Nominations for 2014 ASEE Board Elections
Presented on the following pages are candidates for offices to be voted on in the 2014 ASEE elections. These candidates were selected by the 2013 ASEE Nominating Committee, chaired by Don P. Giddens. The nominations were received by the executive director as required by the ASEE constitution. The ASEE Nominating Committee believes that the candidates offered here are eminently qualified and deserve the close consideration of the membership.
Members are reminded that additional nominations of eligible candidates may be made by petition of at least 200 individual members. Nominees so proposed must indicate a willingness to serve before their names are placed on the ballot. Such petitions and agreements must be presented to the executive director no later than January 1, 2014.
Write-in votes will be accepted for all offices. In all cases, a simple plurality constitutes election. The official ballot, which will be furnished to each individual member by March 1, must be returned by March 31.
Editor’s note: Due to space limitations and in the interest of fairness to all candidates, the biographies and statements have been edited to fit the allotted space.
Candidates for the Office of President-Elect
Joseph J. Rencis
Dean and Clay N. Hixson Chair for Engineering Leadership,
College of Engineering
Tennessee Technological University
Joseph J. Rencis received his associate and bachelor’s degrees in architectural and building construction engineering technology from Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE), a master’s degree in civil engineering from Northwestern University, and a doctorate in civil engineering from Case Western Reserve University. He joined the mechanical engineering department at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in 1985 as assistant professor. Over time, Rencis rose through the ranks to become a full professor and the director of engineering mechanics at WPI. In 2004, he joined the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, as a professor, department head, and 21st Century Leadership Chair in Mechanical Engineering. Rencis joined Tennessee Technological University in 2011 as dean, Clay N. Hixson Chair for Engineering Leadership, and professor of mechanical engineering. He is an inaugural fellow of the Southeastern Conference Academic Consortium Leadership Development Program. Rencis has also served as chair and vice chair of the Mechanical Engineering Department Heads Committee of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
Throughout his career progression, Rencis has demonstrated a focus on engineering education. Since 1995, he has attended each ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition. Rencis has published 40 papers at ASEE national, zone, and section conferences. His career is documented in 35 journal papers and over 100 conference papers. National Science Foundation (NSF) educational grants include REU, CCLI, TUES, and GK-12. He has also carried out research in boundary elements, finite elements, and multi-scale modeling.
Rencis has been active in ASEE at the national, sectional, and institutional levels. He is currently chair of Professional Interest Council III, a member of the ASEE Board of Directors, and a member of the Deans Council Public Policy Committee. He served as chair of the Awards Policy Committee, a member of the National Outstanding Teaching Award Committee, chair and program chair of the Mechanics Division, chair and program chair of the Mechanical Engineering Division, chair of the Midwest Section, and campus representative. Rencis has served on numerous other ASEE committees. Some major service accomplishments include developing new awards, fundraising for awards and conferences, serving as division web master, and increasing membership. He also has led two ABET program evaluations at different institutions and served as an ABET program evaluator. Rencis is a registered professional engineer in Massachusetts and a fellow of both ASEE and ASME. ASEE awards and recognition include the Mechanics Division James L. Meriam Service Award, New England Section Outstanding Teaching Award, New England Section Outstanding Leader, Midwest Section Outstanding Service Award, and Midwest Section Outstanding Service in Program Sponsorship.
CANDIDATE’S STATEMENT
As an individual who is passionate about advancing engineering and engineering technology education, I am extremely honored by the nomination to serve as ASEE president-elect. My major goal will be to increase student success by promoting the integration of transformative learning experiences into the curriculum.
Today, students naturally bring us diverse talents and abilities to be nurtured and allowed to develop. Throughout my career, I have experienced how transformative learning experiences can effectively broaden and deepen students’ intellectual and world views. I define a transformative learning experience as an opportunity inside or outside the classroom that enriches student learning and personal development. One example is a co-op or internship, where students can make a life-changing transformation, going from an uncertain direction to taking control of their academic and career paths. Other examples of transformative learning experiences include society-technology projects, industrial projects, research experience, study abroad, service-learning, learning community, leadership experience, and independent study.
A stated priority of President Obama’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness is to address America’s engineering shortage by graduating 10,000 more engineers from U.S. colleges and universities each year. Transformative learning experiences have been shown to increase retention and graduation rates. In the case of underrepresented groups, the impact on student success is more pronounced than in the general population. Student success can also be increased through the application of pedagogical practices regarding the way individuals learn inside and outside the classroom. This will enhance and personalize the faculty’s connection to students.
My 29 years as a faculty member, university administrator, and volunteer for professional societies have provided me with opportunities to develop leadership skills to serve in this position. My cumulative experience as a contributing ASEE member has been valuable, rewarding, and enjoyable. With each leadership position, I have worked collaboratively with members and staff to advance the division/section to the next excellence level. I am committed to ASEE’s mission and the pursuit of moving the society forward. It’s my conviction that transformative learning experiences are the future of engineering and engineering technology education and that this can take ASEE to new heights.
I would be honored to serve as the next president-elect; and, on behalf of the membership, I will continue to advocate and promote the value of engineering and engineering technology both nationally and internationally.
Ann Saterbak
Professor in the Practice and Associate Chair for Undergraduate Affairs Bioengineering Department
Rice University
Ann Saterbak is professor in the practice and associate chair for undergraduate affairs in the Bioengineering Department at Rice University, Houston. In her teaching, research, and administrative capacities at Rice, Saterbak is fully devoted to engineering education.
Saterbak joined the bioengineering department shortly after it formed and was responsible for developing its laboratory program. She was recognized for this achievement in 2007 with the ASEE Robert G. Quinn Award for Excellence in Laboratory Instruction. Saterbak introduced problem-based learning in the School of Engineering and more recently launched a successful first-year engineering design course. Saterbak is the lead author of the textbook, Bioengineering Fundamentals.
Saterbak’s outstanding teaching has been recognized with university-wide and departmental teaching awards. In 2011, she was the sole recipient of the university’s most distinguished teaching award. Because of her innovative teaching practices and her sustained mentoring of other engineering faculty, she was selected as one of 16 founding fellows in the Center for Teaching Excellence at Rice. In 2013, Saterbak received the ASEE Biomedical Engineering Division’s Theo C. Pilkington Outstanding Educator Award. For her contribution to education within biomedical engineering, she was elected a fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society.
Involved in ASEE since 2000, Saterbak served on the Board of Directors as PIC II Chair from 2009 to 2011. In that role, she supported active divisions, managed the transition of inactive divisions, and helped form a new constituent committee. She held many roles in the Biomedical Engineering Division, including Program Chair and Chair. She served on the ASEE Membership Policy Committee and the Awards Policy Committee. To date, she has presented 11 papers at national ASEE conferences.
Saterbak has received federal, nonprofit, and institutional grants to support engineering education. Her National Science Foundation grants have supported research and curricular development for biomedical engineering and first-year engineering education. Saterbak also mentored design teams who garnered substantial national accolades and funding for continuation of projects beyond the classroom.
Saterbak graduated summa cum laude in 1990 from Rice University with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering and biochemistry. In 1995, she earned a doctorate in chemical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Following a four-year position as an associate research engineer at Shell, she joined Rice in 1999. Weaving together her industrial background, leadership experience with ASEE, acclaim as a teacher, and experience as a classroom innovator, Ann Saterbak is qualified to lead ASEE as president-elect.
CANDIDATE’S STATEMENT
I am passionate about transforming undergraduate engineering education at U.S. colleges and universities. If selected as president-elect, I will work tirelessly with ASEE members and the teams of dedicated ASEE staff and volunteers to realize significant changes in engineering and engineering technology (E/ET) education.
