October 18, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Innovative early-career engineering faculty Selected to Participate in
NAE's Second Frontiers of Engineering education Symposium
WASHINGTON – Fifty-three of the nation's most innovative young engineering educators have been selected to take part in the National Academy of Engineering's second Frontiers of Engineering Education (FOEE) symposium. Early-career faculty members who are developing and implementing innovative educational approaches in a variety of engineering disciplines will come together for the 2-1/2-day event, where they can share ideas, learn from research and best practice in education, and leave with a charter to bring about improvement in their home institution. The attendees were nominated by fellow engineers or deans and chosen from a highly competitive pool of applicants.
"The Frontiers of Engineering Education program creates a unique venue for engineering faculty members to share and explore interesting and effective innovations in teaching and learning,” said NAE President Charles M. Vest. “We intend for FOEE to become a major force in identifying, recognizing, and promulgating advances and innovations in order to build a strong intellectual infrastructure and commitment to 21st-century engineering education.”
This year's program will focus on ways to ensure that students learn the engineering fundamentals, the expanding knowledge base of new technology, and the skills necessary to be an effective engineer or engineering researcher. “In our increasingly global and competitive world, the United States needs to marshal its resources to address the strategic shortfall of engineering leaders in the next decades,” said Edward F. Crawley, Ford Professor of Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the chair of the FOEE planning committee. “By holding this event, we have recognized some of the finest young engineering educators in the nation, and will better equip them to transform the educational process at their universities.”
The symposium will be held Dec. 13-16 in Irvine, Calif.
The following engineering faculty members were selected as attendees:
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Robin Adams |
Purdue University |
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Theodore Allen |
Ohio State University |
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Brian Anderson |
West Virginia University |
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Burcin Becerik-Gerber |
University of Southern California |
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Brian Bingham |
University of Hawaii |
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Paul Blowers |
University of Arizona |
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Victor Breedveld |
Georgia Institute of Technology |
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Sean Brophy |
Purdue University |
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Shane Brown |
Washington State University |
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Lisa Bullard |
North Carolina State University |
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David Cappelleri |
Stevens Institute of Technology |
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Solomon Diamond |
Dartmouth College |
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Mario Eden |
Auburn University |
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Mark Embree |
Rice University |
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Deniz Erdogmus |
Northeastern University |
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Michael Falk |
Johns Hopkins University |
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Vinay Gupta |
University of South Florida |
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William Hale |
University of Arkansas |
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Robert Hampshire |
Carnegie Mellon University |
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Jamie Hestekin |
University of Arkansas |
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Anette Hosoi |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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Bryan Huey |
University of Connecticut |
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Ben-Tzion Karsh |
University of Wisconsin |
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Michael Kessler |
Iowa State University |
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Diana Lados |
Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
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Michel Maharbiz |
University of California, Berkeley |
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Ellis Meng |
University of Southern California |
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Melissa Micou |
University of California, San Diego |
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Thomas Murphy |
University of Maryland |
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Scott Olson |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
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Matthew Parkinson |
Pennsylvania State University |
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Rorik Peterson |
University of Alaska Fairbanks |
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Stella Quinones |
University of Texas at El Paso |
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Daniel Ratner |
University of Washington |
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Florence Sanchez |
Vanderbilt University |
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Veronica Santos |
Arizona State University |
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Michael Scarpulla |
University of Utah |
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Chris Schaffer |
Cornell University |
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Michael Scott |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
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Jeffrey Siegel |
University of Texas at Austin |
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Kathleen Sienko |
University of Michigan |
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Robert Siston |
Ohio State University |
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Paul Sivilotti |
Ohio State University |
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Christopher Swan |
Tufts University |
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Johnna Temenoff |
Georgia Institute of Technology |
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Raymond Tu |
City College of New York |
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Kathleen Wage |
George Mason University |
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Keisha Walters |
Mississippi State University |
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Karen Willcox |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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Tao Xing |
Tuskegee University |
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Mark Yeary |
University of Oklahoma |
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Muhammad Zaman |
Boston University |
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Katherine Ziemer |
Northeastern University |
The planning committee members of the 2010 symposium are:
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Edward Crawley (Chair) |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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Diran Apelian |
Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
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Theresa Maldonado |
Texas A&M University |
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Sheri Sheppard |
Stanford University |
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Larry Shuman |
University of Pittsburgh |
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Karl Smith |
University of Minnesota/ Purdue University |
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Jacquelyn Sullivan |
University of Colorado at Boulder |
The 2010 Frontiers of Engineering Education symposium is sponsored by the O’Donnell Foundation.
The National Academy of Engineering is an independent, nonprofit institution that serves as an adviser to government and the public on issues in engineering and technology. Its members consist of the nation's premier engineers, who are elected by their peers for their distinguished achievements. Established in 1964, NAE operates under the congressional charter granted to the National Academy of Sciences in 1863.
Contacts: Randy Atkins, Senior Media/Public Relations Officer
202-334-1508; atkins@nae.edu
Beth Cady, Associate Program Officer
202-334-2064; ecady@nae.edu
National Academy of Engineering
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