MTTS Education Committee Presentation to ADCOM

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MTT-S Education CommitteePresentation to ADCOM

• January 2004, Fort Worth (TX)
• K.C. Gupta, 2003 Chair Steve Kenney, 2004 Chair

• Chairs Comments
• Microwave Education Fund
• Graduate Fellowship
• Undergraduate/Pre-graduate Scholarships
• RF/Microwave Education Forum
• Tutorials/Short-Courses

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• Committee
• 2003 Chair K.C. Gupta
• 2003, 2004 Vice Chair S. Kawasaki
• 2004 Chair Steve Kenney
• Graduate Fellowships (Aditya Gupta)
• Undergraduate Scholarships (Sanjay Raman)
• IEEE-Microwave Education Fund (Kiyo Tomiyasu,
  Barry Perlman)
• Education Forum (M. Gupta, W. Hoefer, L.
  Dunleavy)
• Short Courses / Tutorials (R. Kaul, T. Itoh, R.
  Sorrentino, Wayne Shiroma)
• Multimedia Products project shelved (M.B.
  Steer, Karl Varian)

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Activities for 2003

• Microwave Education Fund Established.
• The strong Graduate Fellowship program continues.
• Recently enhanced Undergraduate Scholarship
  program implemented successfully.
• First multi-media special issue of MTT
  Transactions published April 2003, sponsored by
  Education Committee. Proposal for an annual
  multimedia-tutorial issue to Publication
  Committee.
• RF and Microwave Education Panel at IMS 2003,
  Education Forum being organized for IMS 2004.
• Short Courses / Tutorials program (3 tutorials at
  IMS 2003) IMS activity. For IMS 2004 Tutorial
  Workshop on Electromagnetic Education, and a
  Tutorial on EM Simulation Applications are
  cosponsored by Education Committee.

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IEEE Microwave Education Fund
Kiyo Tomiyasu K.C. Gupta

• Discussed earlier in January, June October 2003
  ADCOM Meetings

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Motion Approved inJune 2003 Meeting

• Motion 14
• Approve broadening the scope of the Microwave
  Engineering Graduate Scholarship Fund
  (established in 1993) to include other
  educational aids, grants, scholarships,
  fellowships etc.
• Approve renaming the fund to the IEEE Microwave
  Education Fund.
• Approve that donors be recognized in naming of
  awards, if requested.
• Funds are to be solicited from individuals,
  companies, and organizations.
• Result 14 Approved (unanimous) 21- 0

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Proposal to IEEE Foundation

• A proposal drafted for inclusion in the Agenda of
  IEEE Foundation meeting on November 21, 2003.
• Draft discussed in October 2003 ADCOM
• Draft contents
• Background, Purpose, Depository of Funds, Source
  of Funds, Recognition of Donor, Description of
  the educational activities to be supported by the
  IEEE Microwave Education Fund, Publicity of IEEE
  Microwave Education Fund, Documentation,
  Administration.

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Microwave Education Fund

• The funds will be provided only from outside
  donors. In order to simplify the bookkeeping, the
  Foundation will not be involved with the current
  MTT funds in issuing and presenting the existing
  MTT Scholarships Fellowships.
• If any of the awards will be named, such as John
  Doe Microwave Graduate Fellowship, the Foundation
  will probably stipulate some duration such as 5
  to 10 years, and some minimum amount per year.
• If the award is not a named award but the donor
  wishes to be recognized, it could be done as
  follows. Microwave Graduate Fellowship (or
  Scholarship or Grant) sponsored by John Doe
  printed on the certificate and so publicized, and
  this could be for a one-time award, or a second
  award, etc.

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Microwave Education Fund

• IEEE Foundation approved on Nov. 21, 2003
• Announcement in March 2004 Magazine
• Description in June 2004 Magazine

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Proposed Efforts for Fund Development

• July 2004, send letters to LS and LF of MTT-S,
  about 500, budget estimate 200
• Prepare material for MTT-S Website
• Pursue responses, establish contacts
• Draft agreement, open account
• Inform IEEE Foundation, fund dispersal
• Amend Bylaws, Procedures Manual
• Need Volunteers

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Other Efforts for Fund Development (?)

• Mailings to MTT-S memberships
• Contacts and presentations to appropriate
  individuals in RF and microwave industry.
• Individual contacts with MTT Life Fellows and
  Life Senior Members.
• Exploring other resource development avenues. (A
  line item in dues renewal invoice to MTT-S
  members?)

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MTT-S Graduate Fellowship Program 2003 Update

• Aditya Gupta
• a.gupta_at_ieee.org

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Drexel Photonic Fellowship

• Announcement modified to include
• A Drexel Microwave Photonics Fellowship is
  available to applicants working in the area of
  microwaves and optoelectronics. Specifics for
  this award are the same as for other MTT Graduate
  Fellowships.

