IEEE Young Professionals

History

70 years on: The Atom Bomb and Lessons Learnt

October 19, 2015 By Eddie Custovic

As a species, humans have progressed tremendously in the past 10,000 years. We can now fly, talk to loved ones across the globe, access information on remote locations, study the human body and our planet earth with the most sophisticated technological instruments. We not only have landed on the moon and timed the landing with […]

Mentorship

Why your Network is your Net Worth

October 12, 2015 By Eddie Custovic

Networking is one of the most powerful and useful acts an individual can undertake to advance their career. Your network can help you build visibility, connect you with influencers, and create new opportunities. However, as professionals who work in technology development and management we often overlook the importance of this attribute. Given that I was born in […]

Networking

Young Professionals, Students and Industry gather in Melbourne, Australia

October 8, 2015 By Eddie Custovic

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 By Eddie Custovic

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 By Eddie Custovic

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 […]

Continuing Education

10 soft skills to define your early career

September 28, 2015 By Eddie Custovic

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 […]

Member Profiles

YP Member Spotlight – Anthony Deese

September 21, 2015 By Eddie Custovic

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 […]

Uncategorized

Life on Oil and Gas rigs: An IEEE insider view

September 18, 2015 By Eddie Custovic

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 […]

GOLDRush

Central Europe in focus at CEuSYP

September 14, 2015 By Eddie Custovic

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 […]

Continuing Education

Finished study? Where to next?

September 5, 2015 By Eddie Custovic

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 […]