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WELCOME TO THE IEEE PIKES PEAK SECTION!

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The IEEE Pikes Peak Section serves IEEE student members and professionals in the Pikes Peak region, offering resources for career development, networking, and industry engagement. It provides access to technical and professional information through conferences, workshops, and local meetings. The section supports various student branches and promotes involvement in a number of IEEE activities, offering awards and recognition for contributions. Members benefit from continuing education opportunities and access to a global network of peers.

The IEEE Pikes Peak Section is one of 26 sections and with over 90 student branches as part of Region 5.  Globally, IEEE has 10 Regions where Regions 1-6 are found in the United States.  In Region 5, we have more than 23,000 higher grade members (Senior Member and Fellow) and over 3600 student members.

In the IEEE Pikes Peak Section, we have over 650 members and currently 4 student branches within the Colorado Springs area.

Welcome

Below is a suggested and draft outline as part of onboarding of new Section members and to learn about the current and past activities, such as professional, technical and community outreach.  The outline can be used as a reference point for either virtual or in-person meetings.

For example, you will also find many technical activities in various webpages in our website since we have connections in collaborating with sections in Region 5 as well as other sections outside of Region 5.

Another example is for younger members to develop their non-technical or leadership skills.  Here,  Young Professionals and student members volunteers can get involve or start your STEM events.  There are plenty of examples of past and affordable STEM events/ideas to help get you started in STEM activities (see Opportunities Tab not only for STEM ideas but also for leadership opportunities) to develop your professional skills while encouraging k-12 students to enter engineering.  We can help you with needed resources by submitting a short one-page proposal for budgeting purposes.

If you have any comments to improve this web page in helping new and current members, please contact Dileep Rai (Young Professional) at dileep.kumar.rai@gmail.com or Dr. John Santiago at john.santiago@ieee.org.

If interested or you need more information about activities, you can contact the following Young Professionals in our section:

  • For more information on Young Professional activities, please contact our Young Professional Coordinator, Dr. Priyank Kashyap at pkashya2@ncsu.edu.
  • For student activities, please contact our Student Activities coordinator, Bailey Heyman at Bailey.U.Heyman@gmail.com.
  • For member development, please contact, Abigail Teron at abigailteron@ieee.org
  • For Computer Society activities, please contact Senthil Mehalingam, s.mehalingam.us@ieee.org
  • For Magnetic Society activities, please contact Dr. Dmitro Bozhko, dbozhko@uccs.edu
  • For Power and Energy Society activities, please contact Dr. Tarek Masaud, tmasaud@uccs.edu

Welcome and Introduction (10 minutes)

Section Resources and Tools (15 minutes)

  • Overview of available resources (awards, branding – logos, ppt templates, budget, etc.)
  • Introduction to vTools for meeting management and member engagement
  • Accessing section website for updates (past and upcoming meetings at Home or News) and resources

Membership Benefits and Engagement (15 minutes)

  • Benefits of IEEE membership (you can go to the home page and prompt a talking human avatar found at lower right with this question “Please elaborate on the benefits of becoming an IEEE member?”)
  • Opportunities for professional development (CEUs/PDHs, free courses, free journals)
  • Industry engagement and networking opportunities

Administrative Processes (10 minutes)  

Q&A and Next Steps (10 minutes)

  • Open floor for questions
  • How to get involved in student branches, events, and committees
  • Next steps and follow-up actions

Closing

  • Thank participants for joining
  • Provide contact information for further support

Opportunities

Leadership Opportunities

 

Job Description of Officer Positions

Section Officer Positions

If interested in the Section/Chapter/Affinity Groups and other officer positions for the future, please the email the person on this contact us page.

Other volunteer opportunities are:  Social Media, Newsletter

STEM Opportunities for Community Outreach

If interested in STEM activities, below are some past ideas to expand on

Industry and Community Outreach

For those who have navigated through the website and are familiar with its contents, you can use the Website Content as a briefing tool to talk with Industry and Community list k-12 schools.

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