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Feb. 2022 Newsletter
Upcoming Events in our Section Crystalline Solar Cells with Atypical Architecture for Wide-Ranging Deployment. Joint EDS-SSCS presentation by IEEE EDS Distinguished Lecturer, Dr Nazek El-Atab of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia. Feb. 23, 2022, 9am MST. See https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/304237 for details. Characteristics of Successful Tech Hubs and Start-ups: Lessons from the Origin… Read more
Jan. 2022 Newsletter
FutureCity competition – judges needed on Jan 29th! The IEEE Boise Section and the IEEE Boise SSCS Chapter are proud to be sponsors of the Idaho Regional Future City Competition this year. We are sponsoring the special award for most innovative application of future technologies for sustainable development for the benefit of humanity. The Future… Read more
Dec. 2021 Newsletter
2022 Boise Section Officer Election results The election results are in. The 2022 officers are: Chair – Randy RannowVice Chair – Nader RaflaSecretary – Patrick MiesenTreasurer – Sean Collison Thank you so much to our current officers for everything they’ve done for the section this year and congratulations to our new officers who have stepped… Read more
IEEEXtreme – Boise Section results
In the 24-hour IEEEXtreme programming competition that was held on October 22-23, 2021, the Nighthawks from NNU took first place in the Boise section and 8th place among the 20 teams in Region 6 (Western USA) that participated. They were excited to learn they earned an expense-paid trip to IEEE Rising Stars in January, sponsored by the IEEE-Boise section. The… Read more
Oct. 2021 Newsletter
Reminder: two talks on Thursday, Oct 14th Making Qubits: Diamond, Photonics, Superconductors, and More, by Dr. Russ Renzas, Oct 14, 2021, 12pm MDT. Sponsored by Boise Computer Society and Boise Solid-State Circuits Society chapters. See https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/281749 for details. Straintronics: Manipulating nanomagnets with strain for causal intelligence, by Prof. Supriyo Bandyopadhyay, Oct 14, 7 PM. Sponsored… Read more
Section Fall 2021 Picnic Pictures
Thanks to everyone who came out and supported the section picnic last Friday. And a huge thank you to the IEEE BSU Student Branch for organizing and cooking at the picnic. Here are a few pictures from the event.
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. 17Time: 6pm to 8pmLocation: Kristin Armstrong Municipal Park shelter site, 500 S. Walnut St, Boise Other Upcoming Events in our Section IEEE MOVE… Read more
July 2021 Newsletter
IEEE-Boise Section Newsletter July 2021 From the Chair (Randy Rannow, pi-boson@ieee.org) Thank you for your membership in IEEE. You are receiving this newsletter because you are a member of the IEEE-Boise section. Previous newsletters are on our section web site at https://site.ieee.org/boise/archive/ . Please feel free to forward this newsletter to any of your friends… Read more
Trapping and slowing down photons using black holes in silicon for datacom, sensing, and energy conversion (May 26)
Talk by Dr. Saif Islam, co-hosted by Boise EDS and SSCS chapters, May 26, 12pm. See attached file for abstract and speaker bio. Register and find out more at https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/272705 .
Reliability and Resilience in Low-Carbon Power Systems (May 20)
Virtual distinguished lecture by Prof. Pierluigi Mancarella. May 20, 3:30pm MDT. Co-hosted by IEEE-Boise PES chapter. For more details visit https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/270841 .
