DECEMBER 4 - DECEMBER 11 EVENTS TASTY THURSDAY Come hang out with WECE in an informal setting. Do your homework, paint your nails, build a robot… the possibilities are endless. Snacks will be provided! Where: ECEB RSO Office (1016) When: Thursday, December 7th, 3PM-5PM TECNICAL COMMITTEE MEETING Come out to our technical committtee meeting to help plan tech workshops and gain resume-worthy technical experience through completing hardware and software-centered projects with WECE! Where: ECEB RSO Office (1016) When: Thursday, December 7th, 5PM-6PM WECE HOLIDAY PARTY Join WECE for some stress free holiday activities, including a photo booth, ornament-making, and a hot chocolate bar! Where: ECEB 3002 When: Monday, December 11th, 4PM-5:30PM EXTERNAL EVENTS THIEL FELLOWSHIP The Thiel Fellowship is a two-year program for young people who are building new things. The program offers $100,000 in an equity free grant, and allows the Thiel fellows the freedom to work on their company full time outside of school. To be eligible, one must be 22 or younger and without a college degree. For more information, please contact program manager Katy Strupp. 9TH POWER AND ENERGY CONFERENCE AT ILLINOIS (PECI) The Power and Energy Systems group at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign cordially invites you to attend and present at the 9th Power and Energy Conference at Illinois (PECI) which will be held in the I-Hotel at UIUC on February 22-23, 2018. Graduate student-organized and led, PECI fosters discourse broadly across the electric power and energy disciplines which include, but are not limited to: Power Electronics, Electric Power Systems, Energy Markets, Renewable Energy Technologies, Electric Machines and Drives, System Reliability and Control. Undergraduates who are involved in research are welcomed to present their work. Deadline for poster abstract submission is Nov 30, 2017. Registration for conference participation will be opened soon. More detailed information is available at http://peci.ece.illinois.edu or contact peci-publicity@illinois.edu. Where: I-Hotel When: February 22nd-23rd