JEDDAH, 10 May — After learning about the newest operating system called Microsoft Windows XP, Filipino electrical engineers in the Western Region now want to go into computer assembly.
The regional chapter of the Institute of Integrated Electrical Engineers of the Philippines Inc., known by its acronym IIEE-WRCSA, will help make this possible by holding a one-day seminar today on “basic and advance of computer assembly.”
The seminar/workshop will be held at Hotel Sofitel Al-Hamra along Palestine St. in Jeddah, said a statement signed by chapter president Romeo V. Sagad and Jerene B. Talam, chapter vice president for technical affairs.
Sagad, in a letter to Arab News, also said the seminar is open to all electrical engineers as well as master electricians and non licensed electrical practitioners, whether they are IIEE members or not.
Chapter officials said the resource person in their March 12 seminar on Windows XP, Mr. Villar, will be on hand once again to lecture on the computer assembly.
“Assembling computer is not that simple but not impossible to learn,” the chapter statement quoted Villar as saying.
Interested individuals may contact Romeo Sagad at tel. no. 02-660-5519; Mel. G Gamet at 427-2424; Jerene B. Talam at 667-7567; Norberto G. Chua at 02-660-4145 or Efren B. Carlos at 661-1637.
The IIEE-WRCSA is one of the busiest Filipino professional organization in the Kingdom.
Last year, it won the Outstanding Chapter award of the IIEE, besting more than 70 chapters in the Philippines and three other foreign chapters.
Engineering software
In Alkhobar, the IIEE chapter in the Eastern Region, known by its IIEE-ERCSA, announced the completion of its engineering software seminar held at Le’ Gulf Meridien Hotel. The chapter held the seminar in cooperation with Future Technologies Ltd. as principal sponsor headed by Dr. Sulaiman Abalquel and Mr. Syed Raheem.
The US-based Operation Technology, Inc. (OTI) presented the featured topic called “Electrical Transient Analyzer Program (ETAP),” which is tested as the world leader in electrical power system simulator for design, analysis and maintenance.
Chapter president Robert U. Mabulay said that ETAP was demonstrated as an intelligent tool that has brought a very large and complex electrical system.
The system is the culmination of thousands of hours in design and development spent to identify and create the most useful features for power engineering design and analysis tools.
Chapter spokesman Romeo Navidad said participants were impressed by the software. He said, “it is a fully integrated simulator for electrical engineering off-line calculation such as Short-Circuit (ANSI & IEC), Motor Starting, Underground Cable Raceways, Protective Device Coordination, Transient Stability Load Flow, Optimal Power Flow, DC System, Coordination Curves, Ground Grids, Panels, etc., that works directly with one-line diagrams (ac & dc).
“The ETAP Power Station is articulated as powerful piece of software and extremely user-friendly. Its one-line Graphical User Interface (GUI) makes system modeling trouble-free,” he added.
