2020 IEEE Region 1 Annual Student Conference on April 17th to 19th – The University of Maine (Orono, ME)

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CANCELLED - Due to travel prohibition and event restrictions imposed by University of Maine, and many Universities in the Region 1. Future date of the conference to be determined.

The IEEE Region 1 Student Conference (StuCon) is the premier annual event where student branches from IEEE Region 1 - the eight Northeastern United States (CT, MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY, RI and VT) - meet to discuss mutual challenges and to compete in regional competitions.

Innovative Technologies Complex

Click here for the Conference Flyer!

The conference objective is to encourage lively student engagement and provide  opportunities for students to network and learn from other students from across Region 1 while applying practical engineering knowledge in the various competitions. StuCon also provides a great opportunity for student members to work in teams and to network with Industry Professionals and IEEE Leaders.

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Black Bear Inn & Conference CenterHotel Accommodations (Deadline by March 25):

The Black Bear Inn & Conference Center
4 Godfrey Drive, Orono, ME

Hotel accommodations are included in the registration fee (via a rooming list – do NOT try to book directly with the hotel) on a first come – first served basis for those traveling more than 100 miles each way. Students and Teams will be required to share a room (up to 4 students per Room, up to two in a bed). Hotel rooms will not be provided for local participants.

Regular Conference attendees will be billed $130/night, taxes included.

Click here to sign up for your hotel accommodation at the R1 Student conference!

 

Registration Rates 

 

before April 10th    

after April 10th

IEEE Member (All Grades)

          $80

       $100

Non-IEEE Member

          $120

       $150

 

Steering Committee 

Conference Chair:

Soon Wan

MicroMouse Competition:

 

Co-Chairs: Bala Prasanna and Robert Pellegrino

Anthony Wan, Jason Hui, Jim Isaak

Student Paper Contest:

 

Co-Chairs: Ali Abedi and Ali Hammoodi   

Rasit Topalogluro, and Julia Upton

Student Ethics Competition:

Co-Chairs: Harold Belson and Walter Rawle

Drones Workshop:

Vince Socci

Hackathon:

Chair: Charles Rubenstein

Howard Bussey

HKN Session:

Chair: Jason Hui

Program Manager:

Susan Hastings

 

Registration:

 

Tori Nicholas, Calvin Skinner, Steele Muchemore-Allen

Tours:

Ali Abedi

Additional Support:

Seth Martin and Cameron Duncan

 


  Date and Time

  Location

  Hosts

  Registration


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  • University of Maine
  • 5708 Barrows Hall
  • Orono, Maine
  • United States 04473
  • Building: ESRB / Barrows Hall
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  • Soon Wan, R1 Student Activities Chair

  • Co-sponsored by IEEE Region 1 and IEEE Maine Section
  • Starts 14 February 2020 10:00 PM UTC
  • Ends 10 March 2020 11:00 AM UTC
  • Admission fee ?

  Speakers

Travis Mills Travis Mills of Travis Mills Foundation

Topic:

Never give up! Never Quit!

Retired United States Army Staff Sergeant Travis Mills of the 82nd Airborne is a recalibrated warrior, motivational speaker, actor, author and an advocate for veterans and amputees. Travis’s New York Times bestselling memoir, Tough as They Come, is currently available on sale in bookstores everywhere. Despite losing portions of both arms and legs from an IED while on active duty in Afghanistan, Travis continues to overcome life’s challenges, breaking physical barriers and defying odds. Travis lives by his motto: Never give up. Never Quit!

Biography:

Retired United States Army Staff Sergeant Travis Mills of the 82nd Airborne is a recalibrated warrior, motivational speaker, actor, author and an advocate for veterans and amputees. Travis’s New York Times bestselling memoir, Tough as They Come, is currently available on sale in bookstores everywhere. Despite losing portions of both arms and legs from an IED while on active duty in Afghanistan, Travis continues to overcome life’s challenges, breaking physical barriers and defying odds. Travis lives by his motto: “Never give up. Never quit.”

On April 10, 2012, United States Army Staff Sergeant Travis Mills of the 82nd Airborne was critically injured on his third tour of duty in Afghanistan by an IED (improvised explosive device) while on patrol, losing portions of both legs and both arms. He is one of only five quadruple amputees from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to survive his injuries.

Thanks to his amazing strength, courage, an incredible will to live, the heroic actions of the men in his unit, the prayers of thousands, and all the healthcare providers at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, near Washington D.C., Travis remains on the road to recovery. Every day is a battle, but Travis continues to astound friends and family alike with his progress and with his amazing spirit.

Email:

Address:747 Western Ave., Suite 1, Manchester, Maine, United States, 04963

Dr. Ali Abedi Dr. Ali Abedi of The University of Maine

Topic:

Tour of the WiSe-Net Lab and a Novel Maker Space Lab

Attendees will also have the opportunity to visit a unique laboratory built on the University of Maine campus to conduct research on wireless sensing of NASA’s inflatable lunar habitat module.  This work led to development of a leak detection system for International Space Station that was tested in space in 2017.

  

 

Another 1000 sqft lab at Carnegie Hall was added later in 2014 to conduct research on indoor navigation in collaboration with VEMI Lab, Activas-Diagnostics, and Nawindor Companies. Cutting edge research in wireless communications area ranging from coding and information theory to wireless sensor networks and space applications are conducted at this state of the art facility with focus on real world applications to provide students with unique training opportunities.

Biography:

Dr. Ali Abedi graduated from National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents in 1992 with diploma in Mathematics and Physics. He has received his B.Sc and M.Sc degrees in Electrical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology and his PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering, from University of Waterloo in 1996, 1998, and 2004, respectively, all with focus on Communication Systems. From 1998 to 2000 he was with the department of Electrical Engineering at the Air-Force University as lecturer and director of undergraduate research center. He worked as lecturer at the University of Waterloo and adjunct professor at Queen’s University in 2004 and 2005 teaching graduate and undergraduate courses, and conducting research funded by NSERC.

Dr. Abedi joined the University of Maine, Orono in 2005, where he is currently a tenured Full Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Cooperating Professor of Computing and Information Sciences. He is also serving as Assistant Vice President for Research (since 2018) and Director of Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) at UMaine (since 2013). He was visiting Associate Professor at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD and Guest Researcher at NIST in 2012 and Faculty Fellow at NASA in 2016. Dr. Abedi is founding Director of WiSe-Net Lab where he directs research programs including analytical performance evaluation of block codes, new methods for performance and convergence analysis of Turbo-codes, and applications of error correction codes in wireless sensor networks for structural monitoring, space explorations and bio-medical applications. His research on wireless sensing of lunar habitats was featured on NSF Science360 web site in 2012. He is co-Founder of two startup companies (Activas-Diagnostics and Nawindor). 

Email:

Address:Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept, 5708 Barrows Hall, Orono, Maine, United States, 04469





Agenda

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