WELCOME TO THE

IEEE PIKES PEAK SECTION!!!

IEEE Recognition for Pixar Renderman

CREATING RENDERMAN®: PIXAR’S IMPACT ON COMPUTER GRAPHICS | AN IEEE MILESTONE | IEEETV

ARTificial Intelligence in STEM –> STEAM (‘A’=Arts/AI)

ARTificial Intelligence: How AI Tools Are Impacting the Arts | IEEETV

Neuralink’s Brain Chip Explained! | Watch

Hot Topic: Global Semiconductor Demand

As semiconductor sales soar, career opportunities abound.

OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTRIBUTE

Based on the video below posted at Linkedin, I am looking for active and engaged Section members who would like to contribute to the Camtasia initiative where the IEEE Pikes Peak Section will purchase 3 to 4 AI-assisted Camtasia licenses for a one-year subscription to selected IEEE Young Professionals to help with generating STEAM content or create suitable demos for middle-school students.

Dr Santiago has provided some do-it-yourself demo examples at the Squishy Circuits Mini-Sites and at the 17 Mar 2025 STEAM-TEAMS meeting.

Dr Santiago will also plan to talk to Life Member Affinity Group members to provide an opportunity for them to share their career stories.  How?  By providing a 3-5 minute script of their career as well as any visual content that will enhance the video production process.  Dr Santiago will help develop your stories and contributions.  If any interested LMAG members who may be interested in helping Dr Santiago with this initiative, please let him know.

Pikes Peak Section Recognition and Awards

IEEE Pikes Peak STEAM-TEAMS Challenge: Engineering the Future, One Mentor at a Time

We are happy to announce that the IEEE Pikes Peak Section was notified on 7 March 2025 as a recipient of the IEEE STEM Grant.

According to Chair, Stamatis Dragoumanos, IEEE Pre-University Education Coordinating Committee, “We received an overwhelming number of applications, 415 in all, with a wide array of program types all showing great creativity and innovation in STEM outreach and your program rose to the top! Through your efforts, IEEE will be empowering the next generation of technology innovators.”

Below is a short summary of the proposal:

What if we could engineer a mentorship-driven movement that grows exponentially? The STEAM-TEAMS Challenge isn’t just a STEM outreach initiative—it’s a scalable, self-sustaining leadership ecosystem where every IEEE member recruits, mentors, and empowers one new member per year.

In other words, the strategic goal is:

“For each year, each of the current active and engaged members, recruit one IEEE member and mentor the recruit to be an active and engaged member of the IEEE Pikes Peak Section. By your leadership example, have your recruit who is now an active and engaged member do the same as you did by recruiting one member.”

To empower the IEEE Pikes Peak Section members, we considered:

Hands-On Learning: Squishy Circuits, robotics, and AI-assisted multimedia to bridge STEM/STEAM and the future of education.

Mentorship Multiplier: Inspired by Metcalfe’s Law & Dunbar’s Number, our model ensures exponential engagement and leadership growth.

Real Impact: Built on proven and past IEEE student-driven success, including past student branch initiatives, U.S. Air Force Academy events, and Cool Science showcases.

By Year 4, ideally, this initiative will exceed 150 engaged members—empowering engineers to lead, not just follow. If you believe in the power of mentorship, innovation, and hands-on learning, join us in shaping the future of IEEE! Even if 25% successful, it will double the number of engaged and active members within the IEEE Pikes Peak Section we currently have now.

#IEEE #STEM #Mentorship #Leadership #AI #STEAM

Schedule of Workshops/Meetings |  Work In Progress STEAM-TEAMS Notes   |  Standing TALL webinars

Exciting Collaboration Between IEEE Pikes Peak Section and Cool Science

Recently, Mark Heinrich, Secretary Officer of the IEEE Pikes Peak Section (PPS), took proactive steps to ensure a fruitful collaboration between the IEEE PPS and Cool Science. During a STEAM-TEAMS meeting on February 11, 2025, organized by Dr. John Santiago, Mark seized the opportunity to connect with Marc Straub, the Executive Director of Cool Science. This strategic meeting, held on March 10, 2025, at Village Inn, was a pivotal moment for both organizations.

At the meeting, Marc Straub introduced Cool Science and highlighted the upcoming Cool Science Festival scheduled from September 27 to October 12 as well as the monthly meetings ‘Science on Tap’.

Dr. Santiago initiated a discussion on the storage of STEAM demos, with Mr. Straub suggesting potential storage space at the Space Foundation’s Summer of Discovery where he has currently has space. Recognizing the importance of community outreach, Dr. Santiago emphasized the valuable leadership and volunteer opportunities that Cool Science presents for IEEE PPS members, particularly Young Professionals (YPs) and IEEE student members in the local area.

The engagement concluded with a promising outlook for a collaborative partnership between the IEEE Pikes Peak Section and Cool Science. This alliance not only fosters a strong working relationship but also opens doors for enhanced community engagement and professional development opportunities for IEEE members. Exciting times lie ahead as both organizations embark on this journey of mutual growth and innovation.

The individuals on the photo below from left to right are Mark Heinrich, Marc Straub and Dr. John Santiago.

#IEEE #CoolScience #Collaboration #CommunityEngagement

The image below from left to right are:  Mark Heinrich, Marc Straub, and Dr. John Santiago.

Schedule of Workshops/Meetings |  Work In Progress STEAM-TEAMS Notes   |  Standing TALL webinars

AI-Inpainting

As a straight-forward application of using AI, here is a simple example of cleaning up the table in the previous image where you can paint an area of the table and prompt it with a clean table.

Schedule of Workshops/Meetings |  Work In Progress STEAM-TEAMS Notes   |  Standing TALL webinars

Greenscreen Animation with Dancing Einstein

In the above animation, Dr Santiago combined standard greenscreen technology and 3D animation software after uncluttering the table with AI.

Schedule of Workshops/Meetings |  Work In Progress STEAM-TEAMS Notes   |  Standing TALL webinars

SHAPING THE FUTURE:  IEEE Pikes Peak Section STEAM-TEAMS Become Hotter and Cooler with Cool Science]

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2025 Cool Science Carnival Day and Fiesta, September 27 -October 12

The 2025 Flyer is forthcoming.  So MARK YOUR CALENDAR, 27 September to 12 October!

Shown below is last year’s 2024 Flyer of Cool Science Carnival Day and Fiesta held September 28 – Oct 13.  This should give you an idea of this Family Fun Event!  

Recognition and Awards

Congratulations to the following and New IEEE Senior Members!

More recognition and awards from members and student members of the IEEE Pikes Peak Section can be found here:  Recognition-and-Awards | IEEE Pikes Peak Section

Investment in STEAM/STEM Education: Squishy Circuits + More Are Here!

Check Out our NEW STEAM/STEM Squishy Circuits Program and More Mini-site!

IEEE Student Demos for Community Projects found at:

  STEM Demos | IEEE Pikes Peak Section

Registration for upcoming meeting (see details below):  STEM/STEAM Workstations and Preparation Events for September 2025 ‘What-If’ Festival : vTools Events | vTools IEEE

Women in Engineering Webinar Series

Register the first Region 5 WIE webinar for 2025 at:  https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/462497

IEEE Digital Privacy Initiative

For engineering students of all disciplines,

check out the video below!

Standing TALL (Teach, Ask, Learn, Lead)