News Category: Program Impact
Purdue’s IEEE-HKN Lounge: Re-Dedicated Over Five Decades Later
By John D. McDonaldFounder/CEO, JDM Associates, LLC, Duluth, GA, USAIEEE Foundation Director & VP DevelopmentIEEE Life Fellow, Member National Academy of Engineering, CIGRE Honorary Member A noteworthy event recently touched…
Meet the 2024 IEEE Presidents’ Scholarship Winners
The IEEE Presidents’ Scholarship, initially awarded in 1999 and celebrating its 25th Anniversary, recognizes a deserving student for an outstanding project that demonstrates an understanding of electrical engineering, electronics engineering,…
IEEE Milestones Program Celebrates 40th Anniversary
The IEEE Milestones Program honors significant technical achievements in all areas associated with IEEE: Engineering, Computer Sciences and Information Technology, Physical Sciences, Biological and Medical Sciences, Mathematics, Technical Communications, Education,…
IEEE TryEngineering STEM Grants Make an Impact in Developing Countries Across the Globe
This year the IEEE TryEngineering STEM Grants Program awarded more than US$61,000 to 53 volunteer-led programs for pre-university outreach activities. A global effort, the call for proposals garnered applications from…
Boston Students Making Hearing Testing Accessible in Guatemala with EPICS in IEEE and the Jon C. Taenzer Memorial Fund
Hearing loss is a prevalent issue, one that can impact very young children in the early stages of development who are unable to communicate the issue. Without adequate hearing testing,…
First IEEE Smart Village Initiative in China Commissioned:Â Dacheng Energy Rural Photovoltaic-Thermal Heating
IEEE Smart Village (ISV) is pleased to report that the first ISV-funded initiative in China has been commissioned! This project was funded through the generosity of an onsemi grant. The…
Join the Challenge: Empower a Billion Lives 2025
Empower a Billion Lives (EBL) 2025, an IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) initiative, is not just a competition, it’s a movement to create transformative solutions that tackle energy poverty head-on.…
Speaking of Numbers: Measurement, Quantification and the Kelvin Dictum
On 29 May, the IEEE Foundation and the IEEE History Center organized Speaking of Numbers: Measurements, Quantification, and Kelvin’s Dictum, a virtual lecture focusing on Lord Kelvin’s work. The lecture…
