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      IEEE-USA InSight recently had the opportunity to ask Nora Tgavalekos, Raytheon’s Chief Software Engineer, about her career, mentoring, diversity and more. During her past 11 years at Raytheon, Tgavalekos has continuously made strides for women […]
      
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      Pictured: Senator Maria Cantwell (Wash.) and 2019 IEEE-USA Congressional Fellow Ethan Keeler. As an IEEE-USA Congressional Fellow, I worked in the office of Senator Maria Cantwell (Washington State) and for the Committee on Commerce, Science, and […]
      
      Invention to Impact – NSF’s Technology Translation Programs
      
      Pictured: One of the VocaliD team, recording her voice, or voicebanking, on VocaliD's Human Voicebank. VocaliD is an NSF-funded small business. Photo credit: VocaliD. The National Science Foundation (NSF) issues hundreds of grants every year to […]
      
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      Pictured (left to right): Nina Rouhanizadeh, Chair, WIE Chicago; Congressman Bill Foster; Maria Rios, CEO, Nation Waste Inc.; Laura Ellman, Member of Illinois State Senate; Anne Lee, CTO, Nokia Bell Lab; Congressman Sean Casten; and Liang Downey, […]
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      Try your hand at our weekly engineering- and technology-themed crossword puzzles. Every Wednesday, we will post a new puzzle -- authored by renowned crossword puzzle writer Myles Mellor -- to test your skill and knowledge. Myles Mellor is one of […]
      
      New IEEE-USA E-BOOK Urges Engineers: Publish Your Work!
      
      “Publish or perish” is a familiar saying among academics. More often than not, their advancement depends on publishing new research in their field. But veteran engineer and educator Harry T. Roman believes that technical professionals […]
      
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      Try your hand at our weekly engineering- and technology-themed crossword puzzles. Every Wednesday, we will post a new puzzle -- authored by renowned crossword puzzle writer Myles Mellor -- to test your skill and knowledge. Myles Mellor is […]
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      “Publish or perish” is a familiar saying among academics. More often than not, their advancement depends on publishing new research in their field. But veteran engineer and educator Harry T. Roman believes that technical professionals […]
      
      Harnessing Cybertech?
      
      Many of us were exposed to the belief that technology and our own personal role in its development could be the savior of mankind. Yet it now appears that many cyber developments will become a major threat to that hopeful ambition. Some examples […]
      
      New IEEE-USA E-book Highlights Strategies for Effective Mentoring Partnerships
      
      The physicist and 2015 IEEE Medal of Honor recipient Mildred Dresselhaus once described mentoring as “Listening to people, helping them go over the issues, and clarifying how to deal with any problems that might arise.” In a nutshell, […]
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