Eta Kappa Nu General Meeting 1

1. Eta Kappa Nu General Meeting 1 The Electrical and Computer Engineering Honor Society Fall 2013 www.hkn.ece.ufl.edu hkn@ece.ufl.edu

2. Eta Kappa Nu The Electrical and Computer Engineering Honor Society Agenda • Member / Candidate Sign-In • Food! • Epsilon Sigma Chapter • What is Eta Kappa Nu? • Why Join? • Membership Requirements Summary • Leaders Wanted! • Upcoming Events • Sign-Ups, Dues, and Deliverables www.hkn.ece.ufl.edu hkn@ece.ufl.edu

3. Eta Kappa Nu The Electrical and Computer Engineering Honor Society Agenda • Member / Candidate Sign-In • Food! • Epsilon Sigma Chapter • What is Eta Kappa Nu? • Why Join? • Membership Requirements Summary • Leaders Wanted! • Upcoming Events • Sign-Ups, Dues, and Deliverables www.hkn.ece.ufl.edu hkn@ece.ufl.edu

4. Eta Kappa Nu The Electrical and Computer Engineering Honor Society Epsilon Sigma Chapter • We are the University of Florida’s branch of Eta Kappa Nu. • We have a long history of serving the ECE department at UF. Events we have sponsored historically include student/professor luncheons and the ECE banquet. • We also used to do our own unique course evaluations, and we are currently helping the department by offering exam reviews for all core EE classes. Epsilon Sigma Chapter www.hkn.ece.ufl.edu hkn@ece.ufl.edu

5. Eta Kappa Nu The Electrical and Computer Engineering Honor Society Meet the Officers! • President – Ralph Jacobi • (rjacobi339@ufl.edu) • Vice President – Brandon Pollack • (cleanser23@ufl.edu) • Secretary – Glen Walters • (glenhwalters@ufl.edu) • Treasurer – Michael Bifalco • (falcoleahcim@ufl.edu) • Webmaster – Forrest Voight • (forrestv@ufl.edu) • Tutoring Coordinator – Riley Duffy • (rduffy@ufl.edu) Epsilon Sigma Chapter www.hkn.ece.ufl.edu hkn@ece.ufl.edu

6. Eta Kappa Nu The Electrical and Computer Engineering Honor Society Icebreaker Two Truths and a Lie • Break off into groups of 4-6 people • Each person says 3 things about them. Two of them are true, one of them is a lie. Try to guess which one is the lie! www.hkn.ece.ufl.edu hkn@ece.ufl.edu

7. Eta Kappa Nu The Electrical and Computer Engineering Honor Society Agenda • Member / Candidate Sign-In • Food! • Epsilon Sigma Chapter • What is Eta Kappa Nu? • Why Join? • Membership Requirements Summary • Leaders Wanted! • Upcoming Events • Sign-Ups, Dues, and Deliverables www.hkn.ece.ufl.edu hkn@ece.ufl.edu

8. Eta Kappa Nu The Electrical and Computer Engineering Honor Society Mission and Purpose • HKN honors electrical and computer engineering students who have excelled in scholarship, leadership, and character. • HKN provides these students with valuable leadership and service opportunities that earmark them for prominent positions in industry and academia. www.hkn.ece.ufl.edu hkn@ece.ufl.edu

9. Eta Kappa Nu The Electrical and Computer Engineering Honor Society History • Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) was founded at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 1904 by Maurice Carr • There are now about 200 chapters at universities across the U.S. and we are currently expanding into Canada • There are about 300,000 members • HKN members serve the community, university, and department in various activities www.hkn.ece.ufl.edu hkn@ece.ufl.edu

10. Eta Kappa Nu The Electrical and Computer Engineering Honor Society Prominent HKN members • Larry Page, founder of Google • Eric Schmidt, CEO Google • Amar Bose, inventor of the Bose Speakers • Sabeer Bhatia, founder of Hotmail • David Filo, founder of Yahoo! • Henry Samueli, founder of Broadcom • Paul and Irwin Jacobs, founder of Qualcomm • HKN members are on the Board of Directors at many top tech companies including Google, IBM, Yahoo!, Motorola www.hkn.ece.ufl.edu hkn@ece.ufl.edu

