As part of their participation at the Raising Stars 2022 Conference in Las Vegas, the IEEE UNM Student Branch won the second place at the EPIC Pitch Competition.
Here is their presentation:
The IEEE Albuquerque Section is proud to congratulate its UNM IEEE Student Branch for this recognition and the hard work they put into their participation at the Raising Stars 2022 Conference.
The IEEE University of New Mexico student branch attended the CES and Raising Stars 2022 conferences in Las Vegas. Elexis Panas, the branch’s President created the following presentation to document their participation in these events:
The IEEE Albuquerque Section congratulates the UNM Student Branch for their participation.
The New Mexico Tech (NMT) IEEE Student Branch attended the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. CES is an annual event that showcases presentations of new products and technologies in the consumer electronics industry. Over 2000 companies showcase new technologies during this event in a variety of fields including virtual reality, electric vehicles, digital health, smart homes, and much more.
CES 2022 helped the members by allowing them to participate in a professional setting. Additionally, it allowed the members to network with companies of varying sizes and interests, to see the edge of consumer technology, and to see the jobs available at different companies. With CES being an international event, there were people from all parts of the world with varying backgrounds. Some of the attendees that our members networked and interacted with included CEOs of startup companies, lead engineers, marketing representatives, and media personnel. The event helped boost the members’ motivation and excitement in consumer electronics, and it allowed our members the opportunity to see how the industry is actively being shaped.
Our members were interviewed at the SK booth (see picture below) and saw a Boston Dynamics live performance of Spot. Additionally, the members were able to order a coffee and see a robot make their coffee and clean the dishes all within two minutes.
Overall, the NMT IEEE Student Branch had a fantastic experience at CES 2022. The NMT IEEE Student Branch would like to thank the Electrical Engineering department at NMT, the Student Government Association at NMT, and the Albuquerque IEEE Section for the help in funding their attendance at CES 2022.
NMT Student Brand group photo at CES 2022.Student Branch President, Troy Sims, being interviewed by SK, a South Korean company
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Tiffany Desjardins, R & DScientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory, will be our guest speaker at an upcoming Albuquerque IEEE WIE public talk on January 13, 2022, at 5:30 PM (MT). Dr. Desjardins will discuss the topic “A Journey Towards Becoming a LANL Scientist”. Please click here for more information. The flyer is also attached.
The talk will be on zoom and usually takes 1 to 1.15 hours. Pre-registration is required. Registration is free and open to the public.
For more information email: Nusrat (knislam@unm.edu)
Thank you for your time, and we hope to see you on January 13, 2022, at 5:30 PM (MT).
Kind regards, Nusrat ———————————————- Khandakar Nusrat Islam (she/her/hers) Ph.D. candidate, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM Women in Engineering (WIE) Affinity Group Chair, IEEE Albuquerque section Email: knislam@unm.edu, nusrat@ieee.org.
We are pleased to announce that Professor Meeko Oishi, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of New Mexico, will be our guest speaker at an upcoming Albuquerque IEEE WIE public talk on December 2, 2021, at 5:30 PM.Please click here for a flyer and more information.
Dr. Oishi will discuss the topic “Designing human-centric autonomy“. The discussion will cover recent developments in probabilistic modeling and control for human-centric autonomous systems and promising directions for future work.
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 public.
On October the 21st, the Albuquerque IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) group organized a public talk that was broadcast on Zoom and everyone in the Albuquerque Section was invited to attend. The talk was organized by WIE’s Chair, Khandakar Islam and co-sponsored by the IEEE Albuquerque Section and WIE.
The title of the talk was “Health and Justice for All – an IEEE SIGHT Group Technology Project” and the speaker was Katherine Grace August, PhD.
