The New Mexico Tech’s IEEE Student Branch participated in the 2019 Rising Stars Conference in Las Vegas, NV. The branch sent 5 members to the conference. The conference was a great opportunity for their members to learn about current technologies, network with other motivated students and professionals, along with attending workshops and presentations. The workshops helped them to better understand industry trends along with develop many soft-skills that will benefit them in their careers.  The funding they received from our Section allowed them conserve resources that they could then apply to other areas of the branch. Last semester, the branch held soldering workshops, volunteered in the community, and created an escape room open to NMT in general. All these activities have helped to further the reputation of IEEE at New Mexico Tech and in the Socorro Community.

The Albuquerque Section of the IEEE meets on the last Tuesday of the month. The meeting is open to any Section member and it is free of charge for students. The meetings take place at Yanni’s on Central, at 11.30am, except for December, June, and July.

If you want to attend or have questions for the Section officers, please contact Gilberto (Treasurer) at g.zamora@ieee.org.

Here are the approved minutes for the September 2019 Section meeting.

Thank you,

Gilberto.

Hello Albuquerque Section members,

Christian Keil, Operations Manager at Astranis, has a couple of job openings:

Astranis is going to get the next four billion people online by building next-generation telecommunications satellites, and they need your help. They’re hiring a Senior Power Electronics Engineer and a Senior Avionics Engineer to join their 60-person, San Francisco-based team of world-class engineers from SpaceX, Qualcomm, Google, Apple, Boeing, NASA, and more. Prior space experience is not necessary, but you have to be comfortable getting your hands dirty with real hardware.

If you are interesting, please visit the links above or send an email to Christian at christian@astranis.com and mention this post to him so he knows where you saw the post.

Thank you,

Gilberto

Treasurer

The Albuquerque Section of the IEEE meets on the last Tuesday of the month. The meeting is open to any Section member and it is free of charge for students. The meetings take place at Yanni’s on Central, at 11.30am, except for December, June, and July.

If you want to attend or have questions for the Section officers, please contact Gilberto (Treasurer) at g.zamora@ieee.org.

Here are the approved minutes for the August 2019 Section meeting.

Thank you,

Gilberto.

The Albuquerque Section of the IEEE meets on the last Tuesday of the month. The meeting is open to any Section member and it is free of charge for students. The meetings take place at Yanni’s on Central, at 11.30am, except for December, June, and July.

If you want to attend or have questions for the Section officers, please contact Gilberto (Treasurer) at g.zamora@ieee.org.

Here are the approved minutes for the May 2019 Section meeting.

Thank you,

Gilberto.

Each year the IEEE Albuquerque Section, in collaboration with the UNM Sigma Xi Chapter, recognizes the efforts of its membership to improve the organization and bring merit to our profession.

This year’s awards were presented at the annual joint IEEE – Sigma Xi banquet on Monday, May 13th.

Congratulations to all the awardees for their hard work and dedication.

Here are some pictures of the event.

Jackie and Thomas taking care of the registration table.

A view of the banquet room…

…and some of the attendees.

UNM’s President, Dr. Garnett S. Stokes, who delivered the banquet keynote speech, and her husband, Dr. Jeff Younggreen.

In the background, Jason Neely, IEEE Albuquerque Section’s Chair, giving an overview of the IEEE.

Jason Neely, IEEE Albuquerque Section’s Chair, presenting one of two awards for Outstanding Young Engineer, to Dr. Felipe Wilches-Bernal.

Jason Neely, IEEE Albuquerque Section’s Chair, presenting the second award for Outstanding Young Engineer, to Dr. Tu Nguyen.

Jason Neely, IEEE Albuquerque Section’s Chair, presenting the award for Outstanding Engineer, to Jason R. Hamlet.

Jason Neely, IEEE Albuquerque Section’s Chair (left) and Dr. Christos Christodoulou (right),  presenting one of two awards for Outstanding Graduate Student, to Marcos Torres.

Jason Neely, IEEE Albuquerque Section’s Chair (left) and Prof. Edl Schamiloglu (right), presenting the second award for Outstanding Graduate Student, to Khandakar Nusrat Islam.

Jason Neely, IEEE Albuquerque Section’s Chair (left) and Prof. Arash Mafi (right), presenting the second award for Outstanding Educator, to Mani Hossein-Zadeh.