As an organization, ASEE should increase and broaden its support for members’ efforts to implement educational methods that have a significant impact on student learning and performance. As discussed in publications such as “Innovation with Impact: Creating a Culture for Scholarly and Systematic Innovation in Engineering Education,” ASEE should be leading this transformation by supporting schools, departments, and individual faculty members to remove barriers to innovation, adopt research-driven pedagogies, and engage the broader STEM community. As your president-elect, I would develop three ideas to increase the impact of the organization:
1. Expand professional development in teaching, learning, and best practices for E/ET faculty. In addition to expanding strong existing programs, ASEE should create new delivery platforms for professional development to reach faculty on their campuses or at other professional meetings.
2. Increase ASEE’s partnerships to support changes in the classroom and on campuses. Through dialogue and strategic partnerships with industry, government, and foundations, ASEE and its members can benefit from an infusion of new ideas and resources.
3. Reward more individuals, departments, and institutions for effective educational innovation. This can be accomplished by ASEE initiating greater recognition and monetary prizes for outstanding accomplishments.
As ASEE members, we should all be practicing proven innovations in E/ET education. As individuals, we should be agents of change in our own classrooms, laboratories, and workshops, as well as supporting peers and system-wide changes at our institutions. As president-elect, I would passionately support members on the front line of adopting pedagogies and methods that improve student learning.
Individuals and institutions rely on ASEE to support E/ET education. The organization must deliver high quality programs, publications, and resources that are valued by its members. The annual and section conferences should be rich with classroom teaching ideas and opportunities to network with supportive colleagues. As president-elect, I would focus on enhancing member services and increasing membership.
In conclusion, I am strongly committed to ASEE and its members as we work together to transform E/ET education. If elected, I will use my enthusiasm as a teacher and vision as a leader to engage in this critically important transformation. I appreciate your vote.
CANDIDATES FOR THE OFFICE OF VICE PRESIDENT, MEMBER AFFAIRS
B. Grant Crawford
Associate Professor,
Director of the Mechanical Engineering Program
United States Military Academy
Grant Crawford is an associate professor and a colonel in the United States Army and the director of the Mechanical Engineering Program in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the United States Military Academy. Now in his 13th year on the faculty at West Point, Crawford has taught courses in thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, fixed-wing aerodynamics, helicopter aeronautics, computer-aided design, mechanical engineering design, aerospace systems design, and military science. He also directs the mechanical engineering capstone design course.
Crawford was commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Army upon graduation from the United States Military Academy with a B.S. in mechanical engineering in 1985. Following initial military assignments to Korea and Germany, he earned his M.S. in aerospace engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1994 and taught at West Point as an instructor and assistant professor. From 1998 to 2001 Crawford again served in an operational assignment with the Army until his selection to return to the West Point faculty as a senior faculty member. He earned his Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from the University of Kansas in 2004 and returned to West Point as an assistant professor and director of the Aerodynamics and Thermodynamics Group. Crawford was promoted to associate professor in 2008 and assumed his current position as director of the mechanical engineering program. In this capacity he has taught numerous engineering education seminars both in the United States and in India. He served as a mentor to the engineering department faculty at the National Military Academy of Afghanistan in the summer of 2009.
Crawford has served ASEE in a variety of national-level positions and is currently the immediate past chair and secretary of Zone I. He is also serving as chair of the Fundamentals of Engineering Examination Committee of the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) and as a mechanical engineering program evaluator for the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET Inc. Crawford holds commercial pilot ratings in both fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft and has been a registered professional engineer in the commonwealth of Virginia since 1998. He is a past recipient of ASEE’s Mid-Atlantic Section Teaching Award and the National Outstanding Teaching Award.
CANDIDATE’S STATEMENT
It is an honor to be nominated to serve as your representative for member affairs. This is an exciting time for ASEE with increased national focus on engineering and engineering technology education and STEM initiatives in our country and around the world. The vice president for member affairs will play a critical role in advancing ASEE’s key initiatives, from our focus on student diversity and retention to STEM outreach and international engagement. I would like to be your representative on the team that leads these efforts.
This position requires a broad set of skills and abilities and requires communication with entities across the organization as well as those external to ASEE. ASEE has been my focal professional society. I have served as a campus representative and held numerous service and leadership roles at the section and zone level. In my roles as the Mid-Atlantic Section and Zone I chairs, my focus was on outreach to and communication with our members with the aim of serving their needs and effectively advocating for their priorities.
Working with teams predates my ASEE involvement. My service in the Army has taken me to a variety of places in the United States and around the world, from the Philippine Islands and Korea to Germany, Iraq, and Afghanistan. My service with ASEE and affiliated organizations has taken me across the United States and to India. In all instances, a major aspect of my responsibilities has involved listening to and working with people in a manner that reflects understanding and respect for the diversity of viewpoints and talents that we all possess. Each and every experience has served to hone my ability to team with a diverse range of people in pursuit of a common goal.
As vice president for member affairs, I will continue to build on the solid foundation laid by my predecessors. I will work on strengthening the connections with our membership so that ASEE can best serve your needs. I will work to build our membership base and increase the perceived relevance of ASEE to our external partners in education. I will work closely with our section leaders, PICs, and external partners to increase engineering and engineering technology student enrollments and increase industry, government and NGO engagement in this effort. I appreciate your consideration for this position and, if elected, will do my utmost to fulfill your trust and expectations.
Douglas Tougaw
Richardson Professor of Engineering
Valparaiso University
Doug Tougaw received a bachelor’s degree from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and a master’s degree and Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame. He joined the engineering faculty at Valparaiso University in 1996 and currently holds the Richardson Professorship of Engineering. He received the Valparaiso University Alumni Association Distinguished Teaching Award in 2006, and he was named one of the 150 Most Influential People in Valparaiso University history in 2009. He served as department chair of electrical and computer engineering from 2001 to 2010 before returning to the classroom fulltime. A believer in lifelong learning, Tougaw earned an M.B.A. from Valparaiso University in 2004 and a Master of Higher Education Administration degree from North Park University in 2013.
Tougaw’s research interests focus on nanotechnology and engineering pedagogy, and he has published more than 65 journal articles, conference proceedings, and book chapters split almost evenly between those two areas.
Tougaw has been an active member of ASEE since 2000, beginning with service as the Valparaiso University campus representative. He also served as the Illinois/Indiana Section newsletter editor, Section chair, and Section Annual Conference co-chair three times. He has received the Outstanding Teaching Award, the Outstanding Service Award, and the Outstanding Campus Representative Award from the Illinois/Indiana Section. He also received the Outstanding Paper Award for the Section Conference three times and the Outstanding Zone Paper award at the national conference in 2007.
Tougaw completed a four-year sequence of officer positions in the Ethics Division, including serving as the Division chair during 2010-2011. He has also chaired two national ad hoc ASEE committees related to ethics: the first of these revised the Board of Directors Statement on Engineering Ethics Education, and the second wrote the first-ever ASEE Code of Ethics. Both of those documents were approved unanimously by the entire ASEE Board of Directors.
He served on the Board of Directors as Zone II chair during 2010-2012. During that time, he also participated in the Membership Policy Committee, the Long-Range Planning Committee, and the Nominating Committee. In 2011, Tougaw was appointed as one of three members of the inaugural ASEE Audit Committee. He served as secretary of that committee in 2012-2013 and is currently serving as chair of the committee.
Most recently, he worked with two colleagues from Valparaiso University to create the Section Workshop on Effective Engineering Teaching (SWEET), which was held for the first time in April 2013.
CANDIDATE’S STATEMENT
This is an exciting and challenging time to be a member of our profession. Every year, new technologies are being developed that offer the potential to promote student learning, while rigorous pedagogical research continues to improve our understanding of how students learn. Simultaneously, though, technological developments and societal pressures are also presenting new challenges for our profession. We are not immune to the increasing financial stresses being faced by the field of higher education, nor can we ignore the increasing on-line competition for our students’ minds and energies. We are in the midst of a time of transition, and ASEE is perfectly positioned to help lead that transition.
