WASHINGTON (01 March 2007) — Dr. Carlos Cordeiro, a senior researcher and project leader with Philips Research North America in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., is the IEEE/IEEE-USA's 2007 "New Face of Engineering." He is one of 15 young engineers recognized for this international honor.

The Engineers Week (EWeek) New Faces of Engineering program highlights the vitality, diversity and rich contributions of engineers under 30. Each engineering society's top choice must hold an engineering degree, be employed as an engineer from two to five years, and have worked with projects that significantly affect public welfare or further professional development and growth.

Among other achievements, Cordeiro has pioneered the design of wireless radio technologies that can quickly restore crucial communications to areas devastated by disasters, and serve areas that lack a suitable wired infrastructure. He made key contributions to the IEEE 802.22 working group on Wireless Regional Area Networks by developing new wireless radio technologies, based on Cognitive Radio, that allows wireless broadband services to be delivered over a range of up to 20 miles to remote and hard-to-reach locations. He has also designed techniques that allow wireless radio technologies to operate in TV broadcast bands without harmfully interfering with existing incumbents such as TV signals.

Cordeiro received his bachelor's (1998) and master's (2000) degrees in computer science from Federal University of Pernambuco in his native Brazil. He earned his doctorate in computer engineering and computer science from the University of Cincinnati in 2003. He is fluent in English, Portuguese and Spanish.

Cordeiro's picture and bio appeared with the other "New Faces of Engineering" in a full-page ad in USA Today on 20 February. See www.eweek.org/2002/Engineers/newfaces2007/engineersweek.pdf.

Cordeiro was selected by an ad hoc committee of IEEE members including Vern Johnson of Tucson, Ariz.; Terry Malkinson of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Gregg Vaughn of Birmingham, Ala.; and Abby Vogel of Kensington, Md. The committee's other top choices were Walter Guiot (Tucson, Ariz.); Dr. Dean Ho (Evanston, Ill.); Anne Lee (El Segundo, Calif.); and Dr. Tomas Palacios (Cambridge, Mass.). Their bios are available at www.eweek.org/site/Engineers/newfaces2007/IEEE.shtml.

For more on all the 2007 "New Faces" honorees, go to www.eweek.org/site/Engineers/newfaces2007.

The New Faces of Engineering recognition program is part of EWeek, a formal coalition of more than 75 engineering, professional, and technical societies and more than 50 corporations and government agencies, including the IEEE. Founded by NSPE in 1951, EWeek is dedicated to ensuring a diverse and well-educated future engineering workforce by increasing understanding of, and interest in, engineering and technology careers among young students, and by promoting precollege literacy in math and science. EWeek also raises public understanding and appreciation of engineers' contributions to society.

The Society of Manufacturing Engineers and Tyco Electronics Corp. co-chaired EWeek 2007 (18-24 February). See www.eweek.org.

IEEE-USA advances the public good and promotes the careers and public policy interests of more than 220,000 engineers, scientists and allied professionals who are U.S. members of the IEEE. IEEE-USA is part of the IEEE, the world's largest technical professional society with 360,000 members in 150 countries. For more information, go to www.ieeeusa.org.

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