The Spark Museum of Electrical Invention offers an exciting and educational experience for audiences of all ages. Compelling, interactive exhibits spanning four centuries of scientific achievement and cultural heritage are featured in a world-class collection of unique objects. The Spark Museum displays the inventions and innovations that changed the course of human history.
The Seattle PES Spark Museum Tour in Bellingham was held on November 6, 2021. The Spark Museum is a great supporter of IEEE and PES and opens its doors early for this annual event. It was a private tour and started with the museum’s MegaZapper show. This was the only IEEE PES in person event in 2021. We had a great turnout of 30 attendees including many families and friends.
The tour of SnoPUD’s Vanadium Flow Battery Energy Storage System was a great success! All 16 spots were filled with IEEE members, five of whom were on the waitlist and were still able to make it through. The talk was well received with numerous attendees from other local electric power utilities. Thanks to everyone who attended and for making this another memorable PES event.
The IEEE YP hosted a live action room escape game at Puzzle Break Seattle on Friday April 14th 2017. We had a total of 7 attendees, all but one were IEEE members. There were 10 people who registered. Attendees were tasked with escaping a clue filled room in one hour. After an exhaustive search, each participant contributed to solving individual puzzles that unlocked a key to escape the room with 55 seconds remaining! Thanks to all who attended!
The Tour of Snohomish PUD’s Energy Storage System on October 7, 2016, went really well. We had 22 attendees, mostly IEEE members.
The 2016 Sparks Museum tour went really well. The event was attended by about 30 members, friends and family. We raffled off 4 tickets to the “Cage of Doom” and museum book on the “History of Radio and Electricity”.
The Seattle Section IEEE PES wishes to thank Kaylan Sen for a great talk on the pros and cons of traditional, power electronic and new methods for controlling real and reactive power flow in a transmission system. The lecture was attended by approximately 30 members from the area. The meeting space and refreshments was provided by Stella and Robin Podmore from Incremental Systems Inc., in Bellevue In addition to the technical talk, Robin and Kaylan discussed IEEE humanitarian initiative they are involved in.
We had another great Young Professionals event this month! Although the weather got a bit chilly on Saturday, 14 YPs from all over Seattle attended. Hardev Juj also joined us. He was the section chair 1992-1993 and is retired from BPA as VP of Transmission Planning.
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We had 11 attendees from various work places including Microsoft, Amazon, AT&T, Power Studies, and Puget Sound Energy. We also had two students: one from UW Bothell and one from a university in South Dakota. Bowling was fun! There were some great moments of technical conversation during game play.
The IEEE YP event held Friday Feb 12th 2016 was a success! 17 YP’s attended from differing professionals including aerospace, computing, power systems, information technology, computer science, and the government. One of the YP put as “By far, the best IEEE event for YP’s in the Seattle area.” The fun and excitement from bowling coupled with meeting new people and networking certainly made this an enjoyable social event. Event planning and summer planning also took place. Join us for the next YP event!
