The IEEE EMBs Yarmouk University Student Chapter in Jordan won the 2023 EMBs Best Regional Student Chapter/Club Award
The IEEE EMBs Yarmouk University Student Chapter in Jordan has been honored with the prestigious Best Regional Student Chapter/Club Award in Electrical and Electronic Engineering in Medicine and Biology (EMBs). This esteemed accolade recognizes outstanding student chapters or clubs within a specific region and celebrates…
R8 Humanitarian Technologies Hackathon 2023: Solving Climate Action Challenges
The R8 Humanitarian Technologies Hackathon 2023 is an exciting and innovative tech event focused on addressing the pressing needs of climate action. Organized by R8 HuAC, this virtual hackathon brings together participants from across the region to propose groundbreaking solutions that target specific United Nations…
The IEEE Life Member Award Winners
The IEEE Life Member Committee (LMC) launches every year the LMC Award Program to recognize one Life Member (LM) and one Life Member Affinity Group (LMAG) from each Region. The activity level of the R8 LM community is well demonstrated by the high participation in…
IEEE Bulgaria Section LMAG || “Increasing the Interest of High School Students to Scientific and Engineering Professions.”
The recently established IEEE Bulgaria Section LMAG conducted its first face-to-face meeting in Sofia on 1 June 2023. In addition to this meeting, the members of LMAG took part in the round table on “Increasing the Interest of High School Students to Scientific and Engineering…
IEEE Education Week
IEEE Education Week, taking place 2-8 April 2023 is a celebration of the many ways that IEEE Volunteers and Members make an impact on education at every level around the globe. The Education Week website, offers links to live and virtual events, educational resources, and…
Call for Papers || IEEE AFRICON 2023
The IEEE Region 8 and IEEE Kenya Section are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the 2023 IEEE Africon Conference. IEEE AFRICON 2023 is co-sponsored by IEEE Region 8 and the IEEE Kenya Section and is the flagship conference for the African continent….
Call for Nominations for R8 Officer positions and R8 N&A elected members
IEEE Region 8 Nominations & Appointments (N&A) Subcommittee is soliciting nominations for the following leadership positions: IEEE Region 8 2023-2024 Vice Chair, Member Activities(two-year commitment) IEEE Region 8 2023-2024 Vice Chair, Student Activities(two-year commitment) IEEE Region 8 2023-2024 Vice Chair, Technical Activities(two-year commitment) IEEE Region 8 2023-2024 Secretary(two-year commitment)…
Call for Best Entrepreneurship Activity Video Presentation IEEE Melecon 2022
IEEE Melecon 2022 is organizing a competition for startuppers, The competition will take place during IEEE MELECON 2022 on June 15, 2022 (8:30 am 10:30 am) it will be a hybrid event, competitors can participate in person or remotely to answer the questions of the…
Call for Proposals: IEEE HAC/SIGHT Projects Focused on Pressing Community Needs
The IEEE Humanitarian Activities Committee (HAC) provides a suite of resources that inspire and enable IEEE volunteers around the world to carry out and support impactful humanitarian technology and sustainable development activities at the local level. One mechanism for this is the funding and support of such projects….
Call for Nominations: IEEE MGA Awards 2022
The awards and recognition program of the Member and Geographic Activities (MGA) Board is designed to promote, recognize, and reward excellence in promoting the interests of IEEE as reflected in the operations of MGA and IEEE geographic unit activities (Regions, Councils, Areas, Sections, Chapters, Affinity…
Call for Nominations IEEE WIE Awards 2022
The IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) awards program recognizes WIE members and WIE Affinity Groups who have made outstanding contributions to IEEE WIE, their community, and the engineering profession, through their dedication and involvement in projects or activities directed toward fulfilling the IEEE WIE goals…
Call for Nominations: IEEE Medals & Recognitions
The IEEE Awards Board administers IEEE-level awards on behalf of the IEEE Board of Directors. These consist of IEEE Medals, Technical Field Awards (TFAs), and Recognitions, and are the highest-level awards given by IEEE. The nominations will be open 1 December–15 June for IEEE Medals…
First Ever Hybrid IEEE WIE International Leadership Summit in Italy!
Save the date! First-ever IEEE Women in Engineering International Leadership Summit in Italy, in-person and online! We are very happy to announce that on December 2 and 3 we will host the first-ever IEEE Women in Engineering International Leadership Summit in Italy! We are going…
IEEE IHTC 2021 – Program & Registration
2021 IEEE International Humanitarian Technology Conference (IHTC 2021) takes place as a Virtual Conference from 02 – 04 December 2021. Download the Program and Register to participate. Background The IEEE International Humanitarian Technology Conference (IEEE IHTC) is a Multi-Regional Conference Series rotating between R7 (Canada), R8 (Africa, Europe and Middle East), and R9 (Latin America…
A Look into the IEEE Engineering Ethics
For some time the EMCC has been concerned that university engineering programs have not been giving appropriate visibility to ethics education in the engineering curriculum. To address this issue, the EMCC has produced a 45-minute video that can be used in university electrical and computer…
IEEE HAC/SIGHT Funding Opportunities
With a focus on projects that utilize technology to address the COVID-19 situation IEEE Humanitarian Activities Committee (HAC)/IEEE SIGHT have announced the first funding opportunity of 2021! The Call for Proposals is being offered to support IEEE member grassroots humanitarian technology and sustainable development projects…
Newly developed STEM Portal: IEEE Volunteer STEM Portal
The STEM Portal is for IEEE Volunteers and serves as a resource for all things related to Pre-University STEM programs and activities. Here, you can share your STEM best practices and programs with IEEE’s global community of volunteers, find inspiration from what others are doing, and…
IEEE HAC and SIGHT are once again soliciting IEEE member proposals against COVID-19
31.5% of the already funded projects, are focused on IEEE Region 8 Earlier this year HAC created a joint call with IEEE SIGHT Projects to support grassroots humanitarian technology and sustainable development projects that addressed the COVID-19 situation by IEEE members in their local communities….
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…
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