[nabs-l] FW: IEEE PES Scholarship Plus Initiative - April 2014

[David Andrews]

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>From: IEEE PES Scholarship Plus Initiative 
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>Subject: IEEE PES Scholarship Plus Initiative - April 2014
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>IEEE PES Scholarship Plus Initiative - April 2014 Update
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>April 2014
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>The IEEE PES Scholarship Plus Initiative 
>provides multi-year scholarships and career 
>experience opportunities to qualifying U.S. & 
>Canadian electrical engineering undergraduate 
>students. As long as the scholar continues to 
>meet renewal standards, he or she will receive 
>up to three years of funding — US$2,000 the 
>first year, $2,000 the second year and $3,000 
>the third year — interspersed with up to two 
>years of valuable, hands-on career experience.
>
>PES Scholarship Plus in the News
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> <http://ee-scholarship.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f40156818d50af59e1320dbe3&id=784896ea15&e=8476b62132>Applications 
> being accepted - The deadline to submit an application is June 30, 2014
>Upcoming Events
>
>International Conference of Doble Clients - We 
>are very happy to have been invited back to 
>attend the 
><http://ee-scholarship.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f40156818d50af59e1320dbe3&id=c8a4614ce2&e=8476b62132>International 
>Conference of Doble Clients which will be held 
>in Boston, MA (6 - 11 April).  If you are 
>attending this exciting event, please stop by 
>the PES Scholarship Plus exhibit to learn more about the program.
>
>IEEE PES Transmission & Distribution Conference 
>& Exposition - We will be Chicago attending the 
>2014 IEEE 
><http://ee-scholarship.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f40156818d50af59e1320dbe3&id=3e46ff50a6&e=8476b62132>PES 
>Transmission & Distribution Conference and 
>Exposition. Come visit our booth (L12) near the 
>Recharge Zone 2.   Additionally, we have 
>scheduled a PES Scholarship Plus Initiative 
>Recognition Luncheon on Tuesday, 15 April. 
>During this luncheon you will hear the latest 
>news on the program and have an opportunity to 
>meet some PES Scholars & Donors. This is a free 
>event and attendance is limited. If you are 
>available to attend, please RSVP as soon as 
>possible 
><http://ee-scholarship.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f40156818d50af59e1320dbe3&id=1c6ce013c1&e=8476b62132>http://ieee.fluidsurveys.com/s/pes-td-luncheon/. 
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>Career Experience/Internships
>Getting students to participate in career 
>experience opportunities is fundamental to the 
>success of the Initiative.  The objective of the 
>career experience program is to expand the 
>number of available career experience 
>opportunities for students, particularly by 
>companies that may not have been offering them 
>in the past, to provide an efficient way for 
>companies to supplement their own career 
>experience programs, and to encourage companies 
>to increase their efforts to build the pipeline 
>of students interested in power engineering careers.
>
>We are happy to report that PES Scholars are 
>getting the opportunity to contribute to the 
>Power Industry by getting a full time position 
>and/or internship.  75% (60 of 81) of the PES 
>Scholars who have graduated or are graduating in 
>May have indicated that they have full time job 
>or are planning on going to graduate 
>school.  73% (78 of 107) of the PES Scholars who 
>are continuing their education have secured an 
>internship at company or a research opportunity at a university.
>
>We still have students who are looking for full 
>time and internship opportunities.  If your 
>organization has openings, please visit 
><http://ee-scholarship.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f40156818d50af59e1320dbe3&id=d0f351dd38&e=8476b62132>PES 
>Careers or send us 
><mailto:pes-scholarship-info at ieee.org?subject=Internship%20Opportunity>an 
>email.  PES Careers is uniquely designed to help 
>students find a power engineering job after 
>graduation (or career experiences while a 
>student), and to help employers efficiently find 
>the best candidates for those positions. IEEE 
>PES offers PES Careers without charge as a 
>service to students and their future employers, 
>and to help address emerging engineering workforce challenges.
>
>PES Scholar Profile (in their own words) - Logan Brecklin
>
>Logan was selected as the 2013 IEEE PES Scholar 
>- 
><http://ee-scholarship.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f40156818d50af59e1320dbe3&id=d90bd5556e&e=8476b62132>John 
>W. Estey Outstanding Scholar for Region 4 (Mid-West Region).
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>My name is Logan Brecklin and a senior 
>Electrical Engineering major at the University 
>of Wisconsin-Platteville. I will graduate in May 
>2014 with emphases in Power and Energy as well 
>as Controls, and will be working as an Associate 
>System Protection Engineer with the American 
>Transmission Company (ATC) in De Pere, WI. Aside 
>from electrical engineering, my interests 
>include: remaining active in clubs, such as when 
>I was the 2013 President for the IEEE HKN 
>chapter at UW-Platteville; playing intramurals; 
>staying active by running marathons as well as 
>jogging or weight lifting every day; and hanging 
>out with friends, and visiting famous, local landmarks.
>
>My career goals consist of continuously learn 
>about every aspect of power engineering while 
>working in my Associate System Protection 
>Engineer position and progress towards roles of 
>leadership within the utility sector. After a 
>few years of experience in industry, I plan on 
>obtaining my Professional Engineering (PE) 
>Certification and also obtaining an MBA while working full-time.
>
>Looking back on my childhood, I now see that it 
>was inevitable that I would become an engineer. 
>As a toddler, I didn't stop at assembling forts 
>in my rooms or making structures out of 
>“Legos”. I searched endlessly around my 
>house to find miscellaneous materials for 
>different mini-projects. I have one vivid memory 
>of collecting “Jenga” blocks, marbles, 
>cardboard paper, and other supplies to construct 
>a small-scale model of a bowling lane. I placed 
>it on an inclined surface, so that when I 
>flicked the marble at my make-shift pins, it 
>would hit the pins, but then be funneled to the ball-return lane.
