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Archive for January, 2010The IEEE Boise Section is pleased to announce
the upcoming Engineers Week Banquet
Featuring guest speaker Gordon Day, 2009 President of IEEE-USA
“Prosperity, Innovation, and Engineering Brain Power” When: Wednesday, February 17, 6:30 (doors open 6:15)
Where: BSU’s Student Union Building Lookout Room
Cost:
Entree choices:
You must register no later than February 12th to attend. Please register by completing the survey at the link below. Payment is due at the banquet.
Banquet registration URL: If innovation is the key to American competitiveness and prosperity in the 21st century, then engineering brain power is the essential ingredient. Engineers create jobs, perhaps more than any other profession. Through the development of their ideas, existing companies grow and new companies are born. This talk will explore the public policy aspects of maintaining a vibrant engineering workforce by examining five important questions: Who thinks we need more (or fewer) engineers? What are the trends? Is the flat world a threat, an opportunity, or a strategy? If we need more engineers, should we grow them or import them? How do we show our children that engineers change the world? Gordon Day was the 2009 President of IEEE-USA, the unit of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) that supports the career and public policy interests of 210,000 IEEE members in the U.S. He is also a past president of the IEEE Photonics Society, and a candidate for IEEE President-elect in the 2010 election. Day spent 33 years in research and management at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado, Laboratories, where he contributed to some of NIST’s best known research in optoelectronics. In 1994, he founded the NIST Optoelectronics Division and guided it to an international reputation for measurements and standards. Since retiring in 2003, he has served as a science advisor to Sen. Jay Rockefeller and as Director of Government Relations for the Optoelectronics Industry Development Association. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, the AAAS, the Optical Society of America, and the Institute of Physics (UK). He received a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois. For more information contact: Dr. Elisa H. Barney Smith
EBarneySmith@boisestate.edu 208-426-2214 The IEEE Boise Section Election is now closed and results are in. Congratulations to the new Boise Section Officers! Thank you everyone for participating. IEEE Boise Section Election Survey Results: Would you be interested in attending a future career builder workshop? 20 – Yes / 20 – No Would you like to volunteer for the IEEE Boise Section Newsletter Editor? 5 – Yes / 37 – No Comments: I am a member of the Power Engineering Society and would like to see a balance of subjects that also include power. I don’t have a clue when the IEEE Boise Section meets or about it’s website and I’ve been in Boise for 9 years! Where do I get this information? In your next election, please include a short bio for the candidates since they are not all known to the IEEE Boise community. |
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