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Lifelong Learning• You do NOT quit the educational process when you
graduate.
• And that is regardless of whether your degree is a
BSEE, and MSEE, or a Ph. D. EE.
• EE’s live and work in a high-tech environment where
today’s “hot tech topics” will be in the dust bin
tomorrow.
• The sad (and dangerous) truth is that unless you keep
your EE knowledge current, your chances of retaining
a top job in the profession are miniscule!
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Going to School After “School”• So, assuming you have graduated, how in the world doyou improve and sharpen your EE tools once you are ina full-time job?
• It turns out that there are a number of good methods
for “continuing education,” as it is sometimes referredto.
• One of the routes to continued learning lies with what
we all hope will come to be known as your “almamater,” The University of Texas at Dallas .

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Graduate School, or “Really Learning an EE Discipline”• A UTD graduate EE program allows UTD alumni witha BSEE to gain a much more complete understandingof a particular EE discipline.
• One of the problems with undergraduate EE programsin general is that there is a great deal to teach, and alimited number of credit hours (128 at UTD).
• Therefore, you do not get an in-depth treatment of any
EE technology area.
• The good news: At UTD, there are quite a few
graduate EE programs that can make you an expert inseveral of these areas.
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Graduate School (2)• At UTD a number of graduate technical areas areavailable in EE:– Electrical Design Engineer– Biomedical Engineer– Circuits and Design Engineer– Communications and Signal Processing Engineer– Digital Systems Engineer– Systems Engineer– RF and Microwave Engineer• An MSEE in any of these areas can give you substantial
proficiency in a specific technical area, improving youreducation and making you a better engineer.
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More Good News• Employers want their engineers to be technicallyproficient and up-to-date.
• Many employers will pay for master’s degree courses
for their engineering employees. It is not too difficult
to take 3-4 courses at night over a year, so that you canearn an MSEE in three years or so.
• MS scholarships are also available at UTD. A student
can complete the BSEE degree and move immediately
into the master’s program before venturing into
industry. Often, it is easier to take this first step into“lifelong learning” before entering the workforce.
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Erik Jonsson School of Engineering andComputer Science“Fast Track”• There are a number of “Fast Track” programs at UTD.
• In EE, this program enables gifted senior UG students
to include master’s-level courses in their degree plans.
• When a successful Fast-Track student graduates with a
BS degree, he or she is automatically admitted tograduate school at UT Dallas without need to take theGraduate Records Exam (GRE).
• The number of hours required to complete the MS
degree is reduced by the number of Fast-Track
graduate hours completed with grades of B or better.
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Erik Jonsson School of Engineering andComputer Science“Fast Track” (2)• For example, a Fast-Track undergraduate who passed
12 hours of well-chosen graduate coursework withgrades of A or B would have only 33−12 = 21 hours ofcoursework left to complete the MS degree.
• An undergraduate qualifies for the Fast-Trackprogram if he/she meets the following qualifications:– Completed at least 15 hours at UT Dallas.
– Repeated no more than 3 courses at UT Dallas and has
repeated no course more than once.
– Within 30 hours of graduation.
– Overall GPA for all college courses of at least 3.0.
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Erik Jonsson School of Engineering andComputer Science“Fast Track” (3)• Qualifications (continued):– Has completed at least six of the following benchmark EE
courses with an average grade of at least 3.33:• CE/EE/MECH 3300 Advanced Engineering Math
• CE/EE/TE 3301 Electrical Network Analysis• CE/EE/TE 3302 Signals and Systems• CE/EE 3310 Electronic Devices• CE/EE 3311 Electronic Circuits• CE/EE 3320 Digital Circuits• EE 3350 Communications Systems• EE 4301 Electromagnetic Engineering I– There are similar requirements for CE, TE, etc.

