Greetings Albuquerque Section Members,

Each year, the IEEE Albuquerque Section, in collaboration with the University of New Mexico Sigma Xi Chapter, recognizes the achievements of its membership and others who serve the science and engineering community.

This year’s awards will be presented at the annual joint IEEE – Sigma Xi ceremony on May 15, 2023. Nominations are now open for the following IEEE awards:

• Outstanding K-12 STEM Educator
• Outstanding Engineering Educator
• Outstanding Young Engineer
• Outstanding Engineer
• Outstanding Entrepreneur
• Outstanding Corporate Service
• Outstanding Undergraduate Engineering Student
• Outstanding Graduate Engineering Student
• Outstanding Service
• Outstanding Humanitarian Service

Additionally, nominations are open for the following awards from the UNM branch of the Sigma Xi honor society:

• Noteworthy Technical Support Person
• Superior Undergraduate Student
• Excellence in Graduate Research

All forms are included in this email and will be made available at the Section website.

Nominations will be accepted until March 31^st, 2023and recipients will be notified by April 21^st. I encourage you to nominate an exceptional student, teacher, colleague, intern, mentor, or co-worker. Please feel free to forward and share the attached flyer as well.

Download the forms here:

Members of the UNM IEEE Student Branch attended the Raising Stars 2023 conference and the CES 2023 in Las Vegas. Here is a presentation covering their attendance to both events as well as their plans for the year.

The IEEE Albuquerque Section extends its congratulations to the students attending these events and encourages all EE students to join ad participate in the UNM Student Branch.

NMT IEEE recently held a Drone Lab, where members were given the opportunity to build, modify and compete with their own racing drones. We had two events – a race and an accuracy competition. At the end of the night, the member with the highest combined score in these events got to take home their drone. All members seemed to have a great time, and NMT IEEE looks forward to hosting another similar lab next semester, potentially with even more drones.

NMT IEEE is also thankful to both the Albuquerque section for their continual support, and the NMT Student Government Association for helping fund this event.

Xander Jones (NMT IEEE Chair) 

The November 3rd edition of Sandia LabNews published a profile of our friend, IEEE Fellow, past Section Chair, and forever board member Ray Byrne.

Please join us in congratulating Ray for this recognition to his more than 30 years of service to Sandia and our nation.

Here is the link to the publication: https://www.sandia.gov/labnews/2022/11/03/answering-the-call-8/

Regards,

Gilberto

Website editor and past Section Chair

Dear All,

Here is the link for those who have missed or wanted to revisit the talk. The talk is now available online (YouTube and website). Please click the link below. 

Professor Lydia Tapias’ talk – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBnmFpUMmk0

Thanks and regards

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Aisha B. Rahman

Women in Engineering (WIE) Affinity Group Chair

IEEE Albuquerque Section

Albuquerque, NM

Email: arahman3@ieee.org

Dear all,

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Lydia Tapia, Associate Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of New Mexico (UNM), will be our guest speaker at our upcoming Albuquerque IEEE WIE public talk on April 20, 2022, at 5:30 PM (MT).

Dr. Lydia will discuss the topic “Smart Robots: Solutions for A Real World“. Please click here<https://ece.unm.edu/featured-students/lydia-tapia-from-cs-presents-wednesday-530-pm-on-zoom.html> for detailed information.

Pre-registration is required. Registration is free and open to the public.

Click to register:  https://unm.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAuc-GurD4pGdwF68lTL4uwX0TBGXMA3O6A

For more information please email Aisha (arahman3@unm.edu)

Thank you for your time, and we hope to see you on April 20 at 5:30 PM (MT).

Kind regards,

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Aisha B. Rahman

Ph.D. Candidate

Performance and Resource Optimization in Networks (PROTON) Lab

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM, 87131

Email: arahman3@unm.edu

Women in Engineering (WIE) Affinity Group Vice-Chair

IEEE Albuquerque section

Albuquerque, NM

Email: arahman3@ieee.org

Dear All,

Here is the link for those who have missed or wanted to revisit the talk. The talk is now available online (YouTube and website). Please click the link below. 

Albuquerque IEEE WIE Public Talk by Dr. Maryam Hojati

Also, please do not forget to subscribe to our channel! You can check out previous talks from the link below. 