If you could not attend the talk but are interesting in learning about the projects Dr. August talked about, you can wath the recording of the talk here: https://youtu.be/dZ_27ZteQw0
About the speaker: Katherine Grace August, PhD (Kit) IEEE Senior Member Biomedical Engineer is a Research Guest at Stevens Institute of Technology – ECE Intelligent Networks. Dr. August received her PhD in Biomedical Engineering, Newark College of Engineering NJIT, the MSCS-MIS, Marist College, and BFA Communications Design, Parsons the New School for Design. She has research experiences in neurorehabilitation with robots, haptics, augmented and virtual reality, functional brain imaging, biological, analog and digital signal processing, wireless, systems engineering, communications, steganography, intelligent systems, search, AIML, speech processing, and the like. She was engaged Bell Labs MTS New Service Concepts Systems Engineering 1991 – 2002. Currently she is Steven’s consultant and her current Projects: IEEE SA DIITA Workflow Transparent Design for Wellbeing, IEEE SIGHT: “Do Good Things, Justice for All,” an experiential learning system to understand hearing loss, and provide augmentative communications and closed captioning to reduce disparity. 18 United States Patents; 50 International Patents; Citations: 3189, h index 21, i10 index 25; Health and Medical Device Literacy. Her current projects promote improved opportunity for underrepresented, minorities, women, and girls, with an emphasis on inventing. Dr. August is currently IEEE NJ Coast Section PACE SIGHT Group Chair, IEEE NJ Coast Section History Chair, AP-VT-EMC Chapter Vice Chair, Computers Chapter Vice Chair, IEEE ComSoc History Committee; She was the Whitaker Scholar 2009-2012 at ETH Zurich and won Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) Arts in Technology Award Virtual Actor with John Jesurun and Daniel Lee, PhD.
Abstract: During the COVID-19 emergency, it became clear that timely and comprehensive access to intelligent technology and a connected lifestyle should not be considered discretionary but compulsory for every human being. Successful systems will be culturally and linguistically appropriate. Systems will accommodate people’s needs regarding aging, mobility, hearing, vision, and level of expertise. Since an increasing number of people care for themselves and also care for their loved ones, people need connectivity to one another, to timely information to remain safe, and to resources. To improve wellbeing, easy access to health and medical device literacy is needed for individuals and for professionals. Accommodation is needed for various languages, levels of education and subject matter expertise, interfaces for hearing and or vision loss, and more. Our IEEE SIGHT Group technology humanitarian project, ‘Health & Justice for All’ connects people to health and medical device information in a culturally and linguistically appropriate form for individuals and caregivers, community members, volunteers and professionals. Our IEEE DIITA Workflow Transparent Design for Wellbeing will lead to new related Standards.
We hope you enjoyed the talk and if you were not able to attend it, that you make time in your day to watch the recording.
The officers of the IEEE Albuquerque section would like to thank to Khandakar for organizing the talk.
The Albuquerque IEEE WIE group is proud to announce the upcoming public talk titled Health and Justice for All – and IEEE SIGHT Group Technology Project by Katherine Grace August, PhD.
The talk will be help on Zoom on October the 21st at 5:30PM (MT).
Kit August, PhD, Biomedical Engineer, will discuss volunteer technology projects with IEEE Humanitarian Activities, IEEE SIGHT Groups, and IEEE DIITA. The discussion will cover the importance of connecting the unconnected, health and medical device literacy, accessibility, and culturally and linguistically appropriate systems.
About the speaker: Katherine Grace August, PhD (Kit) IEEE Senior Member Biomedical Engineer is a Research Guest at Stevens Institute of Technology – ECE Intelligent Networks. Dr. August received her PhD in Biomedical Engineering, Newark College of Engineering NJIT, the MSCS-MIS, Marist College, and BFA Communications Design, Parsons the New School for Design. She has research experiences in neurorehabilitation with robots, haptics, augmented and virtual reality, functional brain imaging, biological, analog and digital signal processing, wireless, systems engineering, communications, steganography, intelligent systems, search, AIML, speech processing, and the like. She was engaged Bell Labs MTS New Service Concepts Systems Engineering 1991 – 2002. Currently she is Steven’s consultant and her current Projects: IEEE SA DIITA Workflow Transparent Design for Wellbeing, IEEE SIGHT: “Do Good Things, Justice for All,” an experiential learning system to understand hearing loss, and provide augmentative communications and closed captioning to reduce disparity. 18 United States Patents; 50 International Patents; Citations: 3189, h index 21, i10 index 25; Health and Medical Device Literacy. Her current projects promote improved opportunity for underrepresented, minorities, women, and girls, with an emphasis on inventing. Dr. August is currently IEEE NJ Coast Section PACE SIGHT Group Chair, IEEE NJ Coast Section History Chair, AP-VT-EMC Chapter Vice Chair, Computers Chapter Vice Chair, IEEE ComSoc History Committee; She was the Whitaker Scholar 2009-2012 at ETH Zurich and won Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) Arts in Technology Award Virtual Actor with John Jesurun and Daniel Lee, PhD.
