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IEEE-USA Toolkit: Resources for
the Member
By Abby
Vogel Robinson
In each of the coming months,
Today’s Engineer will highlight five
different programs, products and services from
IEEE-USA and elsewhere around the IEEE,
designed to help the members with their careers
and professional development. Whether you're a
student trying to select a focus, if you're just
starting your career, or if you're getting close
to retirement, IEEE has a wealth of resources to
help you at every stage of your professional
life.
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1.
IEEE-USA
Student Video Competition
 IEEE-USA
is launching its fourth online
engineering video competition for U.S.
undergraduate students on "How Engineers
Make a World of Difference." IEEE-USA
will present four scholarship awards
totaling $5,000 to undergraduates who
create the most effective 90-second
video clips reinforcing for an
11-to-13-year-old audience how engineers
improve the world. Entries should
provide an individual profile of an
engineer or technical professional and
how he or she makes "a world of
difference" in engineering, computing
and/or technology. Entries must be
submitted through YouTube by midnight
EST on 21 January 2011.
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2.
Discounts on DELL products
 The Dell Employee Purchase Program (EPP) enables IEEE members to purchase Dell Home products at great discounts off regular pricing. On top of the discounted price, members can get additional savings from special values and promotions that can include electronics, accessories and customization. Check the EPP discounts against Dell's publicly advertised prices and you will qualify for whichever price is less at that time.
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3. WISE Program
Each year, outstanding engineering students are selected to spend nine weeks during the summer in Washington, D.C., learning about the public policy process, including how government officials make decisions on complex technological issues and how engineers can contribute to legislative and regulatory public policy decisions. The deadline for applications is 31 December 2010.
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4.
IEEE.tv
IEEE.tv is an
award-winning, Internet-based television
network that produces and delivers
special-interest programming about
technology and engineering for the
benefit of IEEE’s member and the general
public. Its ever-growing library of
programs includes videos on wind power,
biomedical engineering, and on recycling
computer and electronic products. New
programs, recorded in high definition,
are added monthly.
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5.
IEEE Xtreme Programming Challenge
 IEEEXtreme is a global
challenge in which teams of IEEE student
members — supported by an IEEE Student
Branch, advised and proctored by an IEEE
Member —
compete in a 24-hour time span against
each other to solve a set of programming
problems. Registration is open until 8
October 2010.
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Abby Vogel Robinson, Ph.D.,
is a communications officer in the Research News
and Publications office at the Georgia Institute
of Technology. In this position, she writes
about Georgia Tech research discoveries and
developments, and assists reporters in their
coverage of Georgia Tech research. Robinson also
serves as chair of the IEEE-USA Communications
Committee and as an editor for IEEE-USA
Today’s Engineer.
Comments may be submitted to
todaysengineer@ieee.org.
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