BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Canada/Central BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20201007T165210Z UID:0DE10F0D-5675-4282-ABB8-826A847D46FF DTSTART;TZID=Canada/Central:20201006T163000 DTEND;TZID=Canada/Central:20201006T173000 DESCRIPTION:In celebration of IEEE Day 2020\, WIE Winnipeg Section is holdi ng a virtual session to showcase some of the work done by women in STEM. H ear how accomplished local women engineers are making an impact.\n\nAgenda : \nFeatured Speakers\n\nJessie Robertson & Robyn Birch - Undergraduate en gineering students and members of the University of Manitoba Biomedical De sign Team. The team won first place in the Innovative Design Challenge at the Western Engineering Competition earlier this year. They will present a bout the BMED Team and their winning design.\n\nCassandra Aldaba - Busines s Intelligence Developer at Skip the Dishes. Cassandra graduated from U of M with a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and then pursued an M.Sc. in Bio medical Engineering. She is also a member of Skip the Dishes' Women in Tec h group. Cassandra will be speaking about her current role at Skip the Dis hes and what it's like to be a woman in the tech industry.\n\nSusan Crawfo rd-Young - Ph.D. Candidate in Biosystems Engineering. Susan is a graduate of the University of Manitoba with a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and t hen a Post Baccalaureate in Education. After that she obtained a Diploma i n Instrumentation from Red River College. Susan then graduated from the Un iversity of Manitoba with a Master’s in Electrical and Computer Engineer ing in 2007. She will be discussing her paper entitled "Effects of Microgr avity on Cell Cytoskeleton and Embryogenesis."\n\nVirtual: https://events. vtools.ieee.org/m/241757 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/241757 ORGANIZER:einikelm@myumanitoba.ca SEQUENCE:15 SUMMARY:IEEE Day Women in STEM Showcase URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/241757 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>In celebration of IEEE Day 2020\, WIE Winn ipeg Section is holding a virtual session to showcase some of the work don e by women in STEM.&nbsp\;<span style="font-weight: 400\;">Hear how accomp lished local women engineers are making an impact.&nbsp\;</span></p><br /> <br />Agenda: <br /><p><span style="text-decoration: underline\; font-size : 12pt\;">Featured Speakers</span></p>\n<p><strong>Jessie Robertson &amp\; Robyn Birch</strong> - Undergraduate engineering students and members of the <strong>University of Manitoba Biomedical Design Team</strong>. The te am won first place in the Innovative Design Challenge at the Western Engin eering Competition earlier this year. They will present about the BMED Tea m and their winning design.</p>\n<p><strong>Cassandra Aldaba</strong> -<st rong> Business Intelligence Developer at Skip the Dishes</strong>. Cassand ra graduated from U of M with a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and then p ursued an M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering. She is also a member of Skip th e Dishes' Women in Tech group. Cassandra will be speaking about her curren t role at Skip the Dishes and what it's like to be a woman in the tech ind ustry.</p>\n<p><strong>Susan Crawford-Young</strong> - <strong>Ph.D. Candi date in Biosystems Engineering</strong>. Susan is a graduate of the Univer sity of Manitoba with a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and then a Post Ba ccalaureate in Education. After that she obtained a Diploma in Instrumenta tion from Red River College. Susan then graduated from the University of M anitoba with a Master&rsquo\;s in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2 007. She will be discussing her paper entitled "Effects of Microgravity on Cell Cytoskeleton and Embryogenesis."&nbsp\;</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR