Published: Apr 4, 2023 by IEEE Newfoundland and Labrador Section

Ryan Cullen, a senior student at the Holy Trinity High School, received the IEEE Award in the 2023 Cenovus Energy Eastern Newfoundland Science and Technology Fair. The IEEE Award at the Eastern Newfoundland Science and Technology Fair is given to the best senior project in an Electrical and Computer Engineering-related field, selected by a judge for the IEEE Newfoundland and Labrador Section.

Ryan’s project, entitled “Equilibrium - it goes both ways. Simulating Le Chatelier’s Principle,” is a software for educational use that demonstrates the Le Chatelier’s Principle, written using Rust, Tauri, and SvelteKit.

An honourable mention was also given to Sophia Zhang, an intermediate student at St. Bonaventure’s College, for her project entitled “Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Wind Energy Harvesting,” in which she tested a novel wind energy system using static electricity. Sophia won the Best of Fair Award and will be part of the NL Science Team representing the province in the Canada-Wide Science Fair to be held in Edmonton from May 14 to 19, as reported by CBC News.

Congratulations to Ryan and Sophia, and to all students that participated in the Eastern Newfoundland Science and Technology Fair!

Published: Dec 8, 2022 by IEEE Newfoundland and Labrador Section

The IEEE NL Section is deeply saddened to hear the news of passing of Paul Thorburn, at the age of 76. Paul assumed various roles within the IEEE NL section executive over the years, being chair of the IEEE NL Section in 1992 and chair of the Newfoundland Electrical and Computer Engineering Conference (NECEC) in 1995. For his “outstanding and longtime contributions to section and regional activities,” Paul received the J.J. Archambault Eastern Canada Merit Award in 2013.

Funeral arrangements and memorial service details can be found at Carnell’s website.

Published: Sep 15, 2022 by IEEE Newfoundland and Labrador Section

The Awards committee of the NL Section has released the call for applications to the Term 6 Scholarship for IEEE Student Members. For more information, click here to read the call for applications.

Published: May 3, 2022 by IEEE Newfoundland and Labrador Section

In their April AGM and Board meetings, the IEEE Canadian Foundation approved the awarding of three Special Grants, two of them to NL student groups aiming to participate in international competitions for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs).

The MUN Robosub AUV team is an engineering student group at Memorial University, comprised of engineering students designing a bio-inspired AUV to represent Memorial University in the RoboSub Competition. RoboSub is an international student competition by RoboNation, a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote hands-on educational experiences that empower students. The competition is held each summer at the U.S. Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific’s TRANSDEC Anechoic pool in San Diego, California. Student teams design and build autonomous underwater vehicles that can identify and distinguish objects through machine learning, pick up objects, drop markers, monitor subsea structures, collect data and touch buoys under the water, thus mimicking those of real-world systems. The aim is to challenge students and advance the field of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV), which are widely used for underwater exploration, seafloor mapping, and sonar localization, amongst many others.

Phoenix Aerospace is an aerospce club run by Memorial University Students, with the goal of “creating a safe space that opens up new opportunities for students to explore the inner workings of UAVs and aerospace applications.” The team received the IEEE Canadian Foundation Special Grant to compete in the 2022 IEEE Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) Competition. The goal of this year’s competition, named “Research Infrastructure for Real-Time Onboard Vision Enabled Robots” (Ri4rover), is to have “autonomous drones actively track one of several ground robots in a miniature city”.

According to their website, “[t]he IEEE Canadian Foundation awards “Special Grants” to an IEEE Student Branch, an IEEE Section, an IEEE Canada Committee, a non-IEEE entity such as a high school , or in rare cases an individual, all in Canada. Special Grants are intended to partially fund one-time new and innovative projects that advance IEEE’s core purpose to foster technological innovation and excellence to benefit humanity.”

Published: Apr 18, 2022 by IEEE Newfoundland and Labrador Section

In their April AGM and Board meetings, the IEEE Canadian Foundation extended the deadlines of four different scholarships, as reported in IEEE Canada’s April Newsletter. Of the four scholarships, IEEE NL Undergraduate and Graduate student members are eligible to three: the IEEE Canadian Foundation Dr. Raymond D. Findlay Scholarship, the Nick Cercone Graduate Scholarship in Computer Science, and the Gargantini-Strybosch Scholarship. More information on the scholarships can be found below:

• IEEE Canadian Foundation Dr. Raymond D. Findlay Scholarship: One scholarship each year, value $1,000.
  • Eligibility: The nominee must be an undergraduate IEEE Student Member in good standing, registered in their penultimate year of an accredited Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Engineering Science/Engineering Physics undergraduate program offered in a Canadian university, a citizen or permanent resident of Canada, enrolled as a full-time student.
  • Purpose: To encourage leadership, creativity and enthusiasm for the engineering profession.
  • Deadline (EXTENDED): August 15, 2022
• Nick Cercone Graduate Scholarship in Computer Science: This scholarship is sponsored by the Friends of Nick Cercone One prize each every second year, the initial value of $6,000.
  • Eligibility: PhD students in computer science at a Canadian university.
  • Purpose: To recognize a computer science PhD student at a Canadian university.
  • Deadline (REVISED): May 31, 2022
• Gargantini-Strybosch Scholarship: This scholarship is sponsored by the Gargantini Fund, one scholarship each year, value $5,000.
  • Eligibility: A student member of IEEE (or agree to apply for membership), enrolled full-time in his or her second undergraduate year, first generation in the family university student, completing a Canadian university program in a field of interest to IEEE.
  • Purpose: To recognize a student who shows brightness, integrity, engagement with community and enthusiasm for undergraduate study.
  • Deadline (EXTENDED): August 15, 2022

All application and nomination forms are consolidated at the IEEE Canadian Foundation Website.