NEWSLETTER OF
THE
OCTOBER 2005
The web site for the
IN THIS ISSUE:
1. Signal Processing Society Meeting
Results
2. 2005 IEEE
EAB Award Recipients
3. Call for
2006 EAB Award Nominations
5. Request
for mentors for FIRST robotic project
1. Signal Processing Society Meeting Results
The first meeting of the Baltimore Chapter of the IEEE Signal Processing Society was a great success. We had 21 people attend the presentation.
Our speaker was Dr. K. J. Ray Liu from the Department of
Electrical and Computer Engineering at the
2. 2005 IEEE EAB Award Recipients
Meritorious Achievement Award in Accreditation Activities:
Susan E. Conry - “for contributions to computer science and engineering accreditation, to the development of CSAB, for leadership in the integration of ABET and CSAB, and the development of model curricula”
Meritorious Achievement Award in Continuing Education:
Phillip A. Laplante - “for ongoing contributions and innovations in continuing engineering education as a Volunteer to IEEE and as an academic administrator and educator”
Major Educational Innovation Award:
David V. Kerns, Jr. - “for guiding the invention and development of academic programs at Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering and thereby honoring best practices in undergraduate engineering education in the USA and worldwide”
Pre-College Educator Award:
Allan Cameron & Faridondin Lajvardi - “for creating a life-changing, career modeling educational experience that inspires our engineers of tomorrow”
Phillip G. Huszar - “for
modeling positive expectations, setting high but attainable standards, and
encouraging ambition rewarded by achievement while teaching, mentoring, and
coaching students and highly competitive math teams at Standley Middle School”
Philip Keller - "for inspiring a generation of students to excel in
science, mathematics and engineering through classroom interactions that have
led both student and teacher to new heights in understanding"
Employer Professional Development:
The Boeing Company- “for excellence in its vision of a company of continuous learners and in
its support and execution of this vision through internal initiatives and
partnerships with “educational institutions”
National Semiconductor - “for major contributions to engineering employee professional development, continuing technical education, and innovative collaborative tools that nurture a performance-driven culture and provide national Semiconductor with a competitive advantage”
Society/Council Professional Development Award:
The Computer Society - “for its contribution in providing outstanding products, services and
support to their members in the areas of life-long learning, continuing
education and professional development”
Vice President’s Recognition Award:
Ronald A. Rohrer - “for
outstanding contributions to electrical engineering education, theory, and
practice – in circuit analysis, synthesis, and design”
3. Call for 2006 EAB Award Nominations
The IEEE
Educational Activities Board is accepting nominations for its annual awards.
The deadline for nominations is 30 April 2006.
IEEE EAB Meritorious Achievement Award in Accreditation Activities:
The Meritorious
Achievement Award in Accreditation Activities was established in 1984 by the
Educational Activities Board of the IEEE to provide recognition for efforts to
foster the maintenance and improvement of education through the process of
accreditation of engineering, engineering technology, computer science and
applied science programs.
The award is given
to IEEE Members, Senior Members and Fellows who have served as program
evaluators, made contributions that have enhanced the accreditation process and
are currently or have recently been active in accreditation activities.
The award consists
of a brass and walnut plaque and $1000.
IEEE EAB Meritorious Achievement Award in Continuing Education:
The Meritorious
Achievement Award in Continuing Education was established in 1984 by the
Educational Activities Board of the IEEE to provide recognition for dedicated
contribution to the design, delivery and support of continuing education
courses and programs in the fields of interest to IEEE Members.
The award is given
to IEEE Members, Senior Members and Fellows who distinguish themselves as
unselfish in their support of continuing education and successful in the
delivery of courses as evidenced by their quality, quantity and creativity.
The award consists
of a brass and walnut plaque and $1000.
IEEE EAB Major Educational Innovation Award:
The Major
Educational Innovation Award was established in 1984 by the Educational
Activities Board of the IEEE to recognize individuals who have distinguished
themselves for outstanding educational innovation in a field of interest of the
IEEE.
The award is given
to IEEE Members, Senior Members and Fellows whose innovation has made a major
impact and been emulated outside the individual's immediate environment.
The award consists
of a brass and walnut plaque and $1000.
The Pre-University
Educator Award was established in 2000 by the IEEE Educational Activities Board
to recognize current pre-university classroom
teachers who have inspired an appreciation and understanding of Mathematics,
Science and Technology and the engineering process in students and who have
encouraged students to pursue technical careers.
