Newsletter Publication
September 2008
Welcome to the WIE!
IEEE Women in Engineering
WIE MISSION
Inspire, engage, encourage, and empower IEEE women
worldwide.
WIE VISION
A vibrant community of IEEE women and men
innovating the world of tomorrow.
WIE Led by Super Vision. Dr. Karen
Panetta, WIE Chair and an Associate
Professor of Electrical Engineering, has
created a technology that could
revolutionize imaging.
WiE Got News……
Excerpts from various IEEE Sources for news,
information, and current events.
Cheers to IEEE Women in
Engineering Magazine for winning
a 2008 APEX Award of Excellence
in the category of New Magazines
and Journals!
Please visit our website at www.ieee.org/women
SEPTEMBER 2008
Quote for the Month
“Intelligence plus character – that is the
goal of true education.”
-- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Engineers enjoy seeing their accomplishments
used in the real world”, says Karen Panetta.
“Theorists might enjoy formulation and
mathematical rigor. But as an engineer, you want to
see it in practice, improving the quality of peoples’
lives.”
Panetta, WIE Chair and an Associate Professor of
Electrical and Computer Engineering, may soon
have that satisfaction. She has developed a new
image-processing technology that is faster, better
and less expensive than what currently exists.
Using the technology being developed by Karen
Panetta, airport screeners would not only see the
outline of objects, but will also be able to identify
what they are made of.
It would allow airport screeners, for example, to see
not only the outline of an object in a suitcase, but
discern what it’s made of. And, where a doctor
once saw a tumor on a conventional mammogram,
he/she might now be able to see where cancer
from that tumor has spread.
“It’s an imaging technology that can enhance and
bring to the human eye things that aren’t visible in
just the output from a camera,” says Panetta. “It
has the ability to revolutionize image-processing
techniques for security applications as well as for
biomedical imaging.” One of the goals, she says, is
to develop an automated detection system because
it would be more accurate and discerning than the
human eye.
To make it work, she’s employed something not at
all revolutionary — Boolean algebra — in a new
way. “The key is reducing the complexity of
computation involved in processing digital images,”
she says. To find out more, view the article in its
entirety at:
http://tuftsjournal.tufts.edu/2008/09/features/01/.
-- Excerpt by Marjorie Howard, Tufts University;
Photo by: Tia Chapman
WIE “Love” Engineering! Do “You”
Love Engineering, Too? Do Tell….
Do you go to work everyday and do what you
love? Do you love what you do? Do tell. WIE
want to hear about it! WIE are excited about
Engineering and the many women that are a part
of WIE!…. Women, who go to work everyday
and do what they love, and love what they do.
You are the essence of the WIE, the heart and
soul of what makes the purpose and mission of
the WIE a reality. WIE delight in your success
and your zest and passion for Engineering. And,
we want to hear your personal stories so that
they might be a means to guide, mentor, and
encourage other women in engineering.
In today’s world, communication is at its peak,
and so are technological advancements. But,
behind all of this and the key to making this a
reality are “people”, and they have a story to
tell…. WIE want to hear about it.
WIE would like to profile your accomplishments
in the monthly publication of the WIE Newsletter.
WIE know that we have members out there who
are doing a great job in the many fields and
faceted disciplines of Engineering, and we want
to recognize you within the WIE Community. If
you or someone you know would like to share
their story, WIE would be delighted to hear from
you.
Please provide the person’s name, job title,
employment information, a picture, and a
summary of what the person does to be
included in the monthly newsletter. WIE would
like to profile members working in all facets of
engineering, ranging from doctors, scientists,
educators, engineers, analysts, technicians,
support functions, etc. WIE will profile one to two
individuals monthly. Send all correspondences
to Keyana Tennant at [email protected]
or Paulette January at [email protected].
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WIE Session at the 2008 IEEE NSS/MIC/RTSD
to be held in
Dresden, Germany
October 23, 2008, 7:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M.
