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Member</strong></p> <p>As an active IEEE member throughout his student years at California State University-Long Beach (US), Rafi Koutoby — now a Distribution Engineer at utility company Southern California Edison in Pomona, CA, US — confirmed that his years-long affiliation with IEEE has proven invaluable, both personally and professionally.</p> <p>“My IEEE and Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) memberships have helped me network and build relationships with several professionals in my field around the world,” Koutoby said. “Having access to some publications through those memberships has also been a huge plus.”</p> <p>In recent years, Koutoby has donated to everything from the IEEE Foundation Fund and Eta Kappa Nu to EPICS, Smart Village, REACH, and more. “These initiatives appealed to me because, at the most basic level, engineering is about utilizing applied sciences to analyze problems and solve them,” he explained. “It excites me that the missions of REACH, EPICS, and others involve them in such 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