Space Shuttle Challenger: Mission STS-51-L. An Engineer’s view to the disaster
A full-length interview with Burton Dicht, the Director of Student & Academic Education Programs for the IEEE. A mechanical engineer with experience in the aerospace industry, designing aircrafts. A very interesting documentary was released lately by Netflix, called Challenger: The Final Flight. This documentary focuses…
Call for IEEE Collabratec Ambassadors – Europe, Middle East, and Africa
Help educate others on the benefits of using Collabratec IEEE Collabratec is an open community and collaboration platform offering a suite of productivity tools, with premium-level services for IEEE Members. The platform hosts over 100 communities on cutting-edge topics such as Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things,…
Speaking with the 3 candidates for 2021 IEEE Elect-President – Part B
Following the Speaking with the 3 candidates for 2021 IEEE Elect-President – Part A, today we present the second part of this interview. It is noticed that the majority of student members don’t renew their membership as Young Professionals after their graduation. In your opinion,…
Speaking with the 3 candidates for 2021 IEEE Elect-President – Part A
Today we meet with the 3 candidates for 2021 IEEE Elect-President , Life Fellow Saifur Rahman, and Fellows S.K. Ramesh and Ray Liu, and we share with you all the first part of the interesting conversation we had. Why did you first become an…
The 2021 IEEE President-Elect Candidates share their position statement
The 3 candidates are Life Fellow Saifur Rahman, and Fellows S.K. Ramesh and Ray Liu To help you choose the next IEEE President-Elect, in IEEE Region 8 Today we publish the official biographies and position statements of the candidates for 2021 IEEE President-Elect as approved by the…
ANE and IEEE are organizing a hackathon on Ethical dilemmas in AI
A two-days hackathon on “Ethical dilemmas in AI” is organized by the Association of Nordic Engineers (ANE), and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, (IEEE) inviting members and experts to voice their opinion and influence the development of responsible AI. The event will be…
IEEE Region 8 Director-Elect Candidates Spoke to IEEE Region 8 Today – Part B
After sharing the first part of the interview, Igor Kuzle and Vincenzo Piuri continue uncovering their plans and thoughts about being the next Director-Elect of IEEE Region 8, but also sharing a message with all of you in the second part of this in-depth conversation in…
IEEE Region 8 Director-Elect Candidates Spoke to IEEE Region 8 Today – Part A
Vincenzo Piuri and Igor Kuzle uncover their plans, thoughts and what would they do if elected today The two candidates for the IEEE Region 8 Director-Elect position, Igor Kuzle and Vincenzo Piuri share with you their thoughts, through a conversation we had with both…
Invest in your tomorrow’s excellence with IEEE Region 8 PEASC
The Professional and Educational Activities Subcommittee Launched the “IEEE Learn Together in Region 8” contest Education doesn’t end in a certificate or a university’s degree. As students or professionals we are getting exposed to new information continuously, finding ourselves in an infinite loop of knowledge…
IEEE Discover Badge is winning more fans in IEEE Region 8
The number of sections having earned their badge is now increased to 5 It has been less than a month, since the first IEEE Discover Badge was earned in IEEE Region 8, by the IEEE UK and Ireland Section. Already 5 sections have earned their…
It’s Nominations Time for IEEE Region 8 Officers
The IEEE Region 8 Nominations and Appointments (N&A) Subcommittee is soliciting nominations for IEEE Region 8 Officers IEEE volunteers have an important role in all different levels the organization has. From leadership positions, to executive and opinion-matter positions to be listened to. As we have…
Promoting STEM with experiments based on bioengineering
Christopher James speaks about his new project BME (Bioengineering Mobile Exploration) STEM education has gained a great awareness over the last years, having more and more teachers engaging with activities that enhance student’s knowledge on science – technology – engineering and mathematics (STEM). Through STEM…
Sohaib Sheikh unveils all the details for the 2020 EAB Awards
The deadline for IEEE Educational Activities Board Awards is Monday 4 May, 2020 IEEE Educational Activities Board (EAB) Awards recognize and honor major contributions to engineering and technical education. Awards are given for meritorious activities in accreditation, continuing education, educational innovation, pre-university education, service to…
IEEE Sections Congress 2020
Get ready for August 2020 and a huge congress 2020 is the year of the next biggest Sections event, where representatives from the 160+ country-members of IEEE, meet together. This is nothing less than the IEEE Sections Congress 2020, marked in the calendars to be…
IEEE Collabratec: An Online Community Platform for Technology Professionals
IEEE Collabratec was engineered to help professionals drive innovation. Beside the scientific content that IEEE provides to its members, but also to everyone interested with its topic of operation, it also shares opportunities to meet with others around the globe. With the greatest opportunity being…
IEEE Collabratec launched the Sections Gateway
Innovation happens when we work together “We recently achieved an important milestone as an organization: Bringing together on one platform access to over 300 local IEEE Sections, personalized to each of our 400,000+ members globally.” IEEE Sections are valued and vibrant communities across the IEEE…
What is the Voluntary Contribution Fund?
A Q&A session with Andreas Koltes, the IEEE R8 Voluntary Contribution Fund Coordinator “IEEE Region 8 IEEE is quite diverse in nature covering Europe, Africa and the Middle East. It is the fast growing IEEE Region. The average income in various R8 countries differs significantly….
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019 is awarded for the development of the lithium-ion battery
They created a rechargeable world, they developed the world’s most powerful battery The following content is from: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2019. Thu. 10 Oct 2019. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019 is awarded to John B. Goodenough, M….
Fraudulent email scams targeting IEEE members
IEEE Region 8 notice of such incidents Recently, a message from Stephen Welby, the IEEE Executive director, was sent to IEEE members, in order to inform about fraudulent email scams targeting IEEE members. The email is under the title “Important Message to All IEEE Members”….
IEEE Updates its Statement and Lifts Restriction from Huawei Employees
IEEE Lifts Restrictions on Editorial and Peer Review Activities Big news happened after IEEE banning Huawei employees from being reviewers or editors for its peer-review process. In a first announcement IEEE had said that “Compliance with U.S. Trade Restrictions Should have Minimal Impact on IEEE…
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