December 2007 — Became quite involved in IEEE Region 1 activities. I'm the IEEE-Berkshire Section Chair, and the Chair of the Region 1 Pre-College Activity Committee. October 2006 — Increased leadership role in the IEEE Education Society. Finished term on Executive Committee in IEEE-Boston, no longer involved. October 2003 — Assumed leadership roles in the IEEE Education Society and in the Boston IEEE Section. August 2003 — Awarded a 5-year National Science Foundation grant for $1.2M as Co-Principal Investigator to integrate and automated affective state detector into an Intelligent Tutoring Suystem. August 2000 — Awarded a 3-year National Science Foundation grant for $918K as Co-Principal Investigator to build a Learning Companion at the MIT Media Lab. May 1999 — Appointed as a Visiting Scientist at MIT