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Vol. 2009, No. 17 ( 18 September 2009)
125 Years of Innovation and Ingenuity

CAPITOL HILL

Immigration Reform Ready to Take Off, But Stuck on the Runway

House Approves Bill Promoting Hybrid Truck Technologies

Recent House Committee on Science & Technology Hearings -

1) Future of U.S. Human Space Flight Uncertain Without Additional Funds
2) Regional Innovation Key to Competitiveness, Economic Growth: Northeast Texas Is A Model For Success

THE WHITE HOUSE

Patrick Gallagher Nominated as As Director of NIST

FEDERAL AGENCY ACTIVITY

REPORTS, DOCUMENTS OF NOTE & INFO RESOURCES

Government Accountability Office Reports

OECD: Not Good News for U.S. Higher Education Graduation Rates

U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee Committee Identifies Shortfalls in NASA Budget

U.S. STATES

AWARDS & GRANTS

New DOE H-Prize Offers $1 Million for Improved Hydrogen Storage

$5,000 in Scholarship Awards to Be Presented in 2009-10 IEEE-USA Online Engineering Video Competition on 'How Engineers Make a World of Difference'

Nominations Open for New Award Recognizing Outstanding Researcher-Entrepreneurs

LATEST IEEE-USA & IEEE ACTIVITIES

WISE 2010

IEEE-USA and IEEE Computer Society Teaming Up to Develop Professional Exam for Software Engineering

IEEE/IEEE-USA Seek Nominations for 2010 "New Faces of Engineering" Recognition Program

Got an Idea For an IEEE-USA E-Book?

CAPITOL HILL

Immigration Reform Ready to Take Off, But Stuck on the Runway

Efforts to reform America's high-skill immigration system have made considerable progress on Capitol Hill. A broad consensus has been reached among House and Senate leaders on how to fix the very complex and frequently criticized system. But congestion in Congress' legislative calendar is holding up consideration of an immigration reform bill.

While IEEE-USA sees high and low skill immigration as two separate issues, Congress does not. Any reforms to the high-skill immigration system that Congress considers will be part of a much bigger comprehensive immigration reform bill.

Leaders in the House and Senate have agreed with IEEE-USA's basic approach to fixing the skill-based immigration system. Reforms will focus on expanding and improving the permanent Employment-Based (EB) visa program and reforming the H-1B and L temporary guest worker programs. While the bill has not been fully drafted yet, specific provisions are expected to include green cards for students who earn a masters or PhD in STEM fields from U.S. schools and easier access to green cards for skilled immigrants. The bill will also add reforms to temporary admissions programs, including limits on the use of H-1B and L visas by multi-national technical services firms.

Despite strong support, action on an immigration reform bill faces one major hurdle – time. Congress is in the middle of a bruising debate over healthcare reform which is not expected to end before Thanksgiving. Then it must tackle a Cap and Trade energy bill and pass the FY2010 budget. It is not clear if Congressional leaders will want to start another difficult political fight over comprehensive immigration reform immediately after two other difficult projects.

House Approves Bill Promoting Hybrid Truck Technologies

The House unanimously approved H.R. 445, the Heavy Duty Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 2009. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) introduced the legislation to fund research and development of hybrid technologies for medium and heavy duty trucks, creating grants for manufacturers to build, test, and ultimately sell plug-in hybrid utility and delivery trucks.

:Utility trucks typically drive short distances to and from a work site, but sit idle for hours while on site," Sensenbrenner noted. "A plug-in hybrid truck would use less fuel getting to and from the site, and could operate without any fuel while on site. By switching to hybrid trucks, we can potentially lower the amount of fuel used by up to 60 percent."

H.R. 445 directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a competitive R&D program to provide grants of up to $3 million per year to carry out projects to advance R&D and to demonstrate technologies for advanced heavy duty hybrid vehicles. Similar legislation passed the House in the 110th Congress with strong support. The Senate version, S.679, is currently sitting in the Energy and Natural Resources Committee awaiting hearing.

Recent House Committee on Science & Technology Hearings:

1) Future of U.S. Human Space Flight Uncertain Without Additional Funds - a hearing to examine the summary report of the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee.

