IEEE EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES

Program/Activity Summary

Litsa TzanakouIEEE VP, Educational Activities

11 November 2008

Educational Outreach ProgramsSummary

Teacher In-Service Program– In 2008, 4 Training Workshop conducted with over 300 participants, – 83+ In-Service Presentations to 1848 teachers representing over 200,000

students

ETC Portals– TryEngineering.org – Portuguese Version, 11 New Lesson Plans– TryNano.org – New portal in development

Engineering Societies & Educator Associations Collaboration – UEF grant– Outreach to 1450 teachers/school counselors at educator conferences– School Counselor Tutorials developed

IEEE Presidents’ Scholarship – Lead Judge identified – Intel ISEF 2009- Reno, NV– Intel ISEF 2010 – San Jose, CA

NAE Engineering Equity Extension Service (EEES)– 3 Train-The-Trainer Modules in development

University ProgramsUS Accreditation– Online PEV Training– ABET Training Committee and Web Team Beta Testing– IEEE – SME Assessment Tool

Global Accreditation– The Caribbean Accreditation Council for Engineering and Technology

(CACET) was formed and joint declaration signed establishing council as part of Caribbean Community (CARICOM)

– EAB and China

Other University Activities– Academic Members needs survey currently in beta test– Real World Engineering Project (RWEP) in final round for 2008,

website fully populated and promotional activities are underway– Anotehr Technical English Program scheduled for December 2008- St.

Petersburg, Russia. We had one in May 2008.– Biometric Summer Series scheduled for May/June 2009 University of

Toronto

IEEE Certification Program Status SummaryCurrent programs – CSDP (live, program launched 2002)– CSDA (program was live as of May ‘08 in N.A. and Sept ‘08 outside

N.A.)– WCET (program was live as of Sept ‘08 )

Programs in development – Biometrics (finalizing BOK and recruiting committee members, exam

specifications meeting scheduled for Dec ‘08)

Programs under considerations– IC Chip Design (market assessment conducted and results are under

review by CEDA)– Service Innovation (planning industry roundtable to explore

interest/demand)

Possible Future Programs– Systems Engineering (initial discussion with Systems Council

officers will take place during Nov meeting series) – Reliability Engineer (ASQ seeking partnership for existing program;

not likely because of limited program potential)– Power Engineering (no activity to date)

Standards Education ProgramDeveloping standards-related on-line Tutorials and Case Studies primarily aimed at university students and educators– SEC Accepted Proposals for 5 new tutorials and 4 new case studies

IEEE 802 Tutorial IEEE Std 802.16 (WiMax) Tutorial Intellectual Property Tutorial and Case Study Metric Units: Two tutorials and three case studies

Offering mini-grants to students and faculty mentors for graduate and capstone design projects with an industry standards component. Results are published as Student Application Papers– SEC Approved 4 new proposals for projects and student application papers:

Wireless Wearable Motion Sensors for Use in Medical Care Wireless Body Area Networks for Healthcare Optimal Configuration for IEEE Std 802.15.4 Hardware Firewall for Computer Networks

SEC approved new IEEE Policy Paper The Role of Technical Standards in the Curriculum of Academic

Programs in Engineering, Technology and Computing

Conducted market research in order to establish long-term plans for future standards education workshops or conferencesLooking for opportunities and subject matter experts to develop new standards-related courses for the Expert Now library

Web Conferences (Webinars)

Intended to serve as a introduction to a topic

Presented by experts in the field

Pilot presented 17 October 2008– “Introduction to Biometrics” by Arun Ross,

West Virginia Univ.

Future events to be promoted for live participation

– Also recorded and posted for future viewing

IEEE Expert Now Summary75 modules currently available

90+ modules to be available by yearend

Exploring new production partners and new learning management system opportunities

Updated acquisitions strategy focuses on topic selection based on market research and customer feedback, advanced materials, bundling of modules, and opportunities for new partnerships with content providers

2009 Society budget allocations total $400K

We need a significant two-year investment in expanding number of Expert Now modules separate from Society sponsorship

Section-Chapter Pilot Program going well with 18 events in 2008 & another 8 planned for coming months

Thank you