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Meal delivery services: Current practices, challenges, and future directions

February 6, 2024 by Maria Michalopoulou

Meal delivery services have undergone a tremendous evolution during the last decade and, according to market predictions, this trend will continue to grow in the following years. The service growth forecast in combination with the high complexity of the problem indicate the importance of achieving efficient solutions. This article presents a detailed description of the meal … [Read more...] about Meal delivery services: Current practices, challenges, and future directions

Transforming our biggest challenge into our biggest success

July 28, 2023 by Nayara Vasconcelos Estrabis

The year 2020 was globally marked by the pandemic caused by COVID-19, or coronavirus. The situation that changed the world also affected our IEEE Student Branch (SB). Our university had closed due to the lockdown, and we had no place to conduct our activities. The whole situation was discouraging our members. In our second year of activity, we had to think of new strategies and … [Read more...] about Transforming our biggest challenge into our biggest success

Contactless vital sign monitoring with unmanned aerial vehicle-borne radar

March 1, 2023 by Shekh M.M. Islam

When most people think of drones, they may imagine utilitarian Amazon deliveries or have frightening visions of military assaults. Either way, such technology is finding its way into a variety of fields, where it is reshaping our world. For more about this article see link below. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9997119 For the open access PDF link of this … [Read more...] about Contactless vital sign monitoring with unmanned aerial vehicle-borne radar

The ground zero of teaching and learning evolution: A case study of Malaysian universities

March 1, 2023 by Anna Felicia

In December 2019, the world was shaken by the discovery of a novel type of pneumonia virus that had not been observed before. The disease was caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, and the disease was officially named COVID-19 by the World Health Organization (WHO) in March 2020. Also in that month, the WHO announced that COVID-19 could be categorized as a … [Read more...] about The ground zero of teaching and learning evolution: A case study of Malaysian universities

From teaching engineering to writing a science fiction novel—An author’s experience

May 12, 2022 by Cátia Bandeiras

earth from space

After my bachelor’s and master’s degrees in biomedical engineering and doctoral degree in bioengineering, and eight years as a researcher in the field, I had never bought a science fiction book. I mostly read biographies or novels in my spare time to take my mind off a bit of the technical work I normally do in my professional life. My fondness for science fiction was mostly … [Read more...] about From teaching engineering to writing a science fiction novel—An author’s experience

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IEEE Potentials Magazine is the publication dedicated to undergraduate and graduate students and young professionals. IEEE Potentials explores career strategies, the latest in research, and important technical developments. Through its articles, it also relates theories to practical applications, highlights technology’s global impact, and generates international forums that foster the sharing of diverse ideas about the profession.

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