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Spring 2009 Infosession. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. What is IEEE and what do we actually do? What does it mean to “be a member”? How do I get involved?. What is IEEE?. World’s leading organization for the advancement of technology. Semiconductors and Nanotechnology.
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers • What is IEEE and what do we actually do? • What does it mean to “be a member”? • How do I get involved?
What is IEEE? World’s leading organization for the advancement of technology. Semiconductors and Nanotechnology Communications Computer Science Biomedical Engineering Optics Robotics
What does it mean to “be a member”? IEEE International IEEE UCSD Student Branch • Join online, get a member number • Huge Network • IEEE Xplore • Jobs, internships, scholarships • Join IEEE international • Officers • Projects • Events Your membership in IEEE makes UCSD Student Branch possible!
What do we do? • Projects • Outreach • Technical • Professional • Social
Projects Micromouse Natcar Robomagellan Projects Manager:MrinalAgarwal Project Leads: Alex Forencich Jeffrey Wurzbach Justin Li OmeedMirbod
IEEE UCSD Projects • What? • IEEE UCSD Projects is the robotic competition division • Benefits? • Gain valuable hands on experience • Build an attractive resume • Travel to the competitions • Get to work with fellow IEEE members • No prior experience required !
Micromousethe maze race of the micromice • Design and build a robotic “mouse” to reach the center of a maze as fast as it can • Learn to work with microcontrollers, C programming, circuit design, sensors and more • Status Update
Natcar • Design and build an autonomous car that can navigate by itself around any given track. • Natcar looks at simple sensors to provide directional feedback to the car and implements predictive acceleration and deceleration to complete the track in as short a time as possible. Circuit design, control theory, microcontroller programming • Status Update
Robomagellan • Build and design an autonomous robot to conquer great outdoors! • Robomagellan uses a combination of its sensory capabilities including GPS, machine vision, optical sensors, and ultrasound sensors to navigate around the obstacles • Status Update
We want YOU involved in projects! All years • Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors All majors • EE, CS, CE, ME, cog sci Real learning happens outside the classroom. To join, talk to project leaders after presentation.
Outreach • Inspire the next generation of engineers to keep innovation alive! • Volunteer at local schools and community events • Events • Sally Ride Festival • Science Discovery Day • Computers to SD Kids • San Diego Science Festival
Outreach Chair • YOU could be the next outreach chair! • Send your resume to ieee.ucsd@gmail.com Spearhead our outreach initiative!
Events for Spring 2009 SWA, Dragonboat festival, Junkyard Derby
Southwest Area Conference • Saturday, April 25 at Henry Booker room • Micromouse Competition (9am) • Paper Contest (10am)
Dragonboat Festival Saturday, May 2 Sign up now!
Junkyard Derby 2007 Go Go Gadget Mobile! Audience Favorite!
Junkyard Derby 2008 Barbieee
Junkyard Derby 2009 <Your creativity here>
Join IEEE Today • 25TH Largest IEEE Student Chapter in the world. 400+ IEEE members at UCSD. • Full subscription to IEEE Spectrum and IEEE Potentials magazines. • Access to IEEE Xplore Digital Library. • Find jobs, internships, and scholarships.
How to Join: http://ieee.org Use your @ucsd email address. Click Here
Become an Officer • Outreach Chair • Spearhead our community involvement initiative and inspire the next generation of engineers. • Social Chair • Throw fun events. • Technical Chair • Throw technical events (lab tours, soldering workshops …). • Treasurer • Manage IEEE’s finances and track where the money is going in + out. • Secretary • Develop organizational skills and keep all of your fellow teammates updated on our weekly meetings. • Publicity • Get the word out about all the amazing stuff we do. • Webmaster • Responsible for the design and function of the website. Manage the server • Historian • Responsible for the content of the website. • TESC Representative • Attend weekly TESC meetings and keep your fellow officers up-to-date.
How to Get Involved • Officers • Go to ieee.ucsd.edu, click on “Officer Application” • Deadline is next Sunday, April 26th • Talk to us afterwards • Projects • Talk to Mrinal • Outreach • Talk to Jaclyn Rapadas
Networking Session: talk to us! Find this presentation online at http://ieee.ucsd.edu