Albuquerque IEEE WIE Affinity Group YouTube Channel  

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-Pj46CdjppZf1qOLn6cA6g/videos

Thank you again for all of your support. 
Best regards,
Nusrat
———————————————-Khandakar Nusrat Islam, Ph.D. (she/her/hers)Women in Engineering (WIE) Affinity Group Chair, IEEE Albuquerque section
Email: knislam@unm.edu, nusrat@ieee.org.
https://r6.ieee.org/albuquerque-wie/https://site.ieee.org/albuquerque/

Dear all, 
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Francesca Cavallo, Assistant Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of New Mexico (UNM), will be our guest speaker at an upcoming Albuquerque IEEE WIE public talk on March 30, 2022, at 5:30 PM (MT).

Dr. Francesca will discuss the topic “Towards Widely Deployable Travelling Wave Tube Amplifiers for Millimeter-through-THz Frequencies: A Convergent Research Approach”. Please click here for detailed information.

Pre-registration is required. Registration is free and open to the public.

Click to register:  https://unm.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0lceCqrz8qHNGTMZfyNp01kVWMPQLUQiLj

For more information email: Nusrat (knislam@unm.edu)

Thank you for your time, and we hope to see you on March 30 at 5:30 PM (MT).

Kind regards,
Nusrat
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Khandakar Nusrat Islam, Ph.D. (she/her/hers)
Women in Engineering (WIE) Affinity Group Chair, IEEE Albuquerque section
Email: knislam@unm.edu, nusrat@ieee.org.
https://r6.ieee.org/albuquerque-wie/
https://site.ieee.org/albuquerque/

Greetings Albuquerque Section Members,

Each year, the IEEE Albuquerque Section, in collaboration with the University of New Mexico Sigma Xi Chapter, recognizes the achievements of its membership and others who serve the science and engineering community.

This year’s awards will be presented at the annual joint IEEE – Sigma Xi ceremony on May 16, 2022. Nominations are now open for the following IEEE awards:

·       Outstanding K-12 STEM Educator

·       Outstanding Engineering Educator

·       Outstanding Young Engineer

·       Outstanding Engineer

·       Outstanding Entrepreneur

·       Outstanding Corporate Service

·       Outstanding Undergraduate Engineering Student

·       Outstanding Graduate Engineering Student

·       Outstanding Service

·       Outstanding Humanitarian Service

Additionally, nominations are open for the following awards from the UNM branch of the Sigma Xi honor society:

·       Noteworthy Technical Support Person

·       Superior Undergraduate Student

·       Excellence in Graduate Research

All forms are included at the end of this post.

Nominations will be accepted until March 23^st, 2022 and recipients will be notified by April 23^rd. I encourage you to nominate an exceptional student, teacher, colleague, intern, mentor, or co-worker. Please feel free to forward and share the attached flyer as well.

To nominate, please use the MS Word nomination documents at the Section website and send your completed nomination package according to the guidelines to:

·       IEEE Section Chair, Lee Rashkin, at: lrashki@sandia.gov,

·       IEEE Section Vice Chair, Skyler Nix, at: skylernix@email.arizona.edu, and

·       Professor Harjit Ahluwalia at: hsa@unm.edu

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

Best Regards,

Lee Rashkin

Chair, IEEE – Albuquerque Section

Forms:

Dear all,

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Maryam Hojati, Assistant Professor, in Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering at the University of New Mexico (UNM), will be our guest speaker at an upcoming Albuquerque IEEE WIE public talk on February 23, 2022, at 5:30 PM (MT).  Click here for more information.

Dr. Hojati will discuss the topic “Additive Manufacturing of Affordable, Secure, and Sustainable Housing in Support of A Healthy Global Population”.  The presentation will introduce recent advances in digital construction to construct Earth projects and make new advancements for construction outside the Earth, such as on Moon or Mars.

The talk will be on zoom and usually takes place 1 to 1.15 hours. Pre-registration is required. Registration is free and open to the public.

Click to register: https://unm.zoom.us/j/99869214065

For more information email: Nusrat (knislam@unm.edu)

Thank you for your time, and we hope to see you on February 23 at 5:30 PM (MT).

Kind regards,
Nusrat