• How electrical engineers celebrate Halloween
  • A design competition where autonomous 1/10 scale RC cars race around a track.
  • Interested in robotics, embedded electronics, project experience? Micromouse is looking for you!
  • This series of workshops goes hands-on with the Arduino USB board, a development platform based on the Atmel ATMega328 8-bit AVR microcontroller.
  • Autonomous navigation, image processing, and wireless communications at the speed of flight.
  • Tom and Jeff cut hundreds of metal pegs for the Micromouse maze.
  • Don't drive drunk, drive junk! The IEEE hummer takes first place at the Junkyard Derby

Upcoming Events

Super Computer Tour!

Monday 11/23/09, 12:30 pm
Supercomputer Center

Learn fascinating facts about the supercomputers

IEEE Computer Architecture Competition - $7000 prize!

Monday 11/23/09, 5:00 pm
CSE B225

We're putting together a team to compete in the 2010 IEEE Computer Society System Competition. The competition challenges students to design an instruction set and simulator for a machine architecture.

Cypress PSoC Workshop

Monday 11/30/09, 5:00 pm
EBU 3 B220 (CSE Building Basement)

Join IEEE and Cypress for an evening of pizza and PSoCs!

Recent Events

IEEE Intro to Soldering: "Fun and Games"

Friday 11/20/09, 12:00 pm
EBU-II 333B - IEEE Projects Lab

Solder a fun project you can show to your friends.

IEEE Annual Lasertag Challenge!

Tuesday 11/17/09, 9:30 pm
Ultrazone

The engineering orgs face off in an optical battle to the death. Do you have what it takes to smell the sweet smell of laser victory?

Our Mission

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers is the world's largest professional association advancing innovation and technological excellence for the benefit of humanity. We are the UC San Diego Student Branch, and our primary focus is engineering excellence. By becoming excellent engineers, we hope to solve the world's most challenging problems. We also focus on:

  • inspiring the next generation of engineers
  • leadership and professional development
  • social events

News and Announcements

NSF-IGERT Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA

2009-11-10

This is a three year fellowship that provides a $30,000 stipend/year, tuition, fees, travel stipend to participate in a scientific conference or workshop, internships and international experience. The...

Fellowship Opportunities for non-IEEE

2009-11-04

Of possible interest to those in/planning to pursue grad studies. Undergrads eligible for some. ASEE is the American Society for Engineering Education. FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. Applications are now o...

Humanitarian Technology Challenge Launches Student Design Competition

2009-10-13

IEEE is sponsoring a Regional Student Design Competition for solutions to one of three humanitarian problems as part of the joint IEEE-United Nations Foundation Humanitarian Technology Challenge (HTC...

Lead a Natcar team! Application deadline is Oct 17.

2009-10-11

Fill out the online application here. Application deadline is 11:59pm, Sunday October 17. Natcar is an ...

IEEE Presidents’ Change the World – Submissions Now Being Accepted

2009-09-29

2010 IEEE Presidents' Change the World Competition IEEE is proud to announce the launch of the 2nd annual Presidents’ Change the World contest. As a student who ha...

IEEE talk by Bhaskar Rao TONIGHT!!

2009-09-28

ABSTRACT This talk addresses Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) wireless systems in which transmitters and receivers are equipped with multiple antennas. MIMO technology constitutes a major advance...

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Outstanding Sophomore Award

Prize: $200
Deadline: January 22, 2010

The Outstanding Sophomore Award is an award given by the IEEE San Diego Section to Electrical Engineering majors in their sophomore year who have excelled academically and shown leadership in the community.

IEEE Student Paper Contest

Prizes: $500, $300, $200

Deadline: Febuary 15, 2010

The IEEE Student Paper Contest is an annual competition designed to recognize technical, written, and verbal communication skills. Undergraduates may submit papers written as part of coursework, research, or extracurricular projects.

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