Foundations of the Future

The IPC Education Foundation had a successful 2022! We are proud of our progress towards our mission:  Develop a pipeline of new talent entering the electronics industry by creating AWARENESS of the careers the electronics manufacturing...

Charlene: Today I'm gonna have a conversation with Hannah Nelson. She is the president of our IPC student chapter at Valparaiso University and she also serves as the IPC student board liaison officer representing the IPC student members on the IPC...

The IPC Emerging Engineer Program just graduated its first members in 2020, finishing up the first batch of the three-year program. While the Emerging Engineer Program was traditionally created for early-career professionals, IPC and the IPC...

Tayler Swanson, MSc works as an Engineering Team Member at Digital Instruments, Inc. Tayler graduated from The Rochester Institute of Technology with a Master of Science in Manufacturing and Mechanical Systems Integration focused on Electronics...

Olivia Lim, a Manufacturing Engineer at Kimball Electronics was born in Hong Kong, China and graduated with degrees in mechanical and energy systems engineering from the University of Wyoming in 2016. She started working immediately following...

Sarah Czaplewski is a Senior Printed Circuit Board Qualification & Reliability Engineer and Master Inventor at IBM. She is responsible for qualification and quality management of IBM PCBs. Sarah joined IBM in 2014 as part...

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...

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...

^{Kevin (far left) with Emerging Engineer colleagues and mentors.}

What advice does a young engineer offer to students pursuing a career in engineering? Staffers at the IPC Education Foundation (IPCEF) gained some insight following an interview with...