EE Times Announces Recipients of the Educator of the Year and Student of the Year ACE Awards
27 Março 2006 - 12:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
First-ever Recipients of the Educator of the Year and Student of
the Year Will be Honored at the EE Times ACE Awards Gala SAN
FRANCISCO, March 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CMP Media's
Electronics Group today announced that Geoffrey C. Orsak, dean of
the Southern Methodist University School of Engineering and
executive director of the Institute for Engineering Education at
SMU, is the recipient of the EE Times ACE Award for Educator of the
Year and Adam Sidman, senior at Palmer High School in Colorado
Springs, Colo., is the recipient of the EE Times ACE Award for
Student of the Year. The first-ever categories of the EE Times ACE
Awards will be presented at the EE Times ACE Awards Gala on April
4, 2006, as part of the Embedded Systems Conference Silicon Valley.
The EE Times ACE Awards honors those who are leading the way and
making positive contributions -- the real innovators of technology.
The Educator the Year award recognizes an individual who brings
leadership, creativity and inspiration to students in an
engineering or science curriculum in college or secondary schools.
The Student of the Year award recognizes a student whose
discipline, hard work and academic success are considered hallmarks
for other engineering or science students. Geoffrey C. Orsak, dean
of the Southern Methodist University School of Engineering and
executive director of the Institute for Engineering Education at
SMU has served as a member of a number of distinguished national
and state boards focused on improving engineering education
including the IEEE Education Activities Board and the executive
committee of the Texas Engineering and Technical Consortium. Orsak
founded the Institute for Engineering Education, one of the first
nationally funded entities to support the advancement of
engineering education from kindergarten through graduate school. In
this role, he created a number of award-winning programs, including
The Infinity Project, a national award-winning K-12 and early
college math- and science-based engineering and technology
education initiative that helps school districts incorporate
state-of-the-art engineering and advanced technology in the high
school classroom. "There is simply no doubt that the future of our
technology-based industries depends directly upon our ability to
develop the most talented and innovative engineers in the world.
Through this distinguished award, EE Times is recognizing the
crucial importance of high-quality engineering and science
education to our industry," said Orsak. "On behalf of the thousands
of educators across this country working hard every day, I am truly
humbled and honored to receive this very special recognition."
"Geoffrey C. Orsak is a true pioneer and visionary for the
development of technical education among students across America,"
said Brian Fuller, publisher and editor-in-chief, EE Times. "We are
proud to select him as the first-ever recipient of the EE Times ACE
Award for Educator of the Year. His accomplishments set the
standard for all future winners." Adam Sidman is a film producer,
design engineer and inventor as well as a high school senior.
Outside of school, Sidman designs mixed-signal data- acquisition
systems while also directing, shooting and producing short film and
video subjects for local TV stations. Sidman's latest invention, a
camera stabilizer, has already attracted the attention of film
production companies. To keep from being distracted at school,
Sidman is holding off on a patent and creating a startup company to
move his stabilizer into production. Past engineering projects have
won him awards in the 2003 and 2005 Intel Science and Engineering
Fair, the 2006 Intel Science Talent Search and the 2005 IEEE
President's Award. "Despite his young age, Adam's dedication and
creativity have led to great accomplishments and shows continued
promise in the years to come," said Fuller. "Undoubtedly, he
represents the brightest and best of our future scientists and
engineers." About EE Times ACE Awards and Opportunities The EE
Times ACE Awards were created to recognize the people, companies
and products that show leadership in the electronics industry and
will honor those who are leading the way and making positive
contributions -- the real innovators of technology. Awards will be
presented at a second annual awards gala held on April 4, 2006 at
The Fairmont San Jose during CMP Media's Embedded Systems
Conference Silicon Valley. To purchase tickets and find out more
about the event, visit http://www.eetimes.com/ace EE Times is proud
to announce the sponsors of the ACE Awards Gala. Analog Devices,
Inc., Avnet, Cadence and Wind River have signed on to be gold
sponsors. Atmel, Atomic PR, DMNA, McClenahan Bruer, San Jose
Convention & Visitors Bureau and Xilinx are silver sponsors.
The associate media sponsor is IEEE Spectrum and the event sponsor
is the Embedded Systems Conference Silicon Valley. About CMP
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