Strategy
The strategy of the branch includes promotion of IEEE organization and the advantages of IEEE membership. Moreover, the branch helps students to expand their interests in electrical engineering and computer science. Activity
Activity of the IEEE Opole Student Branch is focused on realization of engineering projects, meetings with professionals in different technical fields, excursions t
o research and industrial centers, participation in the national and international student conferences, participation in the Opole Festival of Science, organization of workshops, trainings and thematic courses, organization of development seminars and technical conferences. The branch also co-operates closely with IEEE Poland Section Magnetic Chapter as well as with foreign scientific institutions. Important achivements
During the last five years of motivating work the IEEE students members were able to organize significant events. For the most important achievements we can include foreign scientific workshops in 2007 in Munich – Garching (Germany) where the students visited Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, General Electric research center, Deutsches Museum and BMW Welt. Then in 2008, as the first group from the Opole Voivodeship, students took a part in scientific workshops organized in the research units of CERN – Organisation Européenne pour la Recherche Nucléaire in Geneva, (Switzerland) and ESRF – European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble (France). Since 2007 and every two years, the IEEE Opole Student Branch has been co-organizing the International Students Conference on Electrodynamics and Mechatronics (SCE). In 2011 the members successfully ran the third edition of the conference. The members of Opole branch were also invited to the most important international students congresses such as IEEE Region 8 Student Branch & GOLD Congress 2010 in Leuven (Belgium) and IEEE Central European Student Branch Congress 2011 in Linz (Austria). During the mentioned events students had opportunities to share their technical experience connected with making new international contacts. In 2011 the IEEE Opole Student Branch Chair achieved a title of Regional Laureate in Students Nobel national competition for his lifetime career achievement. In the same year three students from IEEE Opole SB formed a group AnotherDimension and succeeded in an international 24-hour IEEExtreme 5.0 programming competition. They ranked 1st place in Poland and 200th in the World (among over 2000 teams). To sum up, the membership in IEEE Opole Student Branch has a great impact on the students career. Not only does it make possible to expand their knowledge and world view, it also helps to start their professional live. Most of them are already receiving a Opole University of Technology scholarship, a Marshal of the Opole Voivodeship scholarship or a Ministry of Science and Higher Education scholarship.