>
>As time has passed, my interest in constructing 
>things has only increased, with my extensive 
>ideas becoming even more developed. By growing 
>up with a father and brother as engineers, my 
>fascinations were further encouraged.
>
>I specifically chose the power engineering field 
>because of advice from my parents, relatives, 
>and - through an extended connection - a 
>UW-Platteville professor only known as "Dave" 
>(who I later found was Dr. David Drury, PE, a 
>recently retired electrical engineering 
>profession I had the honor to learn from). I had 
>always liked seeing the physical make-up of 
>things, such as how a bridge structure works, 
>but was influenced into going into electrical 
>engineering because of my good math skills.
>
>I love electrical engineering because performing 
>circuit analysis was like a puzzle to me, and 
>the problems just became more complex and 
>challenging as I progressed through the 
>curriculum. Power engineering specifically 
>interested me because I finally saw the 
>real-life applications of circuits and power 
>systems in our electrical grid. To further 
>improve our power system is a goal that 
>enthralls me to learn everything about the 
>utility industry, such as how we can work across 
>companies to improve power quality, reduce 
>emissions, optimize generating schedules, and 
>build a more sustainable future for generations to come.
>
>I admire many of my professors and peers that I 
>have had the honor to work alongside during my 
>career at UW-Platteville, but I would have to 
>say I admire my dad the most. My father, Charles 
>Brecklin, wholly embodies every value and trait 
>that I desire to have in myself. Despite the 
>difficulties that have arisen in his life, he 
>used hard work in place of excuses and 
>self-motivation in place of dependence. He took 
>it upon himself to further his and his 
>family’s situation, and I am forever indebted 
>to him for that. He designed and helped 
>construct three separate houses in his lifetime, 
>with my parents’ latest home being almost 
>entirely built from his calloused hands – all 
>while working a full-time position! He was my 
>biggest influence in choosing power engineering 
>as my area of study, and I will continuously ask 
>for his wisdom for decades to come.
>
>The most important thing I have learned in 
>school is that you can strive for perfection, 
>but nobody can ever be perfect! Every circuit 
>component has a tolerance, every situation has 
>extraneous circumstances, every group encounters 
>challenges, and every person makes mistakes. But 
>it’s admitting your mistakes and accepting 
>these challenges that make you a stronger and better person.
>
>My advice to students entering college is that 
>college is completely different from high school 
>and you must realize that. College provides much 
>less structure than the high school atmosphere, 
>so you must be very self-motivated and organized 
>to remain afloat in college. That being said, 
>you’ll encounter many new experiences that 
>you’ll cherish for the rest of your life. 
>Although you should take your education very 
>seriously, never lose sight of the big picture 
>and the relationships that you form. It’s 
>vital to maintain a balanced lifestyle and to not over-stress yourself.
>
>I had the honor to work for the American 
>Transmission Company as an intern for three 
>summers and three winter break periods. During 
>my time at ATC, I worked in the Project 
>Engineering department and with the System 
>Protection department. While in my intern role, 
>I found that all of the knowledge I learned at 
>UW-Platteville was well-worth it and provided a 
>strong base for me to become a successful 
>engineer in industry. No matter which department 
>I was with at the time, I was able to pull from 
>all facets of my electrical engineering 
>knowledge to understand and complete the 
>projects assigned to me. The awesome mentors and 
>full-time employees I was able to work with 
>during my internships also provided practical 
>knowledge that can’t be taught in an academic 
>atmosphere. I was able to learn about myself, my 
>interests, and my true passion(s) in power 
>engineering. With all of these experiences, I 
>had no reservations in pursuing a system 
>protection engineering position; the profession 
>provides many challenges and will have me 
>learning new information for years to come.
>
>Program Expansion
>The IEEE PES Governing Board has made a 
>commitment to expand this initiative to other 
>parts of the world.  If you have comments or 
>would like to be involved in this process please 
><mailto:pes-scholarship-info at ieee.org>send us an email.
>
>Thank you for your Support
>We are very pleased to announce that ShivKrupa, 
>Black & Veatch, PLH Group and V&R have recently 
>joined our distinguished list of company 
>supporters.  We are also proud to announce that 
>American Transmission Company and Ulteig have 
>recommitted their support for the program in 2014!
>
>You are encouraged to join us by giving back to 
>the industry and "pay it forward" by donating to 
>the Initiative. Your donation will educate and 
>inspire the next generation of power and energy 
>engineers. As the only program of this magnitude 
>in the world, we hope that you will find this a 
>worthy initiative to attach your name to.
>
>Should you be a previous donor, please consider 
>making an additional gift to the Initiative. 
>Your continued support is truly 
>appreciated!  The Initiative needs support from 
>individuals like you by ‘giving back’ to 
>IEEE, and from the industry that ultimately 
>benefits from gaining new engineers.  Thank you 
>for your anticipated support of the Initiative!
>
>Donate to the IEEE PES Scholarship Plus 
>Initiative by visiting our 
><http://ee-scholarship.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f40156818d50af59e1320dbe3&id=fa68d6a690&e=8476b62132>PES 
>Scholarship Plus Initiative website.
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>Individuals and companies in Canada can provide 
>support for the program through the IEEE PES 
>Canadian Scholarship Fund which is managed by 
>the IEEE Canadian Foundation (ICF). The ICF, is 
>registered in Canada as a charitable 
>organization associated with IEEE Canada, awards 
>special grants to new and innovative projects 
>within Canada that seek to apply technology for 
>the benefit of humanity.  For additional 
>information and how to donate in Canada visit 
>the 
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>Canadian Foundation Web site.
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