I have been very actively involved in ASEE throughout my career, assuming many leadership positions of increasing responsibility and service to the organization’s members. I believe that these experiences have helped prepare me well for the position of vice president for member affairs. I have seen how the person in this position can help to strengthen the geographic sections and zones, which are in turn able to provide a higher level of service to our members.
I have also seen that high-quality section conferences are valuable opportunities for our members to share their pedagogical innovations and to learn from similar work being done by others. I will work hard to increase the value of the section conferences, which provide a lower-cost opportunity for all members of our profession to develop a community of practice with others who share their desire to help students. One way to achieve this goal is with a series of pre-conference workshops to promote best practices in engineering and engineering technology education, which will increase attendance at the conference while also providing greater value to those who attend.
As vice president for member affairs, I will work closely with section and zone chairs to develop innovative programs that provide value to our members across the nation. I will work with campus representatives to help them recruit new members and to offer valuable pedagogical activities on their campuses. I will work with K-12 educators to attract more students to the engineering profession, especially women and those from underrepresented minorities. Most important, I will work with all ASEE members to learn how the Society can best serve their needs.
I am honored to be nominated as the vice president for member affairs, and if elected, I promise to work diligently on your behalf.
Candidates for the Office of Chair, Professional Interest Council II
Marjan Eggermont
Associate Dean and Senior Instructor, Mechanical and Manufacturing Department, Schulich School of Engineering
University of Calgary
Marjan Eggermont is the current associate dean (Student Affairs) and a senior instructor and a faculty member in the Mechanical and Manufacturing Department of the Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, Canada. She teaches graphical, written, and oral communication in the first Engineering Design and Communication course taught to all 750 incoming engineering students. She also teaches Technology and Society to third- and fourth-year students and a graduate course entitled Biomimetics for Engineers. Marjan teaches visualization, drawing, design history, biomimicry, and green engineering topics. She is interested in biomimicry as a teaching tool because it allows for a great deal of creativity and “bridging” of subjects: science, engineering, design, art, biology, and chemistry.
Eggermont is a Biomimicry Institute Fellow and is a member of its Biomimicry Educational Advisory Board. With co-editors Tom McKeag (San Francisco) and Norbert Hoeller (Toronto) she co-founded and designs ZQ, an online journal to provide a platform to showcase the nexus of science and design using case studies, news and articles (zqjournal.org).
In addition, she has a background in fine arts and military history and she is currently a Ph.D. candidate in computational media design specializing in biomimetic computation.
As an artist, Eggermont has exhibited her innovative work both nationally and internationally. She was also named in 2003 as one of the 20 most influential artists in Calgary by the Calgary Artwalk Society and was one of 45 international artists featured in Printmaking at the Edge by Richard Noyce (2006). She recently completed a large installation piece for the new EEEL Building (Energy, Environmental, Experiential Learning Building) at the University of Calgary, which is jointly financed by the U of C Alumni Association, the Students Union, and the graduating class of 2010 as the first ever legacy gift to the campus. Eggermont is interested in materials and transformative processes. This has led her to investigate nontraditional materials, including steel, copper, concrete, acrylic, and ceramics.
As an instructor, she was one of the 2004 recipients of the Allan Blizzard Award, a Canadian national teaching award for collaborative projects that improve student learning. In 2005, she was one of the recipients of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Curriculum Innovation Award. She is the outgoing chair of ASEE’s Design in Engineering Education Division.
Jeffrey L. Ray
Dean of the School of Engineering Technology and Management, Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology
Southern Polytechnic State University
Jeffrey L. Ray has been dean of the School of Engineering Technology and Management and professor of mechanical engineering technology at Southern Polytechnic State University (SPSU) in Marietta, Ga., since 2007. Prior to joining SPSU, he was director of the School of Engineering and professor of mechanical engineering for 10 years at Grand Valley State University, where he developed and led multidisciplinary industry-sponsored capstone design courses. Before joining Grand Valley State University, he was an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Youngstown State University. His degrees include both B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering from Tennessee Technological University and a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University. While at Vanderbilt, he worked for the Department of Orthopaedics performing biomedical engineering research. Before beginning engineering school, Ray completed an apprenticeship and was awarded the title of journeyman industrial electrician.
Since joining ASEE in 1994, Ray has been an active member at both national and sectional levels. He currently serves as chair of the Engineering Technology Council and vice president, Institutional Councils, and he has served as a member of the Engineering Technology Council board since 2008. Other divisional and society service includes membership in the Frederick Berger Award committee; National Teaching Award committee, and the ASEE Bylaws and Constitution committee. Additionally, Ray has been a reviewer, moderator, and author in the Engineering Technology Division and other ASEE divisions at both national and sectional levels since joining the society. Honors include two Best Session awards at the Conference on Industry Education Collaboration in 2008 for the Cooperative Engineering Education Division and 2013 for the Engineering Technology Division. He also served as a Year of Dialogue leader for the North Central Section and as the 2009 chair of the Southeastern Section annual conference.
As a faculty member, administrator, and volunteer in ASEE and other professional societies over the past 20 years, Ray has gained much experience developing leadership and other skills applicable to the position of PIC II chair. Being an active member of ASEE at all levels has provided many exciting and rewarding experiences during his engineering and engineering technology education career. Ray has worked collaboratively on issues of multidisciplinary and K-12 education topics with ASEE members and staff personnel to move the Society forward. He is dedicated to working with all PIC II divisions for continued success of the current and future directions of the divisions in achieving their goals.
Candidates for the Office of Chair, Professional Interest Council III
Anna Dollár
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Miami University
Anna Dollár serves as professor of mechanical egineering at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. She received both her master’s and doctoral degrees in mechanical engineering from Krakow University of Technology in Poland. She also held a postdoctoral position at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh and was on the faculty of the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) in Chicago.
Dollár’s research has focused on mechanics of solids and engineering education. She is a recipient of several grants pertaining to engineering education, including an award from the National Science Foundation, and two awards from the Hewlett Foundation. She also has a strong record of publication devoted to engineering education and educational research including three papers in the International Journal of Engineering Education, one paper in the Journal of Engineering Education, one JEE Selects article in Prism, and 20 papers in peer-reviewed conference proceedings. The Mechanics Division of ASEE has recognized the quality of her papers and presentations with three “Best Paper” awards and three “Best Presentation” awards.
Recently, Dollár co-authored an interactive, web-based course in engineering statics, supported by the grants from the Hewlett Foundation and NSF. This open and free resource (part of the Carnegie Mellon Open Learning Initiative) includes over 300 interactive exercises with individualized hints and feedback for students. A Learning Dashboard provides information on students’ learning in readily accessible form to instructors. The course has been used by thousands of learners all over the world.
She is a recipient of many teaching awards, including the ASEE North Central Section Outstanding Teacher Award (2011) and the University Excellence in Teaching Award at IIT (1998).
An active member of ASEE since 1997, Dollár has a strong record of service and activity, serving as chair (2010- 2012), chair-elect and program chair (2008- 2010), and member of the executive committee (2004 – present) of the Mechanics Division. She was an invited speaker at the main plenary session at the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition (2011). She also served as session chair at numerous conferences devoted to engineering education and educational research and as a reviewer for Advances in Engineering Education, the International Journal of Engineering Education, and the Journal of Engineering Education, among other publications. She was an invited speaker and panelist at various forums, including the National Academy of Engineering Frontiers of Engineering Education workshop for engineering faculty (2011).
