Spring / Printemps 2017 27 D r . R aymond D. Fin d l a y IEEE Canadian Foundation Scholarship R aymond D. Findlay is well known across IEEE, having served at its highest levels including IEEE President in 2002. Dr. Findlay was instrumental in the formation of IEEE Canada and served as its first President in 1995. He is currently Director Emeritus. The IEEE Can- adian Foundation Dr. Raymond D. Findlay Scholarship hon- ours his more than 40 years of dedication to member services, student activities and leadership in electrical engineering. As Student Activities Committee Chair for Region 7 in the early 80s, Dr. Findlay was a pioneer inteaching soft skills: problem solving, leadership and team building. Unique at the time, his workshops—presented across North Amer- ica—were the forerunner of the current leadership pro- gram. To further encourage student membership, as VP of the Regional Activities Board from ‘96-’97, he promoted dues levels attractive to undergraduates and programs that encouraged retention. L ogan Markewich, the scholarship’s in- augural winner, is Vice Chair, U of Saskatchewan IEEE student branch. A strong leader, Logan has been active in recruiting new members and maintaining branch organization. He organized many events as Social Director, and can al- ways be counted on to lend a helping hand and generate enthusiasm. Logan has enjoyed sharing ideas with other student branch leaders and has been inspired by the spirit of in- novation and excellence fostered by IEEE. He plans on involvement in IEEE Young Professionals as he pur- sues a career in embedded systems. ship’s in- r, U of branch. ctive in ntaining many al- g - References [1] Dario Schor, Troy Denton, Matthew Sebastian, Matthew Woelk, Frank Serafin, Craig Nemeth, Pawel Glowacki, Kiral Poon, Kane Anderson, Greg Linton, Arash Fazel Darbandi, Witold Kinsner, Allan McKay, Kenneth Biegun, and Udaya Annakage, “Complementing Classroom Experience with Student-Run Workshops” in Proc. of 2012 Canadian Engineering Education Association Conference (CEEA12), (Winnipeg, MB, June 17-20, 2012), pp. 1-5, 2012. [2] MarkRoy,“LEDDesktopClockPrototype”[Online],http://www.stellarcore.com/?p=70 [3] Texas Instruments, “MSP430 Launchpad” [Online], http://ti.com/launchpad [4] Arduino, “Arduino UNO”, [Online], https://www.arduino.cc [5] Raspberry Pi Foundation, “Raspberry Pi” [Online], https://www.raspberrypi.org/resources/ [6] Sparkfun, “Alternative Arduino Interfaces” [Online] https://learn.sparkfun.com/ tutorials/alternative-arduino-interfaces?_ga=1.205019027.26128882.1487705877 [7] Friends-of-Fritzing Foundation, “Fritzing”, [Online] http://fritzing.org/learning/ ■ Dario Schor completed his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Computer Engineering at the University of Manitoba in 2008 and 2013 respectively. Shortly thereafter, he attended the nine-week Space Studies Program from the International Space University in Strasbourg, France. Currently, he works as a Software Engineer for Magellan Aerospace on flight software, ground tools, and testing for the RADARSAT Constellation Mission and as a Seasonal Instructor for the UofM Computer Science Department. He has served many positions within IEEE Winnipeg since 2009 and is also an active contributor to other organizations. Dario has delivered many workshops on embedded systems, programming, amateur radio, and space systems to a wide range of audiences. He can be reached by email at schor@ieee.org. Troy Denton is a Software Engineer (EIT) at JCA Electronics in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where he works on OEM Solutions for theAgriculture Industry. He obtained his B.Sc. in Electrical & Computer Engineering from the University of Manitoba in 2012. Troy has been an active volunteer with IEEE since his undergraduate days, serving various executive positions with theYoung Professionals group. Troy regularly facilitates workshops on electronics, linux, and embedded systems with Winnipeg Public Libraries, multiple post-secondary institutions around Winnipeg, and at SkullSpace (Winnipeg’s local hackerspace). Troy presently serves as a Director at SkullSpace (http://skull.space)—you can find him on IRC in #skullspace (irc.freenode.net) Witold Kinsner is Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from McMaster University in 1974, becoming Assistant Professor there and then at McGill University. He is a co-founder of the first Microelectronics Centre in Canada, and was its Director of Research from 1979 to 1987. Dr. Kinsner has authored or co-authored more than 700 publi- cations in cognitive systems, computational intelligence, robust real- time computing engines, and computer memories. He is a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada (FEIC), a Fellow of Engineers Canada (FEC), Life Senior Member of IEEE and a member of Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba. For more than 40 years he has been very active throughout IEEE—Region 7 (IEEE Canada), Council, Section, Chapter, and Student Branch. His roots in educa- tional outreach date back to the establishment of the first IEEE McNaughton Learning Resource Centre at the University of Manitoba in 1979, in which he was instrumental. Dr. Kinsner is serv- ing as IEEE Canada President and IEEE R7 Director 2016-2017; he can be reached by e-mail at w.kinsner@ieee.org. About the Authors