In Memoriam Rudolph J. Joenk, Jr., PhD (1932-2018)

November 11, 2018 by

Rudy Joenk, longtime member of the IEEE Professional Communication Society, passed away in Boulder, CO on 5 November 2018.

Born in St. Louis, MO, he graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a bachelor’s degree in physics in 1953. After 21 months of active duty service in the US Army Ordnance Corps, he attended the University of Washington in Seattle and earned a master’s degree in physics in 1957. He then moved to Pittsburgh, PA, where he worked for Westinghouse and earned a PhD in physics from the University of Pittsburgh in 1962.

His long career with IBM started at the T. J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, NY in 1962, where he worked on magnetic materials with potential for use as computer memory. He moved to White Plains, NY and served as associate editor of the IBM Journal of Research and Development from 1968 to 1971, and then as editor from 1971 to 1978. In 1978 he moved to IBM’s facility in Boulder where he worked on patents and on documentation for mag card typewriters and other products. He retired from IBM in 1993.
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Grant Proposal Writing Webinar

October 27, 2018 by

Do you have an idea? Do you want to learn how to convert the idea into a beautiful proposal? Do you want to know the strategies to strengthen your proposal in a way to generate more funds for your project/activity? IEEE Professional and … [Continue reading]

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Assistant Professor in Risk/Crisis Communication: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

October 15, 2018 by

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Worldwide is searching for a Risk/Crisis Communication specialist to become part of a collaborative initiative in Emergency Services and Communication. This tenure-track assistant professor position begins in … [Continue reading]

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Understanding Emotional Competencies in Engineering

September 27, 2018 by

Figure 1: Goleman's Emotional Competencies  Most would agree that emotional intelligence (EI) is essential to effectively managing and participating in teams, which is a key aspect of engineering work. Yet it’s not often taught in an engineering … [Continue reading]

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Engineering Design as Translation

September 23, 2018 by

Consider engineering as an act of translation, generating and applying different representations (words, models, equations, diagrams, etc.) to the practices of design and problem solving. The engineer perpetually moves between the world of theory and … [Continue reading]

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Lecturer / Senior Lecturer Position in Engineering Commmunications Program – Cornell University

September 21, 2018 by

The Engineering Communications Program (ECP), in the College of Engineering at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY invites applications for a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer position. This non-tenure track position, teaching engineering communications, is a … [Continue reading]

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Assistant or Associate Professor-Professional & Technical Writing: Colorado University

September 17, 2018 by

The University of Colorado Colorado Springs invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor and Director of the Professional and Technical Writing Program (PTW) to start August 2019. The mission of the PTW program is to … [Continue reading]

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Candidates on Slate for 2019–2021 AdCom

September 7, 2018 by

A slate of five candidates for election to the PCS Administrative Committee (AdCom) for 2019–2021 has been announced. Brian Ballentine, West Virginia University Brian.Ballentine@mail.wvu.edu Darina Slattery, University of Limerick … [Continue reading]

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Call for Proposals: 8th Annual Symposium on Communicating Complex Information (SCCI)

September 7, 2018 by

February 25-26, 2019 Louisiana Tech University/Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Paper and panel proposals due Friday, 26 October 2018 Poster proposals due Monday, 15 January 2019 Call for Proposals The organizers of the Symposium on Communicating … [Continue reading]

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3Q18 Issue of IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

September 4, 2018 by

The September 2018 issue of the IEEE Transactions on Professional Communicationhas recently been published online. If you are a paper subscriber, you will receive the issue, printed together with the December issue, in early December. Volume 61, … [Continue reading]

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