IEEE-USA Award for Distinguished Contributions Furthering Public Understanding of the Profession

Created by the IEEE-USA, the IEEE-USA Award for Distinguished Contributions Furthering Public Understanding of the Profession '"recognize[s] outstanding journalistic or other efforts that lead to a better public understanding of the contributions of engineering professionals to the enhancement and expansion of the social, economic, and cultural aspects of life."[1] The award is presented annually by IEEE-USA.

Previous winners

2000

Jon Katz (Montclair, N.J., Wired, Rolling Stone and Slashdot.org): For his book, Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet out of Idaho.

2001

Stuart Brown: for his articles Big Jobs are going to Micromachines, and Good-Bye Test Tubes, Hello, Labs-on-a-Chip.

David Kestenbaum: for his National Public Radio features, including The Birth of Digital.

2002

Ben W. Stearns: for his book, Arthur Collins: Radio Wizard.

2003

William S. Hammack: for creating public understanding of engineering, science and technology through his weekly public radio series, Engineering and Life.

Ben Shneiderman: “for his book, Leonardo’s Laptop: Human Needs and the New Computing Technologies.” [2]

2004

William J. Mitchell: for increasing public understanding of information technology in everyday life through his book, Me++: The Cyborg Self and the Networked City

Terri Spitz, Steven Cooper and Scott Schroeder:for increasing public understanding of the impacts on engineering employment due to the H-1B and L-1 visa programs through their TV news series, Stolen Jobs.

2005

C. Stewart Gillmor: for his biography, Fred Terman at Stanford, illustrating the importance of electrical and electronics engineering, and the contributions the engineer.[3]

2006

WESH-TV Channel 2 News team consisting of Dan Billow, Travis J. Sherwin, Tom Schaad and Claire Metz: for accurate reporting in the Return to Flight series, which improved community awareness and understanding of the contributions of engineers in the space program.

Paula S. Apsell: For long-term efforts in promoting the understanding of science and engineering through NOVA programs.

References
  1. IEEE-USA Award for Distinguished Literary Contributions Furthering the Public Understanding of the Profession
  2. ""Book Review: Leonardo's Laptop" Today's Engineer October 2004 http://www.todaysengineer.org/2004/Oct/review.asp
  3. March 7, 2006 "Biography of Legendary Professor Wins IEEE-USA Award" The Institute http://www.theinstitute.ieee.org/portal/site/tionline/menuitem.130a3558587d56e8fb2275875bac26c8/index.jsp?&pName=institute_level1_article&TheCat=1008&article=tionline/legacy/inst2006/mar06/3w.history.xml&;jsessionid=GLlRTspvLYPNW0LhfhpmSkKMWvlBQzqRD1Dqm28gHQrjYyQQWF5T!-374503897
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