Calling All Engineers
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to get involved in Chicagoland Engineers Week. This year’s observance may be one of the most influential gatherings in history.
Members of more than 30 engineering societies will gather in the Chicago area to honor the profession and network with other professionals and civic leaders. At the same time, they will be introduced to a new generation to the field of engineering.
2012 Washington Award Recipient honors Martin Cooper for his contributions to the technology of personal wireless communications.
Martin Cooper is a pioneer in the wireless communications industry, an inventor, entrepreneur and executive. He has had been a contributor to the technology of personal wireless communications for over 50 years He conceived the first portable cellular phone in 1973 and is cited in the Guinness Book of World Records for making the first cellular telephone call. Cooper knew then that people needed the freedom that comes from anywhere, anytime telephony in contrast to being tethered to a desk or a car. He has been referred to as the father of portable cellular telephony and is recognized as an innovator in spectrum management.
Cooper was a submarine officer in the U.S. Navy, a division manager and head of R&D for Motorola during a 29 year tenure. As an entrepreneur he has started a number of businesses including co-founding GreatCall, Inc., maker of the Jitterbug phone and service and ArrayComm, the world leader in smart antenna technology.
Cooper was an inaugural member of the WHF Wireless Hall of Fame, Red Herring magazine named him one of the Top 10 Entrepreneurs of 2000, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania Business named him a Transformation Technology Change Leader and he is a recipient of the IEEE Centennial Medal. In 2010, he was inducted into the National Academy of Engineering and was awarded the Prince of Asturias Prize for Science and Technology. In March, 2011 Cooper was nominated for the “Mikhail Gorbachev: The Man Who Changed the World” Award.
Cooper holds a B.S. and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering and an honorary doctorate from the Illinois Institute of Technology on whose board of Trustees he serves. |
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The Chicagoland Engineers Week Committee invites you to celebrate National Engineers Week 2012 in Chicagoland. Join us February 19-25, 2012 as we celebrate the profession's contribution to our quality of life and reach out to our community's next generation of innovators.
Engineers week will be February 19-25, 2012. The Washington Award Banquet will be Friday, February 24th, 2012 at the University Club of Chicago.
Congressman Lipinski Recognizes National Engineers Week - click here to see.
Vision of Chicagoland Engineers Week:
- Stimulate junior and senior high school students to consider careers in engineering, especially through hands-on school projects
- Highlight the contributions of engineers to the well-being of society, especially in Chicagoland.
Engineers work behind the scenes to help improve the quality of life in our communities. Their work isn't always visible, but we count on them for a number of different services. The water we drink is purified by engineering processes. The structure of our houses, the utilities and lighting were enhanced by engineering. Anything our earth's residents use and exist with relies on engineering to make it happen.
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Realizing Our Vision
Last year hundreds of middle to high school aged students participated in a variety of mathematic and science programs and competitions. Fifty of the top achievers get to attend the Chicagoland Engineering Awards Benefit where they will get the opportunity to rub elbows with esteemed engineers such as Martin Cooper, as well and receive awards and the accolades of hundreds of teachers, parents and other students at the gathering.
Many who participate in an Engineers Week program will go on to a career in engineering. And those who don't will have caught a glimpse of the important work engineers do and the career heights they can achieve.
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2011 Chicagoland Engineering Awards Banquet photos.
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