Officer Profile
 Russell
Lefevre, Ph.D.
2008
President
IEEE-USA
Russell Lefevre is a
Life Fellow of the IEEE, with over 30 years of experience as
a radar system engineer. He received his B.S. and M.S. in
Physics from the University of North Dakota, and a Ph.D. in
Electrical Engineering from the University of California,
Santa Barbara.
At Hughes Aircraft
Company, he was the lead engineer for the first Navy
airborne multi-mode radar. At Technology Service
Corporation, his activities included identifying advanced
technologies, performing R&D on promising new
applications, developing business opportunities and
strategies, and organizing proposal activities. He was
largely responsible for receiving over 80 Small Business
Innovations Research awards.
During 2001, Dr. Lefevre was an IEEE-USA Congressional
Fellow serving as Science Advisor to Senator Jay
Rockefeller. He was the Senate Staff person responsible for
organizing the activity leading to the National Science
Foundation Math and Science Partnership program to make a
significant improvement in K-12 education. Dr. Lefevre was
personally responsible for inclusion of the Noyce
Scholarships that provide scholarships for college students
who major in a technical field and commit to teaching two
years for each year of support in a Title 1 K-12 school.
IEEE Activities -
(M'63-M'68-SM'86-LS'01-LF'04)
OFFICES: IEEE-USA President-Elect, 2007; IEEE-USA Vice
President Technology Policy, 2004-2006; IEEE-USA Board of
Directors, 2004-Present.
COMMITTEES/BOARDS: TAB Strategic Planning Committee (SPC)
2003-05; TAB SPC Governance Subcommittee 2004-05; TAB SPC
Membership Subcommittee 2003-05; TAB/PSPB Publications and
Services Committee, 2005-Present; TAB Management Committee
2004; TAB Conferences Committee 2002, 2006; TAB/PSPB
Conference Publications Committee 1998-Present; Chair
2005-Present; IEEE Nanotechnology Working Group 1999-01; TAB
New Technology Directions Committee 2005-Present, Co-Chair
Biometrics Working Group 2005-Present; IEEE-USA Liaison to
TAB 2006; IEEE-USA R&D Policy Committee, Member, 1996-03
Vice Chair 2003; IEEE-USA Committee on Transportation and
Aerospace Policy, Member 2000-2003, Vice Chair, 2003;
IEEE-USA Government Fellows Committee 2003-Present, Chair
2005.
SOCIETIES: Aerospace and Electronic Systems (AESS) Society:
President, 2002-03; AESS Board of Governors, 1996-06; AESS
VP Conferences 1997-99; Executive VP 2000-01; IEEE Press
Liaison-1999-04; Future Strategy Committee 1996-Present;
AESS International Radar Systems Panel 1983-Present; Member
GRS, LEOS, COMSOC and Computer Society.
CONFERENCES: RADAR 90 and 95 Technical Program Chair; RADAR
85, 2000, and 2005 Member Organizing Committee; RadarCon
Technical Committee 1985-04; Aerospace Conference Technical
Committee, 1997, 1999.
REPRESENTATIVE: IEEE-USA Representative to Committee on
National Security Research, 2003-04; IEEE-USA Representative
to Council on Competitiveness, 2004-Present.
AWARDS: IEEE-USA Congressional Fellow 2001, Third Millennium
Medal 2000; IEEE Los Angeles Council Small Business of the
Year Award 1985.
Lefevre (left)
presents an award to Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) during
2006 Science, Engineering & Technology Congressional Visits
Day
You can
contact the IEEE-USA President-Elect by email to
president@ieeeusa.org.
Updated: 06 March 2007
Contact: Chris Brantley,
c.brantley@ieee.org
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