On Wednesday 23rd September, 2015, IEEE Young Professionals, students and industry gathered for an annual networking event hosted by La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. The event provided a fantastic opportunity for students, ieee members of all membership status, academic staff, alumni and industry to renew contacts and expand their own personal networks across the […]
Leadership
WIE are Leaders: International Summit
October 5, 2015
September witnessed a celebration of women in engineering and technology from diverse cultural and professional backgrounds. The largest IEEE WIE summit was hosted from 11-12 September, 2015 for the first time in the Asia-Pacific region with 200 delegates, 40 speakers, 18 partners and 4 sub-tracks at Hotel Green Park, Chennai, India. IEEE Young Professionals partnered with […]
Entrepreneurship
Startup in Focus: Hand in Scan and Tamas Haidegger
October 1, 2015
Tamas Haidegger is the CEO/CTO of Hand-in- Scan & Adjunct Professor at Obuda University in Hungary Budapest. He is highly active within IEEE through the Robotics and Automation Society and currently representing Young Professionals. We interviewed him today to find out more about his research and his startup product Hand-in-Scan. Here is what he had to […]
10 soft skills to define your early career
September 28, 2015
It is 9 am Monday morning and for many people it is a day just like every other. However, it is late September and in the southern hemisphere (in my case Australia) it is summer internship application period. During the last two weeks of September I will meet with dozens of students looking to secure one […]
YP Member Spotlight – Anthony Deese
September 21, 2015
IEEE PES Young Professionals is an international community of enthusiastic, dynamic, and innovative members and volunteers. A spotlight on selected PES YP members is provided here to provide insight into this great community. These members provide unique insight into their education, career goals and progression, and personal lives. Anthony please tell us about yourself I am […]
Life on Oil and Gas rigs: An IEEE insider view
September 18, 2015
Today we bring you an exciting inside view of what it is like to be an engineer on oil and gas rigs. We interview Loai Khalayli an active IEEE member who provides us with detailed information about his life and how he ended up working in this exciting industry. 1. Loai Please tell us a […]
Central Europe in focus at CEuSYP
September 14, 2015
Continuing the tradition of Central European cross-section congresses, after Linz in 2011 and Opole in 2013, this time Central European Student and Young Professionals Congress (CEuSYP) was held in Croatia, from May 8 to 10, 2015, at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Zagreb. This Congress edition was attended by 80 participants – student […]
Finished study? Where to next?
September 5, 2015
You have your necessary engineering tertiary qualification; check! You are a member of various engineering related organisations; check! You are actively partaking in numerous co-curricular activities; check! ……. however you are struggling to ‘land’ that first job, relevant work experience and job ready skills. This is the problem facing many current graduates from all over […]
IEEE President Elect Candidates speak to Young Professionals
August 31, 2015
Today we bring you an IEEE IMPACT exclusive interview with the 2016 IEEE President Elect candidates. The IEEE Board of Directors has nominated Senior Member Karen Bartleson and Life Fellow Frederick “Fred” Mintzer as candidates for 2016 IEEE president-elect. They are set to face off in the annual election later this year. The winner will […]
Young Professionals, Microwaves and a Regional Gathering
August 27, 2015
The third edition of the prestigious IEEE Region 10 Student/ Young Professionals/ Women in Engineering Congress 2015 was held Colombo, Sri Lanka from 9th July to 12th July, 2015. The congress began on a high note with the first ever IEEE Cricket league played between different sections. This fostered a sense of healthy competitive spirit […]