"It is my opinion that NASA has the greatest chance of success if given a clearly defined destination and the clearly defined design requirements that go with it," said Ralph Hall (R-TX). "Our greatest concern has long been the inadequate level of funding being requested, and the gap between the retirement of the Space Shuttle and development of the follow-on Constellation system. I am not a fan of increased spending, but I have always thought our human space flight program gives the United States so much to be proud of, and carries within it the promise of significant breakthroughs in healthcare, defense, and alternative energy technologies."

The Review's lead chair, Norman Augustine, testified that, "In the opinion of this Committee, as well as that of most of the persons with whom the Committee has had contact, NASA has for too long sought to operate in an environment where means do not match ends. In the unforgiving arena of human space flight this is a particularly hazardous policy to embrace."

"It would be reasonable to extend the use of the ISS for five years and to conduct a robust technology development program." However, Augustine conceded that "with the existing budget plan The Committee concludes that no rational exploratory program can be funded under the existing funding constraint and that plans for America's space exploration program would de facto be halted and human operations limited to low earth orbit."

2) Regional Innovation Key to Competitiveness, Economic Growth: Northeast Texas Is A Model For Success - a field hearing in McKinney, Texas on "Strengthening Regional Innovation: A Perspective from Northeast Texas," to examine the importance of regional innovation centers to the U.S. economy and global competitiveness, and the roles of Federal, state, and local governments in supporting such centers.

"I think it is especially important as we work our way through these tough economic times that we take the time to learn from how things are done at the local and regional level, and there is no better place to start than right here in Northeast Texas."

"We certainly haven't been immune to the recession here, but we haven't been hit as hard as a lot of regions, and our employment data and longer-term business growth trends are impressive… I think that something has to do with how we foster the entrepreneurial spirit and the right kind of environment for technology and innovation, which we know over the long-term, translates to jobs."

In recent years, a growing consensus has emerged regarding the importance of science, technology, and innovation as the key driver of long-term economic growth and improved quality of life in America. Technological progress fueled by investments in research and development (R&D) is estimated to be responsible for as much as half of U.S. economic growth since World War II. In addition to the renewed focus on strengthening U.S. economic competitiveness through S&T at the national level, there is also a growing interest in improving understanding of and support for the innovation ecosystem on a regional scale. To this end, the Federal government has a strong interest in promoting innovation based on regional strengths. While the aforementioned Federal investments and policies—such as funding for R&D and STEM education—are critical, State and local governments, as well as higher education and industry, also play key roles in fostering a robust regional innovation environment. To read witness testimony, visit the web site.

THE WHITE HOUSE

Patrick Gallagher Nominated as As Director of NIST

President Obama nominated Patrick Gallagher, for Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce. Dr. Gallagher is currently the Deputy Director and Acting Director of NIST, a position which provides high-level oversight and direction for agency. Dr. Gallagher received his Ph.D. in physics at the University of Pittsburgh (Go Panthers!) in 1991 and joined NIST in 1993 as an instrument scientist at the NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR). Dr. Gallagher became Director of the NCNR in 2004, where he served until assuming his current duties as NIST Deputy Director in September 2008. From 1999 to 2001, Gallagher was a NIST agency representative at the National Science and Technology Council. He remains active in the area of U.S. policy for scientific user facilities and has chaired the Interagency Working Groups on neutron and light source facilities under the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP).

FEDERAL AGENCY ACTIVITY

None at this time.

REPORTS, DOCUMENTS OF NOTE & INFO RESOURCES

National Science Foundation Reports

Report Shows Decline in Federal Science and Engineering Funding at Minority-Serving Institutions - In FY 2007, federal agencies gave less science and engineering (S&E) funding to academic institutions that primarily serve minority students. According to this report, historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) received $406 million in federal S&E dollars in fiscal year 2007, their lowest annual funding total since fiscal year 2001. It was the second year in a row HBCUs saw a drop in funding.

Moving Forward to Improve Engineering Education - A 2007 report of the National Science Board that remains relevant today.