11. Eta Kappa Nu The Electrical and Computer Engineering Honor Society Agenda • Member / Candidate Sign-In • Food! • Epsilon Sigma Chapter • What is Eta Kappa Nu? • Why Join? • Membership Requirements Summary • Leaders Wanted! • Upcoming Events • Sign-Ups, Dues, and Deliverables www.hkn.ece.ufl.edu hkn@ece.ufl.edu

12. Eta Kappa Nu The Electrical and Computer Engineering Honor Society Why Join? • Résumé Enhancer Use your HKN membership as a résumé enhancer when seeking a position or applying for graduate school. Employers prefer to hire HKN members for their leadership, interpersonal and teamwork skills. • Leadership Opportunities Once a Member Develop leadership skills to prepare yourself for professional careers by helping our chapter with one of our many leadership positions. • Network with Professors, Companies, and Colleagues Gain numerous networking opportunities by joining an organization that has members in leading roles with corporations and universities. • Community Service Receive opportunities to help the ECE Department, fellow students, and the community through a variety of HKN events and programs. www.hkn.ece.ufl.edu hkn@ece.ufl.edu

13. Eta Kappa Nu The Electrical and Computer Engineering Honor Society The IEEE-HKN Merger gets you a FREE year of IEEE membership • If you are already a member of IEEE, send your member number to hkn@ece.ufl.edu • If not, please go to www.ieee.org/join, click on Student/Graduate Student membership and begin the join process. When at the last page, Print the application and bring it to meeting two. DO NOT HIT SUBMIT. (Do not pay the $32 IEEE member fee.) www.hkn.ece.ufl.edu hkn@ece.ufl.edu

14. Eta Kappa Nu The Electrical and Computer Engineering Honor Society Agenda • Member / Candidate Sign-In • Food! • Epsilon Sigma Chapter • What is Eta Kappa Nu? • Why Join? • Membership Requirements Summary • Leaders Wanted! • Upcoming Events • Sign-Ups, Dues, and Deliverables www.hkn.ece.ufl.edu hkn@ece.ufl.edu

15. Eta Kappa Nu The Electrical and Computer Engineering Honor Society Membership – Scholastic Requirements Undergraduate • 3/EG – Top one-fourth by GPA • 4-5 EG – Top one-third by GPA. • Completed EEL3111C and/or EEEL3701C Graduate • 7-9 EG – GPA of 3.9 or above. • Completed at least one term. www.hkn.ece.ufl.edu hkn@ece.ufl.edu

16. Eta Kappa Nu The Electrical and Computer Engineering Honor Society Membership – Character and Leadership Requirements • General Meetings -Attend four of six general meetings • Sept 5th • Sept 19th • Oct 3rd • Oct 21st • Nov 7th • Nov 21st • Attend Induction Ceremony TBD (During Reading Days) • Time 6:15PM (Meetings)‏ Likely ~3:00PM (Induction)‏ www.hkn.ece.ufl.edu hkn@ece.ufl.edu

17. Eta Kappa Nu The Electrical and Computer Engineering Honor Society Membership Requirements Summary • General Meetings: • -Attend at least four out of six meetings. • 2 Social Points • 2 ECE Points • 2 Community Service Points • Induction Ceremony • Lifetime Dues: $100. www.hkn.ece.ufl.edu hkn@ece.ufl.edu

18. Eta Kappa Nu The Electrical and Computer Engineering Honor Society Membership Requirements Summary This form will be emailed out occasionally with updated points. This occurs more often towards the second half of the semester. www.hkn.ece.ufl.edu hkn@ece.ufl.edu

19. Eta Kappa Nu The Electrical and Computer Engineering Honor Society Agenda • Member / Candidate Sign-In • Food! • Epsilon Sigma Chapter • What is Eta Kappa Nu? • Why Join? • Membership Requirements Summary • Leaders Wanted! • Upcoming Events • Sign-Ups, Dues, and Deliverables www.hkn.ece.ufl.edu hkn@ece.ufl.edu

20. Eta Kappa Nu The Electrical and Computer Engineering Honor Society Leadership Opportunities: Community Service Chair (Fall semester only!) • We need a temporary chair while our current chair is off-campus due to a co-op at BP. Responsibilities would include running our Lego Robotics program, and planning 1-2 additional community service events. High School Outreach Chair • We are looking for someone who is willing to help us with setting up our new high school outreach program. Talk to Ralph and Brandon after the meeting for further details. Epsilon Sigma Chapter www.hkn.ece.ufl.edu hkn@ece.ufl.edu

