IEEE-USA Government Fellowships Emily Sopensky 25 February 2012 Linthicum, MD

Objectives Provide: First-hand experience with U.S. legislative and foreign policymaking and impacts of science and engineering Much needed technical advice to U.S. Congress and State Department Encourage IEEE-USA membership interest and participation in public policymaking 14-Nov-18

Applications Application forms: State [http://www.ieeeusa.org/policy/govfel/default.asp]; Congressional [http://www.ieeeusa.org/policy/govfel/default.asp] Deadline for submissions (2013): Friday, 16 March 2012 5pm EST If selected for interviews: April 30 - May 1 Judged on: Technical competence Ability to serve in a public environment Basic comprehension and understanding of the public policy process Evidence of service to IEEE and the engineering profession. 14-Nov-18

2011 – 2012 Fellows 2012 Congressional Fellow Leslie Martinich 2012 State Dept Fellows Richard Bernardi and Patrick Meyer 2011-2012 State Dept Fellows Becky Taylor and Umesh Thakkar 14-Nov-18

Potomac Fever Alumni: Congressional Fellows (since 1973) and State Dept. Fellows (since 2003) http://ieeeusa.org/policy/govfel/alumni.asp “What Does it Take to be an IEEE-USA Government Fellow?” by Sherry Gillespie, Ph.D. and Tom Tierney, Ph.D., Today’s Engineer, Dec. 11, 2011 http://www.todaysengineer.org/2011/Dec/Government-Fellows.asp Webinar: https://ieeei.adobeconnect.com/_a828405774/p9jimhixmfp/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal 14-Nov-18