Maritim Hotel and International Congress
Center - Dresden
Theme: “New challenges and opportunities
for women scientists and engineers in the
world of the Internet Era”
The 2008 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium (NSS),
Medical Imaging Conference (MIC), and 16th Room
Temperature Semiconductor Detector (RTSD) Workshop
is being held by Region 8 on October 19-25, 2008. A WIE
Session will be held as part of this event on October 23,
2008 from 7:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M., and will be open to all
Conference attendees and others who are interested in
participating. It will provide the opportunity for exchanging
ideas and information on issues of importance not only to
the society of women in science and engineering but of
importance to the general public as well.
Additional information is available on the conference
website at: www.nss-mic.org/2008 under “Special Events”.
-- Submitted by Barbara Obryk, Polish Academy of
Sciences
EMAL Supports “Women
in Engineering”.
Emirates Aluminium
backs attendance of
female engineering students at an IEEE
regional event. As Emirates Aluminium (EMAL) builds
what will become the world’s largest, single-site aluminium
production facility in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, it continues
to support economic diversification and skills development
in engineering. As part of this strategy, EMAL is sponsoring
“Women in Engineering (WiE)” at a major conference for
young engineering professionals and engineering
students.
EMAL gave three female engineering students from the
Arab World the opportunity to participate at the bi-annual
IEEE Congress for the Middle East, Europe and Africa
(MEEA) Chapter held in London on August 28, 2008
through September 1, 2008. The Congress provides
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participants the opportunity to network with colleagues,
peers and companies from the MEEA Region.
“By sponsoring participants who might otherwise not be
able to attend, EMAL is taking the first of many steps
towards diversifying and improving the skills base available
to employers in the region,” said Duncan Hedditch, CEO,
EMAL. “As we will require 14,000 employees during the
peak construction phase and an operational workforce of
1,800, EMAL is proud to be able to assist young
engineering students to broaden their industry
experiences,” Hedditch added. For more information on
EMAL, please visit: http://www.emal.ae or
http://www.albawaba.com/en/countries/UAE/234871.
-- Submitted by Maryam Ali Al Thani, Ducab
New software may
help save preemies.
Technology could
help doctors make treatment decisions
better, faster. Researchers hope computer software
to be tested at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children will
have a dramatic effect in saving the lives of premature
babies and will take
neonatal care to a
new level. The goal of
the research project,
involving the
University of Ontario
Institute of Technology
and new IBM
software, is to help
clinicians make better
decisions about
treatment at a faster
pace.
Currently, babies are connected to monitors that provide
a variety of data on paper and onscreen, but the
information is only stored for up to 24 hours and then
discarded. The new software can handle a constant
stream of physiological readings - monitoring heart rate,
respiration, blood pressure and oxygen levels in the
blood. It can process 512 readings per second and
screen the results for problems or patterns.
Doctors hope the new software will help reduce sickness
in premature babies and save lives. (Claude
Paris/The Globe and Mail) The research is being led by
Carolyn McGregor, a Canada Research Chair in Health
Informatics and IEEE Senior Member, who came to
Canada from Australia to take part in cutting-edge
research in new health-care technologies.
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"I've come across to Canada ... to make people realize
there's a great need to revolutionize the technology
uptake within neonatal intensive care," Dr. McGregor
said. "These are people with lifelong potential and if we
can help the clinicians so they can improve survival
rates and quality of life, it's going to have a dramatic
effect on health-care costs."
She said the technology is also being tested for possible
use around the world, particularly in places where
premature babies have high mortality rates. To find out
more, please visit:
www.marketwatch.com/news/story/first-of-a-dindtechnology-help-doctors-care/story.aspx.
For more information on UOIT, visit www.uoit.ca. Also,
media contacts are as follows:
For IBM:
Leslie Plant
IBM Media Relations
Direct: (416) 478-9840
Mobile: (416) 526-5647
[email protected]
For UOIT:
Tony Doyle
Media and Communications
Direct: 905.721.8668 ext. 2209
[email protected]
-- Excerpt by Michael Oliveira – The Canadian Press
Welcome to the Beloit College Mindset List.
The “Beloit College Mindset List," looks at
today's college freshman and what they have
and have not experienced in their short
lifetimes. The results are both useful and sobering for
any professor over 30. So here it is for the entering class of
2008 who will graduate in 2012. Each August for the past
eleven years, Beloit College in Beloit, Wisconsin, has
released the Beloit College Mindset List. It provides a look
at the cultural touchstones that shape the lives of students
entering college.
