{"id":7719,"date":"2025-02-10T12:11:15","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T18:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=7719"},"modified":"2025-02-10T12:11:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T18:11:19","slug":"a-club-for-engineers-at-utrgv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/10\/a-club-for-engineers-at-utrgv\/","title":{"rendered":"A club for engineers at UTRGV"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-10-at-12.02.44-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-10-at-12.02.44-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-10-at-12.02.44-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-10-at-12.02.44-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-10-at-12.02.44.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Engineer student Evelyn Torres works on an engineering project.<br>Celeste Cruz \/ Vaquero Radio\u00a0\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IEEEe_01.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Institute of Electrical Engineers and Electronic Engineering (IEEE) advocates for engineering students who look forward to gaining experience by participating in competitions and doing projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vice President of IEEE Axel Rocha said the club competes in the Archive Conference.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cWe work on robotic submissions\u2026 we compete in robotics competitions with other universities,\u201d Rocha said. \u201cIt&#8217;s basically a competition where we make our own robot with students and then we compete with all the robots.\u201d\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He said there are three or four main competitions available at the Archive Conference.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cThere\u2019s an ethics one, where we discuss the pros and cons of certain technologies like AI and what the benefit of humanity with that,\u201d Rocha said. \u201c A circuit competition, they give us a problem and then based on our knowledge on circuits, we make a solution for that. And then, the last one is the robotics competition.\u201d\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the program enhanced his engineering experience.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Member of IEEE Christopher Hinojosa mentioned the organization has people from different engineering backgrounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cWe have the most diverse amount of people coming from different backgrounds, CS, electrical engineering, computer engineering,\u201d Hinojosa said.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the program works with a Perplexity AI.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about IEEE, follow its Instagram @<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ieeeedinburg\/?hl=en\">ieeeedinburg<\/a> or visit <a href=\"https:\/\/utrgv.campuslabs.com\/engage\/organization\/ieee\">VLink<\/a> page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is Celeste Cruz for Vaquero Radio.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Institute of Electrical Engineers and Electronic Engineering (IEEE) advocates for engineering students who look forward to gaining<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":7721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[726,26],"class_list":["post-7719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-edinburg","tag-spring-2025","tag-utrgv"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - 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