IEEE Women in Engineering Newsletter – January | 
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- WIE and IEEE Announcements
- Other Announcements & Articles of Interest
- Affinity Group News
- WIE Member Spotlight
WIE and IEEE Announcements
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WIE and IEEE Announcements WELCOME FROM THE IEEE 2007 WIE COMMITTEE CHAIR
This past year, we began developing a strategic plan that included mission and vision statements that reflects the needs of our membership. With the hard work of our past chair, Mary Ellen Randall and our Chair Emeritus, Jan Brown, we incorporated the results of a survey of over 1500 IEEE members. It is clear that we need to support women at all stages of their careers, whether it be attracting girls into engineering and the sciences, helping young women succeed in engineering programs, finding career opportunities or inspiring women to achieve unimaginable success. Our major initiative for 2007 will be the development of the IEEE WIE magazine that will focus on the major issues and challenges for Women in Engineering and the Sciences. We will also be hosting a variety of outreach campaigns on IEEE.tv that are intended to help young girls understand what engineering is and what exciting career opportunities await them. I am very impressed with the activities that the WIE Affinity Groups have supported and look forward to working with you to help make your Affinity Groups thrive. I am very honored to be the WIE Committee Chair and welcome your input and feedback as we embark on this exciting new year. Karen Panetta IEEE WIE Committee Chair, 2007
Welcome the 2007 WIE Committee Members, Coordinators, and Liaisons2007 WIE COMMITTEE
WIE Liaisons
Regional Coordinators
Society Coordinators
WIE AFFINITY GROUP OF THE YEAR AWARD The IEEE Women in Engineering Committee is now accepting nominations for the 2006 WIE Affinity Groups of the Year Award. The WIE Affinity Group of the Year Award is given annually to one WIE Affinity Group that has shown outstanding leadership and initiative in organizing activities. The award will be based on programs that took place during the period of 1 January to 31 December 2006. Reminder this award deadline is only for all WIE Affinity Groups. *****The WIE Student Branch Affinity Group of the Year Award will continue to be given annually. The new deadline for WIE Student Branch Affinity Group of the Year Award nominations will be due 30 June every year.******* The winning WIE Affinity Group will be awarded a subsidy in the amount of US$250 for future Affinity Group activities and a Certificate of Recognition. Award selection will be based on: • Quality of activities and programs sponsored/co-sponsored by the affinity group • Quantity of activities and programs • The number of participants at regular meetings and other activities and programs • Demonstrations of outreach programs to young women • The number of people served by the outreach • Communication with its members • Growth of affinity group membership • Affinity group website (if available) Nominations for the award may be sent by simply completing the nomination form. All nominations for the 2006 Awards must be received no later than 1 February 2007. The WIE Committee will review all nominations and rank order them based on the criteria listed above. As a general rule, an Affinity Group cannot receive this award more than once every three years. The nomination form and information is available on the WIE website. www.ieee.org/women
WIE CONGRATULATES 18 FEMALES ELEVATED TO IEEE FELLOWS IN 2007 IEEE Women in Engineering congratulates the women elected to the grade of IEEE Fellow in 2007. The women elected this year will bring the current total number of women IEEE Fellows to146. The IEEE Board of Directors named a total of 268 Senior Members to the grade of Fellow 2007. The grade of Fellow recognizes unusual distinction in the profession and is conferred only by invitation of the IEEE Board of Directors upon a person with an extraordinary record of accomplishments in any of the IEEE’s designated fields of interest. The women honored in 2007 were recognized are as follows:
For lists of all Fellows, 2007 Fellows, or women Fellows, visit http://www.ieee.org/web/aboutus/fellows/complete-list-ieee-fellows1.html CALL FOR 2008 FELLOWS NOMINATIONS The deadline to nominate an IEEE Fellow is 1 March 2007. Nominations can be submitted electronically, by downloading the forms, or by requesting a nomination kit. For more information on Fellow nominations visit the IEEE Fellow webpage. http://www.ieee.org/portal/pages/about/awards/fellows/request.html |
Other Announcements & Articles of Interest
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Mexican American PhD Scholars/Researchers wanted for research study Michelle Espino, a doctoral student in the Center for the Study of Higher Education at the University of Arizona, is conducting a study regarding the experiences of Mexican American scholars. Her goal is to interview male and female scholars who earned their doctorates within the past 10 years in ANY discipline, particularly the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, at one of the following Research I institutions OR a comparable doctoral degree-granting institution:
If you are interested in participating in this study and/or would like additional information, please contact Michelle M. Espino at mespino@email.arizona.edu.
