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PRESIDENTS' CHANGE THE WORLD COMPETITION

HKN EMINENT MEMBER RECOGNITION

HKN Eminent Member Recognitions

Student Humanitarian Supreme Prize

Eminent Member recognition is conferred upon those
select few whose technical attainment and contributions
to society through leadership in the fields of electrical and
computer engineering have resulted in significant benefits
to humankind. Since 1950, only 125 individuals have been
selected to receive this honor. In September 2010, IEEE
and HKN merged to form IEEE Eta Kappa Nu. For a full
listing of Eminent Members, visit the website, www.hkn.org

IEEE ETA KAPPA NU

Leah H. Jamieson

PoaS@úde Telemedicine Project Team

Leah Jamieson is the John A. Edwardson Dean of Engineering at
Purdue University, Ransburg Distinguished Professor of Electrical
and Computer Engineering. She served as 2007 President and
CEO of IEEE, 2005 IEEE V.P. for Publication Services and Products,
and 2003 IEEE V.P. for Technical Activities. She is co-founder and
past director of the EPICS - Engineering Projects in Community
Service - Program. She has been recognized with the U.S.
National Academy of Engineering's Gordon Prize for Innovation
in Engineering and Technology Education, the NSF Director's
Award for Distinguished Teaching Scholars, ASEE's Chester F.
Carlson Award for Innovation in Engineering Education, the
Harriet B. Rigas ''Outstanding Woman Engineering Educator''
Award from the IEEE Education Society, the Anita Borg Institute's
Women of Vision Award for Social Impact, and the IEEE Signal
Processing Society's Meritorious Service Award. Leah Jamieson is
a member of the NAE and a Fellow of the IEEE.

PoaS@úde Telemedicine Project

People living in remote areas of the world have limited access to
medical care. Recent advances in broadband communication,
combined with multimedia compression methods, convinced
the PoaS@úde team that telemedicine solutions to this problem
were possible.
The PoaS@úde Telemedicine Project aimed to develop a
real-time eHealth solution and promotion of public prevention
programs for remote areas. The primary focus was on obstetric
ultrasonography for prenatal care. The concepts were applied in
remote districts of Porto Alegre, Southern Brazil, remote cities
of the Amazon region, and in Northern Brazil, where a hospital
is a 12- to 24-hour boat ride away.
The team conceived a collaborative tele-ultrasound system over
a hybrid network, which included a PLC (Power Line) and a
satellite, based on multimedia data, called VideoMed. Using
this, a medical specialist could assist, guide, and interact in real
time with a remote doctor. The signal is coded in MPEG-4 and
transmitted live. The specialist would analyze and communicate
by audio and through a pointer, giving procedural instructions
to the remote doctor showing, for example, a hand in picture-inpicture (PIP) form.

IEEE ETA KAPPA NU

Matt Ettus
Matt Ettus is a founder of Ettus Research, LLC that produces
radio peripheral software which is used in such applications as
mapping the earth, moon and stars; tracking wildlife; teaching
signal processing; and communicating from distances as short
as across a desk to around world. He has extensive experience
in software-based communication systems and system-on-chip
RF architecture. Founded in 2004, the company manufactures
electronic components used in mobile phones, broadcast TV
and radios, and satellite navigation. Since February 2010, it has
operated as a subsidiary of National Instruments Corp. Matt
Ettus is recognized as the world's expert on the development of
software-based radio communications. He is a major contributor
to the GNU Radio project and is the creator of the Universal
Software Radio Peripheral (USRP) standard. He holds an MS in
ECE from Carnegie Mellon and dual BS degrees in EE and CS
from Washington University in St. Louis.

The benefits of PoaS@úde were two-fold: increased prenatal
exams and early diagnosis of problems for pregnancy patients
and increased training and contact with specialists for remote
doctors.

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