Ray Byrne, UNM Sigma-Xi Chapter President, presents the award for Superior Undergraduate Student to Jillian Rutherford who could not attend the banquet. In her place, Prof. Melissa Emery Thompson receives the certificate.

Ray Byrne, UNM Sigma-Xi Chapter President and Prof. Phyllis Palmer (right), present the award for Superior Undergraduate Student to Julianna Tibbets.

Ray Byrne, UNM Sigma-Xi Chapter President (left) and Prof. Mark McCormick (right), present the award for Superior Undergraduate Student to Marissa Westenskow.

Ray Byrne, UNM Sigma-Xi Chapter President and Prof. Alejandro Manjavacas (right), present the award for Superior Undergraduate Student to Lauren Zundel.

Ray Byrne, UNM Sigma-Xi Chapter President and Prof. Jessica Richardson (right), present the award for Excellence in Graduate Research to Sarah Dalton.

Ray Byrne, UNM Sigma-Xi Chapter President and Ms. Erika Elwell (right), present the award for Noteworthy Technical Support to James Williams. Mr. Williams could not attend the event and Ms. Elwell received the certificate on his behalf.

Harjit Ahluwalia (left), Professor Emeritus of Physics and Astronomy at UNM, past Chair of the IEEE Albuquerque Section, and past President of the Sigma-Xi UNM Chapter, presents the Presidential Scholarship named after his parents to Kyle Kennard (right).

Group picture of all the 2019 inductees to the Sigma-Xi UNM Chapter.

UNM’s President, Dr. Garnett S. Stokes, delivers her keynote speech to the banquet attendees.

Gilberto

2019 Treasurer

The Albuquerque Section of the IEEE meets on the last Tuesday of the month. The meeting is open to any Section member and it is free of charge for students. The meetings take place at Yanni’s on Central, at 11.30am, except for December, June, and July.

If you want to attend or have questions for the Section officers, please contact Gilberto (Treasurer) at g.zamora@ieee.org.

Here are the approved minutes for the  April 2019 Section meeting.

Thank you,

Gilberto.

The Albuquerque Section of the IEEE meets on the last Tuesday of the month. The meeting is open to any Section member and it is free of charge for students. The meetings take place at Yanni’s on Central, at 11.30am, except for December, June, and July.

If you want to attend or have questions for the Section officers, please contact Gilberto (Treasurer) at g.zamora@ieee.org.

Here are the approved minutes for the March 2019 Section meeting.

Thank you,

Gilberto.

he Albuquerque Section of the IEEE meets on the last Tuesday of the month. The meeting is open to any Section member and it is free of charge for students. The meetings take place at Yanni’s on Central, at 11.30am, except for December, June, and July.

If you want to attend or have questions for the Section officers, please contact Gilberto (Treasurer) at g.zamora@ieee.org.

Here are the approved minutes for the January 2019 Section meeting.

Thank you,

Gilberto.

Each year the IEEE Albuquerque Section, in collaboration with the UNM Sigma Xi Chapter, recognizes the efforts of its membership to improve the organization and bring merit to our profession.

This year’s awards will be presented at the annual joint IEEE – Sigma Xi banquet on Monday, May 13^th. Nominations are now open for the following awards:

• Outstanding Engineering Educator
• Outstanding Young Engineer
• Outstanding Engineer
• Outstanding Entrepreneur
• Outstanding Undergraduate Engineering Student
• Outstanding Graduate Engineering Student
• Outstanding Service

MS Word versions of the nomination forms are available for download at the end of this post.

Nominations will be accepted until April 1st and recipients will be notified by May 1st.

Please use the MS Word nomination documents and send your completed nomination package according to the guidelines to:

• IEEE Section Chair, Jason Neely, at: jneely@sandia.gov, and
• Professor Harjit Ahluwalia at: hsa@unm.edu.

We look forward to recognizing outstanding members of our IEEE Section.

Nomination forms:

• Outstanding Engineering Educator
• Outstanding Young Engineer
• Outstanding Engineer
• Outstanding Entrepreneur
• Outstanding Undergraduate Engineering Student
• Outstanding Graduate Engineering Student
• Outstanding Service

Thank you,

Gilberto