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Erik Jonsson School of Engineering andComputer Science“Get Doc”• The “Get Doc” program, offered in ECS, is designed toencourage outstanding undergraduate students topursue a Ph.D. at the Jonsson School.
• Support includes a research assistantship stipend(typically $1500-1800/month) plus a tuition/fee waiver
for a full graduate load (normally 12 hours).
• The Jonsson School shares the Graduate student’s
research salary with the supervising professor.
• “Get Doc” provides an outstanding career option for
high-achieving students who are interested in research.
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Erik Jonsson School of Engineering andComputer Science“Get Doc” (2)• The “Get Doc” program is for students who complete
at least 60 hours in ECS. Transfer students with senior
standing and 30 hours at UT Dallas can be considered.
• A minimum GPA of 3.5 is required for an application
to be considered, and a tenure-track faculty member
must agree to supervise the research and provide
partial support for the award recipient.
• Awards will be based on several factors, including
GPA, GRE scores, reference letters, performance ingraduate classes (Fast Track) and involvement inresearch as an undergraduate.
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Learning at Work• Once you are employed full-time, companies offer you
many opportunities for learning, including:– Special seminars covering work-related skills (for example, at
TI, there are courses in wafer-fab [integrated circuit]
operations).
– Short courses (sometimes taught by university faculty) to
upgrade engineering skills.
– Special seminars on work-related topics (e.g., improving teamperformance, task management, project planning, etc.).
– Management training, as engineers progress in theirprofession, and enter the world of managing projects and workgroups.
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Other Educational Opportunities• There are any number of other venues for continuous
learning that exist outside of university and company
educational resources.
• These include:– Technical and professional associations (such as IEEE, theInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)– Independent educational entities (for-profit universities andtraining companies)– Special interest groups– Voluntary organizations employing technical professionals

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The IEEE• The IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers) is the main professional society of electricalengineers.
• IEEE, as a profession-oriented group, is continuallyconcerned about promoting continuing education of its
members.
• IEEE is a very good vehicle for the electricalengineering professional to use in maintaining andupgrading his/her professional knowledge andcompetence.
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About IEEE
• The IEEE was formed from two professional societiesthat existed in the mid-1950’s.
• These societies were the AIEE, the American Instituteof Electrical Engineers, and the IRE, the Institute ofRadio Engineers.
• AIEE was the older body, founded in the earliest daysof professional electrical engineering.
• The IRE was founded later, by EE’s concerned that the
AIEE was not adequately addressing the professional
interests of EE’s in the new field of electronics.
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The AIEE*• In the spring of 1884, a small group of individuals in “electricalprofessions” met in New York to form an organization to support
professionals in the new field of electrical device design andproduction.
• Formed to “assist in efforts to apply innovation for the betterment of
humanity,” it became the American Institute of ElectricalEngineers.
• In October, 1884 the AIEE held its first technical meeting in
Philadelphia. Many early leaders, such as founding President Norvin
Green of Western Union, came from telegraphy.
• Other early members, such as Thomas Edison, came from power,
while Alexander Graham Bell represented the newer telephoneindustry.
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The AIEE (2)• As electric power spread rapidly across the US,
spurred by innovations such as Tesla’s AC Induction
Motor, long distance AC transmission and large-scale
power plants (by such companies as Westinghouse andGeneral Electric), AIEE became increasingly focusedon electrical power and its ability to change people’s
lives through new electrical products and services.
• There was a secondary focus on wired communication,(telegraph and the telephone). Through technicalmeetings, publications, and promotion of standards, theAIEE led the growth of the EE profession.
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The IRE• A new industry arose beginning with Marconi’s wirelesstelegraphy experiments at the turn of the century. What was
originally called “wireless” became radio with the electrical
amplification possibilities inherent in the vacuum tubes which
evolved from John Fleming’s diode and Lee de Forest’s triode.
With the new industry came a new society in 1912, the Institute ofRadio Engineers.
• IRE was modeled on the AIEE, but was devoted to radio, and thenincreasingly to electronics. It, too, furthered its profession bylinking members through publications, standards and conferences,and encouraging them to advance their industries by promoting
innovation and excellence in emerging products and services.
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The Merger• In the next 40 years, electrical products penetrated more
and more deeply into American life, (e.g., television,
radar, and computers). Interests of AIEE and IRE
members increasingly overlapped.
• Membership in both societies grew, but from the 1940’s,
the IRE grew faster and by 1957, was the larger group.
On 1 January 1963, AIEE and IRE merged to form theInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, orIEEE. At its formation, the IEEE had 150,000 members,
140,000 of whom were in the United States.
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IEEE Today• Over decades that followed, electrical and electronic
technologies continued to spread into more and moreareas of people’s lives.
• Professional groups and technical boards ofpredecessor institutions evolved into IEEE Societies(sub-groups of IEEE members with like interests).
• By the early 2000’s, IEEE served members and theirinterests with 38 societies, 130 journals, transactions
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IEEE Today (2)• IEEE’s fields of interest have greatly expanded beyond
electrical/electronic engineering into areas such as
nanotechnology, bioengineering, and robotics, andmany others.
• As electronics became ubiquitous, from jet cockpits toindustrial robots to medical imaging to household
appliances, IEEE has become a global (and not justAmerican) institution.
• By 2010, IEEE had over 400,000 members in 160
countries. IEEE is currently the world's largest
technical professional association.
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IEEE Today (3)• The 400,000 members of IEEE reside in more than 160
countries; more than 50 percent of members are fromoutside the United States.
• More than 107,000 student members (!).
• There are 333 sections in 10 worldwide regions.
• More than 2,100 chapters unite local members withsimilar technical interests.
• There are 2,173 student branches at colleges anduniversities in 80 countries, and 585 student branchchapters of IEEE technical societies.
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IEEE Societies• Societies of the IEEE each support a specific part of theprofession.
• They generally have annual (or more often)
conferences and meetings.
• Most have one or more monthly publications that cover
topics relevant to the discipline, typically new technicaladvancements and important developments in theprofessional area.
• Such a society is the IEEE Computer Society, of whichyour instructor is a member.
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Technology SocietyIEEE Computational Intelligence SocietyIEEE Computer SocietyIEEE Consumer Electronics SocietyIEEE Control Systems SocietyIEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation SocietyIEEE Education SocietyIEEE Electron Devices SocietyIEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility SocietyIEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology SocietyIEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing SocietyIEEE Industrial Electronics SocietyIEEE Industry Applications SocietyIEEE Information Theory SocietyIEEE Instrumentation and Measurement SocietyIEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society