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Publicity in Asia

• Prof. S. Kawasaki making announcement and
  application procedure more convenient to use by
  students in Asia.
• How to prepare to the good application

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MTT-S Graduate Fellowship Program - Summary

• Number of applicants (for six 6K awards) seems
  to have leveled off near 50 in 2003.
• Direct mailing of flyer to student members of
  MTT-S has been the effective method of
  publicizing this program
• Need to update web announcement to permit
  electronic filing of applications for 2004 awards
• International participation continues

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MTT-S Graduate Fellowship Program - Summary

• Significant decline in the number of applicants
  this year - reason is unclear
• decline in total number (from 48 to 17) and the
  number of countries represented (from 15 to 7)
• Will need to mount a concerted effort to
  advertise the program in 2004 to recover student
  interest
• Need to update web announcement to permit
  electronic filing of applications in future years
  
• Winners of 2004 competition will be announced by
  April 15, 2004
• Awards will be made at the Students Luncheon
  (Microwave Week 2004)

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MTT-S Graduate Fellowship Program - Number of
Applicants by Year
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Number of Applicants by Country (2004)
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MTT-S Undergraduate/Pregraduate Scholarship
Program Fall 2003 Update

• Sanjay Raman
• Chair, Undergraduate Scholarship Program
• MTT-S AdCom Education Subcommittee

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2000-2003 Program Highlights

• MTT-S Undergraduate Scholarships instituted in
  2000 to attract undergraduates towards the fields
  of RF and microwaves, and encourage them to
  pursue graduate studies in these areas
• Applications/Awards
• 2000-2001 6 applications/5 awards
• 2001-2002 8 applications/8 awards
  (3 US/5 International)
• 2002-2003 4 applications/3 awards
• (1 US/2 International)
• 2003-2004 27 applications/11 awards (9 full/2
  half)
• ( 8 US/3
  International)
• Significant increase in applications, largely due
  to expanded eligibility criteria first time
  that full number of scholarships have been
  awarded.

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Program Revisions in 2003

• Objective Increase number of applicants by
  widening pool of eligible students, recognizing
  that MTT-S Graduate Fellowships go almost
  exclusively to senior (i.e. Ph.D.) graduate
  students
• Applicant should be an undergraduate student at
  time of application, but may be a senior
  undergrad, 1st year grad student, or in a
  combined BS/MS program during the 2003-2004
  academic year
• Project work may be conducted in conjunction with
  industry (e.g. during internship/co-op programs)
• Revisions Approved at Fall 2002 MTT-S AdCom
  Meeting and implemented in 2003.

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2004 Scholarship

• Deadline May 1, 2004.
• Announcement on MTT-S website, Microwave
  Magazine.

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Future Issues

• 2003 Scholarship announcement e-mail sent as
  one-time outreach by IEEE Member Services ?
  believe e-mail announcement had significant
  impact in increase awareness of program. However,
  recent development of MTT-S e-Newsletter will
  allow function to be performed internally by
  MTT-S
• Try to increase awareness of scholarship program
  in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
• Increase award level to 2000 (from 1200)?

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RF/Microwave Education Forum

• Annual Gathering of Microwave Educators at IMS
• Held at 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002 IMS
• Noon-time Panel Session with a Theme
• Purposes
• Encouraging Networking among Educators
• Serving as a Venue for Discussions
• Bringing Attention to Issues of Current Interest

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RF/Microwave Education Forum

• Madhu Gupta Coordinator
• 2004 Theme Convergence of Analog IC and
  Microwave Design?

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MTT-S Tutorials/Short-Courses

• Volunteer help needed to bring short-courses/tutor
  ials to chapter locations
• Help needed from Chapter Chairs / TC Chairs
• Communication to Chapter Chairs / TC-Chairs
• Desirable topics for short courses
• Likely speakers for these short courses
• Dallas Chapter first likely site (Karl to help)

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IEEE Education Activity Boardactivities

• Education Committee Chair provides informal
  liaison with EAB and EAB committees
• Participated in EAB meetings in Nov 2003 at
  Seattle
• Educational Products Initiative
• T.M. Jahns, Chair Initiative Task Force
• Educational IP from Societies to IEEE Members via
  Xplore
• Development of Demo(s) and Business model
• Worthwhile to keep track of this project for
  MTT-S Tutorials

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IEEE Education Activity Boardactivities

• EAB Society Outreach Committee
• Tom Jahns, Chair
• MTT representation ?

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Education Committeeneeds more volunteers

• Education Forum Sub-Committee
• Tutorials Sub-Committee
• Short courses at Chapters locations
• Microwave Education Fund Sub-Committee

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Thank you.