The IEEE YP hosted a live action room escape game at Puzzle Break Seattle on Friday April 14th 2017. We had a total of 7 attendees, all but one were IEEE members. There were 10 people who registered. Attendees were tasked with escaping a clue filled room in one hour. After an exhaustive search, each participant contributed to solving individual puzzles that unlocked a key to escape the room with 55 seconds remaining! Thanks to all who attended!  

The Tour of Snohomish PUD’s Energy Storage System on October 7, 2016 went really well. We had 22 attendees, mostly IEEE members.

The 2016 Sparks Museum tour went really well. The event was attended by about 30 members, friends and family. We raffled off 4 tickets to the “Cage of Doom” and museum book on the “History of Radio and Electricity”.

The Seattle Section IEEE PES wishes to thank Kaylan Sen for a great talk on the pros and cons of traditional, power electronic and new methods for controlling real and reactive power flow in a transmission system. The lecture was attended by approximately 30 members from the area. The meeting space and refreshments was provided by Stella and Robin Podmore from Incremental Systems Inc., in Bellevue In addition to the technical talk, Robin and Kaylan discussed IEEE humanitarian initiative they are involved in.

We had 11 attendees from various work places including Microsoft, Amazon, AT&T, Power Studies, and Puget Sound Energy. We also had two students: one from UW Bothell and one from a university in South Dakota. Bowling was fun! There were some great moments of technical conversation during game play.

The IEEE YP event held Friday Feb 12th 2016 was a success! 17 YP’s attended from differing professionals including aerospace, computing, power systems, information technology, computer science, and the government. One of the YP put as “By far, the best IEEE event for YP’s in the Seattle area.” The fun and excitement from bowling coupled with meeting new people and networking certainly made this an enjoyable social event. Event planning and summer planning also took place. Join us for the next YP event!

The April YP event was a success! Twenty-two (22) YPs all over Seattle attended this event. Thomas Wu from Panasonic Avionics gave a short talk prior to the games. He spoke about his work as a System Integration Engineer for commercial airlines. A good discussion followed suit on the changing workplace for engineers and Young Professionals today. Everyone enjoy the open-discussion environment and many contributed to the discussion. Student attendees also enjoyed the networking opportunity with YPs. They asked insightful questions about jobs, interviews, and industry outlook. Group photo follows.

The event was a great success with 11 attendees (we had a limit of 15). A few photos follow.