IEEE UT Austin Student Branch

The machine which hosts this web site and associated services has been replaced with a new ECE-hosted racked server. We've worked hard to make sure that there are no issues with the migration, but if you notice anything strange, let me know at it.director at ieee.ece.utexas.edu. Thanks!

Drupal has been bumped to version 6.2 to address security issues, as explained here. Everything looks ok; total downtime was ~3 minutes.

IEEE will be hosting a Frag-a-thon on Thursday, May 1st. So once you've digested your lovely fajitas from Fajita Fest, come out and splatter the guts of your fellow engineers with some rockets, or rail them with the rail gun.

Game: Quake III (Demo)
Where: ACA 1.106
Time: 10pm to 12am
Amount of fun: Over 9,000

We're going to have a Fajita Fest on Thursday, May 1st from 12:30-2:30pm out on the ENS lawn. We'll be serving up delicious fajitas for $4 for nonmembers and $2 for registered IEEE members with your IEEE ID card. We also need some help with grilling and such - please sign up in the IEEE office if you're interested in a bit of work for some good free food.

The Spring Banquet for Graduating ECE Seniors, held on April 10, was a great success! The IEEE honored several very influential people among the students, faculty, and staff during the course of the banquet. Read past the break to see the lucky winners.

The Spring Banquet for Graduating ECE Seniors is coming up in less than two weeks! An annual event for graduating seniors, this year's banquet will be held at San Jacinto Hall room 207 on April 10 from 6:30-9:30pm. It is a reservations-only event, so if you are a graduating senior and you like free food, R.S.V.P. for it here. You must R.S.V.P. by April 7 at 5pm or you won't get a seat.

After a successful elections meeting, we now have nearly a full set of officers for next year. Read past the break to see our new leadership!

After a long hiatus, we will be having an officer election meeting on Thursday, March 27 at 7pm in RLM 4.102. There will be free pizza and drinks and a $50 Best Buy gift card raffle! Plus, you could run for an officer position and get leadership experience. Members and nonmembers are both strongly encouraged to attend, so bring your friends!

Along with the GEC, ASME, and ASCE, we have been selected to receive a $500 Friends of Alec Student Organization Grant for this semester in order to purchase replacement components and upgrade our computer equipment. If anyone has any particular suggestions as to what needs to be fixed the most, please leave a comment.

I upgraded Drupal to core version 6.1 to address security issues. There were no issues during the upgrade; total downtime was ~5 minutes. Read more about the update at the main Drupal page.