Foundations of the Future

Earlier this year the IPC’s Board of Directors decided to add a full voting board seat to an IPC Student Member.  Charlene Gunter du Plessis, senior director of the IPC Education Foundation reached out to Dr. John Mitchell, President...

Charlene asked Paige what it means to serve on the IPC Board of Directors. Paige responded with “This is an honor for me to have been chosen and I feel like I will get invaluable experience and insight into the inner-workings of...

Fernando Galvez was born in Huancayo, Peru. He started his education in Pasadena City College, and later transferred to the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, majoring in Electronic System Engineering Technology. He is the...

Spencer Chang is a 2019 IPC Student Chapter scholarship winner and is currently in his 2nd year pursuing an electrical engineering degree at the University of California San Diego. He is from Los Angeles, California and when he was applying for...

Mohammed Abueed earned a master’s degree in industrial and systems engineering from Auburn University and is working towards his Ph.D. in industrial and systems engineering at Auburn while also working as a research assistant in The Center...

Maria Colon works as a senior process engineer II at Raytheon Technologies. She’s been with her employer for 14 years supporting the manufacturing floor with processes related to adhesives, coatings, and solder. Maria also works with...

As a graduate student, an internship should be a major goal. IPC Student Chapter member Raviteja Boyana will add this accomplishment to his resume this summer after his internship at IPC member company Qorvo.

Raviteja is currently pursuing his...

The academic side of electronics contributes to industry in substantial ways. Research universities provide their students opportunities to solve problems. Often times this problem-solving research is conducted in concert with companies in our...

What better way to learn about the electronics industry than from real people successfully pursuing their careers in great companies? Charlene Gunter du Plessis, Senior Director of the IPC Education Foundation talked to Kate Stees, a Materials and...

During times of change one often starts to reminiscing about moments that brought a smile to your face or activities that positively impacted students and teachers’ lives. One of these events took place in the beginning of February in San...