When Paul Lehrman, senior lecturer and director of the Tufts University Music Engineering program, shared with the IEEE Women in Engineering Magazine team that female students outnumbered male in both his Electronic Musical Instrument Design (EMID) and Computer Tools for Musicians courses in the Fall 2022 semester, we thought this shift in gender balance might make an … [Read more...] about Pipelining: Attractive Programs for Women- Women in Electronic Musical Instrument Design: A balance shift
Stoking the Fire of Innovation
Career Advisor- The Furlough Cheesecake: An act of kindness that took off
In December 2018, sisters Jaqi and Nikki Thompson were working for the federal government of the United States, Jaqi as an analyst for the U.S. Department of Justice and Nikki in the recruitment office for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Both were furloughed, along with approximately 800,000 other federal employees and contractors, in what would become the longest … [Read more...] about Career Advisor- The Furlough Cheesecake: An act of kindness that took off
Impacts of Low-Power Requirements on the LEMS HMS Design
Spacecraft designs often require optimizations for low power. When low power is required, design options become limited. The Lunar Environment Monitoring Station (LEMS) exemplifies how requirements for low power can have ramifications across a system, even impacting Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) design. LEMS is a standalone instrument suite concept with a number of … [Read more...] about Impacts of Low-Power Requirements on the LEMS HMS Design
A Tale of Two Telescopes
Dr. Asad M. Madni is an IEEE-HKN Eminent Member, our Society’s highest membership classification. He is an IEEE Life Fellow and was awarded the 2022 IEEE Medal of Honor, adding to the many honors and awards he has earned throughout his career. He currently serves as a Distinguished Adjunct Professor/Distinguished Scientist in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department … [Read more...] about A Tale of Two Telescopes
Commanding the James Webb Space Telescope: OSS and Event-Driven Operations
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a space-based, near- to mid-infrared observatory that follows a novel engineering design: Unlike its infrared predecessors such as the Spitzer Space Telescope and Herschel Space Observatory, and many other observatories of similar designs, JWST employs the use of a segmented primary mirror and a Sunshield the size of a tennis court. The … [Read more...] about Commanding the James Webb Space Telescope: OSS and Event-Driven Operations
