BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240926T161134Z UID:F5AC42BD-F7FB-4B5C-8CA8-61246E43DA41 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240921T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240921T170000 DESCRIPTION:Join us on September 21st as industry leaders meet with student s and faculty from every engineering school in the state of Arkansas. Regi stration is free for faculty and students.\n\nAll proceeds from sponsorshi ps are paid to the Registered Student Organizations (RSOs) of the attendin g schools.\n\nSpeaker(s): Dr. Jesse Butler\, Dr. Brad Conrad\, Grace Rains \, Stacy Gunderman\, Brad Gentry\n\nAgenda: \nTime Event Description\n8:30 AM Check-in Coffee and donuts available\n9:00 AM Welcome to IEEE: Members hip Resources for Career Advancement Brad Gentry\, IEEE Arkansas Section C hair\, Arkansas Academy of Electrical Engineering President. Discusses the benefits of IEEE membership and how to make the most of its vast resource s. Enhance your technical knowledge\, build global connections through IEE E’s worldwide network\, and take advantage of professional development o pportunities that keep you ahead in your career.\n9:30 AM Keynote Address: Engineering Ethics in the Age of Artificial Intelligence Dr Jesse Butler\ , Dept of Philosophy & Religious Studies. Eligible for one (1) Professiona l Development Hour (PDH).\n10:30 AM Career Preparation: Skills and Strateg ies for Future Engineers Industry Panel: Provides practical advice for uni versity students on how to prepare for the engineering workforce. Includes the importance of interdisciplinary skills\, such as project management\, the value of internships and co-op programs\, and strategies for building a professional network through mentorship and industry connections.\n11:0 0 AM Rocks: Managing Your Priorities Stacy Gunderman\, Director of Adminis tration at FutureFuel Chemical Company\, discusses how to best manage prio rities based on her career experience and her Masters in Operational Manag ement from the University of Arkansas.\n11:30 AM\n\nLee Watson\, Founder a nd CEO of Forge Institute\n12:00 PM\nLunch\n\nStudent Resume and Interview Workshop\nConcurrently with lunch\, an interactive workshop helps student s perfect resumes and sharpen interview skills. Industry professionals and career experts provide insider tips on crafting an impressive resume tail ored for engineering roles\, while guiding students through mock interview s so they feel confident and prepared.\n1:00 PM NIST Manufacturing USA Ini tiatives Brad R. Conrad\, PhD discusses collaboration across education and workforce development initiatives for Manufacturing USA and participating U.S. government agencies to expand awareness and engagement with industry stakeholders\, educators\, workers\, and students.\n2:00 PM The Future of Engineering: Harnessing Emerging Technologies Industry Panel: Discusses h ow advancements in AI\, automation\, and renewable energy are reshaping in dustries in Arkansas. Career opportunities for engineers and the essential skills\, such as coding\, data analysis\, and energy systems\, needed to stay competitive in the job market.\n2:30 PM Empowering Tech Entrepreneurs with Game-Changing Resources Grace Rains\, Executive Director at The Cond uctor\, Adjunct Professor UCA. ARISE Arkansas: Provides coaching\, consult ing\, and capital access for tech startups\, connecting entrepreneurs with industry networks\, subject matter experts\, and ecosystem resources to s cale their ventures.\n3:00 PM Spectrum Analysis 101 and Campus-wide “Fox Hunt” Sponsored by Keysight Technologies Keith Dowsett\, Solutions Engi neer at Keysight Technologies (BSEE + MSEE from Georgia Institute of Techn ology). The day’s events are capped off with a fun and educational hands -on activity known as a ‘Fox Hunt.’ We will start this session with a presentation on Spectrum Analysis fundamentals and a crash course on using Keysight’s handheld FieldFox Microwave Analyzers. These handheld analyz ers will be placed in the hands of small teams of 3 to 5 participants\, wh o will be tasked with searching the UCA campus (within designated limits) for hidden radio / microwave frequency transmitters using direction-findin g techniques. This is a practical way for students to learn about RF princ iples\, signal propagation\, and the use of radio equipment in a hands-on\ , competitive environment.