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IEEE-USA sponsors Fellowships for qualified IEEE members to spend a year in Washington serving as advisers to the U.S. Congress and to key U.S. Department of State decision-makers.  IEEE-USA's Congressional and Engineering & Diplomacy Fellowships link engineers with government, providing a mechanism for IEEE-USA Government Fellows to learn first hand about the public policy process through personal involvement.

PROGRAM NEWS & NOTICES

• Here they are! IEEE-USA' 2009 Government Fellows:
  
  The Congressional Fellows:

  Kenneth Lutz, Ocean, NJ - Ken Lutz, an IEEE member since 1964 and a life senior member since 1986, received his PhD from Johns Hopkins University and his BEE from the University of Delaware. He also has a post-graduate certificate in the strategic management of technology from the Wharton School of Business. Dr. Lutz currently works as a principle consultant to Telcordia Technologies (formerly Bell Communications Research, Piscataway, NJ), where he has also worked as a member of the technical staff. Prior to working for Bell, he worked as a research engineer for the Harry Diamond Laboratories (now the Army Research Laboratory). In his spare time, Dr. Lutz is very active in his community. He was the first man to join his local chapter of the League of Women Voters when they extended the membership to men in 1975. He is also the chair of the local Environmental Commission and works in several capacities to ensure the environmental health of his community.

  Thomas Lee, Palo Alto, CA- Tom Lee, and IEEE member since 2001, is currently finishing his PhD at Stanford University where he also received an MSEE and BSEE. Mr. Lee received the Stanford University Department of Electrical Engineering Outstanding Service Award for a Graduate Student (2007). His dissertation work focused on the development of a single chip sensor that uses near infrared light to observe hemodynamic changes in mammalian cerebral cortex that are correlated to brain activity. His other research includes evaluating business opportunities in healthcare and security technology for a Japanese electronics firm; and redesigning the curriculum of an upper-division undergraduate analog communication lab course.

  The State Department Fellow:

  Thomas Tierney, Los Alamos, NM - Tom Tierney, an IEEE member since 1997 and a senior member since 2007, obtained a BS and an MS from University of California – Irvine, and a PhD from LANL and UC Irvine. Dr. Tierney currently works as a project leader at Los Alamos National Laboratory where he has also held several prior positions as a researcher and a technical staff member. He specializes in a wide range of science and engineering disciplines including high energy density physics, nuclear proliferation and explosive designs. He has an interest in ensuring that the U.S. remains internationally strong in ST&E competitiveness.

• Application information for the 2009 Fellowships remains available online for reference. Pleast note, the application period for 2009 Fellowships is now closed: Congressional and Engineering & Diplomacy.
  
  
• 6 DEC: US News & World Report article: "Wanted on the Hill: A Few Good Scientists"
  
  
• The 2008 IEEE Government Fellows began their fellowships in January 2008. They are:
  
  

Congressional Fellow Sherry Gillespie,
Austin, TX



Engineering & Diplomacy Fellow William Behn,
Los Altos Hills, CA

• Streaming video features Fellowship session at 2000 IEEE-USA Professional Development Conference. The 60 minute video A Year in Washington -- Introduction to the IEEE-USA Congressional Fellowship Program is optimized to stream at 28.8Kbps.You'll need the RealPlayer 5.0 or above to view this video clip. AOL users must have version 3.0 or above of the AOL browser installed for the RealPlayer to work.

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