BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Sao_Paulo BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20380119T001407 TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=3TU;BYMONTH=1 TZNAME:-03 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20190216T230000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0200 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=3SA;BYMONTH=2 TZNAME:-03 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260817T023235Z UID:38FFEEF7-81CF-45B0-88BB-1F54F5A082FD DTSTART;TZID=America/Sao_Paulo:20251009T132500 DTEND;TZID=America/Sao_Paulo:20251009T180000 DESCRIPTION:As part of the #ieeeday celebration\, the IEEE Student Branch a t IFF Campus Campos Centro organized the first official activity of Missã o Engenheirinhos\, a humanitarian outreach initiative created to bring sci ence\, technology\, and engineering closer to children and teenagers in so cially vulnerable contexts.\n\nThe activity was held at Casa de Acolhiment o Pequenos Jornaleiros\, a local shelter for teenagers in Campos dos Goyta cazes\, Brazil. Rather than celebrating IEEE Day only within the universit y environment\, the Student Branch sought to put the IEEE mission of “Ad vancing Technology for the Benefit of Humanity” into practice through di rect community engagement.\n\nIEEE volunteers introduced the participants to the IEEE\, engineering\, technology\, and educational and professional opportunities in STEM. Special attention was given to discussing how techn ical and higher education can create new possibilities for their future.\n \nThe activity also included interactive STEM experiences. Participants in teracted with Arduino-based robotics prototypes and explored how programmi ng can produce physical actions in real systems. In another hands-on activ ity\, the volunteers built and launched water rockets made from PET bottle s together with the teenagers\, introducing basic concepts of physics and aerodynamics in an accessible and engaging way.\n\nThe Student Branch also collected and delivered essential donations to the institution. Beyond th e immediate activity\, Missão Engenheirinhos was conceived as a long-term outreach initiative\, with plans to return to the institution for practic al technology workshops and expand STEM outreach to other vulnerable commu nities.\n\nThe IEEE Day celebration strengthened the connection between IE EE volunteers and the local community while demonstrating how engineering education\, volunteering\, and technology can be combined to generate mean ingful social impact.\n\nCampos dos Goytacazes\, Rio de Janeiro\, Brazil LOCATION:Campos dos Goytacazes\, Rio de Janeiro\, Brazil ORGANIZER:ieeeiffcampos@gmail.com SEQUENCE:213 SUMMARY:IEEE Day - Missão Engenheirinhos URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/572860 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p class="isSelectedEnd"><img src="https://ev ents.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/media/display/e3c82620-3f14-48c0-9a38-2e9a6 cc8d777" width="380" height="254">&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; <img src="https: //events.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/media/display/d0139c8c-a5c8-4b55-ad54-d 513bd28f2d8" width="376" height="251"></p>\n<p class="isSelectedEnd">As pa rt of the #ieeeday celebration\, the IEEE Student Branch at IFF Campus Cam pos Centro organized the first official activity of <strong>Miss&atilde\;o Engenheirinhos</strong>\, a humanitarian outreach initiative created to b ring science\, technology\, and engineering closer to children and teenage rs in socially vulnerable contexts.</p>\n<p class="isSelectedEnd">The acti vity was held at <strong>Casa de Acolhimento Pequenos Jornaleiros</strong> \, a local shelter for teenagers in Campos dos Goytacazes\, Brazil. Rather than celebrating IEEE Day only within the university environment\, the St udent Branch sought to put the IEEE mission of <strong>&ldquo\;Advancing T echnology for the Benefit of Humanity&rdquo\;</strong> into practice throu gh direct community engagement.</p>\n<p class="isSelectedEnd">IEEE volunte ers introduced the participants to the IEEE\, engineering\, technology\, a nd educational and professional opportunities in STEM. Special attention w as given to discussing how technical and higher education can create new p ossibilities for their future.</p>\n<p class="isSelectedEnd">The activity also included interactive STEM experiences. Participants interacted with A rduino-based robotics prototypes and explored how programming can produce physical actions in real systems. In another hands-on activity\, the volun teers built and launched water rockets made from PET bottles together with the teenagers\, introducing basic concepts of physics and aerodynamics in an accessible and engaging way.</p>\n<p class="isSelectedEnd">The Student Branch also collected and delivered essential donations to the institutio n. Beyond the immediate activity\, Miss&atilde\;o Engenheirinhos was conce ived as a long-term outreach initiative\, with plans to return to the inst itution for practical technology workshops and expand STEM outreach to oth er vulnerable communities.</p>\n<p>The IEEE Day celebration strengthened t he connection between IEEE volunteers and the local community while demons trating how engineering education\, volunteering\, and technology can be c ombined to generate meaningful social impact.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>&nbs p\;</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR