A Message from Marina Ruggieri, 2017 Technical Activities Vice President (March)
Dear Colleagues, I am so honored and pleased to serve as 2017 Technical Activities Vice President. I feel tremendously the responsibility, the challenges, and the opportunities of this role. As with every experience in life, it is an active learning process, based on listening, acting, and dreaming with a collegial, bi-directional approach. Four new technical […]
Smarter Health Care: Teaching Tech to Be More Caring
As smart healthcare applications become more pervasive through the use of smart technologies, the Internet of Things, and data analytics, a critical issue is beginning to emerge. The introduction of new technologies to healthcare has many benefits, but it can also widen the gap between patient and caregiver. However, although healthcare is becoming increasingly technology-based, […]
At Cornell EWH, Students Develop Low-Cost Healthcare. Cool.
Implementation, sustainability, scale, cost. These are some of the issues facing global healthcare. To address these issues, students at Cornell University use engineering and entrepreneurial concepts to make innovative and low-cost medical devices for developing countries. “When it comes to addressing the growing healthcare needs of the developing world, there is one repeated tactic that […]
Closing the Workforce Gap: The IEEE Power and Energy Society Scholarship Plus Initiative
With a significant lack of incoming power engineers due to too few undergraduates focusing on a power curriculum, coupled with a high number of planned retirements, the power and energy industry could soon face a critical talent gap. A group of IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) volunteers developed an initiative combining financial awards, career […]