IEEE Young Professionals

Education

IEEE Educational Activities Awards – A Young Professional Perspective

November 20, 2017 By Eddie Custovic

The IEEE Young Professionals played an integral role at the 2017 IEEE Educational Activities Awards Dinner. The prestigious awards ceremony was hosted at the Wrigley Mansion in Phoenix, Arizona on Friday 17th. Every year the IEEE recognises outstanding engineers and teachers worldwide who have made stand out knowledge transfer contributions. The awards ceremony honors individuals […]

Events

Research, Innovation and Commercialization – Opportunities and Challenges

October 20, 2017 By Eddie Custovic

Industry

Industry roadmap: The future of work with IEEE Presidents (Video)

October 8, 2017 By Eddie Custovic

The IEEE Victorian Section, in association with its Young Professionals affinity group, organized an industry networking night in August 2017 that included this panel discussion on the topic of “The future of work”. The wide ranging discussion addressed important issues like engineering jobs at risk in the next five years, technology areas of focus by […]

Industry

Understanding our needs and challenges: Young Professionals in Industry (Article + Video)

October 2, 2017 By Eddie Custovic

IEEE must ensure that we have oversight of challenges and needs of young engineers in industry face as well as IEEE’s declining practicing engineer membership that we are now attempting to address. Irrespective of IEEE membership, Young Professionals today face many challenges in their early careers which include balancing a social life with a professional […]

Community

Sustaining Authentic Growth for IEEE Young Professionals in the Pacific Northwest

September 30, 2017 By Eddie Custovic

IEEE Young professionals (YPs) now are unstoppable. And so is their growth. In fact, today’s young professionals do not envision their growth through the usual path anymore. They no longer believe in staying wholly dependent on their institutions or organizations to create career paths for them. No. Instead, YPs want to grow, lead, and give […]

Announcements

Don’t miss the annual IEEE Rising Stars Conference, January 6-8, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada!

September 24, 2017 By Eddie Custovic

IEEE Region 6 invites you to the 4th annual IEEE Rising Stars Conference from January 6-8, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada! Register by November 24th to qualify for the early bird discount. http://sites.ieee.org/risingstars/registration/ Have the opportunity to sit down one on one with speakers to gain insight and network! Funding available for interested IEEE members. […]

Community

Nigeria hosts the first African Student and Young Professional Congress

September 17, 2017 By Eddie Custovic

Nigeria took centre stage and hosted the first IEEE African Student and Young Professional Congress (ASYPC 2017). The IEEE Student and Young Professionals Congress was held in Africa for the first time after the final approval by Region 8 and the Ad-hoc Committee on Activities in Africa (AHCAA) in July, 2017. The Team was led […]

Technology

Young Professionals in Space – Exploring the Space Beyond

September 9, 2017 By Eddie Custovic

Each one of us can admit that while observing the sky at night time, reading about planets/solar systems or even while watching the movies such as Star Wars or Interstellar, our curiosity of the unknown has always been present. The curiosity about outer space, finding answers to the myriad of questions in mind and dreaming […]

Announcements

Young Professionals interview with Vincenzo Piuri: Candidate for IEEE President 2019

August 26, 2017 By Eddie Custovic

Every year the IEEE Young Professionals dive deep in order to get the know the Candidates for IEEE President. This year three excellent candidates have been presented to us, so how do you decide who to vote for? Our short interview with all of the candidates should provide you with more insight. Our editor in […]

Announcements

Young Professionals interview with Jose Moura: Candidate for IEEE President 2019

August 24, 2017 By Eddie Custovic