{"id":200,"date":"2024-07-08T19:12:09","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T19:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/sureshv\/?page_id=200"},"modified":"2025-07-29T22:07:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T22:07:03","slug":"outreach-activities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/sureshv\/outreach-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"Outreach Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 35%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>Research Experiences for Undergraduates<\/strong> (REU):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mentor for undergraduates through <a href=\"https:\/\/engr.ncsu.edu\/grandchallenge\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/engr.ncsu.edu\/grandchallenge\/\">Grand Scholars Challenge Program<\/a>. The Grand Challenges Scholars Program (GCSP) is based on the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.engineeringchallenges.org\/challenges.aspx\">National Academy of Engineering\u00a0<\/a>(NAE) grand challenges and is a multi-year, research-based program that is designed to prepare students to be 21st-century problem solvers.<br><br><em>(Shown in picture is Amanda Coronel, undergraduate research scholar presenting her work on multi-spectral data for spatio-temporal map generation.)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"833\" src=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/sureshv\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/07\/REU_Amanda-1024x833.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-449 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/sureshv\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/07\/REU_Amanda-1024x833.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/sureshv\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/07\/REU_Amanda-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/sureshv\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/07\/REU_Amanda-768x625.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/sureshv\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/07\/REU_Amanda-1536x1250.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/sureshv\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/07\/REU_Amanda.jpg 1888w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:37% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"592\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/sureshv\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/07\/WMC-01.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-204 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/sureshv\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/07\/WMC-01.png 592w, https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/sureshv\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/07\/WMC-01-300x197.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>May 2024<\/strong>:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wmc-ieee.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>World Microwave Congress<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp; An unique program which allows for geographic and economic inclusion. Key goal is to bring young professions, early career practitioners, researchers and students from across the globe to share the cutting-edge knowledge on semiconductors, circuits and system design.&nbsp;<strong>I was the Technical Program Committee Chair for this congress.<\/strong><em>&nbsp;<\/em>Key highlights of the events are noted below:<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Close to 1300 registrants from 53 Countries<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Female to Male Participant Ratio: 25%<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>30% of Participants were Industry Professionals<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Article in <a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/abstract\/document\/10707038\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/abstract\/document\/10707038\">IEEE Microwave Magazine<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 30%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>March 2024<\/strong>:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.engr.ncsu.edu\/theengineeringplace\/engineering-bits-and-bytes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Engineering Place &#8211; Engineering Bits and Bytes<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; Outreach for elementary school children to get them excited about engineering and in particular about Electrical and Computer Engineering.&nbsp;<em>This session involved children working on simple circuits and I designed the demonstrations<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"592\" height=\"561\" src=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/sureshv\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/07\/EngineeringPlace2024-01.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-205 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/sureshv\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/07\/EngineeringPlace2024-01.png 592w, https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/sureshv\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/07\/EngineeringPlace2024-01-300x284.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/sureshv\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/07\/Assist-01.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-206 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/sureshv\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/07\/Assist-01.png 576w, https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/sureshv\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/07\/Assist-01-300x247.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>May 2023, April 2024<\/strong>:&nbsp;<strong>ASSIST Center &#8211; Wearable Device Challenge for High School Students&nbsp;<\/strong>&#8211;&nbsp;<em>Judge for the competition.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prior Outreach and Community Engagement Activities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:31% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"577\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/sureshv\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/07\/PTI-01.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-207 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/sureshv\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/07\/PTI-01.png 577w, https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/sureshv\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/07\/PTI-01-300x205.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>Prison Teaching Initiative<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mcgraw.princeton.edu\/community-college-engagement\/prison-teaching-initiative\/about-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Prison Teaching Initiative<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;seeks to bridge Princeton University\u2019s academic and service-driven missions by providing the highest-quality postsecondary education to incarcerated students in New Jersey.&nbsp;<em>I was an instructor in this program where I taught college level Physics inside a correctional facility.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:31% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"592\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/sureshv\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/07\/YPSpace-01.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-208 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/sureshv\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/07\/YPSpace-01.png 592w, https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/sureshv\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/07\/YPSpace-01-300x162.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>Young Professionals in Space Program<\/strong>:&nbsp;The main&nbsp;motto of this technical program is to bring world renowned experts from different fields of space technology and young professionals from all over the world under one umbrella. This program also showcased women entrepreneurs in the area of Space Technologies and gave them a platform to network and connect with other major players in the field.&nbsp;I was one of the organizer of this event.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/abstract\/document\/9019719\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Link to event overview was covered my IEEE Microwave Magazine.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU): Mentor for undergraduates through Grand Scholars Challenge Program. 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