IEEE and You

1. IEEE and You Dr. Teófilo J. Ramos, Vice President, IEEE Educational Activities Dr. Douglas Gorham, Managing Director, IEEE Educational Activities Teacher In Service Program Training Workshop Guayaquil, Ecuador 10 November 2009

2. A Few Words about IEEE • IEEE is the largest professional engineering association in the world • 375,000 members in 160 countries • A non-profit organization incorporated in New York • Originally concentrating on power engineering and communications IEEE at present spans technical interests across the spectrum of technology • From nanotechnology to oceanic engineering • In many respects IEEE has become “the steward of Engineering” worldwide

3. IEEE at a Glance • More than 375,000 members in more than 160 countries; 45 percent of whom are from outside the United States • more than 80,000 student members • 329 sections in ten geographic regions worldwide • 1,860 chapters that unite local members with similar technical interests • 1,789 student branches in 80 countries • 483 student branch chapters at colleges and universities • 390 affinity groups -- IEEE Affinity Groups are non-technical sub-units of one or more Sections or a Council. The Affinity Group patent entities are Consultants' Network, Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD), Women in Engineering (WIE) and Life Members (LM)

4. What is IEEE? • A membership organization • A major creator and guardian of technical Intellectual Property • A mechanism to bring people of common technical interests together • both geographically and disciplinarily • A guardian of the future of Engineering • An implementer of technology-related public imperatives

5. What does IEEE do? • Annually publishes 144 transactions, journals and magazines in engineering, technology and computing • Sponsors over 950 conferences each year • Develops technical standards • Approximately 900 standards currently • Gets engineers and technologists from different locations together

6. What does IEEE do? Cont’d • Organizes and supports professional activities among engineering students • Educates the public about Engineering

7. Core Values • Service to humanity: leveraging technology and engineering to benefit human welfare; promoting public awareness and understanding of the engineering profession. • Global focus • Trust and respect • Growth and nurturing of the profession: encouraging education as a fundamental activity of engineers, scientists, and technologists at all levels and at all times; ensuring a pipeline of students to preserve the profession. • Collaboration and community building • Professionalism • Intellectual activity • Peer-reviewed

8. IEEE volunteers • Key to IEEE success • About 40,000 individuals who give at least 4 hours a week to the organization • Local Section Chair • Associate editor of a Journal • Member of the Financial Committee of the Technical Activities Board • Chair of a committee that develops a Standard • Student Branch Chair • The organization is run by volunteers • From the President and CEO to the local Section Chair major decisions are made by volunteers • An attempt to quantify the work done by volunteers estimated $2000m-$3000m

9. The 7 Grades of Membership Notes: 1) A new membership grade, Graduate Student Member, was established in mid-2006. 2) Affiliates are not members of IEEE, but are members of an IEEE Society Membership Data as of 12-31-2008

12. IEEE Membership By Region31 December, 2008 R7 – 16,259 R1 to 6 – 209,857 R10 – 73,662 R1 – 37,050 R2 – 32,137 R3 – 30,557 R4 – 23,204 R5 – 28765 R6 – 58,114 R8 – 67,221 R7 to 10 – 172,543 R9 – 15,401 TOTAL MEMBERSHIP – 382,400

13. 2008 Top Ten Membership Countries* * Based on primary mailing addresses

14. Membership Trends – All Members % of Total Membership

15. Membership Trends – Student Members % of Student Members

16. Retention Rates 1998 to 2008

17. Why Volunteer? • As an IEEE volunteer you can: • HELP make a difference • CONNECT with others of your profession; make new contacts. • NETWORK with peers, technical experts, and others. • CONTRIBUTE your time to your areas of interest in your professional organization • GAIN valuable management and leadership skills • EXPANDyour knowledge and understanding of the IEEE • IMPROVEthe public perception and image of engineers and engineering • HELP to solve a problem

18. Where am I needed at IEEE? How about Educational Activities?

19. Teacher In-Service Program www.ieee.org/go/TISP How to get involved: • Attend a train the trainer workshop like you are doing here to learn: • tips and strategies on how to organize teacher workshops in your area • connect with local schools • develop hands-on activities that teach engineering and engineering design concepts

20. TryEngineering.orgwww.TryEngineering.org • TryEngineering.org lets visitors explore how to: • Prepare for a career in engineering, computing and technology • Find accredited programs in engineering, computing and technology, • Search student opportunities, • Play interactive games, • Find lesson plans • and more. • How to get involved: • Submit an Engineer or student profile in any engineering, computing or technology discipline • Suggest ideas for lesson plans • Submit a student opportunity for summer programs, internships, etc.