Abstract: During the COVID-19 emergency, it became clear that timely and comprehensive access to intelligent technology and a connected lifestyle should not be considered discretionary but compulsory for every human being. Successful systems will be culturally and linguistically appropriate. Systems will accommodate people’s needs regarding aging, mobility, hearing, vision, and level of expertise. Since an increasing number of people care for themselves and also care for their loved ones, people need connectivity to one another, to timely information to remain safe, and to resources. To improve wellbeing, easy access to health and medical device literacy is needed for individuals and for professionals. Accommodation is needed for various languages, levels of education and subject matter expertise, interfaces for hearing and or vision loss, and more. Our IEEE SIGHT Group technology humanitarian project, ‘Health & Justice for All’ connects people to health and medical device information in a culturally and linguistically appropriate form for individuals and caregivers, community members, volunteers and professionals. Our IEEE DIITA Workflow Transparent Design for Wellbeing will lead to new related Standards.
Needs: People must monitor & care for themselves & family at home, with telehealth, in clinic, for chronic, acute & emergency health conditions. Solution: Easy to use Medical Device guides, with Languages, expanded Lexicon/vocabulary, Closed Captioning (CC), screen readers, uses Information and Communications Technology (ICT) to connect Medical Devices.
On January 14th, the Albuquerque IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) group organized a public talk that was broadcast on Zoom and everyone in the Albuquerque Section was invited to attend. The talk was organized by WIE’s Chair, Khandakar Islam and co-sponsored by the IEEE Albuquerque Section and WIE.
The title of the talk was “A Day in the Life: Being a Woman in Electrical Engineering” and the speaker was Emily Schrock.
Abstract: Although the numbers of women in engineering fields have increased, we are still a minority in the field, and depending on the niche field you enter after college, you could find yourself as an even greater minority. This was the case for me, with about 10% of women in my electrical engineering graduating class, to being the only woman in the TTU pulsed power laboratory working on my thesis, and very commonly one of only a handful of women in my job or at conferences. I will share my experiences as a woman (and new mom) in the engineering field as well as an overview of Sandia Labs and my area of expertise.
About the speaker: Emily Schrock graduated with her BSEE and MSEE from Texas Tech University in 2016 and 2017, respectively. Her master’s thesis was in the testing and failure analysis of wide-bandgap semiconductors for their use in pulsed power systems. She tested Silicon Carbide PiN diodes, MOSFETs, and IGBTs, and performed Silvaco TCAD modeling to help analyze their failures. She had two internships at Texas Instruments and worked in their power supply and battery charging groups as a software engineer and a test engineer. Following graduation in 2017, Emily was hired at Sandia National Laboratories, where she currently works as a senior member of technical staff on a variety of research and development projects mostly centered around pulsed power and RF generation. Her research interests include compact pulsed power components and system design and test, non-linear transmission lines (NLTLs) for RF generation, and photoconductive semiconductor switches (PCSS) for power distribution applications. She is a committee member and secretary of the IEEE Pulsed Power Science and Technology (PPST) Nuclear and Plasma Science Society (NPSS) and is serving on the committee for the Pulsed Power Conference (PPC) in 2021.
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.
In previous years, the awards have been presented during the annual banquet. This year, we will not have a banquet due to COVID but we followed the award selection process and we this year’s awardees clearly reflect the spirit of the awards.
We hope that we can resume our in-person annual banquet in 2022 and we will post any news as soon as we progress on our planning.
Congratulations to all the awardees for their hard work and dedication:
IEEE Outstanding Graduate Engineering Student: Justin Smith
IEEE Outstanding Undergraduate Engineering Student: Sara Kathryn LaTouf
Sigma Xi Excellence in Graduate Research Award: Easwar Anand Narayanan, UNM Physics & Astronomy
Sigma Xi Outstanding Undergraduate Award: Luke Denoyer, UNM Chemical & Biological Engineering
Sigma Xi Notworthy Technical Support Person: David Rademacher, Sandia National Laboratories
These awardees will be honored at the virtual awards ceremony, and each will give a short presentation on his/her research. In addition, both the awardees and their nominators will be invited to the in-person awards banquet to be held in May 2022. Sigma Xi awardees will be initiated into the society, with their initiation fees and first year dues compliments of the chapter. They will also be invited to the 2022 awards banquet. Please join us in honoring all these outstanding people.
