Laura Edelson: Bridging Social Implications and Humanitarian Efforts
Laura Edelson, 2016 Chair of the IEEE Humanitarian Activities Committee, and former President of the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology, has found her dream volunteer role, combining her experience in Computer Science with a desire to use technology to make the world a better place. Below, Edelson discusses. For those interested in further […]
Fernando Guarin: Educating Future Engineers
“As a child, I was always curious to learn how things worked,” admits Fernando Guarin, 2016-2017 President-Elect for the IEEE Electron Devices Society (EDS). “I wondered, for instance, how it was possible to transmit voice or audio without wires. Later on, I watched my older brother build amplifiers and assemble HAM radios from kits when […]
IEEE Smart Village: Empowering Off-Grid Communities
According to a 2014 report from the International Energy Agency, 19 of the 20 countries with the lowest supplies of electricity in the world are in sub-Saharan Africa. While much of the world’s regions boast seemingly limitless supplies of electricity, in many areas, such as this one, as few as one in three people have […]
Did You Know? (May)
Are you in the loop? In this section, we highlight upcoming technical activities, hot topics, and other recent happenings that are of interest to the IEEE community. The IEEE Entrepreneurship Exchange Community on IEEE Collabratec™ has quickly grown to over 5000 participants. All may join this exciting community for free. To join IEEE Collabratec, […]