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==Growth & Expansion==
==Growth & Expansion==
Since IEEE's establishment, the organization expanded globally. At present, the organization has more than 400,000 members across 160 countries worldwide. Members are served the interests of its members through 38 societies, 130 journals, transactions and magazines, more than conferences per year and 900 active standards. The organization's field of interest also expanded from electrical, electronics and computing to micro and nanotechnology, ultrasonics, bioengineering, robotics, electronic materials, many other areas of technological and scientific expertise.It is considered the world's largest association of technical professionals. <ref>[http://www.ieee.org/about/ieee_history.html Growth & Expansion]</ref>
Since IEEE's establishment, the organization expanded globally. At present, the organization has more than 400,000 members across 160 countries worldwide. Members are served the interests of its members through 38 societies, 130 journals, transactions and magazines, more than conferences per year and 900 active standards. The organization's field of interest also expanded from electrical, electronics and computing to micro and nanotechnology, ultrasonics, bioengineering, robotics, electronic materials, many other areas of technological and scientific expertise.It is considered the world's largest association of technical professionals. <ref>[http://www.ieee.org/about/ieee_history.html Growth & Expansion]</ref>
==Organizational Structure==
The voting members of IEEE elects a president every year who will serve for three years as President-elect during the first year, then as President and CEO, and finally as Past President. The Institute is composed of 333 local sections in 10 geographic regions, 2,081 chapters comprised of local members with similar technical interests, 38 societies and 7 technical councils that compose 10 technical divisions, more than 1,855 student branches at colleges and universities in 80 countries, and 533 student branch chapters.<re>[http://www.ieee.org/about/organizations/index.html Structure]</ref>
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