\n5:00 PM End\n\nBldg: Conway Corporation Center for Sciences\, University of Central Arkansas\, Conway\, Arkansas\, Unite d States\, 72034 LOCATION:Bldg: Conway Corporation Center for Sciences\, University of Centr al Arkansas\, Conway\, Arkansas\, United States\, 72034 ORGANIZER:brad.gentry@ieee.org SEQUENCE:33 SUMMARY:Arkansas Section Meeting: Connecting Faculty\, Students\, and Indus try Professionals URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/430553 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: cente r\;"><span style="font-size: 14pt\;">Join us on September 21st as industry leaders meet with students and faculty from every engineering school in t he state of Arkansas. Registration is free for faculty and students.</span ></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center\;"><span style="font -size: 14pt\;">All proceeds from sponsorships are paid to the Registered S tudent Organizations (RSOs) of the attending schools.</span></p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><table style="border-collapse: collapse\; width: 99.9808%\ ; height: 246.4px\;" border="1"><colgroup><col style="width: 14.9249%\;">< col style="width: 42.531%\;"><col style="width: 42.531%\;"></colgroup>\n<t body>\n<tr style="height: 22.4px\;">\n<td><strong>Time</strong></td>\n<td> <strong>Event</strong></td>\n<td><strong>Description</strong></td>\n</tr>\ n<tr style="height: 22.4px\;">\n<td style="width: 13.9855%\; text-align: l eft\; border-style: solid\; border-color: #b8b8b8\;">8:30 AM</td>\n<td sty le="width: 30.024%\; text-align: left\; border-style: solid\; border-color : #b8b8b8\;">Check-in</td>\n<td style="width: 57.3434%\; text-align: left\ ; border-style: solid\; border-color: #b8b8b8\;">Coffee and donuts availab le</td>\n</tr>\n<tr style="height: 44.8px\;">\n<td style="width: 13.9855%\ ; text-align: left\; border-style: solid\; border-color: #b8b8b8\;">9:00 A M</td>\n<td style="width: 30.024%\;" width="542">Welcome to IEEE: Membersh ip Resources for Career Advancement</td>\n<td style="width: 57.3434%\; tex t-align: left\; border-style: solid\; border-color: #b8b8b8\;">Brad Gentry \, IEEE Arkansas Section Chair\, Arkansas Academy of Electrical Engineerin g President. Discusses the benefits of IEEE membership and how to make the most of its vast resources. Enhance your technical knowledge\, build glob al connections through IEEE&rsquo\;s worldwide network\, and take advantag e of professional development opportunities that keep you ahead in your ca reer.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr style="height: 22.4px\;">\n<td style="width: 13.985 5%\; text-align: left\; border-style: solid\; border-color: #b8b8b8\;">9:3 0 AM</td>\n<td style="width: 30.024%\; text-align: left\; border-style: so lid\; border-color: #b8b8b8\;">Keynote Address: Engineering Ethics in the Age of Artificial Intelligence</td>\n<td style="width: 57.3434%\; text-ali gn: left\; border-style: solid\; border-color: #b8b8b8\;">Dr Jesse Butler\ , Dept of Philosophy &amp\; Religious Studies. Eligible for one (1) Profes sional Development Hour (PDH).</td>\n</tr>\n<tr style="height: 22.4px\;">\ n<td style="width: 13.9855%\; text-align: left\; border-style: solid\; bor der-color: #b8b8b8\;">10:30 AM</td>\n<td style="width: 30.024%\; text-alig n: left\; border-style: solid\; border-color: #b8b8b8\;">Career Preparatio n: Skills and Strategies for Future Engineers</td>\n<td style="width: 57.3 434%\; text-align: left\; border-style: solid\; border-color: #b8b8b8\;">I ndustry Panel: Provides practical advice for university students on how to prepare for the engineering workforce. Includes the importance of interdi sciplinary skills\, such as project management\, the value of internships and co-op programs\, and strategies for building a professional network th rough mentorship and industry connections.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style="w idth: 13.9855%\; text-align: left\; border-style: solid\; border-color: #b 8b8b8\;">11:00 AM</td>\n<td style="width: 30.024%\; text-align: left\; bor der-style: solid\; border-color: #b8b8b8\;">Rocks: Managing Your Prioritie s</td>\n<td style="width: 57.3434%\; text-align: left\; border-style: soli d\; border-color: #b8b8b8\;">Stacy Gunderman\, Director of Administration at FutureFuel Chemical Company\, discusses how to best manage priorities b ased on her career experience and her&nbsp\;Masters in Operational Managem ent from the University of Arkansas.