Green Mountain IEEE News
- Congratulations to the Green Mountain PES Chapter, which won a 2023 IEEE PES High Performing Chapter award!
- If you’re an IEEE member with at least 10 years of professional, consider trying to elevate to senior membership. See requirements here.
- Interested in the history of the IEEE in Vermont? Willing to do a bit of digging to find out more? We’re looking for a section historian to gather information and help us tell the story. Contact section chair Josh Burroughs if you’re interested.
- Check out Inspiring Technology: 34 Breakthrough, an online book highlighting key milestones from the IEEE’s 140 year history.
- The 2023 Green Mountain IEEE Section annual awards meeting was held November 17, 2023 at the Essex. Awardees can be found here.
- Congratulations to Joshua Burroughs and Amritanshu Pandey, elevated to IEEE Senior members in August, 2023.
- Our executive committee online meetings are held on the 2nd Wednesday of every month at 11:00 AM. Email us for more information.
- Recordings of some IEEE GM meetings are now available on our programs page.
IEEE Spectrum
- Stories of the War in Ukraine: Volodymyr March 17, 2022Over the past week, The Institute has made contact with some of the 400 members of the IEEE Ukraine Section to help them share their experiences during the war. This personal account was written by Volodymyr Pyliavskyi, a senior researcher at the Odessa National Telecommunications Academy in Odessa, Ukraine. “For so long I was planning […]
- Stories of the War in Ukraine: Hanna March 17, 2022Over the past week, The Institute has made contact with some of the 400 members of the IEEE Ukraine Section to help them share their experiences during the war. This personal account, entitled “Real War,” was written by Hanna Porieva, an associate professor of electrical engineering at the National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky […]
- A Russian Perspective on the War in Ukraine March 17, 2022The Institute reached out to Russian IEEE members to get their views regarding the war, as citizens, engineers, and IEEE members. Here we share the thoughts of Roman L. Gorbunov, a member of the Siberia section. As our regular readers might know, we sometimes publish opinion articles. These should not be interpreted as official positions […]
IEEE Spectrum news
- Edith Clarke: Architect of Modern Power Distribution July 10, 2024Edith Clarke was a powerhouse in practically every sense of the word. From the start of her career at General Electric in 1922, she was determined to develop stable, more reliable power grids. And Clarke succeeded, playing a critical role in the rapid expansion of the North American electric grid during the 1920s and ’30s. […]
- Sea Drones in the Russia-Ukraine War Inspire New Tactics July 10, 2024Against all odds, Ukraine is still standing almost two and a half years after Russia’s massive 2022 invasion. Of course, hundreds of billions of dollars in Western support as well as Russian errors have helped immensely, but it would be a mistake to overlook Ukraine’s creative use of new technologies, particularly drones. While uncrewed aerial […]
- Notice to Membership July 9, 2024The IEEE Ethics and Member Conduct Committee (EMCC) received complaints through its Ethics Reporting Line against Mr. Mojtaba Sharif Zadeh [also known as Sharif Zadeh], a member of the IEEE. Following an EMCC investigation, a hearing board appointed by the IEEE Board of Directors found cause that Mr. Zadeh violated Section I and Section II, […]
- Windows on Arm Is Here to Stay July 9, 2024For the first time in history, there’s a good chance your next Windows laptop won’t have an x86 chip inside.Microsoft launched a new generation of AI-focused Windows laptops, called Copilot Plus PCs, in June of 2024. Controversy surrounding one of Microsoft’s key AI features made for a shaky debut, but it’s built on a sound […]
- New Fiber Optics Tech Smashes Data Rate Record July 8, 2024An international team of researchers have smashed the world record for fiber optic communications through commercial-grade fiber. By broadening fiber’s communication bandwidth, the team has produced data rates four times as fast as existing commercial systems—and 33 percent better than the previous world record.The researchers’ success derives in part from their innovative use of optical […]