Sheryl Sorby
Fulbright Scholar, Dublin Institute of Technology, Visiting Professor, Engineering Education and Innovation Center
Ohio State University
Sheryl Sorby is currently a Fulbright Scholar at the Dublin Institute of Technology in Ireland and a visiting professor in the Engineering Education and Innovation Center at Ohio State University. She is a professor emerita of mechanical engineering-engineering mechanics at Michigan Technological University and the PI or coPI on more than $8 million in grant funding, mostly for educational projects. Formerly, she was associate dean for academic programs in the College of Engineering at Michigan Tech. She served at the National Science Foundation as a program director in the Division of Undergraduate Education from January 2007 through August 2009. Prior to her appointment as associate dean, Sorby served as chair of the Engineering Fundamentals Department at Michigan Tech. In this capacity, she was responsible for the development and delivery of the newly adopted First-year Engineering Program. She received a B.S. in civil engineering, an M.S. in engineering mechanics, and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering-engineering mechanics, all from Michigan Tech. Sorby has a well-established research program in spatial visualization and is actively involved in the development of various educational programs. She has published more than 60 papers in journals and conference proceedings and is the author of seven textbooks.
Sorby has been a member of ASEE since 1991 and has served the Society in various capacities. She was chair of the Engineering Design Graphics Division in 2002 and has served as program chair for EDGD for several conferences. She was director of programs for EDGD from 2010 to 2013. In addition, she was conference chair of the 2010 midyear meeting of EDGD. She is one of the inaugural associate editors of Advances in Engineering Education, ASEE’s online journal.
She received the North Midwest Section of ASEE’s Dow Outstanding New Faculty Award in 1996 and the Distinguished Teaching Award in 1998. She also received the Distinguished Service Award from the Engineering Design Graphics Division of ASEE in 2007. In 2005 she received the Betty Vetter award for Research on Women in Engineering through the Women in Engineering Pro-Active Network (WEPAN) for her work in improving the 3-D spatial skills of engineering students. In 2009 she was inducted as a fellow of ASEE and in 2011 she received the Society’s Sharon Keillor Award as an oustanding woman engineering educator.
Candidates for the Office of Chair-Elect, Zone I
Navarun Gupta
Associate Professor and Chair of Electrical Engineering
University of Bridgeport
Navarun Gupta is an associate professor and chair of electrical engineering at the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut. He has been a faculty member since 2004 and active in the ASEE Northeast Section since that time. He holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Florida International University, a master’s in physics from Georgia State University and a master’s in electrical engineering from Mercer University. Before going to Bridgeport, he worked as a physics lab supervisor at Georgia Perimeter College in Atlanta.
Gupta’s deep involvement with the ASEE Northeast Section has included service as co-chair of the Northeast Section Conference in 2009 (held at the University of Bridgeport). He served as the Northeast Section chair (2010-12), and is currently past chair. He has received several awards for recruiting faculty and promoting ASEE membership within the section. These include the ASEE Award for Outstanding Achievement in Recruiting the Most New Faculty Members in the New England Section (2008) and the ASEE Award for Outstanding Achievement in Achieving the Highest Percentage of Faculty Membership in the New England Section (2008). In 2011, he received the Zone I Outstanding Campus Representative Award. Gupta also has been successful in encouraging students at the University of Bridgeport to participate in ASEE events. The university sent more than 50 participants to Hartford, Conn., for the 2011 ASEE Northeast Section Conference, where they won most of the student awards. Under Gupta’s guidance, the University of Bridgeport will be hosting the Zone I conference of ASEE on April 3-5, 2014.
Gupta’s interests include audio and bio signal processing. Besides teaching, he supervises several master’s theses and is advising one Ph.D. student. He is also an active member of the biomedical engineering program at the University of Bridgeport. Gupta likes to work with local schools in the Bridgeport area to encourage students to take up engineering as a career. He and his graduate students have also been working with Bridgeport middle school students to improve computer literacy, and are involved with the Project Lead The Way program at Stratford High School in Connecticut. Gupta has been working with the School of Education at the University of Bridgeport to start a STEM teacher training program, and he and his colleagues have secured a NOYCE planning grant from the National Science Foundation.
Shane Rogers
Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Clarkson University
Shane Rogers joined the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Clarkson University in 2007 and was recently appointed associate professor. He received his B.S. (1996), M.S. (1999), and Ph.D. (2004) in civil and environmental engineering from Iowa State University. He worked for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s National Risk Management Research Laboratory as an environmental engineer from 2004 to 2007 and special government employee from 2004 to 2013.
Rogers has mentored 45 undergraduate and graduate researchers and post doctoral scholars on $4 million in research regarding biotechnologies for soils and water treatment and residuals management, including genome-enabled molecular technologies for monitoring soils, air, and water quality. Rogers is also PI or co-PI on more than $1 million in education-related programs, including a National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates Site–Advancing Sustainable Systems and Environmental Technologies (ASSETs) to Serve Humanity –and the NSF-funded ASPIRE: Academic Success Program to Improve Retention and Education of Underrepresented Students in STEM. These programs engage more than 80 undergraduate students each year in extended mentoring, undergraduate research, and professional development. At the K-12 level, Rogers created the “MythOlympic Games,” a program funded by the Alcoa Foundation that engages 40 high school students annually in project-based activities in the sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics at Clarkson. Additional outreach includes the Young Scholars Program (high school) and “River University” at the Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries, among others. Rogers also serves as a committee member of the AECOM-Clarkson University academic alliance, where he works to promote this important academic-industry partnership.
Rogers joined ASEE in 2009, and has been active within the St. Lawrence Section as Awards Committee Chair (2010-2012), Section Vice-Chair (2011-2012), and Section Chair (2012-2013). He is associate editor for Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, and a recipient of the ASEE St. Lawrence Section Outstanding Teaching Award (2009), the Martin Luther King Jr. Diversity Award (2011), the Clarkson University Student Association Outstanding Teacher Award (2010), the Tau Beta Pi Faculty Award (2013), and the Water Environment Federation’s McKee Groundwater Protection, Restoration, or Sustainable Use Medal (2008), among other recognitions.
Rogers is also the faculty mentor for the Clarkson University chapter of Engineers Without Borders-USA. Through partnerships with Potters for Peace, Potters Without Borders, Rotary International, and Hogar de Christo, the group has implemented a low-cost ceramic water filter production facility that will make water filters available to people in regions lacking adequate access to safe drinking water.
Candidates for the Office of Chair-Elect, Zone III
Kenneth W. Van Treuren
Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development
Baylor University
At Baylor University since 1998, Kenneth W. Van Treuren is the associate dean for research and faculty development and is responsible for promoting excellence in both research and teaching. He is recognized as an outstanding educator, having won Baylor’s Outstanding Teaching Award twice. Nationally, Van Treuren was selected for the SAE Ralph R. Teetor Award for Educational Excellence and the Boeing Welliver Faculty Fellowship. Prior to joining Baylor, Van Treuren taught at the United States Air Force (USAF) Academy in the Department of Aeronautics, where he received an Outstanding Military Educator Award.
Van Treuren has a diverse academic background, having graduated with a B.S. in aeronautical engineering from the USAF Academy, won a Guggenheim Fellowship, and then earned an M.S. in engineering science from Princeton University. After serving as a command pilot in the Air Force, he obtained a Ph.D. in engineering science from Oxford University.
He has been an active member and leader in ASEE since 1996 at both regional and national levels. He regularly attends the regional ASEE Gulf-Southwest (GSW) Section meetings, reviewing papers and chairing sessions. In 2009, Baylor hosted the ASEE GSW Section Annual Meeting and Van Treuren served as the Section Chair/Conference Organizer. Van Treuren has received ASEE GSW Outstanding Teaching and Campus Representative Awards as well as Best Paper Awards. Introduced to engineering education through ASEE, his graduate and undergraduate students have won several awards at ASEE student paper competitions. On the national level, Van Treuren supports the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition. He has reviewed papers, chaired sessions, chaired the Best Paper Award Committee for the Mechanical Engineering Division, and coordinated external speakers.
Currently, he is the Secretary/Treasurer for this division. Van Treuren’s educational interests include freshmen engineering, engineering design, STEM topics, and energy education. He has had 35 papers presented at ASEE conferences. Van Treuren also serves as the Baylor University campus representative.
