Educational Activities and IEEE Nanotechnology Council Team to Launch TryNano.org
The IEEE Educational Activities Board and the IEEE Nanotechnology
Council, with funding from the IEEE New Initiatives Committee and in
collaboration with IBM and the New York Hall of Science, have launched TryNano.org, a comprehensive nanotechnology resource for students, parents, teachers, school counselors and the general public. TryNano.org
is designed to enhance global public understanding of the growing field
of nanotechnology, the study of materials and properties on the order
of 1-100 nanometers.
TryNano.org is
dedicated to providing the public with the basic building blocks for
understanding nanotechnology. The site includes a basic overview of
nanotechnology, what scientific disciplines it entails, how the field
has evolved, where it is headed and its societal implications.
Other resources available on TryNano.org
include a glossary of important nanotechnology terms and a list of
links to other nanotechnology and nanotechnology education sites.
IEEE Honors Those Who Engineered the Future
Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, and other pioneers who founded
the American Institute of Electrical Engineers 125 years ago paved the
way for countless others, including those responsible for the more
recent advances we enjoy today.
At its 2009 Honors Ceremony in June, IEEE paid tribute to these
newer trailblazers who contributed breakthroughs in such areas as cheap
and compact semiconductor memory, programming language design,
deep-space communications, and broadband optical-fiber transmission. Read more
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Nominations Open for Inaugural Award Recognizing Scientific Entrepreneurs
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the National Postdoctoral
Association are accepting nominations for the inaugural Kauffman
Foundation Outstanding Postdoctoral Entrepreneur Award, which
recognizes and celebrates a scientific researcher who has successfully
commercialized his or her discoveries through entrepreneurship. The
researcher must have completed postdoctoral research in the United
States at some point in his/her career.
Nominations for the award are open to scientific researchers who
have completed postdoctoral research in the United States and have
founded companies to commercialize their intellectual property.
Nominees will be evaluated primarily on their technical innovation and
the social value their enterprises have produced.
The researcher selected to win the Outstanding Postdoctoral
Entrepreneur Award will receive a U$10,000 honorarium. A second award,
the Emerging Postdoctoral Entrepreneur Award, will present a US$2,500
honorarium to a promising postdoctoral entrepreneur. Both awards will
be presented at the National Postdoctoral Association's 8th Annual
Meeting on 12-14 March 2010, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Learn more
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Electronics, Circuits and Systems Conference
The 16th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS 2009) will be held 13-16 December in Medina, Yasmine Hammamet - Tunisia. The flagship conference of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society in Region 8, ICECS 2009 presents design methodologies, techniques and experimental results in emerging electronics, circuits and systems topics. ICECS 2009 will include tutorials, lecture and poster sessions, Special sessions and exhibitions. Register
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IEEE President-Elect Candidates Q&A on IEEE.tv
A video of the IEEE President-Elect candidates roundtable question and answer session which was held 27 July is available for viewing at IEEE.tv. During the session, candidates J. Roberto Boisson de Marca, Moshe Kam and Joseph V. Lillie answered questions submitted by IEEE members.
A video of the IEEE President-Elect candidates debate also can be viewed.
Cast your vote for the IEEE Annual Election. The deadline for voting is 1 October 2009, at 12 o'clock noon, Central Time U.S.A. (17:00 UTC).
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E-Book Examines the Economic Value of Innovation
What exactly is innovation? Do you have what it takes to be an innovator? Does your organization nurture innovation or inhibit it? Answers to questions like these can be found in the new e-book "Doing Innovation:
Creating Economic Value," by Gerard H. (Gus) Gaynor, Life Fellow and president of the IEEE Technology Management Council. Learn more
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Nominate Someone as a Distinguished Lecturer
Nominations are currently being sought for the 2010-2011 Distinguished Lecturers Program (DLP). The
Circuits and Systems Society’s Distinguished Lecturers Program (DLP)
provides chapters with access to foremost researchers, educators and
other industry professionals. Each lecturer is selected to lead
discussions on the latest research results and their practical
applications related to the analysis, computer aided design and
practical implementation of circuits, and the application of circuit
theoretic techniques to systems and signal processing.
Nominations should be submitted between 15 August and 31 September. Nominate someone today.
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