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Government Fellowships
Linking Engineers with Government
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"The
fellowship program has been one of the most important initiatives in good
government in the past century."
— The Honorable Rush Holt, U.S.
Congressman
from New Jersey & Former Congressional Fellow |
Each year, IEEE-USA sponsors three government fellowships for qualified IEEE members. The fellows spend a year in Washington serving as advisers to the U.S. Congress and to key U.S. Department of State decision-makers. Known as either a Congressional Fellowship or an Engineering & Diplomacy Fellowship, this program links engineers with government, providing a mechanism for IEEE's U.S. members to learn firsthand about the public policy process.
Program
News & Notices
NEW! 2011 - Application materials now available
 Application Kit for 2011 Congressional Fellowship Program
Application Kit for 2010 Engineering & Diplomacy (State Deparment) Fellowship Program
The 2010 Congressional Fellows
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Dr. John “Jack” Cederquist, Senior Member, Ann Arbor, MI - Jack is serving his fellowship in the office of
Senator Jon Tester of Montana working on energy and environment issues.
He received his PhD in electrical engineering from the University of California, San Diego in 1980, and his MS in applied physics from the same school in 1977. He also has a BA in physics from Pomona College. Jack is currently a distinguished member of the technical staff at General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems. His areas of research include optical remote sensing, particularly airborne and ground-based long wave infrared hyperspectral imaging sensor systems. In addition to IEEE, he is a member of the Optical Society of America, SPIE and IEEE's Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society. He is a member of the IEEE-USA Research & Development Policy Committee and has participated in Science, Engineering and Technology Policy Congressional Visits Days. His main policy interests are federal basic and applied research and development funding and K-12 STEM education. |
Dr. L. Jean Camp, Senior Member, Bloomington, IN - Jean is serving her fellowship in the office of Congressman Bob Etheridge of North Carolina. She received a PhD in engineering and public policy from Carnegie Mellon University, and an MSEE and BSEE/ BA Math from University of NC – Chapel Hill. Jean is an associate professor of informatics at Indiana University. She has also taught at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, worked as a visiting scientist at the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science, and held research positions at CMU's Software Engineering and Information Networking Institutes. Jean holds several computer patents and has published books on identity theft and information security. She is a former member of the IEEE-USA Intellectual Property Policy Committee, a current member of the Committee on Communications and Information Policy, and she has participated in the annual IEEE-USA Congressional Visits Day. She has also been a member of ACM's Task Force on Job Migration. |
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The 2010 State Department Fellow
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Dr. Norman Lerner, Life Member, Arlington, VA - Norm is serving his fellowship with the US Department of State as
a Senior Advisor to CITEL/Organization of American States (Inter-American Telecommunication Commission). He received a PhD in math/ economics from American University, and MBA in finance from Columbia University and a BS in electrical engineering from MIT. Since founding the company in 1970, Norm has been president of TRANSCOMM, a consulting organization specializing in the solutions of domestic and international financial, economic and business development problems of high technology industries, with particular emphasis in telecommunications, energy and postal industries. Dr. Lerner has focused his company's efforts on telecommunications projects in more than 25 countries, especially Latin America. He has also served as an adjunct professor of management science and technology at George Washington University, and a guest lecturer at the Inter-American Defense College. Prior to forming TRANSCOMM, Dr. Lerner developed techno-economic policy in the Executive Office of the President of the United States, Office of Telecommunications Policy. Dr. Lerner is a licensed professional engineer in VA, HI and NY, and a member of the IEEE Communications Society. He is also a credentialed journalist and has written for Frequencia Magazine and Telepress LatinoAmerica. |
For reference...6 DEC 2007: US News & World Report article: Wanted on the Hill: A Few Good Scientists
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