Abstract :
In conjunction with Engineers Week 2011, held from February 20–26, IEEE-USA presented $2,500 in scholarship awards to Zachary Phillips, an undergraduate electrical engineering student at LeTourneau University in Longview, Texas. He received the awards for his first-place entry in the fourth IEEE-USA “How Engineers Make a World of Difference” online video competition. According to Nita Patel, IEEE-USA Vice President of Communications and Public Awareness, Phillips´ entry was deemed most effective in reinforcing how engineers and technology professionals improve the quality of life for an 11-to-13-year-old audience. He received both the first-place award ($2,000) and a special award ($500) for an in-person presentation of his video to more than two dozen 11-to-13-year-olds at church.