Deeply interested in STEM education and student professional development, Van Treuren serves on the board of the Central Texas Science and Engineering Fair and has supported the regional BEST Robotics competition. He is the academic advisor to a thriving student section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), informing students about professional development. A passion for teaching led him to chair the ASME International Gas Turbine Institute’s (IGTI) Education Committee. He is also a member of the Heat Transfer, Aircraft Engine, and Wind Energy Committees for the ASME IGTI.
STEVE E. WATKINS
Professor and Associate Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Steve E. Watkins is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology (formerly the University of Missouri-Rolla or UMR), where he directs the Applied Optics Laboratory and serves as the associate chair of electrical engineering undergraduate studies. His technical interests are smart structures, sensing systems, and engineering education, including pre-college activities. He has one patent, three book chapters, 47 archival papers, and 79 other publications. He was Faculty Member-in-Residence for the Washington Internships for Students of Engineering (WISE) Program; an IEEE-USA Congressional Fellow in the office of California Congressman Dana Rohrabacher; a visiting physicist at the Phillips Laboratory (USAF) at Kirtland Air Force Base; and a visiting scholar at the Basic Research Laboratories of NTT in Japan. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin and M.S. and B.S. degrees from UMR.
Watkins’s professional memberships are ASEE, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers or IEEE (senior member), SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering (senior member), and Eta Kappa Nu (IEEE-HKN), the IEEE honor society. In ASEE, he has been the 2012 general chair of the ASEE Midwest Section Conference, 2008-2009 chair of the ASEE Midwest Section, and campus representative since 2005. Also, he received the 2012 ASEE Midwest Section Outstanding Service Award. Watkins is active in IEEE and IEEE-HKN, including service as the editor-in-chief of IEEE-HKN’s The Bridge magazine; as a member of the HKN Board of Governors; the Region 5 Executive Committee; and various conference committees. He is faculty advisor to the IEEE-HKN chapter and Student Toastmasters Club. He has co-coordinated a Robotics middle school summer camp for six years. He received an IEEE Regional Activities Board Achievement Award for assisting with the development of the IEEE Student Ethics Competition and has been the IEEE Region Student Ethics Competition chair since 2007. Other recognitions include IEEE Region 5 awards for Outstanding Member (2005) and Outstanding Educator (1999) and selection as a finalist for the 1993 HKN Outstanding Young Electrical Engineer Award. As a student, he was the 1983 recipient of the HKN Alton B. Zerby Student Award. He served on the local school board between 2001 and 2012 and as president from 2009 to 2012.
Meet Your Staff
Telling the Science Story
Sarah Khan is the newest young talent in one of ASEE’s most dynamic units, the Editorial Department.
Her day-to-day activities include serving as the managing editor of The Accelerator, ASEE’s newsletter for undergraduate and graduate students, and assistant editor of Prism, writing pieces and contributing intellectually and conceptually to story ideas. She also manages the technical/website elements of the quarterly Advances in Engineering Education. Sarah has even sneaked in work as picture model, carrying a tray of diverse delectables on Page 31 of the September Prism.
Sarah was born in Baltimore to Pakistani immigrants and has been around big brains all her life. Both parents are computer engineers (her sister currently studies computer science), and when Sarah left home for school, she went across the country to study physics at UCLA. Further, immediately prior to joining ASEE, she was an intern at Fermilab.
So where do the reporting chops come in? “I always had an interest in writing, and immediately after college I had an internship with the Orlando Sentinel,” she says. “I got to work with their only health reporter, and it was right around the time the Affordable Care Act was coming around – it was a crash course in everything government-health related.”
This combination of solid writing and deep interest in science allows Sarah to report deftly on a variety of topics for ASEE members, including the audio-preservation work of MacArthur “genius” grant winner Carl Haber, whose Up Close profile appears on Page 18.
2013 ASEE Awards
Outstanding Zone Campus Representative Award
This award was established to honor outstanding Zone Campus Representatives.
Each award winner receives a plaque.
Zone I
Surendra Gupta
Rochester Institute of Technology
Zone II
Christopher J. Rowe
Vanderbilt University
Zone III
Kevin Drees
Oklahoma State University
Zone IV
David Lanning
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott
ASEE Council Awards
ASEE Corporate Member Council Excellence in Engineering Education Collaboration Awards
Driving Science
DuPont and Clemson University
Letha A. Hammon, DuPont
PACE Partners for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education Global Collaborative Project Competition Initiative
General Motors Co.
Siemens PLM Software
Autodesk
Hewlett-Packard
Oracle, Vass Theodoracatos
Hulas King, Siemens PLM Software
ASEE Engineering Research Council Curtis W. McGraw Research Award
Christopher W. Jones
Georgia Institute of Technology
ASEE Section Awards
Section Outstanding Teaching Award
This award, given by each ASEE section, recognizes the outstanding teaching performance of an engineering or engineering technology educator. The award consists of a framed certificate and an appropriate honorarium presented by the local section. Following are this year’s award recipients.
Gulf Southwest Section
Nadir Yilmaz
New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology
Illinois/Indiana Section
Jeff Will
Valparaiso University
Middle Atlantic Section
Robert Brooks
Temple University
North Central Section
Kathleen A. Ossman
University of Cincinnati
Pacific Northwest Section
Brock J. LaMeres
Montana State University
Pacific Southwest Section
Avelino Eduardo
Saez University of Arizona
Southeast Section
Elliot Douglas
University of Florida
St. Lawrence Section
Sinéad C. MacNamara
Syracuse University
Section Outstanding Campus Representative Award
ASEE’s Campus Liaison Board initiated this award to recognize those ASEE campus representatives who have demonstrated staunch support for ASEE on their campuses. The award consists of a framed certificate of recognition and is presented at each section’s annual meeting. Following are this year’s award recipients.
Illinois/Indiana Section
Doug Tougaw
Valparaiso University
Midwest Section
Kevin Drees
Oklahoma State University
Northeast Section
Kanti Prasad
University of Massachusetts-Lowell
North Central Section
Christopher P. Pung
Grand Valley State University
Pacific Northwest Section
Carolyn Labun
University of British Columbia
Pacific Southwest Section
David Lanning
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott
Southeast Section
Christopher J. Rowe
Vanderbilt University
St. Lawrence Section
Surendra Gupta
Rochester Institute of Technology
Other Section Awards
Gulf Southwest Section
Section Mile Award
University of New Mexico
Faculty Best Paper Awards
FIRST PLACE
David H. K. Hoe
The University of Texas at Tyler
Paper: “The Impact of Peer Interaction Exercises in a Signals and Systems Course”
SECOND PLACE
Siamak (Sia) A. Ardekani
The University of Texas at Arlington
Paper: “Is Distance Education Distant Education?”