It is the creation of Beloit's Keefer Professor of the
Humanities Tom McBride and Public Affairs Director Ron
Nief. The List is shared with faculty and with thousands
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who request it each year as the school year begins, as a
reminder of the rapidly changing frame of reference for this
new generation. Last month, almost 2 million first-year
students headed off to college campuses around the
country. Most of them are about 18 years old, born in 1990
when headlines sounded oddly familiar to those of today:
Rising fuel costs were causing airlines to cut staff and flight
schedules; Big Three car companies were facing declining
sales and profits; and a president named Bush was
increasing the number of troops in the Middle East in the
hopes of securing peace. However, the mindset of this
new generation of college students is quite different from
that of the faculty about to prepare them to become the
leaders of tomorrow.
The class of 2012 has grown up in an era where
computers and rapid communication are the norm, and
colleges no longer trumpet the fact that residence halls are
"wired" and equipped with the latest hardware. These
students will hardly recognize the availability of telephones
in their rooms since they have seldom utilized landlines
during their adolescence. They will continue to live on their
cell phones and communicate via texting. Roommates, few
of whom have ever shared a bedroom, have already
checked out each other on Facebook where they have
shared their most personal thoughts with the whole world.
It is a multicultural, politically correct and "green"
generation that has hardly noticed the threats to their
privacy and has never feared the Russians and the
Warsaw Pact. Students entering college for the first time
this fall were generally born in 1990. For these students,
Sammy Davis Jr., Jim Henson, Ryan White, Stevie Ray
Vaughan and Freddy Krueger have always been dead.
1. Harry Potter could be a classmate, playing on their
Quidditch team.
2. Since they were in diapers, karaoke machines
have been annoying people at parties.
3. They have always been looking for Carmen
Sandiego.
4. GPS satellite navigation systems have always
been available.
5. Coke and Pepsi have always used recycled plastic
bottles.
6. Shampoo and conditioner have always been
available in the same bottle.
7. Gas stations have never fixed flats, but most serve
cappuccino.
8. Their parents may have dropped them in shock
when they heard George Bush announce "tax
revenue increases."
9. Electronic filing of tax returns has always been an
option.
10. Girls in head scarves have always been part of the
school fashion scene.
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11. All have had a relative--or known about a friend's
relative--who died comfortably at home with
Hospice.
12. As a precursor to "whatever," they have
recognized that some people "just don't get it."
13. Universal Studios has always offered an
alternative to Mickey in Orlando.
14. Grandma has always had wheels on her walker.
15. Martha Stewart Living has always been setting the
style.
16. Haagen-Dazs ice cream has always come in
quarts.
17. Club Med resorts have always been places to take
the whole family.
18. WWW has never stood for World Wide Wrestling.
19. Films have never been X rated, only NC-17.
20. The Warsaw Pact is as hazy for them as the
League of Nations was for their parents.
21. Students have always been "Rocking the Vote."
22. Clarence Thomas has always sat on the Supreme
Court.
23. Schools have always been concerned about
multiculturalism.
24. We have always known that "All I Ever Really
Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten."
25. There have always been gay rabbis.
26. Wayne Newton has never had a mustache.
27. College grads have always been able to Teach for
America.
28. IBM has never made typewriters.
29. Roseanne Barr has never been invited to sing the
National Anthem again.
30. McDonald's and Burger King have always used
vegetable oil for cooking french fries.
31. They have never been able to color a tree using a
raw umber Crayola.
32. There has always been Pearl Jam.
33. The Tonight Show has always been hosted by Jay
Leno and started at 11:35 EST.
34. Pee-Wee has never been in his playhouse during
the day.
35. They never tasted Benefit Cereal with psyllium.
36. They may have been given a Nintendo Game Boy
to play with in the crib.
37. Authorities have always been building a wall
across the Mexican border.
38. Lenin's name has never been on a major city in
Russia.
39. Employers have always been able to do credit
checks on employees.
