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This Engineer Promotes Innovation-Based Projects in Uganda

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Ever since Lwanga Herbert was a youngster growing up in Kampala, Uganda, he wanted to create technology to improve his community. The devices were recognized by the Uganda National Council for Science and Technology. Herbert now works to use technology to address challenges faced by Uganda as a whole, such as high neonatal death rates.

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This IEEE Service-Learning Program Is More Popular Than Ever

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Since its founding in 1995 at Purdue University , the Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) in IEEE program has been providing nonprofit organizations with technology to improve and deliver services to their community while broadening undergraduate EE students’ hands-on experiences. sustainable development goals.

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Honor a Loved One With an IEEE Foundation Memorial Fund

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EPICS in IEEE Fischer Mertel Community of Projects The EPICS in IEEE Fischer Mertel Community of Projects was established to support projects “designed to inspire multidisciplinary teams of engineering students to collaborate and engineer solutions to address local community needs.” Life Fellow Fumio Koyama and IEEE Fellow Constance J.

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AI Is Helping to Stop Animal Poaching and Food Insecurity

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Although she enjoyed coding, she decided to pursue a degree in biology at Tsinghua University , in Beijing. She graduated in 2011 with a bachelor’s degree, then went to the United States to pursue a doctorate at the University of Southern California , in Los Angeles. Fang earned her Ph.D. But she continued to work with Tambe on PAWS.

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DEI Fund Supports STEM Workshops and Coding Camps

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The workshops introduce students to fields such as computer science, cybersecurity, information technology, and robotics as well as related degree programs offered at the University of Nebraska in Omaha. This program is designed to teach Python and Scratch to more than 200 preuniversity students in Uganda.

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