CAREER WEBINAR:  IEEE-USA's Career Webinar series kicked-off for 2010 with a presentation by financier Dileep Rao entitled "Lessons from Boostraps to Billions" with tips on business development and financing for high-tech entrepreneurs.

The first congressional briefing for the IEEE-USA-supported Congressional Research Caucus will address "Defense Basic Research: Critical to National Security and Economic Security” was held on 19 Jan.

IEEE-USA President Evelyn Hirt addressed attendees at the IEEE Region 4 meeting, to be held 22-24 Jan. 2010 in Detroit, Michigan.

CAREER WEBINAR:    Industry CEO and book author Roxanne Riveria delivered a webinar entitled "There's no Crying in Business: How Women Can Win in a Male-Dominated Industry" on 28 Jan.

In January, IEEE-USA sponsored student professional awareness conferences at: Ohio University (20 Jan), University of Dayton (30 Jan.) and Central Michigan University (30 Jan.).
 

On 5 Feb., IEEE-USA's Intellectual Property Committee will host a roundtable convened on behalf of the U.S Patent and Trademark Office for invited organizations to discuss the potential for developing references of standardized technical terms for use in reviewing patent applications.

IEEE-USA's 2010 Careers Fly-In focused on K-12 education and promoting integration of engineering concepts into teaching at the pre-university level.  Scheduled for 8-9 Feb. 2010, during a major winter storm, the event still drew a half dozen volunteer participants.

CAREER WEBINAR:  Getting the Job You Want: Tools for Making the Short List (9 Feb. 2010)

The IEEE-USA Board of Directors met on 12 Feb. in Atlanta, Georgia as part of the IEEE Board of Directors meeting series.

IEEE-USA participated in 2010 National Engineers Week activities (14-20 Feb. 2010), including the finals of the Future Cities Competition, the New Faces of Engineering, Introduce a Girl to Engineering, Discover Engineer, and especially the E-Week Family Day at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC.

In February, IEEE-USA sponsored student professional awareness conferences at: 2/2 Valparaiso University (2 Feb.), Cleveland State University (5 Feb.), University of Southern California (12 Feb.), Michigan State University (15 Feb.), Rowan University (18 Feb.) and University of Akron (26 Feb.).
 

The IEEE-USA Annual Meeting was held on 4-7 March in Nashville, TN and featured the theme "The Gathering Storm:  Are You Engineering the Solutions?"  Videos of this year's IEEE-USA Annual Meeting keynote addresses and awards ceremony are available online. Former Lockheed Martin CEO Norman Augustine and NAE Past President William Wulf both called on IEEE members to redouble their efforts in support of the recommendations in the 2005 National Academies report, "Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future."  The Annual Meeting Blog also recaps the keynote talks and session presentations.

On 23 March, IEEE-USA helped organize and sponsor a Virtual Career Fair (Featuring SRC & Lockheed Martin) made available in partnership with the IEEE Job Site.

CAREER WEBINAR:  How the SBA/IEEE-USA Partnership Can Help Engineering Entrepreneurs [23 Mar. 2010].  Penny Pickett, SBA's Associate Administrator for Entrepreneurial Development, provided a general overview of SBA, touching upon the partnership with IEEE-USA and the range of services/products that will benefit U.S. IEEE members.

In March, IEEE-USA sponsored student professional awareness conferences at:  University of Florida (2 March), University of California at Berkeley (3 March), Youngstown State University (4 March), Texas Tech (9 March), Ohio University (9 March), Ohio Northern (22 March) and Louisiana Tech University (25 March).
 

IEEE-USA organized a Career Makeover and Survival Workshop for the IEEE Central Illinois Section on Saturday, April 10th.

In April, IEEE-USA launched a new, interactive online publication, IEEE-USA in ACTION, distributed free to all U.S. IEEE members. IEEE-USA in ACTION is a quarterly news source highlighting programs, products, services and activities that IEEE-USA has to offer, and to raise awareness of what IEEE-USA is doing on behalf of U.S. IEEE members.

IEEE-USA is co-sponsoring the IEEE Green Technologies Conference, scheduled for 15-16 April in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas.

IEEE-USA co-sponsored an April 15 congressional briefing by the Robotics Caucus featuring Dr. Robin Murphy (Texas A&M) on rescue robotics, as part of the first annual National Robotics Week celebration.

IEEE-USA President Evelyn Hirt participated in the National Academy's annual Convocation of Engineering Societies in Washington, DC on 19 April. 

IEEE members Gerald Posakony and Karen Panetta received awards from the American Association of Engineering Societies (AAES) at its annual awards banquet on 19 April. Posakony received the 2009 Fritz Medal, referred to as the highest award in the engineering profession, for pioneering contributions to the fields of ultrasonics, medical diagnostic ultrasound, and Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) technologies. Panetta received the 2009 Norm Augustine Award for her work with Nerd Girls.  The Augustine Award is presented annually to an engineer who has demonstrated the capacity for communicating the excitement and wonder of engineering so that the public may have a better understanding of engineering and a better appreciation for how engineers improve our quality of life.

IEEE-USA co-sponsored the annual Engineering Societies Public Policy Symposium, held on Capitol Hill on 20 April.  As part of the Symposium program, IEEE-USA President Evelyn HIrt presented a service appreciation award to retiring U.S. Representative Bart Gordon.

IEEE-USA co-sponsored an April 21 briefing for the Congressional Research Caucus on the work of the federal Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E).

Working through the Task Force on American Innovation, IEEE-USA co-sponsored an April 28 congressional forum on Innovation Technology, Lasers and Jobs.

Nearly 40 IEEE members participated in the multi-society Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) Congressional Visits Day held on 28-29 April.

