UAEU WIE Organizes a Workshop in Microcontrollers
(Mar 10, 2009)Dr. Qurban Ali Assistant Professor in Electrical Engineering Department in UAE University was presented a workshop in Microcontrollers. This workshop was organized by eight members from the IEEE UAE Student Branch. The workshop started by small movie about the Dr. Qurban Ali. After that the Dr started the workshop. He told us about the Microcontrollers which was a special purpose computer on-a-chip. It is usually embedded with an electronic device such as cell phone. Then he explained for us how to made Microcontrollers chip in general. Finally he showed us some applications and projects that used Microcontrollers. There were around 50 female students attended this workshop. Organization committee: Moza Khalfan Al-Mahrezi, Baina Mohd AL-Ameri, Mariam Humaid Al-Shamisi, Afra Rashed AL-Dhaheri, Asma Musabeh Al-Seyabi, Noura Musabeh Al-Seyabi, Reham AL-Masri, Abeer Allan.
Edited by: Baina Mohd AL-Ameri
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IEEE, UAE Section was established in 1987 to participate in the development of U.A.E. and fulfill the vision perceived by the nation's leaders. It has played an essential role in widening the scope of techno-electrical and computing awareness in the society. There are more than 1200 IEEE members in the section. IEEE UAE section has four society chapters; they are Power & Energy Society chapter, Computer Society chapter, Medicine and Biology Society Chapter, and Signal Processing/Communication joint chapter, in addition to two affinity groups, WIE (Women in Engineering) and GOLD (Graduate for the last decade). Moreover, it has 13 student branches in different universities across the country. More information about the section can be found at http://www.ieee-uae.com.
