University of Tennessee IEEE Student Branch

UTK IEEE Student Branch

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a professional society for those involved with engineering electronics and related disciplines. The student branch of IEEE here at the University of Tennessee serves the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science students. UT has had an electrical engineering student society for 85 years (click here for student branch history). The UT section is part of the East TN section. Getting involved is easy! Just join the national society as a student member online and start coming to our events.

Why Join?

Leadership and Service Opportunities
Full access to IEEE Spectrum and IEEEtv
Great networking opportunities with professionals in the surrounding area
Microsoft Software Discounts for currently enrolled students

Furthermore, after students graduate they are also eligible for

Use of the Financial Advantage Program, which provides Insurance Services, Financial Services, Home and Office Services, Travel Services
IEEE Conference discounts
Opportunities for continuing education credits

For a full list of benefits please see the IEEE membership site.

News

New Officers for the 2008-2009 School Year

Newly elected officers have been posted on the officers page.

News from SoutheastCon 2008

Members of the Vol-Tron SoutheastCon team returned from Huntsville, Alabama after great efforts in the conference. All participants did very well, and our ethics team (Nick Jones, Olumide Aluko, and Ben Hardy) took home third place in their competition- congratulations! Thanks again to all our sponsors.

Upcoming events

East TN Section EPRI Tour

The IEEE East Tennessee Section will hold a meeting at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) on May 8, 2008 which will include a presentation of EPRI's research activities by EPRI Manager Mark Stephens. A tour of the facility will follow Mark's presentation.

A Fajita buffet catered by Moe's Southwest Grill will be provided free to IEEE members and students. Non-members will be charged $20.

6:00 PM Social
6:15 PM Dinner Buffet
7:00 PM Speaker and Tour

RSVP is required. Register to attend on the section website at www.ieee.org/go/easttn on the Upcoming Meeting page. The deadline for registration is Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at 6PM. Directions to EPRI are provided on the registration page. NO ADMITTANCE WITHOUT REGISTRATION!