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February 14,2005
Biography of Committee Members
David Fong has worked for twenty years in the
electronics industry.
Presently, he is a Design Manager at S3 Graphics. Having
three
children attend elementary and middle school, he has seen the good and
the bad of education. In 1998, he participated in the first
nationally
organized event sponsored by IEEE : Technology Literacy Counts where he
networked with volunteer engineers and teachers across the United
States.
During the year 1999, he engaged with different school principals and
teachers
and organizations to establish contacts. In 2000, he was
appointed
the position of IEEE Santa Clara Valley
K-12 Education Coordinator where he coordinated the funding by
a local Power Electronics Society to sponsor four Lego Robotics kits at
local middle schools. In addition, he recruited several volunteer
engineers to work with the schools. Looking forward, he plans to
establish a local IEEE Santa Clara Education Fund where charitable
donations
can be funneled into and programs established to enhance the quality
and
diversity of math,science and technology education in local Santa Clara
County schools.
Julie Kenrow for the past two years has worked as
Assitant Professor
at UOP and Santa Clara University. She has affiliations with many
professional societies and has some volunteer positions : IEEE (active
in the Pre-college Education Committee),ASEE,APS,
ITEA -- International Technology Education Association (active in the
Standards for Technical Literacy initiative). In addition, she
has a vision to see improvements in our current K-12 education system :
curriculum and teacher improvements. She is investigating the
possibility
of an "Engineering" teaching credential offered by CCTC (California
Commission
of Teaching Credentials)
David Witkowski is Regional Sales Manager for
Cadence Design Systems. Previously, he was CAE Systems Manager at
Tropian, a cellular/wireless
semiconductor company. He has held numerous volunteer positions
at
Santa Rosa Junior College (Executive VP SRJC Student Assembly, Tutor,
President
of SRJC's Engineers Club) from 1987 till 1994. While attending UC
Davis, he founded and served as president of the SRJC Transfer Mentor
Program,
an outreach program for incoming students. He is committed to
enhancing
the quality of education in K-12 through different math, science, and
technology
kits.
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