Student Experience at AP-S/URSI 2019

Calling all students! Join the Steering Committee as they strive to provide a program that encourages the professional growth of its future leaders. Student opportunities at AP-S/URSI 2019 include the Student and Young Professionals’ Private Dinner Event at the World of Coca Cola, volunteer opportunities, and student competitions.

Students and Young Professionals at the World of Coca-Cola

The World of Coca-Cola is open just for you! Start the evening with a barbecue dinner and dj on the grounds of the WOCC at 19:00. At 20:00, dessert and full access to the WOCC for the next two hours. Take a photo with the Coca-Cola Polar Bear, who first debuted in a Coca Cola print advertisement in France in 1922 and then appeared periodically for the next 70 years), walk through The Loft, with all the historical artifacts of Coca-Cola’s 125-year history, then find your way to The Tasting Room – oh, so much to taste from the WORLD of Coca- Cola products!

Please note that the cost to participate in the event is $15.00, which includes transportation, dinner, beverages and private admission to the full WOCC facility). General Admission, if you visit on your own, is $17.00.

For more information on IEEE Young Professionals Program activities, benefits and career resources, please visit their webpage.

Student Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteers aid in the efficient operation of the symposium by being available to assist when a need arises. AP-S/URSI 2019 needs student volunteers for a variety of activities.

Volunteers will be selected on a first come, first served basis. Please select the number of shifts to fulfill the amount of time required. Please click the link below for more information on tasks, benefits, and sign-up. And if you are in Atlanta “pre-symposium,” please add some time on Saturday afternoon to assist with collating the symposium kits.

A link will be available here to Register.

Student Competitions

Each year the AP-S/URSI symposium holds a student paper competition and a student design competition. Please be sure to support your fellow students on Tuesday, July 9 by visiting the Second Level of the Hilton Atlanta for both the Student Paper Competition and the Student Design Contest. Here is the information regarding the finalists for each competition:

Student Design Contest

Student Paper Competition Finalists