[IEEE @ UCLA] Week 4, Winter 2024
No way it is almost February :O
This Week’s Events
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SMD Soldering Workshop
6:00 to 8:00 pm on Jan 29th, 2024 in the 2nd Floor Boelter Makerspace
Forget the boring through-hole components; we're stepping up the game with compact circuits. Learn the art of precision soldering as we navigate the challenges of smaller SMD components. Bring your steady hands and keen eyes; it's time to master the intricacies of SMD soldering. Whether you're a soldering novice or a proficient pro, this workshop promises to enhance your skills in the world of miniature connections!
Next Week’s Events
Lunar New Year Lab Social
6:15 to 7:30 pm on Feb 9th, 2024 in the IEEE Lab
Come to IEEE's very first Lunar New Year Celebration in the Lab on Friday 2/9 at 6:15pm! You'll get to try some snacks and dishes across many different cultures that celebrate Lunar New Year, as well as participate in some fun activities that some of us like to do around this time of the year. As we welcome in the year of the dragon, let's get ready to celebrate! Preview of the activities, gambling (with fake money), Vietnamese style karaoke (jk...unless!), and even more to come! RSVP here: https://forms.gle/49irGjEn1yjN1oGdA
Projects
OPS Worksession
6:00 to 8:00 pm on Jan 31st, 2024 in the IEEE Lab
IPoduino in OPS' third project of the year, and it's a fun one! Join us in the IEEE lab any time from 6 to 8 PM this Wednesday, January 31st, for a dedicated period of time for you to work on IPoduino! Amidst the wonderful sound of screechy buttons, you'll be able to get any help you need from your OPS leads and your peers. IPoduino will be due the following Thursday, right before the IPODUINO COMPETITION! Code some beautiful tunes to participate in the competition and fight for some fun prizes :)
DAV Lecture 5
6:15 to 7:30 pm on Feb 5th, 2024 in the Shannon Room
Opportunities/Plugs
None yet!
Member of the Week
Alexiy Samoylov
Year and major: 1st Year PhD, Electrical Engineering
Involvement with IEEE: Former aircopter student, lead, SPI member, and general nuisance that hangs out in the lab
Hobbies: Skiing, car stuff, 3d printing, swimming, dumpster diving, hiking, daydreaming
Favorite memory with IEEE: There's too many to pick from but probably meeting new people in the lab. That's how I met most of my friends. Typing it out for each person I met would take up too much space.
Your most useless talent or fun fact: My most useless talent is coming up with bad jokes on the fly.
What you would be doing if time and money were not an issue: Building up my own company which produces a variety of products to a very nice level of quality. I can't stand cheap products. Cheap products also are a major source of garbage and we can't afford to be producing this much garbage.
Piece of advice to our readers: As silly as "the worst they can say is no" is, it is kinda true. I got my PhD offer by knocking on a professor's door and politely asking him to let me join his lab. I also got free pizza over the summer by emailing the department (also politely) asking for free pizza, with the justification being that some students and I wanted to hold a social event because we were hungry. It got approved and we got free pizza. So yeah. I guess the saying is kinda relevant 🤷. At the very least, it is relevant in situations with low risk and high reward.
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