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style="width: 13.9855%\; text-align: left\; border-style: solid\; border-color: rgb(184\ , 184\, 184)\;">11:30 AM</td>\n<td style="width: 30.024%\; text-align: lef t\; border-style: solid\; border-color: rgb(184\, 184\, 184)\;">\n<p>&nbsp \;</p>\n</td>\n<td style="width: 57.3434%\; text-align: left\; border-styl e: solid\; border-color: rgb(184\, 184\, 184)\;">Lee Watson\, Founder and CEO of Forge Institute&nbsp\;</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style="width: 13.9855 %\; text-align: left\; border-style: solid\; border-color: #b8b8b8\;">12:0 0 PM</td>\n<td style="width: 30.024%\; text-align: left\; border-style: so lid\; border-color: #b8b8b8\;">\n<p>Lunch</p>\n<p>Student Resume and Inter view Workshop</p>\n</td>\n<td style="width: 57.3434%\; text-align: left\; border-style: solid\; border-color: #b8b8b8\;">Concurrently with lunch\, a n interactive workshop helps students perfect resumes and sharpen intervie w skills. Industry professionals and career experts provide insider tips o n crafting an impressive resume tailored for engineering roles\, while gui ding students through mock interviews so they feel confident and prepared. </td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style="width: 13.9855%\; text-align: left\; border -style: solid\; border-color: #b8b8b8\;">1:00 PM</td>\n<td style="width: 3 0.024%\; text-align: left\; border-style: solid\; border-color: #b8b8b8\;" >NIST Manufacturing USA Initiatives</td>\n<td style="width: 57.3434%\; tex t-align: left\; border-style: solid\; border-color: #b8b8b8\;">Brad R. Con rad\, PhD discusses collaboration across education and workforce developme nt initiatives for Manufacturing USA and participating U.S. government age ncies to expand awareness and engagement with industry stakeholders\, educ ators\, workers\, and students.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style="width: 13.98 55%\; text-align: left\; border-style: solid\; border-color: #b8b8b8\;">2: 00 PM</td>\n<td style="width: 30.024%\; text-align: left\; border-style: s olid\; border-color: #b8b8b8\;">The Future of Engineering: Harnessing Emer ging Technologies</td>\n<td style="width: 57.3434%\; text-align: left\; bo rder-style: solid\; border-color: #b8b8b8\;">Industry Panel: Discusses how advancements in AI\, automation\, and renewable energy are reshaping indu stries in Arkansas. Career opportunities for engineers and the essential s kills\, such as coding\, data analysis\, and energy systems\, needed to st ay competitive in the job market.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style="width: 13. 9855%\; text-align: left\; border-style: solid\; border-color: #b8b8b8\;"> 2:30 PM</td>\n<td style="width: 30.024%\; text-align: left\; border-style: solid\; border-color: #b8b8b8\;">Empowering Tech Entrepreneurs with Game- Changing Resources</td>\n<td style="width: 57.3434%\; text-align: left\; b order-style: solid\; border-color: #b8b8b8\;">Grace Rains\, Executive Dire ctor at The Conductor\, Adjunct Professor UCA. ARISE Arkansas: Provides co aching\, consulting\, and capital access for tech startups\, connecting en trepreneurs with industry networks\, subject matter experts\, and ecosyste m resources to scale their ventures.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style="width: 13.9855%\; text-align: left\; border-style: solid\; border-color: #b8b8b8\ ;">3:00 PM</td>\n<td style="width: 30.024%\; text-align: left\; border-sty le: solid\; border-color: #b8b8b8\;">Spectrum Analysis 101 and Campus-wide &ldquo\;Fox Hunt&rdquo\; Sponsored by Keysight Technologies</td>\n<td sty le="width: 57.3434%\; text-align: left\; border-style: solid\; border-colo r: #b8b8b8\;">Keith Dowsett\, Solutions Engineer at Keysight Technologies (BSEE + MSEE from Georgia Institute of Technology). The day&rsquo\;s event s are capped off with a fun and educational hands-on activity known as a & lsquo\;Fox Hunt.&rsquo\; &nbsp\;We will start this session with a presenta tion on Spectrum Analysis fundamentals and a crash course on using Keysigh t&rsquo\;s handheld FieldFox Microwave Analyzers. &nbsp\;These handheld an alyzers will be placed in the hands of small teams of 3 to 5 participants\ , who will be tasked with searching the UCA campus (within designated limi ts) for hidden radio / microwave frequency transmitters using direction-fi nding techniques. &nbsp\;This is a practical way for students to learn abo ut RF principles\, signal propagation\, and the use of radio equipment in a hands-on\, competitive environment.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style="width: 13.9855%\; text-align: left\; border-style: solid\; border-color: #b8b8b8 \;">5:00 PM</td>\n<td style="width: 30.024%\; text-align: left\; border-st yle: solid\; border-color: #b8b8b8\;">End</td>\n<td style="width: 57.3434% \; text-align: left\; border-style: solid\; border-color: #b8b8b8\;">&nbsp \;</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR