IEEE SEMINAR: How Should Engineers Express Their Ideas

IEEE SEMINAR

How Should Engineers Express Their Ideas
Oral Presentation Skills (new)
Introduction to Writing Technical Papers

Trainer Dr. Kurt Richter
Emeritus Professor of Electrical Engineering University of Technology Graz, Austria

TELFOR 2014
Wednesday, 26.11.2014.
       8:30-13:30h - Room 9A/0
(free participation – registration required)

 

Language:           English
Time:                    approx. 4-5 hours
Target Group:     Engineering students and young engineers
Participants:       Optimum 30 participants

Summary

In the seminar basic rules for oral presentations and writing technical papers will be discussed. Emphasis will be placed on papers in IEEE transactions and IEEE conferences.  Recommendations will be given concerning the structure of the manuscript as well as on the layout and the expected content in each part of it. It also will deal with language problems of authors for whom English is not their first language. This in particular may lead to often made errors and eventually to the rejection of the manuscript by the reviewers. Finally, the participants will be interactively involved in drafting an abstract and/or an introduction.

Facilities: Flipchart, (White- or Blackboard, (computer-) projektor, Internetaccess (whenavailable)
Workshop registration:   Please send email to office@telfor.rs (deadline November 25)

KURT R. RICHTER BIOGRAPHY:

Kurt R. Richter, IEEE Life Fellow, graduated in Communication Engineering in 1958 and received his PhD 1961 from the Technical University Vienna (TUW), Austria.

He was Professor at TUW before he became Full Professor for Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering at the Technical University Graz (TUG), Austria, in 1975. From 1984-1986 he was Dean of the Dep. of the Electrical Engineering Department. Since 2000 he is Professor Emeritus at TUG. From 1971 to 1973 he spent 2 years at NASA in USA. From 2009 to 2011 he lectured “Development of Leadership Skills” at the University of Passau, Germany.

He was founding chairman of the IEEE Austria Section from 1979 – 1983 and 1991/1992 IEEE Director Region 8.

Kurt Richter is a Corresponding Member or the Austria Academy of Sciences and Honorary Member of the Croatian Academy of Engineering (HATZ)

2008 he received the IEEE EAB Meritorious Award for Continuing Education.