IEEE Manga Contest Winners Create EE-Inspired Storylines

The IEEE Women in Engineering manga story contest returned for its second 12 months to proceed encouraging women to contemplate careers in science, expertise, engineering, and math fields. The competitors goals to seek out the best-written Japanese comics and graphic novels centered round a personality WIE created: Riko-chan, a preuniversity scholar who makes use of STEM instruments to unravel on a regular basis issues.

The competition, which is supported by the IEEE Japan Council and the IEEE New Initiatives Committee, was open to all IEEE members and student members. They may submit a number of authentic tales individually, in groups, or on behalf of a preuniversity scholar.

Six winners have been chosen. Their tales are available to read online, some in a number of languages together with French, Hindi, and Spanish.

This 12 months’s manga story competitors is now accepting submissions. Try the rules and deadlines on the WIE web site.

Explaining how the power grid works

Why don’t we run out of electrical energy when everyone seems to be utilizing their air conditioner on a scorching day? Readers can discover the reply in Avengers of the Power Grid, written by Aditie Garg. The IEEE member is a technical lead on the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Applewood, Colo. In her story, Riko-chan unravels secrets and techniques behind the seemingly countless provide of electrical energy and modern options that preserve ACs operating on scorching days.

IEEE Member Carolyn J. Sher-DeCusatis, who teaches software engineering at Western Governors University, in Millcreek, Utah, was impressed by pop star Taylor Swift for her Riko-chan and the Smoke-Filled Room story. In Sher-DeCusatis’s comedian, Riko-chan and her classmate create pictograms to be a magnet for fictional singer Sailor Fast at her live performance. Sher-DeCusatis used her expertise working as an optics and photometry specialist at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, in Troy, N.Y., when writing her comedian.

“After I write a narrative, I search for a subject with worldwide enchantment,” says Sher-DeCusatis, whose pastime is writing fiction. “After studying articles on whether or not Taylor Swift would make it again from her tour in Japan in time to cheer on her boyfriend [Travis Kelce] as he performed within the Super Bowl [last year], I assumed I ought to write about Riko-chan attending a fictional singer’s live performance.”

In Riko-chan and the Furry Friend’s Prosthetic Leg, the title character’s dedication and creativity flip adversity into a chance to assist a beloved pet regain its skill to stroll. After studying that her classmate’s cat was hit by a automotive and had considered one of its legs amputated, Riko-chan 3D-prints a prosthetic leg for the feline.

“This story was impressed by the potential of STEM to unravel real-world issues with creativity and compassion,” says Elmira Alimohammadzadeh, the comedian’s creator. The IEEE member is a researcher within the United Kingdom. “I needed to focus on that STEM is not only about technical abilities but additionally about caring for others and fixing significant issues. My hope is to encourage younger minds to pursue [a career in] STEM, demonstrating how even small improvements, fueled by perseverance and kindness, can create extraordinary breakthroughs.”

“By way of Riko-chan’s journey, I hope to encourage younger minds to assume exterior the field and use their creativity to assist others.”—Alba Benny

You may observe Riko-chan as she navigates the challenges of discovering the suitable analysis undertaking for sophistication in Nazia Sultana Plabon’s Riko-chan and the Power of Wind Energy. The IEEE scholar member is an undergraduate in Bangladesh. Throughout Riko-chan’s effort, she explores the world of wind energy and the distinction between windmills and generators.

Alba Benny, creator of Riko-chan and the SmartMeds Box, was impressed by her personal expertise when writing her comedian. The IEEE scholar member is pursuing a bachelor’s diploma in laptop science at Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, in Kodakara, India. In her story, Riko-chan makes use of her STEM abilities to design an AI-powered pillbox to assist her grandmother take the right treatment on the proper instances.

“I used to be impressed by my dad and mom’ wrestle with remembering in the event that they took their treatment—which led to unintended double dosing,” Benny says. “By way of this story, I needed to convey how expertise, like an AI-powered medication field, can assist clear up such easy but important issues. By way of Riko-chan’s journey, I hope to encourage younger minds to assume exterior the field and use their creativity to assist others.”

The ultimate manga, Riko-chan and the Seismic Safety System!, was written by Lais Lara Baptista. The IEEE member is a full-stack developer primarily based in Brazil. Her manga story emphasizes the significance of understanding programming languages. After Riko-chan feels the rumble of an earthquake, she develops a program to detect tremors.

Members can work together with Riko-chan by crossword puzzles and comparable video games in IEEE Collabratec’s IEEE WIE Global Network group. Every problem is impressed by one of many printed manga tales.

To hitch the group, create a free IEEE Collabratec account and join.