Discover Engineering Family Day, DC, 2/16/13, Engineer's Week, &c: Today's Engineer Email Update: January 2013

EWeek 2013: How Will You Celebrate? National Engineers Week (EWeek) 2013 is one month away (17-23 February). How will you celebrate? EWeek highlights the countless ways engineers make a world of difference, and encourages youngsters to become more technically literate and consider a career in engineering. For ideas on what you can do in your section for EWeek 2013, visit theEWeek website.

Kick Off EWeek 2013 at Discover Engineering Family Day If you're in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, 16 February, and looking for a fun, engaging way for your children or students to experience the wonder of engineering, this event is for you.Discover Engineering Family Day, co-sponsored by IEEE-USA, features engineering concepts, scientific principles and technology in a way children can embrace and enjoy. Join us at the National Building Museum, from 10 A.M. to 4:30 P.M., to celebrate the profession and the beginning of National Engineers Week.

Registration Now Open for Congressional Visits Day (CVD) Registration is now open for the 2013 Congressional Visits Day (CVD), to be held 12-13 March in Washington, D.C. CVD is an annual two-day event that brings scientists, engineers, researchers, educators, and technology executives to Washington to raise visibility and support for science, engineering and technology. The deadline for registration is 1 March. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JANUARY 2013 today's engineer articles Career Focus: Semiconductors  Statistically speaking, quite a few of the people reading this article are probably doing so on new tablet computers that they picked up or received over the holidays. Those tablets -- which didn't exist just a few years ago -- would not be possible without the semiconductor industry. At the same time, the growth of the modern semiconductor industry has been fueled by the rapid development of new technologies -- tablets, smartphones, and hundreds of other connected devices -- that can be found in almost every facet of our daily lives. Cogent Communicator:The Inexact Science of Persuasion Business communication is often aimed at persuading others to do something they haven’t thought of or haven’t wanted to, persuading them a different way is better, overdue, more efficient, or simply the right thing to do. Your Engineering Heritage: Protecting Power Lines How can we harden our infrastructure against natural disasters, even as climate scientists are predicting that storms like Superstorm Sandy will likely become more frequent? YOUR CAREER, YOUR LIFE Five Ways to Network Purposefully to Create Lifetime "Career Insurance" 7 Tips for Recent College Grads SHORT CIRCUITS Tech News Digest World Bytes: Hey, Governor INNOVATION & COMPETITIVENESS Reshoring and the Resurgence of U.S. High-Tech Manufacturing Service and Personal Robotics Industry Takes Off INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY A Survey of IEEE Standards in Patent Litigation Sponsor's notice IEEE Member Discounts IEEE Members can access more savings in more places for home and office -- including group discounts on insurance, travel, home/office and technology needs. While you focus on your career, we'll take care of saving you money. Watch for new deals and more locations in 2013. See vendor details for terms, conditions and availability. www.ieee.org/discounts featured items EWeek 2013: How Will You Celebrate? National Engineers Week (EWeek) 2013 is one month away (17-23 February). How will you celebrate? EWeek highlights the countless ways engineers make a world of difference, and encourages youngsters to become more technically literate and consider a career in engineering. For ideas on what you can do in your section for EWeek 2013, visit theEWeek website. Kick Off EWeek 2013 at Discover Engineering Family Day If you're in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, 16 February, and looking for a fun, engaging way for your children or students to experience the wonder of engineering, this event is for you.Discover Engineering Family Day, co-sponsored by IEEE-USA, features engineering concepts, scientific principles and technology in a way children can embrace and enjoy. Join us at the National Building Museum, from 10 A.M. to 4:30 P.M., to celebrate the profession and the beginning of National Engineers Week. Registration Now Open for Congressional Visits Day (CVD) Registration is now open for the 2013 Congressional Visits Day (CVD), to be held 12-13 March in Washington, D.C. CVD is an annual two-day event that brings scientists, engineers, researchers, educators, and technology executives to Washington to raise visibility and support for science, engineering and technology. The deadline for registration is 1 March. Winter 2012 Issue of IEEE-USA in ACTION Available The Winter issue of IEEE-USA in ACTION is now available online. You may also download a PDF of this issue for offline reading. And our new app for iPad and iPhone is available through the Apple App Store. 2013-2014 IEEE-USA Government Fellowships IEEE-USA's Government Fellowships link engineers with government, providing a mechanism for IEEE-USA members to learn firsthand about the public policy process through personal involvement. Application kits for 2013-2014 Fellowships are now available, and the postmark deadline is 8 February 2013. conferences, workshops & symposia IEEE Conference on Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference 24-27 February 2013 | Washington, D.C. The fourth Conference on Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT 2013), sponsored by the IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES), will be held 24-27 February 2013, at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, D.C. The conference will provide a forum for participants to discuss state-of-the-art innovations in smart grid technologies. The conference will feature plenary sessions, panels, technical papers,and tutorials by international experts on smart grid applications. Fifth Annual IEEE Green Technologies Conference 4-5 April 2013 | Denver, Colo. The fifth annual IEEE Green Technologies Conference (GreenTech'13) will be held in Denver, Colorado, and builds on the success of previous conferences. Green Technologies is an inter-disciplinary area with impacts in all human endeavors. The impact of our energy consumption is forcing us to fundamentally rethink every aspect of what we do, why and how we do things, and reimagine how we can do things differently. And how can we recreate the capacity, structure and operations to support our reimagination? GreenTech'13 will provide a forum for researchers and practitioners to address these wide-ranging issues covering various aspects of "green technologies." Southeastcon 2013 4-7 April 2013 | Jacksonville, Fla. SOUTHEASTCON 2013 is the annual conference for Region 3, which contains a horizontal technical conference with workshops and technical paper presentations; the Region 3 Student Conference, including robotics hardware, software, ethics, papers, etc.; and the annual volunteer meeting of the region. The reviewed technical papers are published as a conference record that is made available in IEEE Xplore. For a full listing of conferences, check your email inbox for the bi-monthly IEEE-USA Conference Brief.

Today's Engineer Email Update: January 2013

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