THIRD PLACE
Hector A. Ochoa
The University of Texas at Tyler
Paper: “The Implementation of Take Home Laboratories Using the NI myDAQ”
Student Best Paper Awards
FIRST PLACE
Chaudhry Arafat, Mohammad R. Hasan, and Samir M. Iqbal
The University of Texas at Arlington
Paper: “Auto-imaging, Predefined Stepping and Exposure Through Submicron 3-Axis Inspection Microscope”
SECOND PLACE
Priscila Martinez-Avila, Emmanuel Varona, Doug D. Carlton Jr., Abegayl Thomas, and Kevin A. Schug
The University of Texas at Arlington
Paper: “Evaluating Effects of the Arlington Undergraduate Research-based Achievement for STEM (AURAS) Program on the Performance of Engineering Students in Chemistry Courses”
THIRD PLACE
Amen Omoragbon, Gary Coleman, Lex Gonzalez, Brandon Watters, and Bernd Chudoba
The University of Texas at Arlington
Paper: “Feasibility Study of a Thrust Vector Control Transport”
Illinois-Indiana Section
Outstanding Service Award
Tom Trusty
Trine University
Outstanding Paper Award
Doug Tougaw & Jeff Will
Valparaiso University
Paper: “Problem-Based Learning to Promote Creativity”
Midwest Section
Person Mile Award
University of Arkansas-Fayetteville
Outstanding Paper Awards
FIRST PLACE
Christi Patton-Luks, Laura Ford, and Weston Kightlinger
University of Tulsa
Paper: “Solar Water Heaters for Showers and Sinks: An EWB-USA Project”
SECOND PLACE
M. Ryan Bales Georgia Tech Steve E. Watkins
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Paper: “Video Surveillance Analysis as a Context for Embedded Systems and Artificial Intelligence Education”
THIRD PLACE
Diane Hagni and Harvest Collier
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Paper: “Establishing a Faculty Development Focus at a Public Technological Research University”
Outstanding Student Poster Award
Christopher James and B. Terry Beck
Kansas State University
“Weight Reduction Methods for the SAEAero Design Competition”
Outstanding Service Award
Steve E. Watkins
Missouri University of Science and Technology
North Central Section
Best Paper Awards
FIRST PLACE
Darrell Kleinke
University of Detroit, Mercy
Paper: “Experiential Education and Broad Value Creation Is Enabled by the Disabled”
SECOND PLACE
David L. Tamasko, Judy S. Ridgway, Susan V. Olesik, Rocquel J. Waller, Minnie M. McGee, Lisa A. Barclay, Kathleen T. Harkin
Ohio State University Jan Upton Institutional Research Consultants, Ltd.
Paper: “Impact of Summer Bridge Programs on STEM Retention at the Ohio State University”
THIRD PLACE
Joshua Stuckey and Mark Archibald
Grove City College
Paper: “Sophomore Machine Shop Experience Constructing a Spring- Powered Car”
North Midwest Section
Outstanding Educator Award
Kevin C. Craig
Marquette University
Pacific Northwest Section
Best Paper Award
Ken R. Fyfe and Jeffrey A. Davis
MacEwan University
Paper: “Automated Generation of Randomizable Problem Sets and Detailed Solutions for a First-Year Course in Engineering Statics”
Pacific Southwest Section
Student of the Year Award
Jose Edid Garcia
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott
Outstanding Community College Educator Award
Ann-Marie Vollstedt
Truckee Meadows Community College
Rocky Mountain Section
Best Paper Award
Angela R. Bielefeldt
University of Colorado
Paper: “Student Perceptions of the Importance and Achievement of Sustainable Engineering Outcomes”
Best Presentation Award
Mark Bedillion
South Dakota School of Mines
Paper: “SolidWorks in Dynamics”
Southeast Section
New Faculty Research Awards
FIRST PLACE
Michael Dickey
North Carolina State University
SECOND PLACE
Marian Kennedy
Clemson University
Outstanding Mid-Career Teaching Award
Lisa Bullard
North Carolina State University
Thomas C. Evans Instructional Paper Award
Tanya Kunberger
Florida Gulf Coast University
Professional and Technical Division Awards
Aerospace Engineering Division
John Leland Atwood Award
Mark D. Maughmer Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering
Pennsylvania State University
This award was established in 1985 in honor of Lee Atwood, a master of aviation and a pioneer in missile and space projects. It is bestowed annually upon an outstanding aerospace engineering educator in recognition of contributions to the profession. The award is endowed by Rockwell International and consists of a $2,000 honorarium, a certificate, and reimbursement of travel expenses to the ASEE Annual Conference. The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics also presents an engraved medal and a certificate to the recipient at its annual aerospace sciences meeting.
Electrical Engineering Division
Frederick Emons Terman Award
Mung Chiang Professor, Electrical Engineering Department, Director of Graduate Studies
Princeton University
This award is conferred upon an outstanding young electrical engineering educator in recognition of contributions to the profession. The award, established in 1969, is sponsored by the Hewlett-Packard Co. and consists of a $4,000 honorarium, a gold-plated medal, a bronze replica, a presentation scroll, and reimbursement of travel expenses for the awardee to attend the ASEE Frontiers in Education Conference, where the award will be presented
Mechanical Engineering Division
Ralph Coats Roe Award
Rajendra Singh Donald D. Glower Chair in Engineering, Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department
Ohio State University
This award honors an outstanding mechanical engineering teacher who has made notable contributions to the engineering profession. Financed from an endowment established by Kenneth A. Roe of Burns and Roe Inc. in honor of his father, Ralph Coats Roe, the award consists of a $10,000 honorarium, a plaque, and reimbursement of travel expenses to attend the ASEE Annual Conference.
Other Division Awards
Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division
Excellence in Teaching Materials and Methods Award
R. Paul Singh
University of California, Davis
Biomedical Engineering Division
Theo C. Pilkington Outstanding Educator Award
Ann Saterbak
Rice University
Biomedical Engineering Teaching Award
Michael Rust
Western New England University
Chemical Engineering Division
William H. Corcoran Award
Donald R. Woods
McMaster University
CACHE Award
Edward M. Rosen
Monsanto Chemical Co.
Chemstations Chemical Engineering Lectureship Award
Clayton J. Radke
University of California, Berkeley
Joseph J. Martin Award
Matthew Cooper, Lisa G. Bullard, Steven W. Peretti, and David F. Ollis
North Carolina State University
Ray W. Fahien Award
Matthew W. Liberatore
Colorado School of Mines
Lifetime Achievement Award in Chemical Engineering Pedagogy
Ronald W. Rousseau
Georgia Institute of Technology
Civil Engineering Division
George K. Wadlin Distinguished Service Award
Jim L. Hanson
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Glen L. Martin Best Paper Award
Col. Stephen J. Ressler
U.S. Military Academy
Paper: “To Raise the Bar or Not: Addressing the Opposition”
College/Industry Partnerships Division
CIEC Best Session Award
Presenter: Ranji Vaidyanathan
Oklahoma State University
Moderator: Cath Polito
University of Texas-Austin
“The Challenges of Addressing IP and ITAR Issues in a University Setting”
CIEC Best Presenter Award
Presenters: Bob Schwartz
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Henry Wiebe
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Sarah Bock
Covidien “The Role of Corporate Partners in Student and Graduate Success”
CIEC Best Moderator Award
Beth Bryant
Georgia Institute of Technology
“Innovative Senior Project Program Partnering University/Corporate Partners”
Computers in Education Division
John A. Curtis Lecture Award
Barry E. Mullins
Air Force Institute of Technology
Paper: “Developing Cyber Warriors from Computer Engineers et al.”
Woody Everett Best Poster Award
Thalia Anagnos
San Jose State University
Alicia L. Lyman-Holt
Oregon State University
Sean P. Brophy
Purdue University
“Work-in-Progress: Linking a Geographically Disturbed REU Program With Networking and Collaboration Tools”
Continuing Professional Development Division
Joseph M. Biedenbach Distinguished Service Award
Andy DiPaolo
Stanford University
Certificate of Apreciation
Ellen J. Elliott
2013 CPDD Program Chair
Johns Hopkins University
Lynda M. Coulson
2010-2013 CPDD Director
Rolls-Royce Corp.
Greg Ruff
2011-2013 CPDD Treasurer
Auburn University
Certificate of Merit International Leadership in CPD
Nelson Baker
Georgia Institute of Technology
Leadership in CPD Online Initiative
Thomas Brumm
Iowa State University
CIEC Best Session Award
Presenters: Kim Scalzo S
UNY Center for Professional Development
Ed Borbeley
University of Michigan
Nelson Baker
Georgia Institute of Technology
Moderator: Ellen Elliott
Johns Hopkins University
“Operational Excellence in Professional
Education: Assessing the Present, Sharing Good Practices, and Charting the Future”
CIEC Best Conference Presenter Award
Wayne Pferdehirt
University of Wisconsin, Madison
“Optimizing Group Projects for Practicing Engineers in an Online Environment: Lessons Learned”
Best Moderator Award
Rita Burrell
Mississippi State University
“Vietnam Higher Engineering EducationAlliance Program (HEEAP)”
Cooperative and Experiential Education Division
Lou Takacs Award
Gary Pennell
Nucor-Yamato Steel Co.
