Video available – the Entrepreneurship Workshop on SBIR / STTR Funding by Jerry Knotts Jerry Knotts, President/CEO of Central Coast Venture Fund  and “Entrepreneur Whisperer,” shared the recipe to secure a grant from the Small Business Innovation Research (or SBIR) program or from the Small Business Technology Transfer program (STTR) that grant financial support to… Read more →

California Lutheran University has graciously offered some of our chapters a meeting site in Swenson 101, an attractive, new LEED-certified building on the southern edge of campus.  Please check the meeting announcement for specific meeting location. Directions from Ventura: Take the Ventura Freeway 101 South. Take Lynn Road Exit, turn left, drive 2.9 miles. Lynn… Read more →

On June 3, Karl Geiger, Chief Software Architect at Neural ID, gave a talk to the IEEE Robotics and Automation/Industry Applications Chapter on “Are the Machines Learning?”.  Mr. Geiger has held a number of volunteer positions in the IEEE, including Computer Society Chapter Chair, Buenaventura Section Chair, and Los Angeles Council Chair.  He has agreed… Read more →

Congratulations to Stephanie Knotts for being elevated to the IEEE member level. Also we applaud the 23 IEEE members who were elevated to the Senior Member grade in May as a result of attending the April 4th Senior Member Clinic organized by the Buenaventura Section. Ershad Ali, MD Steve Beccue Laurent Blanquart Marek Bleszynski Elizabeth Bleszynski Moses… Read more →

Do you have connections with officers in other engineering societies? Then we need your help to set up meetings with them to discuss opportunities for collaboration on educational outreach. We would be grateful If you can facilitate introductions and help us network. Please contact Bob Rumer, rrumer@callutheran.edu

62 IEEE members and guests attended the May 14 Spring mixer, Rising Stars and Old Nebulas at the Huddle Entrepreneurship Center in Westlake Village. In an atmosphere of camaraderie, we gathered in the heart of the Huddle Entrepreneurship Center, a local startup heaven and a bit of ‘Google’ type creative environment here in the Conejo… Read more →

  The IEEE Special Interest Group on Humanitarian Technology (SIGHT) Steering Committee is inviting applications for project funding support. SIGHT groups’ major goal is to create opportunities for members to devote time and talents to humanitarian work consistent with IEEE’s Constitution to “bring the benefits of technology to the entire world.” IEEE SIGHT will support… Read more →

On May 6, Salar Atrizadeh, Esq., principal and founder of the Law Offices of Salar Atrizadeh, gave a talk to the IEEE Buenaventura Computer Society Chapter on “Cloud Computing and Related Laws”.  Mr. Atrizadeh had just returned from an interview on Larry King Now, which will be airing soon.  He has kindly agreed to share… Read more →

On April 22, high school students from three Ventura County teams demonstrated the robots they entered in the Los Angeles Regional FIRST Robotics Competition. FIRST is the largest national robotics competition of its kind at the high school level. Students have only six weeks to design, build, program, and test a robot to perform against… Read more →

The first meeting of the new Electromagnetic Compliance / Consumer Electronics Chapter will be held on May 5 at CLU – please see the Chapter Page or download the meeting flyer! Congratulations to Mike Nicholls and the new officers of our newest chapter!