside are tutorials, graphic presentations, and a CD.


article_desc:
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