Western Carolina University - IEEE Western North Carolina Section

Counselor

Professor Robert Adams, Ph.D.

2022

Ben Carpenter

Chair

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering with a Minor in Mathematics at Western Carolina University. IEEE WCU Student Chapter Chair. Interested in Aerospace and enjoys hiking and guitar.

Keanu Jonas "KJ" Ammons

Vice Chair

Keanu Ammons is a nuclear regulatory commission (NRC) scholar, Brinson Honors college researcher, mathematics tutor, and Vice Chair of the IEEE student branch. He is a passionate, enthusiastic, and dedicated electric power engineer with plans to pursue graduate school in nuclear engineering. Keanu has worked as an intern for Idaho National Laboratory and Los Alamos National laboratory in the field of computational nuclear research; his research specialized in scalable ray-tracing modules and spent nuclear fuel remediation. Keanu’s computer experience includes C/C++ programming with message passing interface, Python, Tensorflow, Keras, Arduino, Eagle CAD, Power World, and Gaussian. Outside of research, he enjoys spending time with family, writing short stories, and community service.

Stefan Leclair

Secretary/Treasurer

I am currently a student at Western Carolina University pursuing a B.S in Electrical Engineering and plan to work in audio hardware development and the field of Audio DSP, but am open to all opportunities. I always enjoy new challenges and experiences! One of my goals is to start an Audio Mixing/Recording business.

2021

Ben Carpenter

Chair

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering with a Minor in Mathematics at Western Carolina University. IEEE WCU Student Chapter Chair. Interested in Aerospace and enjoys hiking and guitar.

Favorite course was EE351 Systems Analysis. Interaction with engineers during high school influenced Ben to pursue engineering education.

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James Nelson

Vice-Chair

Dedicated electrical engineering student with minors in computer science and mathematics. Experienced with leadership positions and self-motivated educational pursuits. Skilled with MATLAB, Java, Python, Arduino, and Microsoft Office. Serving as the 2021-2022 WCU Student Branch Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Vice-Chair.

Interned at Eaton and created automated file transfer system to streamline front-end engineering process, resulting in an annual savings of $150,000. Built working relationships with members of front-end engineering, studying the function of their roles. Maintained detailed system documentation, totaling over 50 pages

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Stefan Leclair

Secretary/Treasurer

I have a BS Music Technology, Audio Engineering from Universtiy of North Carolina Asheville

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Daniel Bazhaw

Committee Coordinator

Bachelor of Science – Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology student. Capstone Project – Incorporate accelerometer and sensors in an electronic product. The goal is to implement the application in new products. I enjoy the blend of hardware and software aspects in microcontrollers.

I have a B.S. in Criminal Justice with a minor in Emergency and Disaster Management. Course Tutor for ~2 years tutoring a total of 5 different courses. IT Student Support Technician/Agent for 7 months at WCU. Hobbies – I love hiking and traveling to different national and state parks across the country. I’ve also had a love of music since I was very young and enjoy playing drums/percussion, guitar, and dabbling with DAWs (Digital Audio Workstations) such as Ableton Live.

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2020

Neil Lukowski

Chair

Graduating electrical engineering senior with a minor in computer science and looking for engineering position to begin Summer 2022.

Hans Abling

Co-Chair

Recent 2021 Graduate of B.S Engineering (Mechanical)

Nicholas Queen

Treasurer

Ben Carpenter

Secretary

James Nelson

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