Government Accountability Office Reports

Information Technology: DOD Needs to Strengthen Management of Its Statutorily Mandated Software and System Process Improvement Efforts GAO-09-888, September 8 (Highlights)

Climate Change Policy: Preliminary Observations on Options for Distributing Emissions Allowances and Revenue under a Cap-and-Trade Program GAO-09-950T August 4, 2009

OECD: Not Good News for U.S. Higher Education Graduation Rates - The U.S. ranking for college graduation rates has fallen from 1st in 1995 to 14th in 2007, says Education at a Glance 2009, an indicator report looking at countries who belong to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). U.S. graduation rates have not fallen as a percentage of those students attending American colleges and universities for degrees above an associate's degree - growing from 33 percent in 1995 to 37 percent in 2007 - but rather relative to the graduation rates attained by the other 25 OECD countries included in the study. Nevertheless, the finding should be troubling for policymakers and entrepreneurs in an increasingly knowledge-based and competitive global economy. Emphasizing the importance of higher education, Education at a Glance 2009 focuses significant attention on the economic value of attaining a college degree, both to the individual and society. For example:

1) The earnings for a male college graduate in the U.S. are more than twice as much for American men who have completed only a high school degree or a GED.

2) Men in the U.S. with some form of college degree will earn over their working lives, on average, a present value of $367,000 more than an individual who chooses not to complete school but instead makes an investment in long-term government bonds.

3) The report shows women in the U.S. with a college degree continue to earn considerably less over time than men with a similar educational background: women only collect on average of $229,000 above the same base investment in government bonds.

4) Women college grads in the U.S. earn almost twice as much as women with high school degrees - but still less than men. This is not the case in all OECD countries however, as women with college degrees earn more than men with college degrees in Korea, Spain, and Turkey.

The report also focuses on younger students at the other end of the age spectrum. While in the U.S. early childhood enrollment was reported to be 50 percent in 2007, in the EU19 early childhood enrollment averaged 79 percent, and enrollment in ten of the OECD countries exceeded 90 percent. Education at a Glance 2009 also includes sections comparing the 21 countries in terms of students' performance in science, economic returns for education, funds spent on students, tuition costs, studying abroad, teacher compensation, and various others. For several of the report's key indicators, the U.S. is holding steady or marginally increasing in certain metrics, other countries are gaining and surging past the U.S.

U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee Identifies Shortfalls in NASA Budget - The "Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee" recently released a summary report to the Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), and the NASA Administrator. The summary's text is consistent with presentations made during the committee's final public meeting on August 12, and states that they could find "no plan compatible with the FY 2010 budget profile permits human exploration to continue in any meaningful way."

In reaching this conclusion, the committee, chaired by Norman Augustine, reaffirmed a message that has long been apparent in testimony to House and Senate committees -- previous budget requests and resulting congressional appropriations have been inadequate to meet NASA's needs. House Science and Technology Committee Chairman Bart Gordon (D-TN) said when the summary was released, "NASA has not been given resources matched to the tasks it has been asked to undertake."

The Committee is still preparing the full Final Report and will release it when complete. NASA is working with the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and other representatives of the Executive Office of the President to plan the next steps leading to a decision by the President about future U.S. human space flight policy.

U.S. STATES

Stateline.org If you like to keep up with what's going on in state politics, StateLine.org provides a good overview of the activities in all 50 state legislatures.

Stateline.org's annual report on state trends and policy, "State of the States 2009" is now available. The report is full of helpful graphics and maps, in addition to reports on the most significant developments in the 50 states.

AWARDS & GRANTS

National Science Foundation

2010 National Science Board Public Service Award ~ Honoring Service in Public Understanding of Science and Engineering - The National Science Board (NSB) Public Service Award honors individuals who and groups that have made substantial contributions to increasing public understanding of science and engineering in the United States. These contributions may be in a wide variety of areas that have the potential of contributing to public understanding of and appreciation for science and engineering – including mass media, education and/or training programs, entertainment, etc. The NSB Public Service Award is given to one individual and one group recipient in May of each year. Past recipients include: NUMB3RS , the CBS television drama series; Ira Flatow, Host and Executive Producer of NPR's "Science Friday"; Alfred P. Sloan Foundation; Bill Nye The Science Guy; and NOVA, the PBS television series. For nomination instructions, please visit the NSF site. All inquiries about the award or nomination procedures should be directed to Jennifer Richards, National Science Foundation. Call for Nominations Deadline: November 4, 2009

2010 Vannevar Bush Award ~ Honoring Exceptional Service to the Nation in Science and Technology - The Vannevar Bush Award honors truly exceptional lifelong leaders in science and technology who have made substantial contributions to the welfare of the Nation through public service activities in science, technology, and public policy. The Vannevar Bush Award is presented by the National Science Board, the policymaking board of the National Science Foundation. Past recipients of the Vannevar Bush Award include such renowned leaders in science and technology as: Charles Townes, Harold Varmus, Maxine Singer, H. Guyford Stever, Phillip Abelson, Norman Ramsey, Linus Pauling, and James Killian. For nomination instructions, please visit the NSF site. All inquiries about the award or nomination procedures should be directed to Jennifer Richards, National Science Foundation. Call for Nominations Deadline: November 4, 2009

