IEEE is a non-profit organization, IEEE is the worlds’ leading professional association for the advancement of technology.

Organization:
The IEEE name was originally an acronym for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. Today, the organization’s scope of interest has expanded into so many related fields, that it is simply referred to by the letters I-E-E-E. (http://www.ieee.org/web/aboutus/home/index.html)

Publications:
IEEE also a major source of technical publications along the many technical fields that IEEE covers, for more information about publications from IEEE visit http://www.ieee.org/web/publications/home/index.html
IEEE also publishes monthly magazine Spectrum subscription to which every member has along as he is an IEEE member. To read magazine online please visit: http://spectrum.ieee.org/

Conferences:
IEEE organizes and hosts many conferences around the world, our Students Chapter regularly attends SoutheastCon (SEC 09 ). Also Charlotte IEEE Section and UNC-Charlotte Student Branch will host SouthestCon 2010.
You can find any particular conference that is an interest to you by engineering society or by location at: http://www.ieee.org/web/conferences/search/index.html

Standards:
The IEEE Standards Association also know for it’s development of standards in many industries. However you most likely will find IEEE standards in the following areas:
• Power and Energy
• Information Technology
• Telecommunications
• Transportation
• Medical and Healthcare
• Also new emerging fields

Here is complete list of IEEE Societies it also gives in idea in how many areas IEEE is involved.


IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society
IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Society
IEEE Antennas & Propagation Society
IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society
IEEE Broadcast Technology Society
IEEE Laser & Electro-Optics Society
IEEE Circuits & Systems Society
IEEE Magnetics Society
IEEE Communications Society
IEEE Microwave Theory & Techniques Society
IEEE Components, Packaging & Manufacturing Technology Society
IEEE Nuclear & Plasma Sciences Society
IEEE Computational Intelligence Society
IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society
IEEE Computer Society
IEEE Power Electronics Society
IEEE Consumer Electronics Society
IEEE Power & Energy Society
IEEE Control Systems Society
IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society
IEEE Dielectrics & Electrical Insulation Society
IEEE Professional Communication Society
IEEE Education Society
IEEE Reliability Society
IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society
IEEE Electron Devices Society
IEEE Signal Processing Society
IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society
IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology
IEEE Geoscience & Remote Sensing Society
IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society
IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
IEEE Systems, Man & Cybernetics Society
IEEE Industry Applications Society
IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics & Frequency Control Society
IEEE Information Theory Society
IEEE Vehicular Technology Society

If you are interested in joining a particular society please visit: http://www.ieee.org/web/membership/societies/index.html