40. Balsamic vinegar has always been available in the
U.S.
41. Macaulay Culkin has always been Home Alone.
42. Their parents may have watched The American
Gladiators on TV the day they were born.
43. Personal privacy has always been threatened.
44. Caller ID has always been available on phones.
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45. Living wills have always been asked for at hospital
check-ins.
46. The Green Bay Packers (almost) always had the
same starting quarterback.
47. They never heard an attendant ask "Want me to
check under the hood?"
48. Iced tea has always come in cans and bottles.
49. Soft drink refills have always been free.
50. They have never known life without Seinfeld
references from a show about "nothing."
51. Windows 3.0 operating system made IBM PCs
user-friendly the year they were born.
52. Muscovites have always been able to buy Big
Macs.
53. The Royal New Zealand Navy has never been
permitted a daily ration of rum.
54. The Hubble Space Telescope has always been
eavesdropping on the heavens.
55. 98.6 F or otherwise has always been confirmed in
the ear.
56. Michael Millken has always been a philanthropist
promoting prostate cancer research.
57. Off-shore oil drilling in the United States has
always been prohibited.
58. Radio stations have never been required to
present both sides of public issues.
59. There have always been charter schools.
60. Students always had Goosebumps.
-- Beloit College - 700 College St. - Beloit, WI 53511 608.363.2000 - webmaster - Copyright © 2008
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The number of WIE Affinity Groups
around the world continues to grow!
A total of 13 new Affinity Groups have
formed in 2008 with 11 pending formation.
Women in Biomedical Engineering and
Health Informatics: Prominent women within
the domains of Biomedical Engineering and
Health Informatics present their research and
humanitarian interests that motivate them.
WIE AFFINITY GROUPS
Region
R1
R2
R3
R4
R5
R6
R7
R8
R9
R10
TOTAL
Regular
Student
Total
8
4
4
3
6
2
8
11
5
14
65
2
1
4
2
0
1
7
34
39
42
132
10
5
8
5
6
3
15
45
44
56
197
Total Growth of WIE Affinity Groups
The Women in Biomedical Engineering and Health
Informatics Mini Symposia and Luncheon held at the
IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
(EMBS) Annual Conference (EMBC 08) was well
received with about 30 attendees. An extended
abstract from the mini symposia is included below.
Abstract— A valuable session for anyone whether
student or not, interested in learning more about
Biomedical Engineering and Health Informatics as a
career choice for women. Prominent women within
the domains Biomedical Engineering and Health
Informatics will present their research and their
humanitarian interests that motivate them. Utilise
the fantastic networking opportunity that will
conclude this session to build and establish new
professional networks with other women interested
in your fields of expertise. Bring your contact details
and be ready to make new contacts that are relevant
for you.
Introduction
Many women today are drawn to medicine and law as
professions to satisfy their inclination to support
humanitarian efforts. However, career choices for
women in biomedical engineering and health informatics
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enable the application of engineering, computing and
information technology to support healthcare and
medicine for the betterment of society. During this mini
symposia invited speakers will present historical trends
and latest research on the representation of women
within these processions. In addition, women will present
their research and the humanitarian motivation. The
session will conclude with a panel discussion.
Publish or Perish: Are Women being heard?
(Carolyn McGregor)
There have been many research studies assessing the
representation of women within the professions of
engineering and computer science, (and within them
biomedical engineering and health informatics
respectively). There have also been studies relating to the
representation of females as students enrolling within
degree programs supporting these professions. This
presentation introduces some unique research to assess
female publication behaviours based on an analysis of
papers submitted to IEEE EMBC 07. Strategies to raise the
profile of female publication within these professions will be
presented together with future research directions to
assess female collaboration and publication behaviours.
The Bold and the Brave (Monique Frize)
The issues that limit the participation of women in science
and engineering careers are discussed as well as how,
throughout many centuries, women's work, contributions,
and abilities have been less valued than men's, with less
recognition for equal performance, and at times simply
ignored. The presentation brings forward evidence to
demonstrate that this issue exists, that it is related to many
secondary issues discussed in the literature on why there
are still few women in these fields, and concludes with
strategies designed to achieve progress, at all levels of
education and career development.
