Lewis F. Brown completed the BS degree in electrical engineering from South Dakota State University in 1984, the MS degree in electrical engineering from Iowa State University in 1986, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering and biomedical engineering from Iowa State University in 1988. He was employed by Pennwalt Corporation (Valley Forge, PA) from 1988 to 1992 as a senior research scientist, responsible for the research and development of sensor products based on piezoelectric polymers. While at Pennwalt (later Amp Sensors) he developed numerous sensor products for underwater acoustic applications and high frequency industrial and medical ultrasound applications. In 1992 he joined the Department of Electrical Engineering at South Dakota State University and served as Head of the department during 1993-2001. During this time he was also engaged in research in electronic materials and sensor devices based on piezoelectric polymers and electrostrictive ceramics. He has been Dean of the College of Engineering at SDSU since 2001.

Dr. Brown has been an officer and member of the executive committee of the IEEE Siouxland Section (Region 4). He has also served as Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control (UFFC), a member of the IEEE UFFC Technical Program Committee for the Ultrasonics Symposium (serving as Vice-Chair of two technical groups for five years), and as an elected member of the IEEE UFFC Administrative Committee.

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THE "SECRETS" OF SUCCESS FOR AN ENGINEER

Employers are looking for more than just good grades and enthusiasm when they hire new engineers. They want new employees who will be successful. How do graduating students know if they have what it takes? How do they know what employers are looking for? In this presentation the speaker outlines ten tips guaranteed to help bring success to the new engineer entering the work place. These tips, based on the speaker's extensive experience as an engineering manager and administrator, are: (1) keep learning, (2) be an active member in the IEEE, (3) maintain high moral/ethical standards, (4) be proud of your alma mater and company, (5) scrutinize "facts", (6) use your imagination for work, (7) be a "heads-up" engineer, (8) set clear objectives, (9) love and enjoy your job or get a new one, and (10) be a well rounded "whole" person.

The speaker shares many personal anecdotes with these tips while offering sound proven advice on what seems to make professional engineers successful and why employers seek new engineers who practice these tips.

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