Hope everybody enjoyed their holidays! The UBC IEEE Student Branch is excited to be hosting many different events this month, so be sure to check out our event sidebar. There's a large variety of opportunities from workshops to our annual Think Engineering event. Make sure you don't miss out!

IEEE Think Engineering is an annual networking dinner that allows engineering students to: 1) connect with industry representatives from various sectors such as energy, electronics, software, and biomedical engineering, 2) develop the communication and networking skills that will benefit them throughout their careers, and 3) learn of new developments and opportunities in British Columbia’s burgeoning tech sector. First held in 2006, IEEE Think Engineering has become one of the largest professional development events organized and hosted by the IEEE student branches at UBC, BCIT, and SFU in conjunction with the UBC Electrical and Computer Engineering Student Society. This year's theme for Think Engineering is “New Beginnings” -- a celebration of the growth in Vancouver's tech industry. The night's dress code is BUSINESS FORMAL. Remember, bring your business cards and DO NOT bring resumes. If you don't have business cards, you can always ask for the representative's business card or use the event booklet to exchange contact details! We are selling tickets at the IEEE room, MCLD 319 and online (link below). Student Tickets (online payment is subject to an Eventbrite fee): - $25 for non-IEEE members - $20 for IEEE members You can buy tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/ieee-think-engineering-networking-dinner-2018-tickets-41809514383 Check out our page for more info: http://thinkengineering.ca/ See you there!

Are just starting out in ECE, taking your first steps in electrical engineering? Or are you looking to refresh on some basic design skills? In either case, the Prototyping workshop is for you. The Prototyping 101 - PCB Design and 3D Printing workshop will happen on Friday, January 19, 2018 from 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm in Kaiser 2020/2030. This workshop will introduce PCB (printed circuit board) design, 3D printing and facilities the department has for both. Both these skills are useful for your design courses, student team and independent projects. Learn how a circuit gets designed from a schematic to breadboard, solderable breadboard and finally a PCB like your computer’s motherboard. Produce any solid object of your imagination on a computer and see it form layer by layer on a 3D printer.

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), UBC Student Branch, would like to invite you to our 2018/2019 Recruitment Session! Becoming a member of the IEEE will open doors to opportunities that will help you develop your professional identity in IEEE's designated fields of interest: sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Come and learn more about our team and the events we organize, as well as how you can get involved. Light refreshments will also be provided.

Hi everyone! Are you interested in learning a new programming language and its multiple applications and advantages? UBC’s IEEE Computer Society will be hosting a Python workshop to introduce the language and present some of its uses! Sign up here if you will attend: https://goo.gl/forms/wzl59FRddKyU357J3. Seats are available on a first come, first serve basis, and so act fast! Alternatively, you may sign up here should you wish to volunteer: https://goo.gl/forms/bmYTnX2dsG27R0r83 Thank you, and see you there!

This unique seminar will let attendees experience for themselves what the Project Management Professional (PMP) training can offer before they commit to invest in extensive self-study or expensive courses. IEEE Student Branch - Project Management Workshop Mon, 27 Nov 2017 - 08:30 - 14:00 UBC, Kaiser Building, Room 2020/2030 Please RSVP at: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/48587 Cost and Time Management in Project Management Amith Khandakar, MSc, PMP Qatar University <amithkhandakar@ieee.org> Abstract The PMP certification is the gold standard of project management certification. Recognized and demanded by organizations worldwide, the PMP validates one’s competence to perform in the role of a project manager, leading and directing projects and teams. The essential skills and knowledge required to qualify for PMP certification are documented in the “Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge” (PBMOK) which is published by the Project Management Institute (PMTI). This unique seminar will let attendees experience for themselves what the Project Management Professional (PMP) training can offer before they commit to invest in extensive self-study or expensive courses. Attendees will get the opportunity to learn the tools and techniques for Cost and Time Management in Project Management, as taught in the Project Management Professional certification, through lectures and interactive hands-on exercises. Additionally, attendees will benefit from learning this from the point of view of an MSc graduate working in an academic environment. The workshop will last for approximately 5 Hours, including hands on exercises. Refreshments will be provided. Additionally, attendees will receive a certificate of participation, and this event is eligible for EGBC PD Hours. Biography Amith Khandakar earned his degree in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from Bangladesh. He graduated as the Valedictorian (President Gold Medal Recipient). He did his Masters in Computing (Networking Concentration) from Qatar University. He is currently the General Secretary of the IEEE Qatar Section and also the Qatar University IEEE Student Branch Coordinator and Adviser (Faculty). He is currently working with the Electrical Engineering Department of Qatar University. He is also a certified PMP (Project Management Professional) and CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Administrator).

**Buy your tickets at this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ubc-ieee-power-and-energy-mixer-tickets-39790483407 or MCLD 319** The Power and Energy Society of IEEE presents to you the Power and Energy Mixer (PES) Mixer. Want to know more about the Power and Energy sector, or to have a glimpse about what’s it like to work in that industry? Head down over to the PES Mixer! We will be gathering industrial professionals from B.C Hydro, ZE power, Wood (Amec), SNC Lavalin, Andrtiz Automation, and Fortis in a bar setting, where students like you will be able to network and socialize comfortably with these professionals. A VARIETY of food and drinks will be served! There will be no fixed seating, as students are encouraged to linger around and talk with professionals! Event Details: 23rd November (Thursday), 6:15pm-8:30pm Bimini Public House 2010 W 4th Ave Attire: Business Casual Admission: $20 Non-Members, $15 IEEE Members Purchase your tickets at Macleod 319 (IEEE room) or email gabriel_chen@ieee.org for more details

