russelllefevre.com

Russell Lefevre is a Life Fellow of the IEEE. 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. He has over 30 years experience as
a radar system engineer.

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 Vice President Technology Policy, 2004-Present; 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.