IEEE-KC Electronic NL, 01 OCT 2009Brought to you by the IEEE, Kansas City Section. www.ieee-kc.org
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| IEEE Elections |
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http://www.ieee.org/web/aboutus/corporate/election/index.html. You'll find
candidate bios, statements, and more. Plus, you can vote from there. This is a
useful and convenient resource for participating in this election.
Ballots are due by noon CST on October 1, 2009. |
| IEEE-KC Election Results |
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At the Computer Society, KC Chapter meeting on 10SEP, the Section NomCom held
the Section Officer Election with nominations from the floor (there were none
from the floor). The Section normally holds its elections at whatever Chapter
meeting is being held in September, thus it held them at this meeting. The results are as follows:
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| IEEE Humanitarian Technology Fund Awards First Two Grants |
The IEEE Foundation recently awarded 12 grants
totaling US $146,467 to projects that help further the goals of the IEEE. The
grants were awarded from 3 distinct funds—IEEE Foundation General Fund, the IEEE
Life Member Fund, and the IEEE Humanitarian Technology Fund (HTF). The first
two grants to be awarded from the HTF clearly support the development and
application of innovative uses of technology for humanitarian causes and support
IEEE’s activities in working to benefit humanity.
Submit a grant application or donate to the IEEE Humanitarian Technology Fund by visiting www.ieeefoundation.org. |
| IEEE-USA reaches to unemployed engineers |
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NEWS from IEEE-USA 2001 L Street, N.W., Suite 700 Washington, DC 20036-4910 IEEE-USA E-Book Reaches Out to Unemployed Engineers WASHINGTON (16 September 2009) -- "The Best of Today's Engineer on Career Survival," available from IEEE-USA E-Books, is a compilation of articles designed to assist engineers who need help searching for a new job, getting in the front door, maintaining their competitiveness and managing their finances while they search. The e-book contains such titles as: -- What Are Engineering Employers Looking For? -- Converting Gatekeepers to Greeters -- Picking a Good Boss -- Building Your Network Purposefully -- Before You Need a Job -- Seeking a New Job? Think Like an Employer -- Cold Calling Your Way to a New Job -- Transitioning Jobs, Managing Your Finances -- Five Steps to a New Job -- Jump Start Your Job Search -- Globalization and Your Career: Building Career Resilience -- Successful Career Makeover for Engineers in the 21st Century -- Sine Qua Non: Networking -- Finding Employment in an Economic Downturn -- Six Ways to Maximize Job Search Success You can purchase your copy of "The Best of Today's Engineer on Career Survival" at www.ieeeusa.org/communications/ebooks for the IEEE member price: $4.95. Nonmember price is $19.95. IEEE members can purchase other IEEE-USA E-Books at deeply discounted member prices -- and download some free e-books at www.ieeeusa.org/communications/ebooks. IEEE-USA advances the public good and promotes the careers and public policy interests of more than 210,000 engineers, scientists and allied professionals who are U.S. members of IEEE. IEEE-USA is part of IEEE, the world's largest technical professional society with 375,000 members in 160 countries. See http://www.ieeeusa.org. |
| IEEE-USA:$5,000 in Scholarships Available |
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NEWS from IEEE-USA 2001 L Street, N.W., Suite 700 Washington, DC 20036-4910 $5,000 in Scholarship Awards to Be Presented in 2009-10 IEEE-USA Online Engineering Video Competition on 'How Engineers Make a World of Difference' WASHINGTON (17 September 2009) -- IEEE-USA is launching the organization's third online engineering video competition for undergraduate students on "How Engineers Make a World of Difference." IEEE-USA will present four scholarship awards totaling $5,000 to undergraduates who create the most effective 90-second video clips reinforcing for an 11-to-13-year-old audience how engineers improve the world. Entries must be submitted through YouTube by midnight Eastern Time on Friday, 15 January 2010. Winning entries will be announced and shown during Engineers Week, 14-20 February 2010. Entries in the 2009-10 competition should provide an individual profile of an engineer and how he or she makes "a world of difference." Entries will be judged on their effectiveness in reaching the target audience by portraying engineers as "real people" who seek to make life better, as well as on their originality, creativity and entertainment value. First prize is: $2,000; second prize, $1,500; and third prize, $1,000. The first-place winner will also receive up to $1,000 to cover travel expenses to receive his/her award at the IEEE-USA Annual Meeting in Nashville, Tenn., on 6 March 2010. Further, a special award for $500 will be presented for the most innovative and effective showing of a video entry to a "tweener" target audience. This could involve presenting the video entered in the competition at a university engineering expo for K-12 students, in a middle school classroom, with a scout group, or in another setting with 11-to-13-year-olds. For the first time, the video competition is open to all U.S. undergraduate students regardless of academic discipline. However, at least one undergraduate participant must be an IEEE student member. For the third consecutive year, the competition will be judged by two engineering graduate Ph.D. students, Andrew Quecan and Suzette Aguilar; and by Nate Ball, engineer-host for PBS' "Design Squad." For more information on how to enter the IEEE-USA Online Engineering Video Scholarship Competition and to upload an entry on YouTube, visit http://www.ieeeusa.org/communications/video_competition. Information on how to become an IEEE student member is available at http://www.ieee.org/web/membership/join/join.html. IEEE-USA advances the public good and promotes the careers and public policy interests of more than 210,000 engineers, scientists and allied professionals who are U.S. members of IEEE. IEEE-USA is part of IEEE, the world's largest technical professional society with 375,000 members in 160 countries. See http://www.ieeeusa.org. |
| Graduate Engineering Programs: Information Technology & Computer Science |
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The KU information technology and computer science graduate programs will
provide the ultimate qualification for IT and computing professionals who
would like to accumulate new competencies, deepen their understanding and
advance their careers. Offered through the KU Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) department, the EECS courses at the Edwards Campus in Overland Park, KS are specifically designed for the software, computing, and IT professionals in the Kansas City metropolitan area to address their education and training needs while accommodating their scheduling constraints. Learn more by attending an upcoming information session or visit the EECS department Web site. |
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