Sept. 2021 Newsletter
Section Picnic this Friday Sept. 17th
Free IEEE Boise Section fall picnic catered by BSU and NNU student branches. Family and friends are welcome. Hope to see you there!
Date: Friday, Sept. 17
Time: 6pm to 8pm
Location: Kristin Armstrong Municipal Park shelter site, 500 S. Walnut St, Boise
Other Upcoming Events in our Section
- IEEE MOVE disaster support truck, by Mary Ellen Randall, Wed Sept 15, 2021, 10:30am MDT. The seminar will take place hybrid, in person at Boise State, and also via Zoom at https://boisestate.zoom.us/j/92994002201 . More details at https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/281690 .
- Magnetic Nanoparticle Swarm for Active Delivery, by Dr. Li Zhang, Sept 21, 2021, 7pm MDT. Sponsored by Boise Signal Processing/Robotics Automation Joint Chapter. See https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/280790 for details.
- Digital Storage and Memory for AI from the Edge to the Data Center, by Tom Coughlin, Sept 22, 2021, 10:30am MDT. See https://www.boisestate.edu/coen-ece/event/ece-seminar-9-22/ for details.
- Making Qubits: Diamond, Photonics, Superconductors, and More, by Dr. Russ Renzas, Oct 14, 2021, 12pm MDT. Sponsored by Boise Computer Society Chapter. See https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/281749 for details.
- Battery Energy Storage Systems: An Industrial Perspective, by Ahmed Elasser, PhD, Oct 27, 2010. See https://www.boisestate.edu/coen-ece/event/ece-seminar-10-27/ for details.
From the Chair (Randy Rannow, pi-boson@ieee.org)
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I am pleased to announce the formation of the Signal Processing/Robotics Automation Joint Chapter in our section. Chandika Silva is the new chair and Wankun Sirichotiyakul is the new vice chair of the joint chapter.
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