IEEE-USA President Evelyn Hirt presented IEEE-USA's Distinguished Public Service Award to Senators Lamar Alexander and Jeff Bingaman on April 28.

In April, IEEE-USA sponsored student professional awareness conferences at: (TBD)
 

Entrepreneurs Day Workshop: IEEE-USA helped organize the IEEE Entrepreneurs Day Workshop, a day-long training program set for 8 May at Monmouth University in New Jersey to teach technology engineers how to start their own companies. The workshop is sponsored by Monmouth University, the IEEE Central New Jersey, New Jersey Coast, North Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Long Island Sections, and IEEE Region 1.  IEEE-USA 2009 President Gordon Day is addressing the workshop, along with experts in small business financing, representatives from the Small Business Administration, and successful technology entrepreneurs.  U.S. Rep. Rush Holt provided a keynote address.

In May, IEEE-USA released the results of its 2009 Salary Survey and Consultants Fee Survey.  Immediately following release of the 2009 reports, IEEE-USA also launched its 2010 salary and consultants surveys.

CAREER WEBINAR:  Link Your Business Plan to Your Financing Needs (20 May), by Dr. Dileep Rao, author of Lessons from Bootstrap to Billions.

On May 28, the IEEE-USA-supported America COMPETES Reauthorization Act (HR 5116) was passed by the House.  COMPETES authorizes funding increases for the National Science Foundation, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Sciences and other federal S&T and innovation programs.

In May, IEEE-USA sponsored student professional awareness conferences at: (TBD)
 

The IEEE-USA Board of Directors met on 25 June in Montreal, Canada as part of the IEEE Board of Directors meeting series.

On June 23, IEEE-USA and AIMBE offered a congressional briefing on Patent Reform and the Impact on American Innovation to provide insights on the prospective impacts of proposed patent reforms on small business start-ups, with an emphasis on the medical devices field.

CAREER WEBINAR:  Financing Needs to the Right Financial Structure (24 June), by Dr. Dileep Rao, author of Lessons from Bootstrap to Billions.

IEEE-USA and the IEEE Computer Society are working together on a three year project to
develop a model professional exam requested by state licensure boards for licensing software engineers. Contracts setting the project in motion were signed in June. The effort is in partnership with the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying.
 

In partnership with ASTRA, and the SET Working Group IEEE-USA will sponsor a congressional briefing on "Innovation Choke Points: What Thwarts U.S. R&D investments, Commercialization, Job Growth and Competitiveness Most?" on July 15

CAREER WEBINAR:  Fine-Tune Financing: Finding the Right Sources/Instruments (22 July), by Dr. Dileep Rao, author of Lessons from Bootstrap to Billions.

IEEE-USA presented its 2009 Journalism awards to Holly Morris (Fox5) and Randy Atkins (National Academy of Engineering) of at a special luncheon with Washington science and technology correspondents on 16 July.  The event was reported by the local FOXtv affiliate and by the Voice of America.  Morris was recognized for her series of TV stories featuring the Discover Engineering Family Day event held each year during National Engineers Week.  Atkins is the producer of the National Academy of Engineering's Engineering Innovation podcast and radio series.

The final issue of IEEE-USA's Today's Engineer Digest (March 2009 issue) received an APEX Award of Excellence in the magapapers and newspapers-print category.  The APEX Awards for Publication Excellence are based on excellence in graphic design, editorial content, and the success of the entry in achieving overall communications effectiveness and excellence.

IEEE-USA co-sponsored a July 14 briefing with Discover Magazine, the National Science Foundation, and ASME on the role of natural gas, as part of our on-going series on The Road to the New Energy Economy.

On July 20, representatives of IEEE-USA's Intellectual Property Committee participated in a Patent Reform Roundtable on Capital Hill organized for members of the House Judiciary Committee and their staffs to discuss concerns with the Senate patent reform act.

CAREER WEBINAR:  SBA and Innovation (27 July).  In the session Max Summers, Missouri Small Business and Technology Development Centers (SBTDC) State Director and his colleague Jim Gann will discuss their role in helping universities transform research into products that can be commercialized, and building innovation into companies.

As a member of the Robotics Caucus Steering Committee, IEEE-USA will co-sponsor a congressional briefing on Robotics in Mining and Energy scheduled for 29 July on Capitol Hill.
 

CAREER WEBINAR:  Reduce the Agony: Learn How to Find Financing (19 August), by Dr. Dileep Rao, author of Lessons from Bootstrap to Billions.
 

CAREER WEBINAR:  After the Financing: Better Decisions and Control (16 Seminar), by Dr. Dileep Rao, author of Lessons from Bootstrap to Billions.

As a member of the Robotics Caucus Steering Committee, IEEE-USA will co-sponsor a congressional briefing on Robotics in Space Exploration scheduled for 30 September on Capitol Hill.
 

In October 2010, IEEE-USA will be conducting a Future Engineering Skills: Future Media symposium in conjunction with Georgia Institute of Technology (GIT) to discuss the skills that will be needed for the future engineering job market.

IEEE-USA is participating as an exhibitor in the U.S. Science and Engineering Festival, a two day event on 23-24 Oct. 2010 in which over 500 science and engineering organizations from all over the U.S. descend on the National Mall in Washington, DC to present hands-on, fun science and engineering activities to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers.
 

The IEEE-USA Board of Directors will meet on 19 Nov. in New Brunswick, NJ as part of the IEEE Board of Directors meeting series.

Peter Pollak and IEEE-USA Legislative Representative Bill Williams will present IEEE-USA's National Energy Policy Recommendations as a paper at the 2010 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (12-16 Sept) in Atlanta, Georgia.