Electronics engineers can earn CPE points, qualify for job search at Smart awards

Practicing members as well as new graduates of Electronics Engineering (EE) will benefit from attending the 7th SWEEP Innovation and Excellence Awards of Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) at the SMX Convention Center on March 9.

Members of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of the Philippines (IECEP) who will attend the SWEEP Awards can earn Continuing Professional Education (CPE) points for the renewal of their professional licenses.

Smart is also accepting resumes or curriculum vitae of new EE graduates during the culminating activity of its search for the most innovative wireless applications developed by partner schools under the Smart Wireless Engineering Education Program (SWEEP).   Launched in 2003, SWEEP is an industry-academe partnership which seeks to raise the level of technology and engineering education, particularly in the field of Electronics and Communications Engineering (ECE).

The SWEEP Awards features the top 10 entries from the Ateneo de Naga University, Ateneo de Zamboanga University, Batangas State University, Bulacan State University, Holy Cross of Davao College, Mapua Institute of Technology, University of Baguio, University of San Carlos and University of Southeastern – Philippines.

All the entries are designed to address concerns local concerns or problems in line with the theme “Empowering Communities through Wireless Technologies.”  Winners are expected to receive cash prizes of as much as P1 million with P500,000 for the champion and an equivalent amount for the school in the form of a grant.

The 7th SWEEP Awards also includes the PalaECEpan quiz bee, which tests the intellectual prowess of student contestants from SWEEP partner schools.  For the third straight year, Smart is hosting this year’s PalaECEpan together with IECEP.

Smart has been holding the SWEEP Awards since 2004 to promote a culture of innovation and excellence in wireless applications development.  The annual search has since evolved into an opportunity for partner schools to design entries in consultation with local groups to address real concerns or problems within their respective communities.

(Published 04 March 2011, Smart Communications Inc.)