Blending humanitarian passion with
biomedical engineering research (Shauna
Mullally)
This presentation provides an example of how a female
biomedical engineering graduate research student blended
her passion for helping developing counties (particularly
Africa) with her research interests for her masters thesis
topic.
Medical Decision-support approaches to
support obstetric and perinatal care (Monique
Frize)
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The presentation will discuss the MIRG research group’s
development of decision-aid systems to help physicians in
their decision-making regarding patient management and
resource utilization; examples are predicting pre-term
births; mortality in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU);
artificial ventilation duration and length of stay in the unit;
and several complications that may occur during the
infant’s stay.
Improving Healthcare journeys for Australian
Aboriginal women (Joanne Curry)
Currently within Australia (and other remote western areas
around the world) remote dwelling women are transferred
to regional centres at approximately 38 weeks gestation to
await birth, often in a hostel, before being admitted to
hospital when labour begins. The birthing occurs with
unfamiliar rostered medical staff and in many cases
without any family or known support persons in
attendance. A recent PhD graduate presents her health
informatics research in the area of patient journey
modeling and how she has and continues to apply that
research to improve the quality of care for remote dwelling
Aboriginal women and infants in the year before, during
and the year after birth by providing evidence for, and
facilitating changes to, service delivery.
Panel Discussion
Prominent women within the domains Biomedical
Engineering and Health Informatics will present as
members of a panel on issues career/family balance,
experiences with and strategies to eliminate glass ceilings
together with working in a profession perceived to be male
dominated. An opportunity to pose your questions to the
panel and participate in the active discussion.
Utilise the fantastic networking opportunity that will
conclude this session to build and establish new
professional networks with other women interested in
your fields of expertise. Bring your contact details and be
ready to make new contacts that are relevant for you!
C. McGregor is with the University of Ontario Institute of
Technology, Oshawa, ON L1H 7K4 Canada (phone:
905-721-8668; fax: 905-721-8668; e-mail:
[email protected]). M. Frize is with the Carleton
University, Ottawa, ON, Canada (e-mail:
[email protected]).
-- Full Article and Submission by Carolyn McGregor,
Senior Member, IEEE; Monique Frize, Senior
Member, IEEE
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Concordia University; Dr. Marie-Josée Potvin,
Ph.D. - Dynamics and Structures, Canadian Space
Agency (CSA); and, Maud El Hachem, Ph.D.
Candidate - Electrical and Computer Engineering,
École Polytechnique de Montréal.
WIE Around The World
• News from IEEE WIE Section
Affinity Groups
Greetings from the WIE Montreal Canada
Section hosting “The Role of Women
Engineers in Technological and Scientific
Advancements”!
It is a pleasure to share with you the successful
results of the IEEE WIE Montreal Section Affinity
Group event held on May 23, 2008 at the École
Polytechnique de Montréal! WIE Montreal invited
three professional women engineers representing
the industry and the academy for a panel
discussion entitled, “The Role of Women Engineers
in Technological and Scientific Advancements”.
The panelists were Professor Olga Ormandjieva Computer Science & Software Engineering,
The discussion focused its attention on the opinion
of the panelists and the attendees regarding the
position of women in the academy and in the
industry. The panelists shared with the audience
their personal and professional challenges, as well
as their own personal approach in solving many
obstacles and difficulties that they faced and
women may encounter as they work their way
through a successful engineering career.
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The guests included both male and female
students from Concordia University, École
Polytechnique, ETS (École de Technologie
Supérieur), INRS (Institut National de la Recherché
Scientifique), McGill University as well as a few
participants from universities in Ontario.
After more than two hours of conference panel
discussions, WIE offered recognition gifts to the
panelists, and a light buffet was served to all the
guests.
More than 50 people were in attendance of the
event, including the participation of Dr. Anader
Benyamin, IEEE Montreal Section Chair; Dr. Amir
Aghdam, IEEE-Eastern Canada Chair; Dr. Laurent
Lamarre, IEEE-Montreal Section Secretary; and,
Dr. Manijeh Khataie, IEEE Broadcast Technology
Chapter Chair. The moderator of the event was Mr.
