Category: STEM

  • NVIDIA, for Engineering Innovation Citation:  For the invention of the Graphical Processing Unit that led to the ignition of Artificial Intelligence (AI), enabling the next generation of intelligent systems VMware, for Engineering Professionalism Citation: for creating an environment that promotes engineering professionalism, collaboration and professional development to assure its engineering [...]

    Published On: October 30, 2017Categories: AwardsTags: , , 201 words1 min read
  • Region 6 Special Director Awards 2017 – Individual Mostafa Mortezaie Citation: For Outstanding Leadership in Professional Activities in 2017 Mostafa Mortezaie has led Professional Activities Committee for Engineers (PACE) activities for IEEE Region 6 to extraordinary levels of activity and collaboration, with activities supporting professional and career development across the [...]

    Published On: October 30, 2017Categories: AwardsTags: , , , 408 words2 min read
  • Brian Berg

    Region 6 awards recipients for 2017 by Jeffrey Pawlan, Awards Chair Outstanding Engineer award Sudhakar K. Rao For engineering innovations, technical leadership, product development, and original contributions to advanced antenna hardware that led to introduction of new satellite services with significant increase in satellite capacity Outstanding Corporate Service award Electric [...]

    Published On: October 19, 2017Categories: AwardsTags: 453 words2.3 min read
  •   Resource Sites TryEngineering.org - offers a variety of resources that will advance the skill and knowledge of educators who intend to bring engineering education into their classrooms and to engage and excite students about engineering and technology careers. There are over 200 lesson plans as well. TryEngineering.org connects educators [...]

    Published On: October 6, 2017Categories: Members, VolunteerTags: , 709 words3.5 min read
  • The Region 6 Awards Committee is pleased to announce the winners of the 2017 Region awards. Outstanding Engineer Sudhakar K. Rao, Coastal Los Angeles Section Outstanding Service and Leadership Brian Berg, Santa Clara Valley Section Outstanding Educator Elisa Barney Smith, Boise Section Outstanding IEEE Member Promoting Membership Development Kris Verma, [...]

    Published On: October 1, 2017Categories: AwardsTags: 168 words0.8 min read
  • Call for Papers: IEEE Green Energy and Smart Systems Conference (IGESSC 2017) Date: November 6-7, 2017 Location: Pyramid, CSULB, Long Beach, CA 90840, USA For full details see http://ieee-gesc.org The proposed conference intends to bring together researchers and practitioners from relevant fields to present and disseminate ongoing research for smart [...]

    Published On: June 6, 2017Categories: ConferencesTags: , 288 words1.4 min read
  • 5th Annual IEEE Conference on Technologies for Sustainability (SusTech 2017) CFP The SusTech 2017 Organizing Committee is pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the 5th Annual IEEE Conference on Technologies for Sustainability which is being held in Phoenix, AZ. on November 12 – 14, 2017. See http://sites.ieee.org/sustech/conference/call-for-papers/ Abstracts [...]

    Published On: March 3, 2017Categories: ConferencesTags: , , , 211 words1.1 min read
  • The 2017 Region 6 Awards Program by Jeffrey Pawlan, Region 6 Awards Chair [updated 21-April] The 2017 Region 6 awards program is substantially different from all previous years. In brief, here are the important changes: All Section awards will directly become nominations for Region awards. There are no Area awards. [...]

    Published On: March 3, 2017Categories: AwardsTags: 1191 words6 min read