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IEEE Solid-State Circuits SocietyIEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics SocietyIEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency
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IEEE Computer Society• With nearly 85,000 members, the 64-year-old IEEE
Computer Society is the world's premier organizationof computing professionals, offering publications,standards, certifications, conferences, and more.
• The society sponsors an annual conference that
includes workgroup seminars, new-technology
tutorials, and conference sessions on many areas ofcomputer technology.
• The annual conference is jointly sponsored with the
ACM (Association of Computing Machinery, a CS
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ISCA 2012• The 39th International Symposium on Computer Architecture(ISCA) is the premier forum for new ideas and experimental
results in computer architecture. This year’s workshops:
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Workshop on Applications for Multi and Many Core Processors
Workshop on Architectures and Systems for Big Data
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Workshop on Architecture Competitions and Memory SchedulingWorkshop on Architectural and Microarchitectural Support for Binary
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Workshop on Duplicating, Deconstructing and Debunking
Second Workshop on Future Architectural Support for Parallel Programming
Second Workshop on the Intersections of Computer Architecture andReconfigurable Logic
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IEEE/Societies• Notice that the entire focus of both IEEE and its
component societies is continuing education.
• Professional and technical societies like IEEE recognizethat the only electrical engineering professional thatwill continue to hold a high-paying and satisfying job is
the one who continuously upgrades and improves his
technical skills.
• Membership in IEEE is a key component in an EE’s
plan to continue in a personal program of knowledge
upgrade and skills improvement. Plan to join it andthe society that corresponds to your technical specialty.
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Activities of Local IEEE Chapter in Dallas• The local Dallas IEEE chapter has many and varied
activities designed to keep the average member up-todate on technical news of interest and also information
on business and local news which may influence thepractice of engineering or the job of local members.
• The following slide shows the most recent weekly email
distributed by the Dallas IEEE section concerning
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Activities of Local IEEE Chapter in Dallas (2)IEEE Dallas Section Activities - Week September 16
All events listed on Dallas Section Events Calendar as of September 15. Check Events Calendar for recently added
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IEEE-CVT Technical Luncheon: Supporting Wireless Video Growth Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 11:30pm 1:00pm
IEEE RS Reliability Society: Battery Health Monitoring and Prognostics Friday, September 20, 2013, 3:45pm 5:00pm
Heroes of Discovery Lecture Series: Wednesday, September 25, 2013, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
IEEE Women in Engineering: Online Live Chat Friday, September 27, 2013, 10:00am - 11:00am
IEEE Women in Engineering: Online Live Chat Friday, October 4, 2013, 10:00am - 11:00am
IEEE MetroCon: (more info) Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 7am - 7pm
IEEE EMBS: 2013 IEEE Texas Medical Device Symposium Thursday, November 7, 2013, 7:45am - 8:30pm

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IEEE President Election: (Vote now! Last day to vote: October 1st 12:00pm CT)
BEST Robotics Mentors and Volunteers Needed: (more info)
IEEE Standards Event for Students & University Faculty: (more info)
30th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference 2014: (more info)
On Line Chats for Women in Engineering: (more info)
Value of IEEE membership: (more info)

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IEEE at UTD• There is an active IEEE student chapter at
UTD. The 2012-2013 chairperson of the UTD
chapter, Andres Zevallos, gave me thefollowing student chapter IEEE statistics*:– Over 800 on current mailing list.
– About 50-70 members attend monthly meetings.
Meetings frequently HERE in ECSS 2.415.
– They have a website, but it is not as up-to-date as
the chapter Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/IEEEUTD.
*As of spring, 2013.
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Sept. 23