SENIOR MEMBER ELEVATION
Have you applied for Senior Membership? Do you need endorsements and do not know how to find them? Ask WIE, we can help you! Contact WIE Staff at women@ieee.org. For information on how to become an IEEE Senior Member, visit the IEEE Senior Member Program website. http://www.ieee.org/organizations/rab/md/smprogram.html
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NEW SCIENTIST: “IT’S A WOMAN’S WORLD WIDE WEB” The New Scientist interviews UK computer scientist Wendy Hall, who heads the electrical and computer engineering department at the University of Southampton. The article follows her career path from her early interest in mathematics to her current research with Tim Berners-Lee on the link structure of the World Wide Web: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19225792.500-its-a-womans-world-wide-%0Aweb.html WIE membership is FREE for Student, Graduate Student, and Life Members, and just $25 for other IEEE Members. To join WIE, visit http://www.ieee.org/portal/pages/committee/women/join.html. |
Affinity Group News
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NEW HAMPSHIRE (USA) AFFINITY GROUP FORMS, SOLICITS SUGGESTIONS Contributed by Jennifer Ng I am
pleased to announce the formation of an IEEE WIE
Affinity Group in New Hampshire, go to
WIE WINNIPEG (CANADA) LEADS ROBOT BUILDING WORKSHOP IN CHINA Contributed by Jennifer Jessop In September 2006, WIE Winnipeg sponsored a robot building workshop at the Clifford International School in Guangzhou, China. In partnership with Manitoba Robot Games (MRG), WIE member Jennifer Jessop helped the students in Grades 5 and 6 to construct Robocritters, with the assistance of the Grade 5 & 6 teachers and their teaching assistants. The event was fully sponsored by the MRG and WIE.
The school children enjoyed the robot building experience and amazed their teachers at their ability to learn and adapt quickly. The students worked in groups of four to design and construct the robots. The teams divided themselves into design and construction sections and focused on their individual areas and then came together to assemble the final product. The elements of safety, team work and creativity were stressed as key areas to focus on for the students A pre-robot building meeting was held with the teachers to construct a robot prototype, which was almost more challenging than the workshop itself. The teachers are interested in future robot workshops. A possible workshop is being planned for April 2007. Link to event photos: http://ca.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/kathyj_maxin/album?.dir=/1f17scd&.src=ph&.tok=phbjxqFBzZzt297W
IEEE STUDENT BRANCH AT INSTITUTE OF SPACE TECHNOLOGY, ISLAMABAD (PAKISTAN) HELPS FORM NEW WIE AFFINITY GROUPS Contributed by Adnan M. Qureshi In July and August 2006, the IEEE Student Branch at the Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad visited NIIT (Nust Institute of Information Technology, Rawalpindi) and NWFP University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar. The visit included a presentation on IEEE with special emphasis on Women in Engineering (WIE) affinity group formation. The visits were a success and petitions from both universities were submitted to the IEEE, USA after a short span of time. The IEEE student branch at the Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad played an important role in creating WIE affinity groups at the following two institutions:
In September 2006, the IEEE Islamabad Section organized the 1st International Conference on Advances in Space Technologies (ICAST 2006) and the IEEE publicity/advertisement stall was set up by the IEEE student branch at the Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad. The Women in Engineering (WIE) stall was also operated by the Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad and it was a success.
The Women in Engineering stall at ICAST 2006, sponsored by the Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad.
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31 WIE AFFINITY GROUPS AND STUDENT BRACH AFFINITY GROUPS WERE FORMED IN 2006
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WIE Member Spotlight
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WIE MEMBER HELENE HOI-YING FUNG WINS RAB GOLD ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Contributed by Valerie Maxwell Helene Fung, one of the founding members of the Western Australia (WA) Section WIE and GOLD Affinity Groups, has been selected as the 2006 recipient of the Regional Activities Board GOLD Achievement Award. The IEEE Regional Activities Board is pleased to honor Helene for the outstanding contributions she has made to numerous IEEE activities and the example she sets in carrying forward the goals and objectives of the IEEE Regional Activities Board. The Award consists of a cash prize and a plaque, which carries the following citation: "For outstanding contributions in Western Australia GOLD activities, and encouraging industry support and participation." Helene was successfully nominated by the WA Section for the IEEE Region 10 GOLD Award and her submission was presented by Y. W. Liu to be considered for the RAB award. Her IEEE representation began as an active member of the University of Western Australia Student Branch, then co-founding the local GOLD group. She is also a founding member of the WA Section WIE Affinity Group. Helene is very active in the IEEE at the regional level and encourages others to become involved and contribute to the wider engineering community. In the words of Helene, "While the award is in my name, I think that it was a group effort from the whole committee which made our achievements possible, and I sincerely thank them all. Things were not exactly easy to coordinate because I had to travel quite a bit for my work and other IEEE commitments this year, and a few other GOLD committee members also traveled frequently for their work. But everyone did their part and helped out. I will be using part of the cash reward from the Gold Achievement Award towards buying drinks for the committee at our end-of-year committee thank-you dinner!" |
