1 / 10

ECE/ CoE 1885 Departmental Seminar

ECE/ CoE 1885 Departmental Seminar. September 12, 2011 Dr. Steve Jacobs Dr. Alex Jones. Today’s Seminar. Announcements Homework Assignment #1 Dr. Steve Levitan: Engineering for Humanity IEEE Officers Chris Frankovic: Co-Op Office Jim McCarthy: Career Development Office

upton
Download Presentation

ECE/ CoE 1885 Departmental Seminar

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. ECE/CoE 1885Departmental Seminar September 12, 2011 Dr. Steve Jacobs Dr. Alex Jones

  2. Today’s Seminar • Announcements • Homework Assignment #1 • Dr. Steve Levitan: Engineering for Humanity • IEEE Officers • Chris Frankovic: Co-Op Office • Jim McCarthy: Career Development Office • Trisha Hyatt: Student Employment & Placement Assistance

  3. Homework Assignment #2 • Log In to courseweb.pitt.edu • Visit “Assignments” page for ECE/CoE 1885 • Form: briefly describe the seminar • Your name, date • Speaker(s), topic of seminar • Co-Op, CDO, SEPA, EfH • CoE 1502 • What you liked and didn’t like • Submit by Friday Sept 16

  4. Engineering for Humanity Dr. Steve Levitan

  5. IEEE • Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers • Pitt, Local, Regional, & International • Electrical Engineers, Computer Engineers, Computer Science, and related areas • Student Chapter Officers • Amanda Johanns (amj50) • David Dgien (dbd12) • Ingrid Avendano • Greg Bee • Michelle Clogan

  6. Why Join IEEE? • Networking opportunities • Learn about companies, new technology • Tutoring • Technical Societies & Publications • Cheap alternative for snacks on campus • Discounts to IEEE events that all ECE students can attend

  7. Events • This Year: • Planning: Lutron • IEEE Day – October 6th • Soldering Workshop: Oct. 6th, 1pm-2pm, Lab B10 • Tutoringbefore first set of midterms • IEEE Xtreme 5.0

  8. INTEL Visit • TODAY!!! • 3 pm – 4:30 pm • 5317 Sennott S quare • Accepting resumes! • Full-time positions and internships available • Free food and Netbook giveaway

  9. How To Join • Visit www.IEEE.org/join • Choose Student/Graduate Membership • Fill in your information • Dues are $32.00 per year • Join now, valid through end of 2012 • Why it’s worth it: • Only $2.67/month! • 13 coffees at Dunkin • 6 pizzas at Antoon’s • 10 bagels at Einstein’s

  10. Membership Drive • After joining, email us (ssoeieee@pitt.edu): • Name • Major • Expected graduation • IEEE Number • Preferred email • Hard copy of registration →IEEE mailbox (1140) • Drawing for a gift card to the Pitt Book Center • Due by September 28th to be eligible for drawing

More Related