Written communication, from simple emails to formal reports, publications, and regulatory submissions, is a critical component of any technical career. However, formal guidance and training on this topic for engineers is often overlooked, leading to confusion, inefficient exchange of information, and limited ability to advocate or negotiate. By improving your technical writing to be more clear, concise, consistent, complete and correct, and tailoring your approach to your specific audience, you will be more successful in having your voice heard and establishing credibility with others. This talk will also cover useful time-saving tips for robust document formatting, preparing ahead for future revisions and collaborations. Learning Objectives: - Develop your effectiveness and efficiency in technical discussions and negotiations. - Improve your written communication over a range of technical writing activities to establish credibility and have your voice clearly heard. - Describe useful time-saving methods for robust document formatting to maintain high-quality through future revisions and collaboration. Speaker(s): Susan R. Peterson, Ph.D., Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/445110

The annual Science Talk and Movie Night is back, and if you have interests in science, engineering, special effects, and/or modeling, then you may find this event particularly exciting! We will be hosting a science and engineering talk by Christian Hanson, a simulation engineer at Mayo Clinic's Anatomical Modeling Unit, that will be followed by a screening of National Geographic's Augmented. This event is organized through collaboration with three local organizations (Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Mayo Clinic IEEE Biomedical Engineering and Medicine, and the Mayo Clinic Graduate School) and is open to all in our community with no cost to the attendees. Event details are delineated below: Please fill out this RSVP form to attend this event, and feel free to reach out with any questions. Event poster, map of where to park, and map of where to enter the building are found at the end of this form. Speaker(s): Christian Hanson, Agenda: When: Monday, December 16th from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. 6:00-6:30 PM: Food and introductions 6:30-7:30 PM: Science/engineering talk from Christian Hanson 7:30-9:00 PM: Movie screening Room: Mann Hall, Bldg: Medical Sciences Building, 300 3rd Ave SW, Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55902, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/452251