WECE Newsletter: March 25-31, 2019

March 25-31, 2019

Women in Electrical and Computer Engineering

WECE Lean In: Microaggressions

March 25, 5-6:30pm

ECEB 2015

Come join WECE as we discuss Microaggressions! Microaggressions are verbal or nonverbal forms of communication that act to target an individual based upon their involvement in a marginalized group. Come to discuss and gain insight on how to respond.

Chevron Resume Review

March 28, 4-5pm

ECEB 5070

Chevron representatives will be here to help you with tips to get the best resume! They will be doing a short presentation followed by individual resume reviews for everybody.

Grad Presentation: Systems for Graph Processing

March 27, 5-6pm

ECEB 2013

WECE's first grad student presentation is an excellent opportunity to learn about an interesting ECE topic while also networking with a graduate student!
Azin Heidarshenas, a 2nd year PhD student working with Prof. Josep Torrellas, will be presenting an overview of her research. Her research mainly involves synchronization and communication in multicore and manycore processors, with an emphasis on graph processing workloads.
Whether this topic already interests you, or you want to learn about different ECE research areas, or you just want to meet an awesome grad, you don't want to miss Azin's talk!
P.S. food will be provided ;)

WECE x SWE Little Sisters Weekend Workshop

March 29, 4:30-5:30pm

location TBD

Interested in helping out high school students with soldering? WECE is holding a soldering workshop this Friday for SWE's Little Sister's weekend! Little Sister's weekend is an event for female students admitted to UIUC Engineering, and WECE is hosting this class for the event this week. Please fill out this form to sign up and volunteer! Questions? Contact Shannon Lin at slin81@illinois.edu .

WECE Office Hours

March 25, 5pm for 120

ECEB 2022

March 28, 3pm for 220

ECEB 3081

WECE is holding office hours for ECE 120 and 220 this week with a CA (Gauri Konanoor)!

Foodie Fridays

March 29, 1-3pm

ECEB 3015

Foodie Fridays is a chill space for you to stop by hang out with friends, do homework, and of course, grab some food ;) Whether it's for ten minutes or two hours, drop on by!


External Opportunities

Illinois Programming League

Mondays, 5-7pm

Siebel 0224

Come practice your programming skills through a series of algorithmic programming contests organized by ACM SIG-ICPC. Beginners welcome! Not to forget, we provide FREE PIZZA and $1200 prize pool for top 5 contestants in each division!

Filify 3D Job Opportunities

Filify 3D creates recycled 3D filament from failed prints to make the 3D printing industry more environmentally sustainable. We are looking for exciting problem solvers who want to gain experience in a range of fields from business development to a variety of engineering disciplines. Submit an application at the link below!




Sign up for committees!

Sign up for the committees you would like to join here.


Tune into CodeNewbie Podcast

CodeNewbie has joined up with Vaidehi Joshi to turn her blog series into an awesome podcast, the Basecs Podcast. They cover binary, hexes, algorithms, and more. Join them here for Season 3.


Join our WECE Slack Workspace

WECE uses Slack as a way to streamline communication between WECE members and committees, as well as a place for important announcements and upcoming events! Join our general channel here.


Resume Book

Career fair season is here again! If you're still looking for internships or full-time opportunities, submit your resume to the WECE Resume Book here to have your resume sent out to companies!

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