Category Archives: Jack’s Travel

My business or non-family travel.

Mississippi Capitol

Walk Jackson Capitol area – State House, Governor’s Mansion, War Memorial

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Mississippi CapitolI was in Jackson on business.  This was my first visit to the state of Mississippi, and I was looking forward to walk Jackson Capitol area.

I parked at the State Capitol, I walked around the grounds, I then made my way over to the Old  State Capitol, now a museum, then walked a little further to the Governor’s Mansion, then headed back.  The Jackson Capitol Area is a nice compact area in the historic downtown section of Jackson.

Jackson Capitol Area Sites

Vetrans MonumentOn my walk, I saw the following:  USS Mississippi. Figurehead of Battleship, Sillers Building, Carroll Gartin Justice Building (Supreme Court), Mississippi Veterans Monument, State of Mississippi Medal of Honor Recipients, Veterans Monument, Secretary of State Office, …

And, the Liberty Bell replica, Memorial to the Women of the Confederacy, Lamar Life Building, War Memorial Building, Old Capitol Museum, Confederate Monument, St. Andrews Episcopal Cathedral, Mississippi Governor’s Mansion, Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle, and more.

At this time of day, the downtown area appeared to be pretty empty.  There were cars at the capitol area and near some law offices, but for the most part, restaurants, shopping, and other tourist type activities were found in other parts of town.  This area is historic and architecturally interesting and I recommend a short visit.

Engineering Mall

Visited Purdue ECE. I was a guest lecturer at EE400 and EE694A

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Centennial MarkerWas a guest lecturer at the Purdue ECE senior seminar class, ECE400 and the graduate student seminar, ECE694A. I gave a presentation on the problems engineers were solving to build the 4G-LTE mobile network.  I surveyed issues of spectrum, user experience, macro-cells, metro cells, mobile application design and some examples of engineering issues meeting public ethics.

I had two very lively classes.  I got lots of questions and was very impressed with the students.  Further I was delighted with the ECE department team who hosted me along with two student ambassadors.

Tips for travelers.  The Purdue  EE building is located on Northwestern Ave.  The Purdue Visitor Information Center is across the street.  Park there.  My hosts reserved an “A” parking sticker for me; for past visits, I was able to buy a parking pass for $5.  Next to the EE building is the MSEE building; it has a nice snack shop area; it’s a good place for visitors who are early, to hang-out.  I visited the HKN lounge in the basement of the EE building; it was hopping!  Good to visit but maybe not the place for an out of town visitor.

 

I attach to this posting some photos from the nice campus.

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McCormick Place parking. Pack Expo + 4G World means hunting for parking. Lot A to Lot C

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My McCormick Place parking adventure took me 45 minutes.  Big hassle.  Next time, I’ll go there with a backup plan in case things are really crowded.  Here’ some background.

4G World at McCormick Place I am delighted to be attending the 4G World conference at McCormick Place in Chicago.  I have been to conferences here for years and I was in for a surprise this year.  The new West building is completed and the conference was sharing space with the PACK EXPO. Continue reading →