Hello All, Thanks to the feedback I received, the date of the Amateur Radio Exam has been set as the 12th of November in MacLeod 418. To get started studying for the exam please check out the link below: http://courses.ece.ubc.ca/elec391/amateur-radio.html The recommended steps in the link above help provide a study guide for anyone interested in writing the radio exam. If you have not yet filled out the form posted on the last announcement, please fill out the form below to show your interest to write the exam. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf0wKshWl7VdSDXyoS9I27tjl7SfnMCn07x11UtfXz669egPQ/viewform?usp=sf_link This exam will be held for both classes of Amateur Radio Operators Certificates, the Basic and the Advanced. The Basic Qualification is the first step for an Amateur; it allows you to get on the air as an Amateur. For most people, the Basic qualification is designed to provide the privileges they want or need. The Advanced qualification is only for those that have previously taken and passed the Basic qualification; it allows a more technical approach to Amateur Radio. The Basic examination consists of 100 multiple choice questions and will take approximately 90 minutes. Dr. Michelson will be supervising the exam. The privileges of having the Basic Qualification: Operation on all Amateur bands above 30 MHz using any mode that is acceptable in that band. Use a maximum transmitter power of 250 watts DC input You may construct, install and operate transmitters from kits that have been professionally designed and commercially packaged If you have any questions about the exam contact me by email at curtisjohnson@ieee.org. Best, UBC IEEE Communications Society

Applications for First Year Representative are closing this Friday! If you are interested in the position, please send your resume and a short paragraph about why you're suited for it to: ubcieeechair@gmail.com Thanks!

Hello All, The ECE Department will once again be hosting a series of colloquiums! This week’s colloquium is LiFi - High Speed Wireless Networking Using Nano-Metre Waves featuring guest speaker Dr. Harald Haas, Chair of Mobile Communications at the University of Edinburgh. This is an excellent opportunity to see how your studies apply to industry and technologies at the forefront of development, as well as to network with an extremely accomplished professional engineer. The details of the event are as follows: Who: Dr. Harald Haas, Chair of Mobile Communications at the University of Edinburgh What: ECE Colloquium #1: LiFi - High Speed Wireless Networking Using Nano-Metre Waves When: Friday, October 6th from 3:30pm to 5:00pm Where: KAIS 2020/2030, 2332 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4 If you would like to volunteer to help with cleanup for this event, please contact Candice Loo at c.loo.1997@ieee.org. For more information about this colloquium, please see the text below: Event Description: The visible light spectrum is 1000 times larger than the entire radio frequency spectrum of 300 GHz, and this simple fact provides the motivation to use the visible light spectrum to augment RF cellular communications. We will set the scene by motivating the need for new wireless spectrum. Then we will go on to provide a general background to the subject of optical wireless communications. We will discuss the relationship between VLC and LiFi, introducing the major advantages of VLC and LiFi and discuss existing challenges. Recent key advancements in physical layer techniques that led to transmission speeds greater than 10 Gbps will be discussed. Moving on, we introduce channel modelling techniques, and show how this technology can be used to create fully-fledged cellular networks achieving orders of magnitude improvements of area spectral efficiency compared to current technologies. The challenges that arise from moving from a static point-to-point visible light link to a LiFi network that is capable of serving hundreds of mobile and fixed nodes will be discussed. An overview of recent standardization activities will be provided – primarily focusing on the new IEEE 802.11 LC (light communication) Study Group activities. Lastly, we will moot commercialization challenges of this disruptive technology. About the Speaker: Professor Haas received his PhD degree from the University of Edinburgh in 2001. He currently holds the Chair of Mobile Communications at the University of Edinburgh, and is co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of pure LiFi Ltd as well as the Director of the LiFi Research and Development Center at the University of Edinburgh. His main research interests are in optical wireless communications, hybrid optical wireless and RF communications, spatial modulation, and interference coordination in wireless networks. He first introduced and coined spatial modulation and LiFi. LiFi was listed among the 50 best inventions in TIME Magazine 2011. Prof. Haas was an invited speaker at TED Global 2011, and his talk: “Wireless Data from Every Light Bulb” has been watched online more than 2.4 million times. He gave a second TED Global lecture in 2015 on the use of solar cells as LiFi data detectors and energy harvesters. This has been viewed online more than 1.8 million times. Professor Haas holds 31 patents and has more than 30 pending patent applications. He has published 400 conference and journal papers including a paper in Science. He was co-recipient of recent best paper awards at VTC-Fall, 2013, VTC-Spring 2015, ICC 2016 and ICC 2017. He was co-recipient of the EURASIP Best Paper Award for the Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking in 2015, and co-recipient of the Jack Neubauer Memorial Award of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society. In 2014, he was selected by EPSRC as one of ten RISE (Recognizing Inspirational Scientists and Engineers) Leaders in the UK. In 2016, he received the outstanding achievement award from the International Solid State Lighting Alliance. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2017. We hope to see you there! Best, UBC IEEE Student Branch

Hello All, IEEE is the world’s largest professional association advancing innovation and technological excellence for the benefit of humanity. IEEE and its members inspire a global community to innovate for a better tomorrow through its highly cited publications, conferences, technology standards, and professional and educational activities. IEEE is the trusted “voice” for engineering, computing and technology information around the globe. This year, IEEE Day will be celebrated on October 3 for the 8 th time around the world. UBC IEEE is celebrating and offering free ice cream to everyone. Non members and members are all welcome to come. Best, UBC IEEE