New DOE H-Prize Offers $1 Million for Improved Hydrogen Storage

DOE launched the H-Prize competition, offering a $1 million award to an individual or team that creates the most advanced materials for hydrogen storage in vehicles. Hydrogen storage is a critical barrier to widespread market penetration of hydrogen-fueled vehicles, including fuel cell vehicles. Authorized under the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, the H-Prize is managed by DOE's Hydrogen, Fuel Cells & Infrastructure Technologies Program and administered by the Hydrogen Education Foundation. Future prizes will address other technical barriers to fuel cell vehicles, including hydrogen production and distribution. To qualify for the prize, a hydrogen storage material must store more than 70 grams per liter of volume, must be able to store more than 7.5 percent of its weight in hydrogen, must release hydrogen at a rate of 0.00002 grams of hydrogen per gram of material, must store hydrogen at a rate of 0.0004 grams of hydrogen per second per gram of material, and must be also to cycle between less than 5% capacity to greater than 95 percent of capacity at least 100 times, after which is must still be able to store more than 7.1% of its weight in hydrogen. For example, a tank of material storing 10 kilograms of hydrogen (the energy equivalent of about 10 gallons of gasoline), or about 22 pounds of hydrogen, could be at most 142.8 liters in volume (about 38 gallons) and could weigh at most 133 kilograms (293 pounds) when empty. A device at the upper weight limit would need to release at least 2.7 grams of hydrogen per second while the vehicle is running at full throttle and store at least 53.2 grams of hydrogen per second during fueling. That would be a refueling time of slightly more than 3 minutes. And after going from holding less than half a kilogram to more than 9.5 kilograms at least 100 times, the storage device would still need to be capable of holding 9.44 kilograms of hydrogen.

If more than one participant meets these criteria, the participant with the material able to hold the most hydrogen per weight will win the prize; a tie will be won by the material that stands up best to repeated charge and discharge cycles. Participants must submit material samples by mid-November 2010, and the prize should be awarded in February 2011. The H Prize is open to U.S. companies, U.S. citizens, and legal U.S. residents, with certain restrictions, and participants must register on the H-Prize Web site by February 15, 2010. Registration is not yet open, but interested parties can sign up on the Web site for an e-mail notification when registration becomes available. See the H-Prize Web site and the details about the prize in the Federal Register notice.

$5,000 in Scholarship Awards to Be Presented in 2009-10 IEEE-USA Online Engineering Video Competition on 'How Engineers Make a World of Difference'

IEEE-USA is launching the organization's 3rd online engineering video competition for undergraduate students on "How Engineers Make a World of Difference." We will present four scholarship awards totaling $5,000 to undergraduates who create the most effective 90-second video clips reinforcing for an 11-to-13-year-old audience how engineers improve the world. Entries must be submitted through YouTube by midnight Eastern Time on Friday, 15 January 2010. Winning entries will be announced and shown during Engineers Week, 14-20 February 2010.

Entries in the 2009-10 competition should provide an individual profile of an engineer and how he or she makes "a world of difference." Entries will be judged on their effectiveness in reaching the target audience by portraying engineers as "real people" who seek to make life better, as well as on their originality, creativity and entertainment value.

First prize is: $2,000; second prize, $1,500; and third prize, $1,000. The first-place winner will also receive up to $1,000 to cover travel expenses to receive his/her award at the IEEE-USA Annual Meeting in Nashville, Tenn., on 6 March 2010.

Further, a special award for $500 will be presented for the most innovative and effective showing of a video entry to a "tweener" target audience. This could involve presenting the video entered in the competition at a university engineering expo for K-12 students, in a middle school classroom, with a scout group, or in another setting with 11-to-13-year-olds.

For the first time, the video competition is open to all U.S. undergraduate students regardless of academic discipline. However, at least one undergraduate participant must be an IEEE student member. For the third consecutive year, the competition will be judged by two engineering graduate Ph.D. students, Andrew Quecan and Suzette Aguilar; and by Nate Ball, engineer-host for PBS' "Design Squad."

