Transcript Updated History of the Electrostatic Processes Committee

Updated History of the Electrostatic
Processes Committee of the IAS
G S Peter Castle, LFIEEE and William D Greason, LFIEEE
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Faculty of Engineering, University of Western Ontario,
London, ON, Canada
Origins
• IEEE formed in 1963; amalgamation of
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
(AIEE) and Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE)
• Consisted of Societies and Groups
• 50th anniversary of the start of the Industry
and General Applications Group (IGA) in IEEE
(1964)
• Evolved into Industry and Applications Society
(IAS) in 1972
Electrostatic Processes Committee
(EPC)
• Electrostatic interests preceded both these
organizations
• Annual Winter meeting of the AIEE, 1949,
Subcommittee on Electrostatic Processes
• Became EPC, part of IGA Annual Meeting in
1968
• Update of earlier history of EPC (1984)
EPC Early topics, 1950’s and 60’s
• Primarily Electrostatic Precipitation, mostly
industrial presenters
• Electrostatic painting (liquid)
• First inklings of Xerography (Haloid Corp)
EPC in the 1970’s
• Expansion of topics to include;
electrophotography, electrical coronas,
applied electrostatics and fundamentals
• Collaborative effort between academia and
industry
• Developed international presence
• Very active meetings, typical 8 full sessions in
IAS Annual meetings
What constitutes Electrostatics?
• Professor A.D. Moore, U of Michigan vocalized
the concern
• “Static” – literal or practical interpretation
• Lack of formal agreement led to formation of
the Electrostatics Society of America (ESA)
• First meeting in 1971
The “Static” Divide
• IEEE: “the branch of science that treats the electric
phenomena associated with electric charges at rest
in the frame of reference”
• ESA: “the class of phenomena recognized by the
presence of electrical charges, either stationary or
moving, and the interaction of these charges, this
interaction being solely by reason of the charges and
their positions and not by reason of their motion”
EPC and ESA up to 2003
• Tended to live in splendid isolation
• EPC annual meetings within IAS, interest
broadened but emphasis on applications
• ESA met every year (major and minor),
interest more general, fundamental and more
unconstrained
• Papers less formal
• Common feature was electrostatics (in its
broadest definition!)
EPC in IAS
• Gradually participation from industry declined
• Departments redefined in 1993
• IAS became restructured with split off of ECCE
into separate annual meeting (2009)
• EPC remains with IAS annual meetings
Past Chairs EPC
1947-1952
G.W. Penney
Carnegie-Mellon
1952-1957
H.J. White
Research Cottrell
1958
G.W. Hewitt
Westinghouse
1964-1967
E.J. Coe Jr.
Joy Manufacturing
1967-1971
S.A. Hawk
Battelle Memorial Institute
1971-1973
K.W. MacKenzie
Mahon Industries
1973-1975
G.S.P. Castle
1975-1977
C.D. Hendricks
The University of Western
Ontario
University of Illinois
1977-1979
C.F. Gallo
Xerox
1979-1981
G. Fritz
Eastman Kodak
1981-1983
J.K. Edwards
1983-1985
W.D. Greason
1991-1993
A.A. Elmoursi
General Motors Research
1993-1995
J.S. Clements
Appalachian State University
1995-1997
R.J. Turnbull
University of Illinois
1997-1999
S. Jayaram
University of Waterloo
1999-2001
J. Seyed-Yagoobi
Illinois Institute of Technology
2001-2003
T. Yamamoto
Research Triangle Institute
2003-2005
M.K. Mazumder
University of Arkansas
2005-2007
L.D. Dascalescu
University of Poitiers
Eastman Kodak
2007-2009
T. Oda
University of Tokyo
2009-2011
N. Grass
Siemens
2011-2013
A. Mizuno
1985-1987
T.B. Jones
The University of Western
Ontario
University of Rochester
Eastman Kodak
2013-
R. Sharma
1987-1989
K.S. Robinson
Toyohashi University of
Technology
University of Arkansas
1989-1991
C.E. Speck
General Motors Research
Development of joint meetings
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2003, Little Rock, AR
2006, Berkeley, CA
2009, Boston, MA
2012, Cambridge, ON
EPC/ESA
EPC/ESA/IEJ/SFE
EPC/ESA/IEJ/SFE/IEA
EPC/ESA/IEJ/SFE/IEA
Number of Technical Papers; presented at EPC meetings,
entered into review process, published in IAS Proceedings
Recent Meetings EPC-IAS
2001
2002
2003
2003
2004
2005
2006
2006
2007
2008
2009
2009
2010
2011
2012
2012
2013
Chicago, IL
IAS
Pittsburgh, PA
IAS
Salt Lake City, UT
IAS
(No EPC paper sessions)
Little Rock, AR
EPC/IAS, ESA
Seattle, WA
IAS
Hong Kong
IAS
Tampa, FL
IAS
(No EPC paper sessions)
Berkeley, CA
EPC/IAS, ESA, IEJ, SFE
New Orleans, LA
IAS
Edmonton, AB
IAS
Houston, TX
IAS
(12 EPC papers presented)
Boston, MA
EPC/IAS, ESA, IEJ, SFE, IEA
Houston, TX
IAS
Orlando, FL
IAS
Las Vegas, NV
IAS
(14 EPC papers presented)
Cambridge, ON
EPC/IAS, ESA, IEJ, SFE, IEA
Orlando, FL
IAS
(25 EPC papers presented)
Recent Update
• 2014
Vancouver, BC
IAS
(29 papers to be presented)
Evolution of interests
• Mature; electrostatic precipitation, printing,
copying, painting, separation
• Developing; non-thermal processes, EHD,
measurement/sensors, corona and discharge
phenomena, ESD, particles and microscale
phenomena, MEMS, dielectrophoresis etc
• Emerging; nanotechnology, biotechnology,
ultrafine particles
New Reality
• Applied electrostatics by its nature has always
been interdisciplinary but centered within
electrical sciences
• Many other disciplines e.g. chemistry,
materials, biology etc have always considered
these forces but are “rediscovering” the
importance of electrostatic effects as element
dimensions shrink
• Recent development of specialty meetings
Future?
• Open for discussion