8:15 PM

Research showcase at UTD—
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7:00 PMIntel Recruiting session. Pizza
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Oct. 21

TBD

Tech talk. Subject and presenter tobe announced

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AT&T presentation
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Tech talk. Subject and presenter tobe announced
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Special Events• Special events will be arranged during the year, in
addition to the meetings. Some prior events :– Robotics Session: A special push to add members to The
Robotics Society (now part of IEEE).
– Election: New officers are elected for in the spring. One of the
new officers this year was from last year’s EE 1202 class (!).
– The IEEE student chapter website was revamped.
– Volunteers from the IEEE student chapter assisted in the OpenHouse celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Jonsson school.
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Kenny Livingston, Chair:kal104020@utdallas.edu
Zach Stokes, Vice-Chair:zach.stokes1@gmail.com
Kristen Villemez, Treasurer:
kristen.villemez@gmail.com
Alec Burmania, Secretary:
alecburma@gmail.com
Anubha Vashistha, Publicity:
axv109120@utdallas.edu
Ryan Baumann, Tutoring:baumanrm@yahoo.com
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IEEE Chapter-Related Websites•

Org Sync Website:
http://utdallas.orgsync.com/org/ieeeutd•
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/IEEEUTD•
Google Groups:
http://groups.google.com/group/ieee-utd-members

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How to Join IEEE
• To official join the IEEE National Organization go tothis website:
http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/join/index.html• Follow instructions to join the IEEE. Full membershipfor a student is $32/year, a real bargain.
• Note that you DO NOT have to join the IEEE to attend
student chapter meetings. Membership in the local
chapter is free to students.
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Some Other Educational Opportunities• As mentioned earlier, there are other sources oflearning available to the practicing engineer.
• These include other universities, technicalproficiency schools, for-profit schools andcertification organizations, and volunteer
groups.
• A few of these other sources are discussed in
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The Center for Lifelong Learning• The Center for Lifelong Learning is a resource forgraduate engineers who need to update skills,
associated with The University of Texas at Austin(http://lifelong.engr.utexas.edu/index.cfm).
• Although it covers all engineering professions, it
includes EE, and also has an ethics course.
• The center stresses education for working engineers,
although it also offers masters programs in EE areas aswell.
• Notably, it also offers a master’s in engineering
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Certification and Skill Upgrade Schools• In addition to higher education institutions,
there are also commercial, for-profit companies
that specialize in engineering education, reeducation, and skill upgrades.
• Once you become a registered engineer in
Texas (or wherever you choose to work), youwill be inundated with offers from suchcompanies to support your continued learning.
• One such company is RedVector.
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Other Resources (2)• RedVector is a for-profit on-line source that sells learning modules
that can be purchased for home education.
• They tend to emphasize mechanical and civil engineering, but dohave some EE courses.
• They have an excellent ethics module, which I have purchased andused to complete by State-of-Texas annual licensed professional
engineer ethics learning update.
• They also have courses in engineering management and technicalleadership.
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Lifelong Learning Assignment• Attend tonight’s IEEE student meeting and join thestudent chapter. Attendance will be taken. This is amandatory EE 1202 assignment.
• You must also attend at least three more of the IEEE
student chapter meetings before the end of the semester.
• You can also volunteer for and be involved in one otheractivity with the student chapter. This could replace
going to one of the meetings. Must show proof ofparticipation!
• You are heavily encouraged to remain involved with theIEEE at UTD for the rest of your UTD career.
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Joining IEEE
• You are encouraged to become a student member of theIEEE organization. This can be an important componentof a long an productive career in electrical engineering.
• Student membership, as mentioned earlier, is $32.
• After you join, search the IEEE website for the “IEEE
Code of Ethics.” Print out a copy.
• Write a one-page paper on “being an ethical engineer.”
Staple copies of the code, your membership card, andyour essay together and turn in as a bonus assignment.
• Bonus for participation in this assignment : +10 points (=1 letter grade!) added to your final grade in EE 1202.
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IEEE Bonus• To repeat:– Join IEEE
– Go to the IEEE website and print out the IEEE code of ethics.
– Write a one-page essay on “what it means to be an ethicalengineer.”• To earn your bonus, turn in three things:– A copy of your IEEE membership card.
– A copy of the IEEE code of ethics (can print off the web site).
– Your essay.

• Bonus: +10 points added to your final grade.

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