ISA Cleveland Section

ISA Cleveland Section is proud to present our April 2026 Section Meeting, which live streamed on our YouTube Channel. This program presents our two Northeast Ohio Student Science and Engineering Fair award winners and their projects, along with our technical program, Technically Trivia, by Jim Valli, Retired, Rockwell Automation.

Yifan Wang
Solon High School, Solon OH
"Impact of Mechanical Design on Piezoelectric Energy Collection"

Griffin Quigley
University School, Hunting Valley, OH
"Improving the Efficiency of Small Scale Turbines"

Thank you and congratulations to our winners and their projects! You can watch the meeting here: https://youtu.be/yMGtyvE-lZw

We’re all used to flipping a switch to turn on a light, plugging in a wall wart to charge our cell phone, or booting up our laptop to surf the net with little if any thought of how electrical power is almost always there to support modern conveniences in our daily lives. Cass Kuhl from NASA Glenn Research Center joined us for our March 2026 Section Meeting on Tuesday, March 3rd to review what occurs on the other side of that outlet in your house, as it makes its way back to the generation source. The audience had no shortage of questions, which led to a very engaging discussion. Thank you, Cass, for presenting to our Section!

On February 17th, Don Brown from NASA Glenn
gave a talk on synchronous condensers and how
they are being used at NASA to correct for lagging
power factors caused by other motors. The talk
gave insight into which motor properties are
critical to make a good synchronous condenser,
how synchronous condensers can be controlled
(either singly or in groups), and the tradeoffs
between synchronous condensers and capacitor
banks.

The meeting was well attended. Don’s talk served
as the ideal the keystone to an enjoyable evening
spent catching up with long time colleagues and
forging new professional contacts.

For those who attended the Cedar Point tour and requested a PDH certificate, due to the volume of certificates, it is taking longer than usual for us to get these generated. We appreciate your patience and anticipate having these available in Inboxes sometime during the week of November 3rd.

For those who have registered for this year's tour, your tickets were distributed this evening. Your digital ticket is tied to the email address provided during registration. Please check your Inbox for an email from "[email protected]", with the subject, "Your Cedar Point Tickets are Here!" If you do not see the email, please check your provider's Spam or Clutter folders.

Section Website Outage

We are aware of the security issue with our website, isacle.org. Due to unforeseen circumstances, this issue is taking much longer than anticipated to resolve with our provider.

In the meantime, Section information will continue to be posted here, our other social media channels, and on our ISA Connect site, https://connect.isa.org/communities/community-home?CommunityKey=ebe918ef-c19b-430c-810e-36743d32f8a4

We are proud to present our April 2025 Section Meeting, live on our YouTube Channel from Tavolo 72.

This broadcast will present our two Northeast Ohio Student Science and Engineering Fair award winners and their projects. Additionally, our technical program, Ohio Inventors and Inventions, will be presented.

Agenda:
7:00 PM - Science Fair Awardees and their Presentations
7:30 PM - Technical Program

Note: The election of Section Officers will take place in-person at the Section Meeting, prior to the start of our livestream, as communicated in our April 2025 Newsletter.

April 2025 Section Meeting For the first time, ISA Cleveland Section is proud to present our April 2025 Section Meeting, live on our YouTube Channel from Tavolo 72.This broadcast will ...

***Please read if you registered for the Cedar Point tour***

In collaboration with the ISA Toledo Section, our next Section Meeting will be the Cedar Point Behind the Scenes Tour on Wednesday, October 2nd, 2024.

For those who have registered for the tour, unlike previous years, your tickets are being distributed to you electronically by Cedar Point to the email address you gave us during registration.

This email, containing a link to your digital ticket, will originate from a send only address: [email protected] with the subject "Your Cedar Point Tickets Are Here!"

If you have not received the email, please check your provider's Spam or Clutter folders.

***Cedar Point Behind-the-Scenes Tour!***

Register here: https://checkout.square.site/merchant/WDE4Q6W4W2HGA/checkout/INQQ6KJAKE2ZLH4NLOBOMZZ4

Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes at Cedar Point, or how your favorite roller coasters, such as Millennium Force, Blue Streak, or Steel Vengeance, (just to name a few) operate? Ever wondered about all of the technology works together to keep you safe when you ride? Here’s your chance to join the ISA Cleveland and ISA Toledo Sections on a technical, behind the scenes tour of some of your favorite rides at Cedar Point!

Wednesday, October 2nd at 4:00 PM in the Hotel Breakers Parking Lot, 1 Cedar Point Drive, Sandusky, OH 44870.
Cost: $25.00 per person, dinner included in tour price.
Please register by Wednesday, September 11, 2024 at 5:00 PM.

Technical Behind the Scenes Tour at Cedar Point - ISA Cleveland Section description