Students Test Their Wits in Electronic Fox Hunt
Its creators call it the Fox Hunt, only there's no chasing of a small mammal, no pursuit on horseback and no pack of baying hounds. Rather, officers of the IEEE student branch at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, in Massachusetts, USA, hide a radio transmitter somewhere on campus. Learn about the hunt
Rethinking Engineering
From China to Africa to Europe to the Americas, fewer students are going into engineering. What's at stake if the number of qualified engineers fails to grow? The world may face an absence of innovation in critical areas like health care, alternative energy, communications and environmental systems. Read what 2007 IEEE President Leah Jamieson has to say about the attrition problem
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Home and Auto Insurance for Students and Recent Graduates
Group Insurance for IEEE Canada Members*
The Personal provides preferred group rates on home and auto insurance to IEEE members. Students dependent on their parents and living in an apartment may be eligible for coverage through their parent’s home insurance policy. In addition to the opportunity to save with group rates, students and recent graduates are also eligible for extra savings on their auto insurance.
Get a quote *Certain conditions apply. Auto Insurance not available in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and British Columbia due to government-run plans
Renters’ Insurance – It's Not Just for Your Stuff
Renters often consider property insurance in terms of coverage for their possessions. However, as a renter you can be held liable for damages to your building if you or someone else in your rental unit accidentally causes a fire, or if water overflows from your unit and causes damage to your apartment or other units. Home insurance provides home owners and renters with protection for their personal property as well as with liability coverage. Learn more
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2009 Honors Ceremony to be Streamed Live Through IEEE.tv
For the first time, the IEEE Honors Ceremony will be broadcast live on the Web through IEEE.tv. The 2009 Honors Ceremony will take place Thursday, 25 June at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles, California, USA at 6 pm Pacific Time.
Robert H. Dennard, IEEE Life Fellow, will be presented with the IEEE Medal of Honor for inventing dynamic random-access memory which fostered faster and more reliable computers. Other honorees include individuals whose work has enabled deep-space exploration; improved digital storage technologies and advanced radar detection, among others. The ceremony also will honor IEEE student members who were selected as winners in the inaugural IEEE Presidents’ Change the World Competition. These students developed solutions to problems that benefit humanity. This is the first time students will be recognized at this annual event.
A URL for viewing the Ceremony will be provided on the Awards Web site.
Learn more about the 2009 IEEE Honors Ceremony.
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Show IEEE How You Engineer Your World
IEEE invites you to celebrate our 125th Anniversary by participating in the video competition. The contest asks people from across the globe to submit short videos demonstrating their use of science, engineering and technology to make their living spaces more livable, fun, convenient or futuristic. Have you rigged your alarm clock to make you a pot of coffee in the morning? Or fashioned a virtual whiteboard in your car for convenient problem-solving on the go? Similar to IEEE's 125 years of innovations, there are no boundaries to Engineering Your World, just possibilities. Visit the IEEE 125th Web site to see examples and submit your own video
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IEEE Spectrum Updates Web Site
A redesigned IEEE Spectrum Online was launched earlier this month, providing visitors with a better web experience and easy access to the latest news on a variety of key technology topics. Special coverage for June 2009 includes articles on billion-year carbon nanotube memory, launching a human mission to Mars and a prediction system for epileptic seizures. Visit IEEE Spectrum’s new Web site!
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IEEE President-Elect Candidates Debate to be Streamed Live Through IEEE.tv
The IEEE Philadelphia Section will host the 21st IEEE President-Elect Candidates Debate on Thursday, 18 June at the Sheraton University City Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, at 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time (23:00 UTC). For the first time, the debate will be broadcast live on the Web through IEEE.tv.
The IEEE President-Elect candidates, J. Roberto Boisson de Marca, Moshe Kam and Joseph V. Lillie will answer questions from members of the audience.
Watch the program on IEEE.tv
Learn more about the IEEE Annual Election
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Financial Tips for Recent Graduates
As the estimated 1.5 million Americans who will graduate from college this spring begin to settle into their first job, their first post-graduate apartment and essentially, into the rest of their lives, many will be confronted with new-found freedoms, including financial independence.
Of the number of tips for young adults living on their own for the first time, Peter Bielagus, Young America’s Financial Coach™, licensed financial advisor and author of Getting Loaded: A Complete Personal Finance Guide for Students and Young Professionals, says renters insurance is one of the top five on the list. Read more
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