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IEEE Humanitarian Activities Grants to Denver Area

IEEE Humanitarian Activities Grants to Denver Area
The IEEE Humanitarian Activities Committee has awarded grants totaling $95,000 to two non-profit organizations based in the Denver Section.

Africa Development Promise for Smart Farming in Uganda (#18-PC3-13)
Colorado Haiti Project for Investing in Rural Haiti – Solar at St. Paul’s …

R5 Director-Elect Nominations

The IEEE Region 5 Executive Committee is seeking nominations for Region 5 Director-Elect for 2018-19.  For this election cycle the member must come from the Region 5 West Area (El Paso, South Plains, Panhandle, Pikes Peak, Denver, High Plains, Black Hills Sections).  Candidates selected would …

Meetup (Social Media)

You may or may not have heard about the social media site meetup.com which has been around oh, about fifteen years. That’s a long time in social media years. I joined up years ago to get event information in my local area but recently found …

New Milestone for Region 5

Western, IEEE and Siemens recently celebrated the IEEE Milestone commemoration of the Virginia Smith Converter Station. The station, located in Sidney, Nebraska, provides an important interconnection between two of the nation’s three electrical grids, literally connecting east to west. Its electrical current conversion technology represents …