The award consists
of a brass and walnut plaque and $1000.
IEEE EAB Meritorious Service Citation:
The EAB
Meritorious Service Citation was established by the IEEE Educational Activities
Board in 1988 to recognize those dedicated volunteers who have given
outstanding and sustained service to the aims and objectives of the EAB.
The Award is given
to IEEE Members, Senior Members and Fellows who are past members of the EAB,
current or past members of EAB committees, but not current voting members of
the EAB Awards and Recognition Committee.
The award consists
of a brass and walnut plaque.
IEEE EAB Employer Professional Development Award:
The Employer
Professional Development Award, established in 1995 by the IEEE Educational
Activities Board, recognizes organizations employing IEEE members for
contributions to employee continuing education and professional development. This award is given to organizations whose
contributions to employee continuing education and professional development are
outstanding as evidenced by their quality, comprehensiveness, innovation or
impact.
The award consists
of a brass and walnut plaque.
IEEE EAB Section Professional Development Award:
The Section
Professional Development Award, established in 2001 by the IEEE Educational
Activities Board, recognizes Sections for major contributions to IEEE Members
in the area of life-long learning, continuing education and professional
development. This award is given to
Sections whose contributions to continuing education and professional
development are outstanding as evidenced by their quality, comprehensiveness,
innovation or impact.
The award consists
of a brass and walnut plaque.
Some restrictions
on nominators apply.
For award
descriptions, honorarium details, and nominations packets, visit:
http://www.ieee.org/portal/cms_docs/education/EABAwards/index.htm
4. College Speakers
The Baltimore Section has 7 student chapters at local universities. See http://ewh.ieee.org/r2/baltimore/schapter.html
We get requests from these chapters for speakers from the IEEE, these range from what does an engineer do at work, what to expect in the first job, technical talks at a Scientific American level and panel participation. This is an excellent opportunity for you and your company to make contacts at a local university which could be useful when recruiting.
We are putting together a resource database of potential speakers. Please send an email to Jeff Friedhoffer jafried-at-ieee.org with a topic that you would feel comfortable presenting to an undergraduate audience. Please remember back to your college days when working engineers spent time with you and helped you with your career.
5. Request for mentors for FIRST robotic project
6. Continuing EE Education
We are re-running this request for interest in a continuing education program. This program will be in the format of seminars focused on a particular topic of interest. The seminars may run either during the week after work hours or possibly on Saturday. The idea for the program is described below.
Name of project: Continuing EE Education (“CEEE”)
Goal: A section-level program aimed at:
Updating the IEEE members on new developments in the EE field.
Familiarizing engineers with basic new tools, products and techniques as well as giving them the initial knowledge and skills to use them.
Inviting representatives from different vendors to present leading novel products.
Giving tutorials in new areas.
Helping IEEE fellow members become more competitive, especially in times of uncertain jobs, off-shoring and salary stagnation.
Facilitating networking.
Broadening the horizon of each IEEE member.
Fostering collaboration between members of different societies as well as generation of new ideas (“cross-pollination” element).
The program should be open to all IEEE members, including students. It is meant to be a cross-societies initiative, i.e. should not be limited to narrow topics serving the interests of a single chapter only. Emphasis should be placed on meeting with experienced experts from different fields. Critical comparisons between different solutions of EE problems are expected to be made, and trends should be discussed.
Potential topics of interest could include, but are not limited to:
Software tools:
Programming languages
Compilers
Real-Time Operating systems
Debuggers
Emulators
Hardware tools:
Novel electronic components
Single-Board Computers (SBC)
Embedded solutions
FPGAs
Printed circuit board design (schematics capture, layout)
Circuit simulation (PSPICE)
Portable devices
Signal and image processing (examples, tools, help)
Wireless devices:
Theory
Standards
Available OEM products
Trends
Internet-based methods and devices:
Standards
Available tools
Contemporary design tools (like AutoCad and Solid Works)
Reliability and Compliance issues
We plan to invite qualified speakers from academia, industry and governmental institutions. The speakers will be professionals who can give first-hand information and share front-line experience on the technology, methods and tools being presented.
We plan to organize 2-4 meetings annually. Each meeting is planned to last for 2 hours or more. We could meet on weekdays, or on Saturdays.
Please send us your suggestions and preferences regarding topics, time and place of meetings, the name/acronym of the program etc.
Boris Gramatikov
Vice Chair,
Bgramat@jhmi.edu