Alvah K. Borman Award
Gayle Elliott
University of Cincinnati
CIEC – Best Presenter Award
Chris Plouff
Grand Valley State University
“Integration of Professional Skills and Academic Content During Co-op Semesters Via Distance Learning Modules: Review of Results From a Pilot Program”
CIEC – Best Moderator Award
Naomi Powell
University of Alabama
“Introducing Engineering Students to the ‘Junior Game’”
CIEC – Best Session Award
Presenters: Lorraine Mountain and Karen Kelly
Northeastern University
Moderator: Louise Carrese
Rochester Institute of Technology
“Creative Job Development Strategies in a Slow Economy”
Co-op Student of the Year Award
Benjamin Lee Ko
University of Cincinnati
CEED Intern of the Year Award
Kirk Barber
Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis
Division of Experimentation and Laboratory Oriented Studies (DELOS )
Best Paper Awards
Nebojsa I. Jaksic
Colorado State University, Pueblo
“DaNI-K: A Vision-based Robot Control Experiment with a DaNI Robot and Kinect Sensor Bundle”
Educational Research & Methods Division
Distinguished Service Award
Richard Layton
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Helen L. Plants Award
Senay Purzer
Purdue University, West Lafayette
Johnathan Hilpert
Georgia Southern University
Ronald J. Schmitz Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Frontiers in Education Conference
Arnold Pears
Uppsala University
Benjamin Dasher Award
Kristi J. Shryock, Arun R. Srinivasa, and Jeffrey E. Froyd
Texas A&M University
Best Paper Award
Alice Pawley
Purdue University, West Lafayette
Apprentice Faculty Grant
Samantha Brunhaver
Stanford University
James Huff Harding
University Mahnes
Jean Mohammadi-Aragh
Virginia Tech
Diane Peters
University of Michigan Kathryn
Trenshaw University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Electrical and Computer Engineering Division
Meritorious Service Award
Susan M. Lord
University of San Diego
Distinguished Educator Award
Cheryl B. Schrader
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Energy Conversion and Conservation Division
Best Paper Awards
First Place
Madhumi Mitra
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Abhijit Nagchaudhuri
University of Maryland, Eastern Shore
Corinne Johnson Rutzke
Cornell University
Paper: “Energizing the STEAM Curricula With Bioenergy and Bioproducts”
Second Place
Oxana S. Pantchenko
University of California, Santa Cruz
Tiffany Wise-West
University of California, Santa Cruz
Michael S. Isaacson
University of California, Santa Cruz
Ali Shakouri
Purdue University
Paper: “Enhancing Student Learning Through a Real-World Project in a Renewable Energy Sources Course”
Third Place
Hayrettin B Karayaka
Western Carolina University
Mehrube Mehrubeoglu
Texas A&M University,
Corpus Christi
Paper: “Nuclear Workforce Development Scholarships and Enhancements Program Phase I: Outreach and Recruiting”
Engineering Design Graphics Division
Distinguished Service Award
Judith Birchman
Purdue University
Oppenheimer Award
Diarmaid Lane, Niall Seery, and Seamus Gordon
University of Limerick
Chair’s Award
Thomas Delahunty, Niall Seery, Raymond Lynch, and Diarmaid Lane
University of Limerick
Editor’s Award
Ted Branoff
North Carolina State University
Modris Dobelis
Riga Technical University
Engineering Design Graphics Journal, Volume 76
Media Showcase Award
Thomas Delahunty
University of Limerick
Engineering Economy Division
Eugene L. Grant Award
Arthur T. Cox and Richard Followill
University of Northern Iowa
“The Equitable Financing of Growth: A Proportionate Share Methodology for Calculating Individual Development Impact Fees” (The Engineering Economist, Volume 57, Number 3, Pages 141-156)
Best Paper Award
Lizabeth T. Schlemer
California Polytechnic State University
“Project-Based Learning in Engineering Economics: Teaching Advanced Topics Using a Stock Price Prediction Model”
Engineering Libraries Division
Homer I. Bernhardt Distinguished Service Award
Paige Gibbs
University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
Best Publication Award
Ashok Naimpally
Fresno City College
Hema Ramachandran
California State University, Long Beach
Caroline Smith
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
“Lifelong Learning for Engineers and Scientists in the Information Age”
Engineering Management Division
Merl Baker Award
Neal Lewis
University of Bridgeport
Best Paper Award
LaTondra Murray
Duke University
Paper: “Developing Community for Distance Learners in an Engineering Management Program”
Best Presentation Award
Presenter: Kathryn Abel Stevens
Institute of Technology
“Proposing a Framework for Restructuring an Introductory Engineering Management Course for Undergraduates”
Engineering Physics Division
Distinguished Educator and Service Award
Baha Jassemnejad
University of Central Oklahoma
Engineering Technology Division
CIEC – Best Paper Award
Chih-Ping Yeh
Wayne State University
Gene Yeau-Jian Liao
Wayne State University
Joseph L. Petrosky
Macomb Community College
Paper: “A University and Community College Partnership to Meet Industry Needs for Future Workers in Advanced Automotive Technology”
CIEC – Best Presenter Award
Presenter: Jon Fischer
California Maritime Academy
“Hands-On Project to Improve Mechanical Analysis Skills: A Comparative Study”
CIEC – Best Session Award
Presenters: Gary Bertoline
Purdue University
Jeffrey Ray
Southern Polytechnic State University
H. Fred Walker
Rochester Institute of Technology
Moderator: Ken Burbank Purdue University “The Future of Engineering Technology: Dean’s Perspective”
CIEC – Best Moderator Award
Moderators: Walt Buchanan and Angie Hill Price
Texas A&M University
“Methods to Improve Instruction and Job Success in Engineering Technology”
Environmental Engineering Division
Best Paper Award (Faculty)
Jeffrey A. Cunningham
University of South Florida
Sukalyan Sengupta
University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
Sarina J. Ergas
University of South Florida
Ramesh K. Goel
University of Utah
Dilek Ozalp
University of South Florida
Teri Reed-Rhoads
Purdue University, West Lafayette
Paper: “Development of a Concept Inventory for Introductory Environmental Engineering Courses”
Best Student Paper Award
Alexandre Wing, Cristal Hibbard, Jennifer Strong, Jörg Drewes, and Junko Munakata Marr
Colorado School of Mines
Paper: “Sustainable Water: Development, Delivery, and Assessment of K-5 Modules”
Early Career Grant
Youngwoo Seo
The University of Toledo
“Interdisciplinary Approach to Address the Dynamics of Water Distribution Systems for Engineering Student Education”
Industrial Engineering Division
Best Paper Award
Saylisse Davila, Viviana Cesani, and Alexandra Medina-Borja
University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez
Paper: “Measuring Intercultural Sensitivity: A Case Study of the REU Program at UPRM”
Distinguished Service Award
Terri Lynch-Caris
Kettering University
New IE Educator Outstanding Paper Award
Denis H. Bauer
University of Idaho
Jessica Heier Stamm
Kansas State University
Lesley Strawderman
Mississippi State University
Paper: “Review of Capstone Course Designs Used in Industrial Engineering Programs”
Yosef S. Allam
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach
Scott Sink
Ohio State University
John A. Merrill
Ohio State University
Paper: “A Metric-Based, Hands-On Quality and Productivity Improvement Stimulation Involving Lean and Sigma Concepts for First-Year Engineering Lab Students”
Graduate Studies Division
Donald Keating Award
Stephen J. Tricamo
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Distinguished Service Award
Terri Lynch-Caris
Kettering University
Liberal Education Division
The Sterling Olmstead Award
Vivian Weil
Illinois Institute of Technology
Mathematics Division
Distinguished Educator and Service Award
Henry Zwick
Utah State University-College of Eastern Utah
Best Paper Award
Helen M. Doerr
Syracuse University
Andria Costello Staniec
Syracuse University
AnnMarie H. O’Neil
C.S. Driver Middle School
Paper: “Designing for Improved Success in First-Year Mathematics”
Mechanical Engineering Division
Outstanding New Mechanical Engineering Educator Award
Carolyn Connor Seepersad
The University of Texas at Austin
Mechanics Division
Archie Higdon Distinguished Educator Award
James W. Dally
University of Maryland, College Park
Ferdinand P. Beer and E. Russell Johnston, Jr. Outstanding New Mechanics Educator Award