21. Eta Kappa Nu The Electrical and Computer Engineering Honor Society Leadership Opportunities: Tutoring Chairs! • A tutoring chair is a student who completed an EE course with a high grade and is willing to help teach other EE students the fundamentals of the course through exam reviews before each major exam. • We need tutors for the following core EE classes: • Circuits 1 • Circuits 2 • Digital Logic • Analytical Methods • Electronic Circuits 1 • Electromagnetic Fields 1 • Tutoring chairs will also be responsible for knowing when each major exam is coming up, and informing the Tutoring Coordinator, Riley Duffy, at least 1 week beforehand so he can secure a room. • If you are interested see Ralph after the meeting! Epsilon Sigma Chapter www.hkn.ece.ufl.edu hkn@ece.ufl.edu

22. Eta Kappa Nu The Electrical and Computer Engineering Honor Society Agenda • Member / Candidate Sign-In • Food! • Epsilon Sigma Chapter • What is Eta Kappa Nu? • Why Join? • Membership Requirements Summary • Leaders Wanted! • Upcoming Events • Sign-Ups, Dues, and Deliverables www.hkn.ece.ufl.edu hkn@ece.ufl.edu

23. Eta Kappa Nu The Electrical and Computer Engineering Honor Society Upcoming Events: (also listed on our Calendar/Events pages on the website) Social Point: Billiards/Pool Social Date: Monday, September 9th Time: 5 PM Location: Reitz Union Game Room General Meeting 2 Date: Thursday, September 19th Time: 6:15 PM Location: LAR 234 ECE point: Student Professor Luncheon Dates: TBD, likely late Sept/early October Time: TBD, likely ~11:30 AM-12:30PM Location: TBD, likely LAR234

24. Eta Kappa Nu The Electrical and Computer Engineering Honor Society Ongoing Community Service Opportunities Textbook Donation • We are collecting old, college-level textbooks for donation. Textbooks must be in good enough shape that they can be used by students and must have been published within the last decade. • Donating two or more textbooks gives one community service point. • We will accept textbooks at meetings and during office hours. • Canned Food Drive • We are collecting canned food goods for donation. • Donating six or more different canned food goods gives one community service point. • We will accept cans at meetings and during office hours. www.hkn.ece.ufl.edu hkn@ece.ufl.edu

25. Eta Kappa Nu The Electrical and Computer Engineering Honor Society Agenda • Member / Candidate Sign-In • Food! • Epsilon Sigma Chapter • What is Eta Kappa Nu? • Why Join? • Membership Requirements Summary • Leaders Wanted! • Upcoming Events • Sign-Ups, Dues, and Deliverables www.hkn.ece.ufl.edu hkn@ece.ufl.edu

26. Eta Kappa Nu The Electrical and Computer Engineering Honor Society Today’s Deliverables • Fill out New Candidate Information form which is located by the food table. • Dues • Bring cash or check for $100 payable to “IEEE - Eta Kappa Nu” by Meeting 3 on Thursday, October 3rd. • Email hkn@ece.ufl.eduto find a time to pay dues during the day if you cannot make it to Meetings 2 or 3. www.hkn.ece.ufl.edu hkn@ece.ufl.edu

27. Eta Kappa Nu The Electrical and Computer Engineering Honor Society Icebreaker The M&M’s game • Break off into groups of 4-6 people again • A bag of M&M’s will be passed around, grab a small handful of them, and for each M&M you grab you have to say something about yourself. • Try to take at least 3 M&M’s, the point of this game is to help people get to know you! www.hkn.ece.ufl.edu hkn@ece.ufl.edu

28. Eta Kappa Nu The Electrical and Computer Engineering Honor Society • See Ralphafter the meeting if you would like to be a chair, or email (rjacobi339@ufl.edu) ASAP. • Don’t forget to fill out the New Candidate Information Form • Bring your dues by October 3rd • These slides will be emailed to you on the HKN listserv. www.hkn.ece.ufl.edu hkn@ece.ufl.edu