21. TryEngineering Progress • Usage Statistics (as of 01 Nov 2009) 2.5 MILLION HITS IN 2007 … 4.5 MILLION HITS IN 2008… 4.0 MILLION HITS so far in 2009 • 50,114 = average # of visitors per month • 104,272 = highest number of total unique visitors (Oct 09) • 280,082 = average # of page hits per month • 10,095 = average number of university searches per month • 14,922 = average lesson plan downloads per month • 38 minutes = average time users spend on site • Visitors come from the US, China, Canada, India, Germany and scores of other countries

22. TryNano.org www.TryNano.org • At TryNano.org you can: • explore nanomaterials • meet nano experts • learn about organizations on the cutting edge • find universities offering coursework in nanotechnology • and download lesson plans. • How to get involved: • Submit a nano expert profile • Suggest ideas for lesson plans • Submit a nanotechnology education program

23. Women in Engineering www.ieee.org/women • IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) is the largest network of volunteers dedicated to promoting women engineers and scientists. • How to get involved: • Contribute a related idea or article to the WIE newsletter or magazine • Participate in the IEEE Student- Teacher and Research Engineer/Scientist (STAR) Program — a mentoring program for students to illustrate a positive image of engineering and science careers.

24. IEEE EAB Pre-University Educator Award www.ieee.org/web/education/preuniversity/awardssch • The IEEE EAB Pre-University Educator Award recognizes current pre-university education classroom teachers who have inspired an appreciation and understanding of mathematics, science and technology and the engineering process in students and have encouraged students to pursue technical careers. • How to get involved: • Nominate a classroom teacher

25. Where to Find EA on the Web For more information about these EA programs From the main page of the IEEE, www.ieee.org, Click on the tab “Education” OR Use URL www.ieee.org/education All EA’s programs can be located on this page.

26. Where else can I help? • Your local Section, Society and Student Branch need your help: • Plan and organize meetings, conferences, etc. • Chair a committee • Evaluate award candidates • Counsel, mentor students • Work with finances • Create a newsletter • Create/maintain a website • Pre-University Outreach • Membership development • University student activities • Competitions

27. What’s next? How to find the right opportunity for you: • Identify what you like to do • Work with your student branch and other branches on current or new activities • Attend a section/society or region meeting • Talk to local IEEE volunteers • Contact IEEE staff about opportunities • Visit the IEEE website

28. Where to find the IEEE on the Web The main page of the IEEE www.ieee.org This is your one stop shop for all IEEE news and programs

29. The Teacher In Service Program (TISP) • A program that trains IEEE volunteers to work with pre-university teachers • Based on approved Lesson Plans • Prepared/reviewed by IEEE volunteers • Tested in classrooms • Designed to highlight engineering design principles

30. Guayaquil, Ecuador, Nov 10-11 2009 • A training session for student branch leaders • Based on the success of the student branch session in Piura, Peru in 2007 • A new TISP model

31. The Teacher In Service Program IEEE Volunteers Teachers • Train volunteers • IEEE Section Members • IEEE Student Members • Teachers and Instructors • …using approved lesson plans (71) on engineering and engineering design • IEEE members will develop and conduct TISP training sessions with Teachers • Teachers will conduct training sessions with Students Students

32. Our Overall TISP Goals • Empower IEEE Section and Student Branch “champions” to develop collaborations with local pre-university education community to promote applied learning • Enhance the level of technological literacy of pre-university educators • Encourage pre-university students to pursue technical careers, including engineering • Increase the general level of technological literacy of pre-university students • Increase the level of understanding of the needs of educators among the engineering community • Identify ways that engineers can assist schools and school systems

33. Teacher In-Service Program Progress • To date, over 126 TISP presentations have been conducted by IEEE volunteers • TISP presentations have reached over 3000 pre-university educators. This reach represents more than 330,000 students each academic year • Presentations have taken place in at least 12 countries • At least seven (7) countries in Region 9!

34. IEEE Volunteers Teachers Students What are we going to do here today and tomorrow?

35. What are we going to do here? • Demonstrate four (4) lesson plans: • “Ship the Chip” • “Sail Away” • “Hand Biometrics” • “Sort it Out” • Discuss trends in pre-university education • Develop action plans to implement TISP • Have Fun!

36. The Teacher In Service Program (TISP) • A program that trains IEEE volunteers to work with pre-university teachers • Based on approved Lesson Plans • Prepared by IEEE volunteers • Tested in classrooms • Aligned with Education Standards • Designed to highlight engineering design principles • The cost for the materials is $50-$100 for a class of 30

37. The Basic Approach – Lesson Plans • IEEE volunteers and consultants develop lesson plans that highlight an engineering design topic • How to build a balanced mobile (rotational equilibrium) • How to design a sail for a ship (aerodynamic design) • The lesson plans are geared toward pre-university teachers and their students and are tested in the classroom • Materials are low cost

38. Volunteer Training • Key questions to be discussed in training: • How to conduct a training sessions for teachers using the TISP lesson plans? • How to approach the school system to engage teachers? • Teachers and officials from the education establishment participate in the training sessions

39. IEEE Volunteers After The Training… Teachers Students • IEEE volunteers work with the local schools and school system to conduct training sessions for teachers • Teachers use the training sessions and the lesson plans to educate their students • IEEE participates in paying for the program • In the first year, EAB pays for the materials and supplies needed for TISP sessions for teachers • In subsequent years, funding is the responsibility of the IEEE Section and Student Branch

40. Gracias por su tiempo y atención