Each October the IEEE celebrates the anniversary of the first technical meeting for the American Institute of Electrical Engineers at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia on 7-8 October 1884. In 1963 the AIEE merged with the younger Institute [...]
The IEEE Student Branch at Oakton Community College was the only student branch in the Chicago Section to receive an EPICS Challenge grant for this year. Their year round temperature and moisture controlled community garden is in progress [...]
Chicago Section, under an IEEE STEM Champions Grant participated in Futures Unlimited a program of the Center For Promoting STEM at Oakton College. Girls from several north and northwest side schools participated in a workshop on the [...]
On Wednesday, March 23, 2022 IEEE PSES Chicago hosted a virtual meeting with some brief updates followed by a presentation via Teams (due to problems with Webex), which was well attended. The meeting began with PSES Chair, Barbara Kelkhoff, [...]
The IEEE Chicago Section once again sponsored an award for Future Cities this year. Future Cities is the competition for 6th, 7th, and 8th graders where students design their version of a future city with simulation software, build scale [...]
IEEE Chicago sponsored the Real-Time Communications Conference at IIT which was held virtual on October 12-14, 2021. If you missed the sessions during the conference or want to review again, the recordings are on YouTube. You can watch them [...]
Dear IEEE Chicago Section Members, I would like to announce the 2021 IEEE Chicago Section Officers: Chair: Sachin Kumar Vice Chair: Brook Abegaz Treasurer: Alvin Chin Secretary: Dana Al-Qadi Sachin Kumar is the section's 2020 Vice Chair, Brook is [...]
Each year, Chicago Engineers Foundation presents scholarship awards to high school and college students pursuing engineering careers. Many of the awards are fully funded by individuals, foundations, companies and professional associations. The IEEE Chicago is sponsoring a 2020 CEF [...]
The IEEE-Chicago Section Awards Committee is seeking nominations for the 2020 awards by July 30, 2020. The Annual Awards & Recognition event honors members who have made valuable contributions to the IEEE-Chicago section. It also honors organizations who have supported [...]
On Wednesday, April 22, 2020 Chicago PSES hosted their business meeting followed by a presentation via Skype. There was a total of 38 attendees from across the US. The meeting began with Chair, Harry Jones, discussing business updates and [...]