IEEE-USA Award for Distinguished Contributions Furthering Public Understanding of the Profession
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, 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." The award is presented annually by IEEE-USA.
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.”
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.
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.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers is a non-profit professional association headquartered in New York City that is dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence...
, 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." The award is presented annually by IEEE-USA.
2000=
Jon Katz
Jon Katz
Jonathan Katz is a U.S. journalist, author, and snowballer. He is known for his contributions to the online magazine HotWired, the technology website Slashdot, the online news magazine Slate.com, and his series of crime novels, books on the geek subculture, and his books on dogs.-Journalism: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
Ben Shneiderman
Ben Shneiderman is an American computer scientist, and professor for Computer Science at the Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory at the University of Maryland, College Park...
: “for his book, Leonardo’s Laptop: Human Needs and the New Computing Technologies.”
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.
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
Paula S. Apsell
Paula Schwartz Apsell Paula Apsell, is the WGBH television executive producer of NOVA and director of the WGBH Science Unit. Born in Lynn, Massachusetts, she grew up in Marblehead, Massachusetts. Her grandfather was a cobbler and an immigrant from Kiev...
: For long-term efforts in promoting the understanding of science and engineering through NOVA programs.