Nazih Khaddaj Mallat, Ph.D. Candidate, Vice-Chair
of IEEE-Montreal Section and Montreal WIE VP of
Communications.
The WIE Montreal Section would like to thank the
WIE Organization for the financial support and
continuous encouragement, which is very important
for the newly re-organized WIE Montreal Section
Affinity Group, offered to the section that led to
preparing such a rewarding event.
-- Submitted by IEEE WIE Montreal Section
Affinity Group
• News from WIE Student
Branch Affinity Groups
Tune in next month for news from IEEE
WIE Student Branch Affinity Groups
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WIE RESOURCES.
Scholarships, Internships, Grants & Awards
For Girls
Informative Publications
History
Women in Engineering Statistics
Women in Science/Engineering Societies & Groups
Mentoring & Educational Resources
National Engineers Week/EWeek Activities
More Interesting Links
Electronics & Electrical Engineering Laboratory (NIST)
Science and Technology Resources
Engineer Your Life
Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering
What Every Engineer Needs to Know About
Leadership and Management. Landing the
perfect engineering job often means being able to
showcase key leadership and management skills,
according to an article from IEEE-USA Today’s
Engineer. Most engineering positions will
require engineers to negotiate, plan, influence, direct,
estimate and resolve conflicts – all important
management skills. The technical skills that an
engineer’s job requires are often only a small
percentage of the competencies that are needed to be
successful. As engineers advance, leadership and
management competencies become more important,
regardless of whether or not they are on the
“management” track. Learn more Excerpt from What’s
New @IEEE
IEEE WIE Committee. The IEEE Women in
LET’S ANSWER A RIDDLE.
Engineering Committee (WIEC) consists of 10 voting members
appointed by the Board of Directors. The WIEC is responsible
for facilitating the development of programs and activities that
promote the entry into and the retention of women in
engineering programs, enhance the career advancement of
women in the profession, and promote IEEE membership and
retention of IEEE women members.
Jenn is facetious. She is also abstemious. She gets
pneumonia. Given those clues, what is the only
American tree she will like? Answer: The Sequoia.
She only likes words with all 5 vowels in them. The
Sequoia is the only American tree that contains all 5
vowels. (Compliments of Riddles & More)
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2008 WIE Committee Members
Karen Panetta, Chair 2008
Mary Ellen Randall (MGAB)
Evangelia Micheli-Tzanakou (EAB)
Lauren Jones
Irena Atov
Jane Lehr (TAB)
Bernadette Bouchon-Meunier
Susan Murphy (GOLD)
Joan Carletta
Sule Ozev
View the WIE Liaisons, Regional Coordinators, and Society
Coordinators for 2008.
DID YOU KNOW? ……… WIE Affinity
Groups
There are two types of WIE Affinity Groups: IEEE Section Affinity
Groups and Student Branch Affinity Groups. Find one in your local
area below. If there is not a WIE Affinity Group in your local area,
consider forming one. Affinity groups provide the opportunity for
members to network at a local level. Activities may include guest
speakers, workshops and seminars. All members are encouraged to
join and participate in their local group activities to promote growth
within the WIE. Currently, there over 150 WIE Affinity Groups
worldwide.
Region 1 – Northeastern USA
CAN YOU FIGURE THIS RIDDLE?
Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound
of gold? (Tune in next month for credits and the
answer.)
IEEE Quick Facts.
The IEEE has:
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Region 5 – Southwestern USA
Region 6 – Western USA
Region 7 – Canada
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more than 375,000 members including nearly
80,000 student members in more than 160
countries.
324 sections in ten geographic regions
worldwide.
1,784 chapters that unite local members with
similar technical interests.
1,616 student branches and 452 student branch
chapters at colleges and universities in 80
countries.
38 societies and 7 technical councils
representing the wide range of technical
interests.
390 affinity groups consisting of Consultants’
Network, Graduates of the Last Decade
(GOLD), Women in Engineering (WIE), and Life
Members (LM).
Region 9 – Latin America
Region 10 – Asia & Pacific
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posting help wanted ads, advertisements, and other
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