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Register for 2009 Formula Hybrid Competition
Registration is now open for the 2009 Formula Hybrid International Competition, sponsored by IEEE and SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc.) International. The competition will take place at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire, USA, 4-6 May 2009. The event, which challenges college and university students to design, build and race high performance hybrid vehicles, also includes a fuel efficiency component. Students with backgrounds in electrical, mechanical and computer engineering are encouraged to compete. Register
International Education Program Gives Students Competitive Edge
Capitalizing on the notion that engineering has become a global field, the University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA) College of Engineering continues to offer their international engineering program as a way for students to acquire successful opportunities in the workplace. According to officials at the college, the program can open up opportunities unavailable to those who do not study the language, culture, history, society and other aspects of a nation other than the United States. The program offers students the chance to learn from their peers and gain a sense of cultural sensitivity and knowledge by studying abroad, all of which can be assets in acquiring careers in the engineering field. Read more
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Students Collaborate with Kenyan Villagers on Water Improvement Projects
Students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA) are participating in a program that allows them to directly help a village of nearly 3,000 people in Kenya overcome several troubling engineering issues affecting the region. Through the university’s Engineers Without Borders program, four U.S. students went to Orongo, Kenya to learn what they could do to collaborate on ways to improve the community through water-quality projects. The group plans to teach the villagers sustainable agriculture techniques, help Orongo entrepreneurs create business plans to make the community’s economy better and to work with them to develop a gravity-based irrigation system that will make it simpler for farmers to water their crops. The group will also collaborate on a plan to create a system that will employ nanoparticles to absorb bacteria and viruses together into clumps, making it easier to take them out of their water so the villagers have cleaner water to access. Read more
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IEEE Hosts 2008 UPP Leaders Summit
Fourteen student branch leaders from 10 U.S. universities met at the IEEE Operations Center in Piscataway, NJ, USA, on 3 October to share recent accomplishments, challenges and plans for the coming year at the IEEE 2008 Leaders Summit. Part of the University Partnership Program (UPP), the annual Leaders Summit allows representatives from across the country to build relationships with other student member leaders and brainstorm about membership growth and funding strategies. Participating students came from Drexel University; University of California, Berkeley; Stanford University; University of California, Los Angeles; University of Michigan; Virginia Tech; Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Texas A&M; University of California, San Diego; and Columbia University.
The summit started with a welcome from Kristen Fitzpatrick, manager of the IEEE UPP, and included presentations on the importance of GOLD (Graduates of the Last Decade) and volunteering, strategies and benefits of membership, IEEE’s 125th anniversary, as well as presentations from the student branches.
“An excellent way to bring the student leadership together”, the summit was considered a huge success. One student representative said that they “learned a lot and the ideas from the other officers were extremely helpful.”
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Canadian Colleges Court Engineering Ingenues
On 18 October, universities across Ontario, Canada, will host girls in grades 7-10 at events organized by the GO ENG GIRL initiative. The aim of the program is to demonstrate the appeal of engineering as a career before they decide against taking the math and science courses that will prepare them handle the rigors of college engineering programs. The schools say they are hosting separate events so they can accommodate more students. Read more
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IEEE Electron Devices Society to Hold Career Development Strategy Session
The IEEE Electron Devices Society (EDS) will hold a free career development strategy session especially designed for graduate students and young professionals who are Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD) on Sunday, 14 December from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at the Hilton San Francisco Hotel, California, USA. The session includes a seminar on career development strategies in today’s globally competitive world and a panel discussion focusing on career options and career path selection with expert panelists from academia, research, design, development and manufacturing. Following the session, attendees will be able to meet EDS officers and Administrative Committee (AdCom) members at a special networking session. This event will be held in conjunction with EDS' flagship conference, the IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), held 15-17 December. For information concerning the IEDM and to register for the GOLD Seminar, please visit the Web site.
For additional details on this EDS-sponsored GOLD event, please contact EDS GOLD representative, Dr. Ravi Todi at rtodi@ieee.org.
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Michigan Tech to Fund New Waterfront Research Center
A waterfront research center is to be built at Michigan Technological University (USA) through a US$25 million capital outlay project funded by the state government of Michigan. The three-story research building will be constructed on the canal side of the Dow Environmental Sciences and Engineering Building and will contain eight research labs in the fields of biological sciences; civil and environmental engineering; geological and mining engineering and sciences; and chemistry. Focusing on coastal research, students will explore global climate change issues, the powerful effect of invasive plant and animal species, the reduction of coastal wetlands and other troubling environmental topics facing the world.
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IEEE Smooths Student Path to World of Work
With all the tough homework, along with little career counseling, being an engineering student is not easy. IEEE can’t make all the difficulties disappear, but it can help, thanks to a trio of benefits introduced for student members. Read more
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Engineering Student Proves Instrumental to Shadow Program
An engineering student has gained notoriety for her enthusiastic commitment to alternative energy research and her strong desire to reach out to high school students in an effort to get them interested in exploring engineering as a possible career path. Chandra Macauley, 20, serves as a recruiter for the Montana State University (USA) College of Engineering’s Shadow an Engineering Major program, which allows students to visit researchers at MSU to observe them at work. Macauley is currently researching protective coatings for the inner working of fuel cells in an effort to discover energy-saving sources. Read more
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Students Make Solar Panels Face the Sun
On 19 September, five MIT engineering students were awarded the US$10,000 top prize in the school's Second Annual Making and Designing Materials Engineering Contest (MADMEC). The students developed a system, called Heliotrope, which allows solar panels to automatically change their spatial orientation to track the sun without control systems, motors or an external power source. A commercial device based on the advance could generate 38 percent more power than those stuck in a fixed position. Read more
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Canada College Earns Grant Geared Towards Women, Minority Engineering Students
Canada College earned a US$900,000 grant from the United States Department of Education in an effort to aid women and overlooked minority students in their quest to succeed in math, science, technology and engineering programs. The money will be used to pay for a comprehensive math summer program and for students to take part in San Francisco State University’s two-week residential engineering program. The grant, which ends on 30 September 2011, will also be used to pay for workshops, tutoring and counseling among other areas. Read more
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