May 2021 Newsletter
IEEE-Boise Section Newsletter May 2021 From the Chair (Randy Rannow, pi-boson@ieee.org) Thank you for your membership in IEEE. You are receiving this newsletter because you are a member of the IEEE-Boise section. Previous newsletters are on our section web site at https://site.ieee.org/boise/archive/ . Please feel free to forward this newsletter to any of your friends… Read more
April 2021 Newsletter
IEEE-Boise Section Newsletter April 2021 From the Chair (Randy Rannow) Thank you for your membership in IEEE. You are receiving this newsletter because you are a member of the IEEE-Boise section. Previous newsletters are on our section web site at https://site.ieee.org/boise/archive/ . In this issue, we have articles about upcoming events, job, networking and volunteering… Read more
March 2021 Newsletter
From the Chair (Randy Rannow) Thank you for your membership in IEEE. You are receiving this newsletter because you are a member of the IEEE-Boise section. Previous newsletters are on our section web site at https://site.ieee.org/boise/archive/ . In this issue, we have articles about upcoming virtual events, job, networking and volunteering opportunities, and pointers to… Read more
IEEE WMED 2021 – Registration Open (VIRTUAL) and Call for Posters
On behalf of the 2021 WMED Organizing Committee, we are pleased to announce the Opening of Registration and Call for Posters for the 18th annual IEEE Workshop on Microelectronics and Electron Devices. The workshop will be held virtually on Friday, April 23rd, 2021. Advance registration will close on April 9th, 2021. Our Website has been updated to reflect these changes. Zoom links will be sent from IEEE… Read more
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SUSTECH – Green Economy and Cybersecurity (Feb 23)
SusTech 2021 is hosting talks on Sustainability leading up to the conference in April 2021. “Green Economy and Why Cyber Security is so Important – An overview of NIST 800.53 and NIST 800.171” with David E. González, DoD Cybersecurity WorkForce (CSWF) Date: February 23, 2021Time: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM PST Registration info: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/259748
IEEE Workshop on Microelectronics and Electron Devices (WMED-2021
WMED 2021 will be held Friday, April 23rd. It will be held virtually due to the pandemic. For more information, see https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2021-ieee-workshop-on-microelectronics-and-electron-devices-wmed-2021-tickets-91341096679 .
Engineering Applications During COVID-19 Online Conference – March 1st
The conference studies the impacts of COVID 19 on Energy, Water and Transportation and also presents new relate engineering applications. For more details, see https://www.eventbrite.com/e/engineering-applications-during-covid-19-online-conference-tickets-140276357361.
IEEE WIE Event – An Engineer’s Exploration of Voting Technology – Feb. 17
IEEE Boise Section is excited to host Professor Elisa Barney Smith, Professor and Associate Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Boise State University who will be presenting a virtual Seminar on “An Engineer’s Exploration of Voting Technology” on Wed 2/17-10:30 am-11:30. For more details see https://ieee-region6.org/boise-wie/boise-wie-events.
Engineering Week volunteers
Please email Lynn Olson @ lynnolson1@boisestate.edu if you are interested in volunteering to interview or forward to others that would like this opportunity to meet with the top engineering students in the Class of 2022. Engineers Week, or EWeek, is coming up February 21-27. Founded by NSPE in 1951, EWeek is dedicated to ensuring a diverse and well-educated future engineering workforce by… Read more
Jan. 26th talk by HP Chief Engineer Chandrakant Patel
Date: Tuesday, January 26th 2021, 6pm PT (Pacific Timezone), 7pm Mountain Timezone) HOST: IEEE Santa Clara Valley SectionSPEAKER: Chandrakant Patel, Chief Engineer and Senior Fellow, HP, https://www.linkedin.com/in/chandrakant-d-patel-pe-80a5171 TITLE: Exciting Cyber Physical Course Ahead at the crossroads of domain, data and data sciences Chandrakant is a great speaker and I would highly recommend this event. Ray Beausoleil… Read more
Idaho Regional Future City Competition
The IEEE-Boise section and the IEEE-Boise PES Chapter are proud to be sponsors again for the 17th Idaho regional Future City Competition. This year we sponsored the “Best Communications Infrastructure” special award. The competition was held on Friday, January 22nd. This year’s competition included 20 teams from 11 different schools. Participants came from all over Idaho including… Read more
January 2021 newsletter
The January 2021 newsletter has news about upcoming events, STEM competitions, the 2021 section OpCom officers, and more. You can read it online here.