IEEE Young Professionals

News

March 22, 2015 By Eddie Custovic

A recently established IEEE Young Professionals affinity group in Norway is the focus of today’s article. The group quickly set out some goals to create awareness about its purposes and activities between IEEE members and non-members. In order to achieve that, a STEP event titled “Opportunities for Young Professionals in IEEE” which took place on October […]

Spotlight on Nigerian Young Professionals

March 17, 2015 By Eddie Custovic

It is with great pleasure and enthusiasm that I have put together this short report on the IEEE Young Professionals activities within Nigeria. The Young Professionals group is chaired by Abdullateef Aliyu, a telecommunication Engineer and senior manager with Phase3 Telecom. The YP group is very active and runs a very popular webinar series. This […]

Humans of IEEE

The Human Face of the IEEE

February 27, 2015 By Eddie Custovic

“Each morning I check Facebook, eagerly awaiting the latest Humans of IEEE post. Whether the post is related to a newest member defining how the IEEE has changed his/her life, a young professional sharing their success story or a life member sharing wisdom with the community, I read each post and stare at each picture with excitement. Some […]

News

Pakistan Workshop on Power Electronics with Renewable Integration

February 13, 2015 By Eddie Custovic

The IEEE IIUI Student Branch and Faculty of Engineering & Technology in collaboration with IEEE PES and the IEEE Young Professionals Region 10 organised a national workshop to address a shortage of research in the domain of Power Electronics in Pakistan. Power Electronics and its applications have seen tremendous growth in the last decade all over […]

News

IEEE Young Professionals Leadership Conference 2014

February 11, 2015 By Eddie Custovic

On December 16, 2014, IEEE Phoenix Young Professionals in collaboration with IEEE Phoenix Women in Engineering, IEEE Arizona State University Student Branch, and IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu Epsilon Beta Chapter organized their first leadership conference as part of IEEE Young Professionals (formerly GOLD) Strategic Alliance initiative proposed by Shafiul “Jacky” Islam at IEEE Southwest Area Meeting on […]

GOLDRush

Introducing Eddie Custovic, GOLDRush Assistant Editor-in-Chief

February 2, 2015 By Eddie Custovic

The GOLDRush team is pleased to welcome Dr. Eddie Custovic, PhD as our new Assistant Editor-in-Chief! Eddie will be helping us expand our collaboration with the global community of IEEE members and looks forward to serving Young Professionals through his role with GOLDRush. Eddie was born in Bosnia & Herzegovina and lived for extended periods in Switzerland […]

Announcements

EDS Seeks Nominations for 2015 Graduate Student Fellowships

January 31, 2015 By Eddie Custovic

The IEEE Electron Devices Society (EDS) is seeking nominations for its 2015 PhD and Masters Student Fellowships. These awards are presented annually to promote, recognize, and support graduate- and masters-level study and research within the EDS field of interest. For both Masters and PhD, it is expected that at least one fellowship will be awarded […]

Readers' Forum

Seven Reasons Professionals Should Blog

December 4, 2014 By Eddie Custovic

Do you like to express your opinions and discuss them with others? Do you have thoughts and ideas that deserve to be shared with the world? If so, it’s time to ask yourself “why haven’t I started blogging yet?” For you, blogging is the best thing to happen since the Internet began. Blogging existed before […]

Continuing Education

Making an Impression for Success with Toronto YP’s

November 10, 2014 By Eddie Custovic

School teaches you the essentials of your profession. But what about those unspoken details one needs to pay attention to when entering into the professional world? What are small things one should know when transitioning to the corporate world? The IEEE Young Professionals Toronto team organized the Professional Development Series to answer just that. The […]

News

R8 YP at the Students and Young Professionals Congress in Krakow

November 6, 2014 By Eddie Custovic

In August, IEEE Region 8 Students and Young Professionals Congress took place in Krakow, Poland, bringing together over 300 volunteers from student branches and Young Professionals Affinity Groups for four days of presentations, workshops and fun activities. As part of this event, the Region 8 Young Professionals subcommittee organized two different workshops. The first workshop […]