IEEE student membership
Mr. Dean Ancajas, fellow newbie instructor in UP EEE, convinced Tanya Abaya (another fellow TA) and myself, that we should all apply for an IEEE membership now that we are MS EE students. For those who aren't familiar with IEEE, it's the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Basically it's an international professional organization for EEE.
I thought it made a lot of sense to apply since we've chosen to stay in the Electronics Engineering field for now.
It's really very easy to apply (and also very cheap if you're still a student). So I decided to go ahead with the application. I had to borrow my mom's credit card however, since I don't have one. To tell you the truth, this is actually my first ever online transaction :D. Nothing really interesting about it though.
As a student member I get the following perks:
- Monthly subscription to IEEE Spectrum magazine - great magazine chuck-full of all the juicy and geeky tech stuff.
- A membership card - which according to their email would be arriving by snail mail in 2 weeks
- me@ieee.org - an email alias with their domain
- IEEE Job Site - sort of global jobstreet for the electronics engineer
- Online Resources - from online magazines to online communities
- Loads of other stuff that I haven't found the time to discover yet :)
yunlang.
4 comments (leave a comment):
I plan to apply in IEEE also. Will do it when I'm officially enrolled in NUS, para i-charge ako using student rate :)
Good thinking! :D
God Bless you in your studies in NUS. Make the Philippines proud!
I was the content manager of the IEEE Philippines site last semester. I was offered an IEEE student membership, kaso paalis na kasi ako (graduate).
Di ko lang alam kung sino pumalit sa akin. Kung wala pa, sabihan niyo apply sila kay Dr. Marciano(current IEEE Philippines Prexy). Siguradong free membership yun. :D
hmmm... pwede kaya ako. :D
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