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IEEE KFUPM chapter is aware of the fact that active participation of students is the key to successful organization of events and eventually becoming an effective student body. To get attention of the students, it is most important to spread the awareness. Arranging an awareness week is the major step in this regard.

From Sunday to Wednesday, an opportunity was provided to KFUPM students to meet our representatives at key locations of the university. Response of the students was encouraging as many of them get them registered for IEEE international membership. An introductory brochure was distributed. Registration request form was filled by interested students. Though the banner of IEEE does not require a lot of introduction due to its already well-established fame, but this awareness week really helped the students of Junior Year to get them acquainted with the name of IEEE. Details of timings, dates and locations are given next.

 Dates of Event:

(Sunday – Wednesday) April 10 – April 13, 2016.

Time of Event:

10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (details given below)

Location of Event:

• Building 59, KFUPM, KSA
• Building 24, KFUPM, KSA
• KFUPM Mall

In coordination with the electrical engineering department at KFUPM, the branch organized a large-scale, public exhibition for senior design projects of the electrical engineering students this semester. The exhibition included a competition for the best three projects, judged by experts from industry. The idea attracted a large number of visitors from all over the KFUPM society.

Dr. Mohammad Aljorf held a workshop about effective CV writing for KFUPM students. The workshop, titled ‘How to write a professional CV’, provides information about the essential components of the CV, common mistakes in CV writing, keywords and how to use them, and CV evaluation. The workshop also teaches the steps of structuring a CV and explores some extraordinary CV designs as practical examples.

IEEE-KFUPM Student Branch organized a five-day ETAP short course for KFUPM students. The course, offered by Future Technologies Ltd., was an intensive 15 hours of software professional training. Each participant received a certificate of completion at the end of the course. ETAP is a modern industry-standard software used to simulate power systems.

The workshop was presented by Mr. Abdul-Rahman Sayed and others.

IEEE-KFUPM helped in organizing the 4th KFUPM-KAUST workshop on solid-state lighting. The branch provided the printed material design  and media coverage for the event.

IEEE-KFUPM organized a four-hour robotics workshop for KFUPM students. The workshop was divided into two sessions over two days. In the first session, participants were introduced to the training robot platform, set up the software, and performed some basic tasks. In the second session, more involved tasks and advanced techniques has been explained and performed.

The workshop was presented by Electrical engineering graduate student Mr. Mohanad Ahmed.

IEEE-KFUPM organized a three-day series of MATLAB training workshops for KFUPM students. The tutorials were given by Mr. Abdulrahman Mohammad, Mr. Tayseer Tuffaha, and Mr. Hussain Abdullatif. The workshops took place as follows:

Saturday Feb. 21: Beginner

Monday Feb. 23: Intermediate

Wednesday Feb. 25: Practical Problems

Students were given the choice to register for all or any of the sessions.

Mr. Maad Al-Owaifeer from IEEE-KFUPM gave a one-hour presentation about electrical engineering in the orientation building at KFUPM. The target audience were preparatory year students. The aim was to introduce them to the major, answer their questions, and clear any misconceptions they have about the discipline. Mr Al-Owaifeer is a Vice Chair at IEEE-KFUPM Student Branch and a graduate assistant at KFUPM’s Electrical Engineering department.

Introductory Meeting (February 19):

Mr. Jaafar Ibrahim, secretary of IEEE Saudi Section, gave KFUPM students an overview about IEEE. His presentation contained three main parts. In the first part, Mr. Ibrahim introduced the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, IEEE, to the audience. Then, in the second part, he spoke about the Saudi sections and IEEE student branches around the kingdom. After that, for the third part, Mr. Jaafar explored the professional and academic benefits associated with the IEEE membership and encouraged students to participate. Finally, there was a Q&A session in which Mr. Jaafar on behalf of Dr. Ibrahim ElAmin and Dr. Mohammad AlMuhainy, both faculty members at KFUPM and officers at IEEE Saudi Section, answered questions from the audience.

Registration Sessions (February 19-21):

The branch conducted 5 registration sessions for students without credit cards who wanted to register for IEEE memberships.