PACE is the Professional Activities Committees for Engineers. The PACE network is comprised of volunteers organized locally at the section and chapter level facilitated by committees at the regional and national level.

The PACE Network promotes the professional interests of IEEE's U.S. members.

 

It does this by providing a mechanism for communicating information about activities relative to their professional needs and by sponsoring those activities at the local level.

 

The activity areas include:

 

v    Precollege Education Activities

v    Student Professional Awareness Activities

v    Career and Employment Enhancement Activities

v    Technical Policy Activities

v    Government Activities

 

 

 

 

Precollege Education Activities

 

 

2004 E³ Fair

 

 

The IEEE Rochester, NY section was a sponsor and exhibitor at the 2004 E³ (Engineering, Exploration and Experimentation) Fair at the R.I.T. Ritter Ice Arena on May 6, 2004. E³ is a middle-school science fair with a mission to encourage students in technology areas by providing competitive events and hands-on demonstrations.

 

 

Section PACE Chair, Joe DeVita, demonstrated Wireless Communications with RATs.

 

Three forms of Radio Access Technologies were shown – Over the Air High Definition Television, Wireless Local Area Networks and Mobile Telephony. An overview of the technologies is available in a PowerPoint presentation.

 

This demonstration was made possible with assistance from Belkin Components, Verizon Wireless and WXXI / PBS.

 

To find out more about the E3 Fair http://www.e3fair.org/

 

 

 

Student Professional Awareness Activities

Part of the PACE mission is to promote Student Awareness in engineering careers. This is done at the college level though section level sponsorship and organization of Student Professional Awareness Conferences (S-PAC) and Student Professional Awareness Ventures (S-PAVe), Design Contests, Scholarships and Student Branch support.