The Institute - March 2018 - 2

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P R AC T I CA L LY E V E RY I N D U S T RY

is working to adapt to the digital age,
and publishing is no different. Here
at The Institute for the past few years
we've been posting articles daily on
our website about new technology
and pressing issues that affect our
members. Many readers who see only
our quarterly print issues might be
missing some of our most popular
and award-winning content.
Which is why, starting this year,
we're selecting the best of our online
content for the print edition. Some of
the world's most prestigious publications have adopted this digital-to-print
model, and we're following their lead.
In this issue, you'll not only find
some of our most read and shared
content from recent months but also
feedback about it from readers. We
encourage you to join them by going
online to add your comments. You
can find the articles by visiting http://
theinstitute.ieee.org/march2018.
Our cover story, "Reinventing
How We Discover Music" [p. 6] won
Folio: magazine's min award for
best technical article last year. Folio:
covers the publishing industry.
Also included in this issue are
two blog posts that sparked hundreds
of comments [p. 12]. They tackled
the questions of whether the title
engineer has become meaningless
and what to do about sexual
harassment in the workplace.
And you might notice something
different in Region News: We are
including some images of IEEE
activities from around the world
that have been posted on Instagram,
Twitter, and other social media
sites. To be considered for inclusion
in an upcoming issue, be sure to
tag @IEEEInstitute in your post.
We'd appreciate your feedback on
the changes. Tell us what you think
by emailing us: institute@ieee.org.

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REGION 3

S H E P H E R D S T OW N , W.VA .
Shepherd University's IEEE student branch
received a US $4,000 donation from BES
Technology, a company in nearby Ashburn.
Keisha Burns, the student branch's vice
president, says the donation will support the
branch's programs as well as those of its IEEE
Robotics and Automation Society chapter and
its IEEE Women in Engineering affinity group.

SAN DIEGO
An IEEE Milestone plaque [above] honors
Qualcomm's 1989 public demonstration of its
CDMA technology, which would pave the way
for 3G cellular networks. Region 6 Director
Kathleen Kramer, Qualcomm cofounder
Andrew Viterbi, San Diego Mayor Kevin
Faulconer, and Qualcomm cofounder Irwin
M. Jacobs attended the Milestone ceremony.
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O T TAWA
IEEE volunteers and university students
received a $22,000 grant from EPICS in IEEE
to construct a solar-powered water-heating
system for Christie Lake Kids, a summer
camp for underprivileged children.

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W I C H I TA , K A N .
Members of the Epsilon
Xi Chapter of IEEE Eta
Kappa Nu at Wichita
State University [right]
are improving the lives
of local children with
disabilities through the
university's Go Baby
Go project. Members
customize ride-on toy
cars to meet the children's needs. The group
received a $10,000
grant from Engineering
Projects in Community
Service (EPICS) in IEEE.

COVER: ISTOCKPHOTO; THIS PAGE, FROM TOP: RANDI KLETT; TORRIE GRIFFITHS; TIM LEE; NIPUNA MIHIRANGA GOMES

EDITOR'S NOTE

G L A S S B O R O, N . J .
The IEEE student branch at Rowan University
held its annual Profbots event. Small robots
the students built [such as the one below] were
placed in a ring and tasked with pushing each
other out, similar to a sumo wrestling match.

-Kathy Pretz, editor in chief
@kathypretz

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