IEEE Young Professionals

Announcements

IEEE EDS Seeks Nominees for PhD and Masters Fellowships

January 12, 2014 By Eddie Custovic

The IEEE Electron Devices Society is seeking nominations for its 2014 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 […]

News

Fine Arts and Four Presidents at the R10 SGW Congress

January 12, 2014 By Eddie Custovic

This article is part I in a two-part series on last year’s Region 10 Student/WIE/GOLD Congress. Young volunteers from Hyderabad, India teamed up to organize Asia Pacific’s largest gathering of leaders, the Region 10 Student/WIE/GOLD Congress from July 11th, 2013 – July 14th, 2013. The goal of this volunteer team was to create a platform for conversations […]

Tech

Weekend Tech Photo Essay: A Look Inside CERN

January 11, 2014 By Eddie Custovic

Take an inside look at one of the planet’s truly epic research organizations: the Organisation européenne pour la recherche nucléaire, also known as CERN or the European Organization for Nuclear Research. http://www.designboom.com/design/andri-pol-takes-a-look-inside-cerns-swiss-headquarters-01-03-2014/ All photos by Andri Pol

News

IEEE Region 9 YP 2013 Photo Recap

December 15, 2013 By Eddie Custovic

The IEEE Region 9 Young Professionals sent us a photo summary of their activities in 2013. Happy New Year to all our friends in Region 9!

News

Toronto YP Throws Blockbuster Networking Mixer

December 15, 2013 By Eddie Custovic

On November 27 the Toronto Young Professionals Affinity Group held a very successful networking mixer with several hundred attendees. A highlights video is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6TbpinDhag. We decided to try out the new “Young Professionals” branding by making the event open to everyone, not just IEEE members. The turnout was staggering! We used the Eventbrite platform to […]

Announcements

Webinar Announcement: Basics and Benefits of STEP, 12 December 1500 UTC

December 11, 2013 By Eddie Custovic

New to STEP? Want to learn more? Join us for a webinar discussing the Student Transition and Elevation Program (STEP) on 12 December at 10:00AM EDT (1500 UTC). This webinar highlights the elements of STEP and its benefits to graduating students. Please register to attend the webinar here: https://ieeemeetings.webex.com/ieeemeetings/j.php?ED=257349017&UID=499638237&RT=MiMxMQ%3D%3D

Humanitarian Technology

Santa Clara Valley GOLD Launches New IEEE YP Brand at the GHTC

December 10, 2013 By Eddie Custovic

In March of 2013 the Santa Clara Valley (SCV) chapter of GOLD was asked to help plan a session at the Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC). We recognized this as a great opportunity for SCV GOLD and accepted the challenge. At the same time, our local chapter for Women in Engineering (WIE) was being re-established. […]

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Tokyo GOLD at the Humanitarian Technology Conference in IEEE Region 10

November 26, 2013 By Eddie Custovic

The 2013 IEEE Region 10 Humanitarian Technology Conference was held at Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan on August 26-29, 2013. The focus of this conference was “Lessons learned from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake disaster and its worldwide effects.” This conference was a very important event for humanitarian technology community in Region 10. Furthermore, […]

EMC

GOLD at the 2013 IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Symposium

November 22, 2013 By Eddie Custovic

Greetings, and welcome to GOLD EMC news! At the 2013 IEEE EMC Symposium in Denver, GOLDies were very busy between the Ice Cream Social, the Ethics in Engineering sessions, and all the raffles. I was delighted to see the majority of the GOLD members who attended the symposium stop by the GOLD table to say […]

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Region 8 GOLD Fall 2013 Recap

November 21, 2013 By Eddie Custovic

In July, the Tunisia GOLD AG of Region 8 was awarded a highly-coveted place in the IEEE MGA GOLD Hall of Fame for 2013. Congratulations to the Tunisia GOLD team for their remarkable work. This is the third time in a row that a GOLD AG from Region 8 has won this award. The Region […]