Nominations Open for New Award Recognizing Outstanding Researcher-Entrepreneurs - The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the National Postdoctoral Association announced that they are accepting nominations for the Outstanding Postdoctoral Entrepreneur Award, which recognizes a researcher who has successfully brought his or her discovery to market. Nominees must have completed postdoctoral training in the United States and founded companies to commercialize their scientific discoveries. (To learn more about eligibility requirements for the award, go here.) The winner of the award, which includes a $10,000 honorarium, will be announced at the NPA's annual meeting in March 2010 in Philadelphia. Learn more about the Outstanding Postdoctoral Entrepreneur Award. Click here for the nomination form. Nominations must be submitted electronically or by mail by 2 November 2009.

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Opportunities - The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) (Public Law 111-8) appropriates significant federal funding for technology-related programs in areas identified by IEEE-USA as being of high priority for strengthening the nation's innovation infrastructure and ensuring its long-term economic competitiveness. To stimulate the economy, funds are being distributed as quickly as possible, using existing federal programs as funding outlets where possible. This webpage provides information and links on these funding opportunities as a resource for IEEE members and their companies. Additional information is available on-line at Recovery.Gov. Members should also look to funds distributed through their respective state governments.

AAAS GrantsNet Express - A weekly American Association for the Advancement of Science listing of science funding opportunities from private foundations and organizations, and new U.S. government grant announcements in the sciences. AAAS will send GrantsNet by e-mail to AAAS member subscribers.

Grants.gov - The President's 2002 Fiscal Year Management Agenda established grants.gov as a central storehouse for information on over 1,000 grant programs. The site provides access to approximately $400 billion in annual awards. Most agencies, such as the DOE's Office of Science, use only grants.gov to list all funding opportunities. Other funding opportunities of interest include the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and NASA.

LATEST IEEE-USA & IEEE ACTIVITIES

Public Policy Priority Issues (111th Congress, 1st Session, 2009)
Position Statements - The statements identify important technical or engineering career-related aspects of public policy issues deemed to be of concern to or affecting IEEE's U.S. members; and make specific public policy recommendations for the consideration of Congress, the Executive Branch, the Judiciary, representatives of State and Local Government, and other interested groups and individuals, including IEEE members.

WISE 2010

Call for WISE 2010 Faculty-Member-In-Residence - If you are an outstanding faculty member or policy professional, WISE needs you to mentor and teach engineering students about the interaction between S&T and policymaking during the 2010 WISE Program in Washington, DC. (PDF Flyer) The deadline for applications is 31 January 2010.

WISE 2010 - The application period for the summer 2010 program is now open. You will find application forms for all of the sponsoring societies here. The deadline for applications is 31 December 2009.

IEEE-USA & IEEE Computer Society Team Up to Develop Professional Exam for Software Engineering - IEEE-USA and the IEEE Computer Society are working together to develop an examination requested by state licensure boards for prospective use in licensing software engineering professionals. The National Council of Examiners of Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) approved the development of a Principles and Practice of Engineering examination -- PE exam -- for software engineering in August. NCEES develops and administers the engineering and surveying competency exams used for licensing purposes in all U.S. jurisdictions.

NCEES had received requests for the software engineering exam from engineering licensure boards in 10 states, a requirement that must be met prior to beginning the development of a new exam. These boards contend that because software engineers play a significant and ever-increasing role in the design and operation of safety-critical systems, they should be regulated in the same manner as other engineering disciplines. Projects affecting public safety require licensed engineers to verify that the engineering was done properly.

Software engineers agree. Nearly two-thirds (62.9 percent) of respondents to a September 2008 survey of software engineers conducted by the Computer Society said that they should be licensed if they practice in areas affecting public health, safety and welfare. In addition, 61.5 percent supported development of a path to software engineering licensure through the NCEES Model Law.

The Computer Society has been laying the foundation for greater professionalism in the software engineering field with "The Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge," or SWEBOK, a 2004 guide that established a baseline for knowledge in the field and is now being updated. Under the new ISO/IEC 24773 standard approved in October 2008, all software certifications must conform to SWEBOK. The Computer Society's two certifications -- the entry-level Certified Software Developer Associate credential and the mid-career Certified Software Developer Professional credential, are the first two certifications that conform to the new ISO/IEC 24773 standard.

