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IPC COMMUNITY 76 WINTER 2024 What are the most valuable benefits of IPC student membership? This is an easy question. When I first started working with this chapter, I was amazed by the spirit and support from IPC to the student chapter. Everything was friendly and easy. Regardless of the IPC benefits for courses and certificates, it was the support and friendli- ness from IPC that made me want to join. Even though networking is very important, it is the feeling that there is an organization that cares for and supports you. What are your career aspirations? After I earned my undergraduate degree, I worked for 12 years, and have now continued working while earning my master's degree. I have had many different positions in the indus- try, from a salesperson to a process engineer, from a project control officer to a CEO. I even started a company and ran it for more than five years before I sold it and came back to school. My career aspirations are to make things bet- ter. I want to bring advancements into the engineering world and help younger engineers develop their ideas. Maybe I will do R&D for a company that cares about that aspect or work for a cutting-edge technology-based organiza- tion. There are still many unknown parameters, but one thing for sure is that I have never found any sector in the industry as exciting and inter- esting as electronics manufacturing. What degree are you pursuing and why? I have been working for quite a while, and now is a good time to take it to the next level and help the engineering world fundamentally. A good engineer can bring a significant change to our lives, and I needed to be back at a university to do that. I am pursuing a PhD in industrial engineer- ing, and I will use that title the way it is designed to be used: for inspiration and creation. How do you plan to lead as president of your student chapter? First, I want to create team spirit by having a good and strong team. Being an IPC member also provides countless benefits, and fortu- nately, we have many members who are highly involved in every process, decision, and plan we have. There are a lot of good relations between most of the team members because they are working in similar labs every day. I try to make the meetings as much fun as possible and, accordingly, the members are very motivated and helpful. It works in two ways. First, as a team, we make the most of the potential that IPC offers. Second, there is a good feeling of being a part of a team, which is significantly higher among younger students. Imagine a group that helps develop engineer- ing techniques in any field with members who enjoy spending time together while also bene- fiting from that organization. This has made it very easy to decide to join. Why is it important for a school to have a student chapter? There are so many benefits and good mem- ories that students can only get through a chapter like this. A chapter also helps spread the word about IPC and gets younger students involved. What advice do you have for other stu- dents in your position? My advice is to enjoy and love the job you're doing. It's a great opportunity to manage an organization without thinking about salaries, jobs, taxes, and things like that, while working with members of a similar age and surprisingly having a lot of free time for fun. No matter how scientific and professional it might sound, there is always room for joy.