Charles Riley
Oregon Institute of Technology
Douglas P. Holmes
Virginia Tech
Best Paper Award
Janet Y. Tsai, Daria A. Kotys-Schwartz, and Michael Hannigan
University of Colorado-Boulder
Paper: “Learning Statics by Feeling: Effects of Everyday Examples on Confidence and Identity Development”
Best Presentation Award
Paul Steif Carnegie
Mellon University
Anna Dollar
Miami University
“Relating Usage of Web-Based Learning Materials to Learning Progress”
Multidisciplinary Engineering Division
Best Paper Award
Darshita Shah, Jennifer French, Janet Rankin, and Lori Breslow
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Paper: “Using Video to Tie Engineering Themes to Foundational Concepts”
Physics Division
Distinguished Educator and Service Award
Baha Jassemnejad
University of Central Oklahoma
Systems Engineering Division
Best Paper Award
Lisa Guerra, Gloria Murphy, and Lisa May
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Paper: “Applying Systems Engineering to the Lunabotics Mining Competition Capstone Design Challenge”
Women in Engineering Division
Mara H. Wasburn Apprentice Educator Grant
Elise Marie Barrella
James Madison University
Jennifer Wang
University of California, Berkeley
Best Paper Award
Lorelle Meadows and Denise Sekaquaptewa
University of Michigan
Paper: “The Influence of Gender Stereotypes on Role Adoption in Student Teams”
ASEE Call for Award Nominations
ASEE is currently seeking nominations for awards to be presented at the Awards Banquet of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition in Indianapolis, Ind., in June 2014.
All it takes is a little of your time for a deserving colleague to receive national recognition on June 18, 2014, in the presence of an audience of esteemed colleagues in the engineering education community.
Descriptions of all awards, including award criteria, nomination requirements, and online award nomination forms, are available on the ASEE website at http://www.asee.org/member-resources/awards. Hard-copy nominations, which will also be accepted, should be sent to:
ASEE
Awards Administration
1818 N Street, N.W., Suite 600
Washington, DC 20036
The deadline for submitting award nominations is Jan. 15, 2014. If you have questions, please call (202) 331-3516 or send an email to awards@asee.org.
ASEE National Awards
Frederick J. Berger Award for Excellence in Engineering Technology Education
Chester F. Carlson Award for Innovation in Engineering Education
Isadore T. Davis Award for Excellence in Collaboration of Engineering Education and Industry
DuPont Minorities in Engineering Award
John L. Imhoff Global Excellence Award for Industrial Engineering Education
Sharon Keillor Award for Women in Engineering Education
Benjamin Garver Lamme Award for Excellence in Engineering Education
Lifetime Achievement Award in Engineering Education
James H. McGraw Award for Excellence in Engineering Technology Education
Merriam/Wiley Distinguished Author Award
Fred Merryfield Design Award
National Engineering Economy Teaching Excellence Award
Robert G. Quinn Award for Excellence in Experimentation and Laboratory Instruction
Society Awards
ASEE President’s Award
W. Leighton Collins Award
Distinguished Service Citation
Donald E. Marlowe Award
Fellow Grade Membership
Honorary Membership
Board Profiles
Gary Gabriele
‘Design Thinking’ Champion
Gary Gabriele may be a dean, but he’s also living a boyhood dream. Growing up, he loved to build things like soapbox derby racers and imagined a future designing cars. Now, having climbed the academic rungs as teacher, researcher, administrator, and National Science Foundation division director to become head of Villanova University’s engineering college, he has cut back on teaching and instead advises the school’s Formula SAE team, which designs and builds race cars from the ground up. The team won a fuel economy competition in 2010, setting a record. More important, the noncredit activity affords students “a fabulous engineering learning experience,” he says.
“Design thinking” is key to engineering education, in Gabriele’s view. At Villanova, it starts with encouraging freshmen to push the envelope and “wrestle with the design process” even if they lack some essential skills. If they can’t perform beam equations, for instance, they’ll get help. By the time students reach beam equations in the curriculum, they’ll understand the importance. Besides design, Villanova stresses undergraduate research. Gabriele says that far from being shortchanged when the school launched an engineering Ph.D. program seven years ago, undergraduate research has grown, as has student satisfaction.
A specialist in the connections among mechanical engineering, design optimization, and manufacturing, Gabriele completed his own doctorate while serving in the Army at a research office based at Georgia Tech. He stays abreast of the government-funded research establishment through ASEE’s Engineering Research Council, which he chairs. This active group first came to his attention while he was directing NSF’s Engineering Education and Centers division. Comprising mostly associate deans of graduate education and research, it provides a unique platform for federal program managers to spell out their research priorities and thereby attract better proposals, Gabriele says. Villanova has carved out what he says is a “strong presence” in such fields as signal processing, radar, through-the-wall imaging, water resources, and energy.
At 62, confident that Villanova’s engineering program is progressing, Gabriele doesn’t dismiss the notion of retirement. It would allow more time with his wife, four daughters – one a biomedical engineering professor – and two grandchildren, as well as for multiple hobbies: woodworking, sailing, playing the piano, and – you might have guessed – sports-car racing.
C. Diane Matt
Organizer for Women and Diversity
If diversity is an ASEE commitment, for C. Diane Matt it’s a full-time job. As executive director of the Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN), she plays a leading role in mobilizing experts and disseminating best practices and the latest research on attracting more women to engineering and launching them into academic or industry careers.
WEPAN’s mission isn’t easy. When Matt joined, the prevailing view among advocates for gender diversity in engineering was one of “add women and stir,” she recalls – boost the numbers and the profession would become more female-friendly. “We didn’t understand how challenging that would be.”
While the percentage of women in engineering remains stubbornly low, word is getting out as to why, thanks in part to WEPAN’s conferences, webinars, and storehouse of information. For instance, fewer women than men leave engineering due to poor academic performance, but women are twice as likely to leave because of dissatisfaction with climate, pedagogy, and faculty reluctance to embrace social change. Had the system been designed to drive women away, in fact, it could hardly be more effective.
Word also is spreading about how to fix the problem. As evidenced by Matt’s being tapped to chair ASEE’s Corporate Member Council, companies are getting wise to the fact that a diverse workforce can bring better design solutions and products. “There are many bright spots,” she says. Needed now is a plan of action that draws on the accumulated know-how.
Trained as a geoscientist – and married to one – Matt came to engineering as an environmental planner, teaming up with engineers on pollution control and sound mitigation for Denver public transportation projects. She put her acquired knowledge and grant-writing skills to work forging partnerships for the Geological Society of America and running membership associations for landscape architects and contractors before being recruited by WEPAN. “I really like working with a team to strategically advance the interests of a profession,” she says.
Born in Indiana and raised in Connecticut, Matt moved westward for college, graduating from Indiana University and earning a master’s at the University of Calgary. She makes the most of Colorado’s sun and dry climate, cycling and whitewater rafting in the Grand Canyon. She now has a reason to visit points farther west: Her daughter is a grad student at the Monterrey Institute of International Studies.