NCEES expects the software engineering PE exam to take between 24 and 30 months to develop. The Computer Society, NCEES, the National Society of Professional Engineers, IEEE-USA and the Texas Board of Professional Engineers will share the cost of developing and maintaining the exam, and will provide subject matter experts to help develop it.

IEEE/IEEE-USA Seek Nominations for 2010 "New Faces of Engineering" Recognition Program - It's time to nominate a younger engineer to be IEEE/IEEE-USA's 2010 "New Face of Engineering." The Engineers Week (EWeek) "New Faces of Engineering" program recognizes engineers new to the profession with outstanding educational and career accomplishments. The program is open to IEEE members worldwide.

"New Faces" is designed to promote the importance of technical education, celebrate engineering careers and recognize significant contributions to the engineering profession and society. Each year, the EWeek Web site features the photos and biographies of five notable young engineers from each EWeek sponsoring society. Each society's top nominee is recognized during EWeek in a full-page ad in USA Today. EWeek 2010 is 14-20 February.

To be eligible for recognition, engineers must be 30 or younger as of 31 December 2009, have a degree in engineering from a recognized U.S. college or university or equivalent international educational institution. Degrees in engineering technology, science, computer science and similar disciplines do not qualify; a degree in computer engineering is acceptable. Nominees must be a member of a sponsoring EWeek partner.

Judges will evaluate nominees based on their educational attainment, engineering achievements and participation and accomplishments in professional and technical society activities. Particular consideration is given to work (e.g. volunteering, publishing, conference presentations) in IEEE technical societies. IEEE nominations can be submitted through IEEE regional directors, section and GOLD chairs, or independently, and should be directed to Helen Hall at h.hall@ieee.org. Self-nominations are not permitted. The deadline for all IEEE nominations is 13 October 2009.

The "New Faces of Engineering" program was the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers' legacy project for EWeek 2003. The program is now in its eighth year. Among the IEEE/IEEE-USA's "New Faces" were Deborah Zwitter, IBM Corporation (2003); Dr. Mark Hersam, Northwestern University (2005); and Dr. Carlos Cordeiro, Philips Research North America (2007).

Sponsored by more than 100 engineering, science and education societies, as well as major corporations dedicated to increasing public awareness and appreciation of engineering, EWeek is celebrated annually by thousands of engineers, engineering students, teachers and leaders in government and business. The IEEE served as lead society during EWeek 1993 and 2004.

Got an Idea For an IEEE-USA E-Book? - If you've got an idea for an e-book that will educate your fellow IEEE members on a particular topic of expertise, e-mail your e-book queries and ideas to IEEE-USA Publishing Manager Georgia Stelluto.

The latest e-Book, The Best of Today's Engineer on Career Survival, is a compilation of articles designed to assist engineers who need help searching for a new job, getting in the front door, maintaining their competitiveness and managing their finances while they search. The e-book contains such titles as:

-- What Are Engineering Employers Looking For?
-- Converting Gatekeepers to Greeters
-- Picking a Good Boss
-- Building Your Network Purposefully -- Before You Need a Job
-- Seeking a New Job? Think Like an Employer
-- Cold Calling Your Way to a New Job
-- Transitioning Jobs, Managing Your Finances
-- Five Steps to a New Job
-- Jump Start Your Job Search
-- Globalization and Your Career: Building Career Resilience
-- Successful Career Makeover for Engineers in the 21st Century
-- Sine Qua Non: Networking
-- Finding Employment in an Economic Downturn
-- Six Ways to Maximize Job Search Success

You can purchase your copy of "The Best of Today's Engineer on Career Survival" at www.ieeeusa.org/communications/ebooks for the IEEE member price: $4.95. Nonmember price is $19.95. IEEE members can purchase other IEEE-USA E-Books at deeply discounted member prices -- and download some free e-books at www.ieeeusa.org/communications/ebooks.

IEEE-USA Stimulus Webpage -The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) (Public Law 111-8) appropriates significant federal funding for technology-related programs in areas identified by IEEE-USA as being of high priority for strengthening the nation's innovation infrastructure and ensuring its long-term economic competitiveness. To stimulate the economy, funds are being distributed as quickly as possible, using existing federal programs as funding outlets where possible. This webpage provides information and links on these funding opportunities as a resource for IEEE members and their companies. Additional information is available on-line at Recovery.Gov. Members should also look to funds distributed through their respective state governments.

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