Jennifer Fowler Receives IEEE-USA Honor

Jennifer Fowler, director of AEDC’s Arkansas National Science Foundation EPSCoR, was honored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE-USA) for her contribution to the engineering and technologist community.

Fowler received the award for “Distinguished Public Service” for promoting innovation, technology, and workforce development in Arkansas. The distinguished public service award honors an individual not currently in engineering who helps to influence laws or regulations, industrial environments to foster professionalism curricula, or publications designed to enhance professionalism in engineering.

“I am honored to receive this award, particularly to recognize something that largely goes unrecognized and unrewarded - public service,” Fowler said. “This recognition reinforces my passion and support for what all of us are doing as we endeavor to create opportunities and economic growth for Arkansans.”

Created in 1973 to support the career and public policy interests of IEEE’s U.S. members, IEEE-USA serves as a resource for enhancing the professional growth and career advancement of its members. Through its government relations programs, IEEE-USA works with all three branches of the federal government to help shape the workforce and technology policy to the benefit of members, the profession and the American public. To see the other recipients, click here.

The U.S. National Science Foundation's EPSCoR program pursues a mission to enhance the research competitiveness of targeted jurisdictions (state, territory or commonwealth) by strengthening science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) capacity and capability through a diverse portfolio of investments from talent development to local infrastructure.