IEEE Young Professionals

Member Profiles

Spotlight on Power and Energy with Aaron St. Leger

April 26, 2016 By Eddie Custovic

Aaron St. Leger is an associate professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at the United States Military Academy (USMA) located in West Point NY and tells us about himself and the Power & Energy Society. I obtained my BSEE, MSEE, and Ph.D in Electrical Engineering at Drexel University in Philadelphia PA. […]

Community

Podcast: Matthew Trotter, RFID, Football and the Young Professionals

April 20, 2016 By Eddie Custovic

Our editor in chief, Eddie Custovic had the pleasure of sharing a meal and chatting to an amazing young professional, Matthew Trotter. At first glance Matthew is an easy going individual who loves football with a big Texan accent. However, we quickly found out that Matthew’s love for football and his interest in RFID technology […]

Member Profiles

Spotlight on Technology and Engineering Management with Sohaib Sheikh

April 16, 2016 By Eddie Custovic

Sohaib Q. Sheikh (StM ’07, M ’13) is the Director, Young Professionals and a member of the administrative committee at the IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society. He also sits on the IEEE Education Activities Board as the Chair of the Pre-University Education Coordinating Committee and has also been a member of the IEEE Region […]

Community

Spotlight on Tokyo Young Professionals

April 12, 2016 By Eddie Custovic

Tokyo Young Professionals Affinity Group was established in 2008 as a first Affinity Group in Japan. Since then the group has organized many events for the career development of the young professionals. Through these events, their biggest achievement is the formation of strong bonds with many great friends. In this article, we introduce several Tokyo YP activities […]

Community

Canals and breweries: Spotlight on Young Professionals in Panama

April 5, 2016 By Eddie Custovic

In today’s article we cast our eye on the Panama Young Professionals. We speak to the chair of the affinity group, Mr. Fotis Stringos. Fotis tell us a little about yourself From an early age I felt attracted to solving problems of all kinds. I was always passionate about mathematics and physics which motivated […]

Technology

IEEE Xplore and other products with Prakash Bellur

March 28, 2016 By Eddie Custovic

IEEE Xplore is more than just a search engine for journal papers and conference publications. Today we speak to Prakash Bellur, Senior Director for platform design at IEEE. Prakash heads up new developments around IEEE Xplore and other IEEE products. Listen to our podcast with Prakash and hear about some of the latest product developments […]

Mentorship

Not ready for a research career? Here are some tips

March 24, 2016 By Eddie Custovic

Tips for Preparing Yourself and Applying for Graduate Studies and a Career in Research There is a world of possibilities in your hand once you graduate with your first degree. Pursuing post graduate studies is an obvious avenue for you; if you are a passionate individual craving to explore the unknown. Obtaining admission to your […]

Mentorship

Singapore Young Professionals on “Ideal Jobs”

March 22, 2016 By Eddie Custovic

As the academic year is drawing to an end, many students have currently started their lookout for suitable jobs matching their profile. Landing in a high profiled position with a good salary package, opportunities for learning and growing inside the organization will definitely be the first choice for students who will soon be graduating as […]

Technology

Podcast: Xilinx, Leader in FPGA technology – Interview with Chris Dick

March 20, 2016 By Eddie Custovic

We were lucky enough to catch up with a guru of Field Programmable Gate Array’s (FPGA) and Digital Signal Processing (DSP), Dr. Chris Dick. Chris is a fellow of Xilinx and is their Chief DSP Architect. Xilinx an American technology company, primarily a supplier of programmable logic devices. It is known for inventing the field-programmable gate […]

Continuing Education

Author Education and Etiquette with Prof. Sheila Hemami, VP IEEE PSPB

March 14, 2016 By Eddie Custovic

Author education and etiquette with Prof. Sheila Hemami is an interview conducted to educate all students and young professionals about the do’s and dont do’s of publishing. Whether you are a beginner or expert, we advise you to listen to the podcast with Sheila Hemami who is the current Vice-President of IEEE Publication Services and Products. […]