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STEM workforce researcher honored by IEEE-USA for furthering engineering professionalism

Grant and Award Announcement

IEEE-USA

WASHINGTON (1 April 2009) -- Richard A. Ellis of Carlisle, Pa., was recently honored by IEEE-USA with an Award for Distinguished Literary Contributions Furthering Engineering Professionalism.

Ellis, a consulting sociologist who owns Ellis Research Services, has for more than 25 years made "substantial and sustained contributions that have significantly improved the understanding of science and engineering labor markets by professionals and public policymakers."

Ellis specializes in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) statistical research and analysis. His areas of expertise include STEM employment, enrollments and degrees, compensation and workforce trends.

"Dick's work has been essential in assessing the job market for engineers in the United States," former IEEE-USA President Paul Kostek said. "Over the past 25-plus years he has spent more time and energy than anyone trying to understand the engineering job market. He has provided the data and unbiased analysis of the marketplace."

Ellis, who served as director of research for the American Association of Engineering Societies' Engineering Workforce Commission from 1985-1996, has also conducted research for IEEE-USA, the American Chemical Society (ACS), the Society of Women Engineers, the United Engineering Foundation and the Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology (CPST).

Ellis served CPST as designer and principal analyst for the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation-funded IT and STEM Workforce Data Projects. The STEM project, which includes nine reports, white papers and links to detailed statistical tabulations, resulted in demographic information on more than 50 STEM occupations. He was lead author on six of the reports between June 2004 and October 2007, including the most recent, "Is U.S. Science and Technology Adrift?"

For more on the projects see http://206.67.48.105/STEM_Report.cfm and http://www.cpst.org/ITWF_Highlight.htm.

Ellis developed the original versions of IEEE-USA's online Salary Calculator and ACS' Salary Comparator, pioneering the use of regression modeling to provide multi-variable compensation benchmarking for individual technical professionals. His most recent assignment for IEEE-USA was to produce graphic displays of 21st century workforce trends. He serves as a resource member of the IEEE-USA Career & Workforce Policy Committee.

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IEEE-USA's awards program is administered under its Awards and Recognition Committee and approved by the IEEE-USA Board of Directors. The nomination deadline for 2009 awards is 31 July 2009. For additional information, go to www.ieeeusa.org/volunteers/committees/awards or contact Sandra Kim at sandra.kim@ieee.org.

IEEE-USA advances the public good and promotes the careers and public policy interests of more than 210,000 engineers, scientists and allied professionals who are U.S. members of IEEE. IEEE-USA is part of IEEE, the world's largest technical professional society with 375,000 members in 160 countries. See http://www.ieeeusa.org.


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