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IEEE Sensor Council GOLD Initiative

Venkata ChivukulaGOLD Representative of IEEE Sensors

“Inspire and enable recent graduates to become the globalcommunity of the brightest, dynamic, and innovative leaders for thebenefit of humanity”

What is IEEE Graduate Of Last Decade ?

Full Members(Young Professionals)

Student members(undergraduate school) Full Members

(Young Professionals)

Graduate School(Young Professionals)

Member or Senior(Professional)

Member or Senior(Professional)

Graduate not more than 10 years from first professional degree

GOLD Members

Automatic – No need to “apply”

How big is GOLD Community ?

2158

11,537

9915

3497

26,788

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 ?

MEMBERS

Board ofDirectors Assembly

PublicationProducts &Services

IEEE - USA EducationalActivities

RegionalActivities

Regions

StandardsAssociation

TechnicalActivities

Student Activities

Committee GOLD

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SectionsSections

Student BranchesStudent

Branches

GOLD Affinity Groups

GOLD Affinity Groups

• 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

Value to IEEE

• 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

Value to Young members

GOLD Member ServicesIEEE 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 Scientific Writing in the Academic and Professional Environments

recorded for on-demand viewing*

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.

New in 2010 !!!

The award is a plaque and $2,000 check.

Who are eligible ?•Must be IEEE GOLD member per IEEE GOLD member definition at the time of nomination;•Must be an IEEE member in good standing.

Basis of Judging

Max. 300 word statement of accomplishments of nominee’s contributions, accomplishments and impact on the profession or economy.

Min. two and a max. of three letters 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 !!!

Mr. Lawrence AuPh.D. Candidate Electrical EngineeringUCLA

Major accomplishments• Design of wireless wearable sensors for

medical application. He designed MicroLEAP and SmartCane, a Bluetooth-enabled devices that continuously tracks cane use.

• Vice-President of IEEE UCLA Student Branch

• Co-authored six publication and received one best paper award.

• Involved in internship opportunities at Intel, Qualcomm and Analog devices.

2010 Nominations Finalists !!!

Dr. Thermistoklis ProdromakisResearch AssociateInstitute of Biomedical Eng.Imperial College of London

Major accomplishments

• Bio-inspired devices, chemical sensor architectures with application to biomedical electronics, Memristive elements, RF and Microwave design, passive device size reduction techniques.

• Lindemann Trust Fellow, UC Berkeley, US and Corrigan Research Fellow at Imperial College.

• Hold three patents and six publication

2010 GOLD Award Winner !!!

Dr. Ville V. ViikariSenior Research Scientist VTT/Sensing and wireless devicesAdjunct Professor at Aalto Univ.Finland

Major accomplishments

• Viikari has authored eight peer reviewed journal papers, one patent, and five patent applications on wireless sensors

• Established the basis for the passive wireless intermodulation communication sensors and contributed to the technology development of RFID, SAW sensors, and automotive radar sensors.

• Visiting Researcher, University of California, San Diego, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Nomination Submission for 2011

The nomination form can be downloaded from IEEE SENSOR COUNCIL website (http://ewh.ieee.org/tc/sensors/SCawards.htm)

Submission deadline: August 15th, 2011

Are you interested in being IEEE Sensors GOLD members ?Please write your name and contact information on the sign-up sheet and feel free to stop-by at GOLD booth # 12 in the exhibit area.

Gold Award Committee(supplementary slide)

Professor Walt Besio, AdCom member for Engineering in Medicine and Biology