IEEE Sensor Council GOLD Initiative Inspire and enable recent graduates to become the global community of the brightest, dynamic, and innovative leaders for the benefit of humanity Venkata Chivukula GOLD Representative of IEEE Sensors
What is IEEE Graduate Of Last Decade? Student members (undergraduate school) Full Members (Young Professionals) GOLD Members Graduate School (Young Professionals) Full Members (Young Professionals) Member or Senior (Professional) Member or Senior (Professional) Graduate not more than 10 years from first professional degree Automatic No need to apply
How big is GOLD Community? 3497 11,537 9915 26,788 2158 Total 53,895 (June-10) 150 GOLD Affinity Groups in the World, Nearly 50% of IEEE Sections have a GOLD affinity group, which means that IEEE GOLD members have local community representation.
Where is GOLD in IEEE? Value to IEEE Increase retention rate Organization evolves with each new generation of members Develop future IEEE leaders Increase participation in all events Recruit and develop GOLD volunteers for the Section Board of Directors MEMBERS Assembly Publication Products & Services IEEE - USA Educational Activities Regional Activities Standards Association Technical Activities Value to Young members.. Student Activities Committee Help to connect graduate students to local professional community Provide recent graduates with professional and personal development opportunities Network with other professionals in all member grades GOLD Committee GOLD Affinity Groups Regions Sections Student Branches
GOLD Member Services IEEE GOLD Webinars and GOLDRush Newsletter: Professional Development Some of interesting webinars were- 1. Geek in the Lead: Growing from Engineer to Manager 2. A Survival Guide for Scien>fic Wri>ng in the Academic and Professional Environments recorded for on-demand viewing*
New in 2010!!! IEEE Sensors Early Career GOLD Award Awarded annually to promote, recognize and support contributions from young GOLD members within the fields of interest of the IEEE Sensors Council. The award is a plaque and $2,000 check. Who are eligible? Must be IEEE GOLD member per IEEE GOLD member defini>on at the >me of nomina>on; Must be an IEEE member in good standing.
Basis of Judging Max. 300 word statement of accomplishments of nominee s contribu>ons, accomplishments and impact on the profession or economy. Min. two and a max. of three lepers of reference The nomination are reviewed by four member award s committee with representatives from industry, academia and GOLD members.
Selection Process eligibility requirements academic and professional credentials
Selection Process professional service personality technical contribution and reference letters
2010 Nominations Finalists!!! Major accomplishments Design of wireless wearable sensors for medical applica>on. He designed MicroLEAP and SmartCane, a Bluetooth enabled devices that con>nuously tracks cane use. Vice President of IEEE UCLA Student Branch Mr. Lawrence Au Ph.D. Candidate Electrical Engineering UCLA Co authored six publica>on and received one best paper award. Involved in internship opportuni>es at Intel, Qualcomm and Analog devices.
2010 Nominations Finalists!!! Major accomplishments Bio inspired devices, chemical sensor architectures with applica>on to biomedical electronics, Memris>ve elements, RF and Microwave design, passive device size reduc>on techniques. Dr. Thermistoklis Prodromakis Research Associate Institute of Biomedical Eng. Imperial College of London Lindemann Trust Fellow, UC Berkeley, US and Corrigan Research Fellow at Imperial College. Hold three patents and six publica>on
2010 GOLD Award Winner!!! Major accomplishments Established the basis for the passive wireless intermodulation communication sensors and contributed to the technology development of RFID, SAW sensors, and automotive radar sensors. Dr. Ville V. Viikari Senior Research Scientist VTT/Sensing and wireless devices Adjunct Professor at Aalto Univ. Finland Viikari has authored eight peer reviewed journal papers, one patent, and five patent applications on wireless sensors Visiting Researcher, University of California, San Diego, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Nomination Submission for 2011 The nomina>on form can be downloaded from IEEE SENSOR COUNCIL website ( hpp://ewh.ieee.org/tc/sensors/scawards.htm) Submission deadline: August 15 th, 2011 Are you interested in being IEEE Sensors GOLD members? Please write your name and contact informa>on on the sign up sheet and feel free to stop by at GOLD booth # 12 in the exhibit area.
Gold Award Committee Mr. Venkata Chivukula, GOLD Award Chair Rensselaer Polytechnic Ins>tute Professor Walt Besio, AdCom member for Engineering in Medicine and Biology Dr. Alexey Vert, Scien>st, Semiconductor Technology Lab GE Global Research Dr. Weisong Wang, Research Engineer/Scien=st Associate IV, McDonald Observatory, Univ. of Aus=n.