The 2018 EMC Society Executive Committee Election is Completed. Congratulation to the 2018 Executive Committee The new committee is: }  Chair-  Jack Black }  Vice Chair- Roger Swanberg }  Secretary- Jerry Meyerhoff  Denny Barfus }  Scholarships- Bob Hofmann }  Programs-  Tom Braxton }  Events-Webmaster- Frank Krozel }  Membership-  Mike McNatt }  Treasurer- Ray Klouda }  Publicity- Craig Fanning }  EMC Advocate Roy Leventhal  

The Lewis University IEEE Student Chapter, in conjunction with the IEEE Computer Society Chicago section, sponsored an Hour of Code event on Saturday, December 9. Over twenty children between five and thirteen years old attended the event, many with their parents, to learn how to write computer programs. The younger children were introduced to programming… Read more →

This year Fox Valley Robotics/Batavia Robotics is hosting three robotics events: FTC (FIRST Tech Challenge) Batavia where Kids in middle and high school participated to qualify for regional was on Feb 12 Sunday. VEX Skills Challenge, this Sunday, Feb 19. Teams will be coming in to run their robots both autonomously and driver controlled.  We are… Read more →

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 models, write essays, and give oral presentations. Twenty Six teams from nineteen schools competed in the… Read more →

Norm Phoenix presented the initial Science Kit for Public Libraries grant to the Franklin Park Public Library District.  The presentation occurred on October 20, 2016 during the “Full Steam Ahead” program the library was holding that day.  The person receiving the grant on behalf of the library was Vanessa Morrison, Assistant Director – Information &… Read more →

On December 9th the IEEE Chicago Section held an awards banquet in the Skyline room at the Midwest Conference Center.   Certificates of Appreciation were given to many volunteers as well as Plaque awarded to  a few for exemplary service. Plaques were awarded to: Vickie Peters – Chicago Section Chair July 2014 to January 2016.  Vickie lead… Read more →

Another year has come and is almost gone. Due to circumstances beyond our control the annual Chicago Section Symposium will not take place. This does not mean nothing is going on. In fact, that’s half the problem. On the 7th is a Master of Engineering Management Information Session.  The IoT Summit is Nov. 9-10th at… Read more →

In September of 2015, a call went out to Public Libraries in the Chicago area to apply for IEEE-Chicago Section science kit grants.  By the November 15th deadline, 17 grant applications were received. In December 2015, a committee of 2 Chicago Section members and 6 Youth Librarians reviewed the applications and determined that 9 of the… Read more →