Charles P. Rubenstein earned a doctorate in bioengineering at the Polytechnic Institute of New York and a Masters in Library and Information Science at Pratt Institute.

Dr. Rubenstein is Professor of engineering and information science at Pratt Institute’s graduate School of Information and Library Science.

He is a senior member of the IEEE and serves the IEEE in several volunteer positions including as Member-at-large of the IEEE Publication Services and Products Board, as Vice President-Member Relations of the IEEE Engineering Management Society, as IEEE-USA Professional Activities Committee Technical Activities Board Representative, as Region 1 Area B Chair, and as Region 1 Electronic Communications Coordinator. He has been a long-time Student Branch Counselor and served as Region 1 Student Activities Coordinator from 1982 - 1984.

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SCALABILITY OF IEEE MEMBERSHIP

Students and GOLD members alike are often not aware of the power of the scalability of their IEEE membership. The presentation overviews the structure of IEEE with an eye on providing the student or GOLD member "choices and opportunities for serving and for being served" through their membership and leadership roles in the IEEE. Focused on the professional development tools available through the Regional and Section Professional Activities Coordinators in general, and in Regions 1 through 6 through the IEEE-USA PACE Network. Has also been offered as an M-PAC and as a luncheon keynote at Regional conferences.

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