How IEEE Awardee Karen Panetta Became Bewitched by Engineering
How IEEE Awardee Karen Panetta Became Bewitched by Engineering

When considering the 1960s sitcoms Bewitched and I Dream of Jeannie, both of which featured women with supernatural powers navigating life with mortals, most people wouldn’t connect them with pursuing an engineering career. But Karen Panetta did. The …

Commemorating 70 Years of Artificial Intelligence
Commemorating 70 Years of Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence is the transformative, strategic technology of the early 21st century. It is significantly reshaping practically every aspect of our lives, including in ways that probably no one anticipated. Its rate of adoption and impact hav…

IEEE Rolls Out Large Language Models Virtual Training Course
IEEE Rolls Out Large Language Models Virtual Training Course

Large language models have moved out of the research lab and into engineers’ daily workflow. LLMs serve as reasoning engines that can orchestrate complex tasks including identifying vulnerabilities in source code and transforming fragmented project di…

IEEE’s 2026 Education Week Events Emphasized Lifelong Learning
IEEE’s 2026 Education Week Events Emphasized Lifelong Learning

The rapid evolution of the global engineering landscape requires continuous education. For one week in April, the IEEE community focuses on its educational frameworks. IEEE Education Week, which just concluded its fifth year, provided a comprehensive …

Engineering Is Critical to Boosting Food Security
Engineering Is Critical to Boosting Food Security

Nearly 750 million people face hunger today, according to the U.N. World Food Program. And by 2050, global demand for food is expected to increase by 50 percent from 2010 levels, the World Resources Institute says.A smart agriculture special-issue rep…

Award-Winning Researcher Trains Robots to Make Educated Guesses
Award-Winning Researcher Trains Robots to Make Educated Guesses

Yen-Ling Kuo always wanted to understand how things worked. When she was growing up in Taiwan, reading the story of Michael Faraday in elementary school piqued her curiosity about the natural world. During that time, she was introduced to Logo, a comp…

EPICS in IEEE’s Awards Honor Outstanding Students and Faculty
EPICS in IEEE’s Awards Honor Outstanding Students and Faculty

The EPICS (Engineering Projects in Community Service) in IEEE program, administered by IEEE Educational Activities, has launched the Excellent EPICS in IEEE Contributor Awards. The recognitions honor the program’s outstanding students and faculty volu…

IEEE Celebrates Technology’s Brightest Minds at Annual Event
IEEE Celebrates Technology’s Brightest Minds at Annual Event

New York City was the backdrop of this year’s IEEE Honors Ceremony, held on 24 April.The event celebrates engineering pioneers who have developed technologies that have changed how people connect and learn about the world. This year’s celebrants inclu…

50 Years of The Institute
50 Years of The Institute

The Institute is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Launched in 1976, the publication was designed to keep members informed about IEEE and what its constituents were doing, as well as to report on the organization’s initiatives, technical sta…

7 Ways New Engineers Can Flourish in the Age of AI
7 Ways New Engineers Can Flourish in the Age of AI

New graduates’ careers are unfolding in an era when AI is not optional. The most successful engineers treat artificial intelligence as leverage, not competition.Here are seven tips to help keep young professionals in demand no matter how quickly the f…