Board Profile
Navarun Gupta
Signals, Stars, and Service
Many young stargazers fall in love with physics and astronomy, Navarun Gupta among them. So he fell naturally into physics, particularly magnetism and electrical circuits, when he enrolled in the University of Delhi. After settling in the United States and earning an M.S. in physics from Georgia State, he taught physics at an Atlanta community college. He might be teaching it today had the academic job market for physicists not cratered in the 1990s. Instead, Gupta pivoted to electrical engineering, drawing on his other boyhood enthusiasms: fixing cars and neighbors’ electrical wiring alongside his father, and experimentation. He still sees a harmony between physics and engineering. “Physics is figuring out how and why things happen. Engineering is about putting that into action,” he says. “We try to achieve the ideal, fail, get up, and try to get there again.”
What began as an expedient choice of discipline became a passion. After earning a master’s in electrical engineering from Mercer University, Gupta pursued a Ph.D. from Florida International University, where his pioneering research on audio signal processing and 3-D sound put him at the forefront of today’s immersive technologies, captivating video game players and moviegoers.
Now an associate professor and chair of electrical engineering at the University of Bridgeport, he teaches bio-signal processing, such as comparing brain waves in sleep versus thinking states, satellite communication, and a project-based introductory engineering course he designed to excite undergraduates who know nothing about engineering. He’s especially keen to encourage women, and he goes out of his way to bring in female engineers as guest speakers. “It’s important to include examples of how women have been involved in engineering,” says Gupta. “It gives them the idea that there’s this thing they can do.”
Gupta is also intent on encouraging Bridgeport’s mostly immigrant K-12 students with science fair projects. Recently, he taught two local Latina high school students who had little exposure to science or engineering how to analyze data on the lobster population offshore in Long Island Sound using a spreadsheet. The pair went on to glory discussing the impact of pollution on a signature Connecticut food source.
An active member of ASEE, Gupta has served as campus representative for the past nine years and currently chairs Zone 1, which holds an annual diversity lecture series. Bridgeport students have a robust presence at the annual conference and for many years have taken top honors at the Northeast section’s competitions. On the ASEE board of directors, Gupta hopes to work toward creating a less hierarchical, more network-like structure, where members remain in frequent touch. He also would like to see campus representatives become a better organized presence within ASEE.
Despite his many duties as an educator and ASEE officer, Gupta continues to pursue his original passion for astronomy, albeit as a hobby. Armed with an old telescope, he scans the heavens from his backyard.
Meet Your Staff
All Things Creative
By Nathan Kahl
Of all ASEE staff, our members are likely most familiar with the work of Nico Nittoli and his Art and Production Department.
Nico was born in Queens, New York, but lived most of his life in suburban Maryland, surrounded by a big Italian family – one centered on a family restaurant and large gatherings every Sunday night. That restaurant, Sole D’Italia, was started by his grandfather – an entrepreneur from Italy who began multiple business ventures – and has been a neighborhood fixture for over 50 years. Nico and most members of his family got their start there as the first job of adolescence.
Nico graduated from the University of Maryland Baltimore County with a degree in visual communications and a concentration in graphic design. He did some temp work – you may have seen his designs in various Choice Hotel brand apps – and started his own company before joining ASEE a little over three years ago.
He rapidly rose from graphic designer to creative director. In this role he is responsible for the overall visual look and branding of ASEE across departments and products. He particularly enjoys the challenges and freedom that come each month with Prism magazine. “It’s one product where we can constantly create new concepts and ideas. The stories always change so we have a chance to develop new graphics.” The newest edition of eGFI magazine, just released, was also a fun project to work on, he says. In addition, he created the new ASEE logo.
Nico and partner Randy find their time dominated by two dogs – Toby, a French bulldog, and Leo, a Chesapeake Bay retriever puppy. Leo is training to be a search-and-rescue dog, working with Randy, who recently started his own consulting business on disaster planning and crisis management. Randy and Nico have taken up DIY winemaking and enjoy being outside – on or off the leash. And of course, there are those classic big Italian family get-togethers…
Nominations for Two Thousand Sixteen ASEE Board Elections
Presented on the following pages are candidates for offices to be voted on in the 2015 ASEE elections. These candidates were selected by the 2015 ASEE Nominating Committee, chaired by Kenneth Galloway. 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 Jan. 1, 2016.
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.
Candidates for the Office of President-Elect
Jenna P. Carpenter
Founding Dean, School of Engineering
Campbell University
Jenna P. Carpenter joined Campbell University as founding dean of engineering in 2015 after spending 26 years at Louisiana Tech University, where she was associate dean for undergraduate studies, the Wayne and Juanita Spinks Professor of Mathematics, and director of the engineering, engineering technology, and computer science programs. Her research focuses on innovative science, technology, engineering, and mathematics curricula and the success of women in STEM. She has received more than $2.5 million in federal funding and authored more than 130 publications and presentations.
Carpenter, a senior member of IEEE, is chair of the steering committee for the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Grand Challenge Scholars Program and an ABET program evaluator. She served as president of the Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN) in 2014-2015 and on its board of directors for 10 years. She also served as First Vice President of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) and MAA Louisiana-Mississippi Section Governor, and is currently chair of the MAA Council on the Profession, a member of the Joint Committee on Women, and the liaison between the MAA and ASEE.
Named an ASEE Fellow in 2013, Carpenter has been actively involved in the Society. She served on the ASEE Board of Directors as vice president of Professional Interest (PIC) Councils (2010-2011) and PIC III chair (2009-2011). She also has served on the ASEE Nominating Committee, ASEE National Outstanding Teaching Award Committee, as co-chair of the ASEE Membership Policy Committee, and division chair and program chair for the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Division and Mathematics Division. She was director for the Educational Research Methods (ERM) Division and chaired the Dasher Award committee. She served as director-at-large for the Women in Engineering Division. She is currently chair of the ASEE Long-Range Planning Committee, co-chair of the ECE Division awards committee, and a member of the K-12 and Precollege Division awards committee.
Carpenter has received national recognition for her work, including invitations to the 2015 White House Science Fair, the 2015 NAE and White House meeting on Educating Engineers to Meet the Grand Challenges, and the 2011 White House Champions of Change roundtable on girls and women in STEM. She received the WEPAN Distinguished Service Award in 2013 and the ASEE Mathematics Division Distinguished Educator and Service Award in 2006.
Carpenter received her B.S. in mathematics from Louisiana Tech University, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in mathematics from Louisiana State University, where she held the LSU Alumni Federation Fellowship.
Candidate’s Statement
It is a great honor to accept the nomination for the position of ASEE president-elect. As a founding dean for a school of engineering, I am particularly cognizant of the opportunities and challenges facing engineering and engineering technology education today. From the need to recruit, retain, and graduate both more and a more diverse cohort of students to the pressures to provide a broader, more relevant 21st-century education for a 20th-century price, the engineering education profession is facing a number of grand challenges of its own. At the same time, many of these challenges provide us with unique opportunities to reinvigorate and spur engineering education to new heights and successes.
My 26-year career has provided me with a strong national network, together with valuable insights and perspective on engineering and engineering technology education. Having served as department head for 10 years and associate dean for seven, and spent many years in the classroom teaching freshman engineering majors, I know how vital ASEE’s mission is to those working to advance excellence in all realms of engineering education. Having had the opportunity to serve at the national level on both the ASEE Board of Directors and the boards of other like-minded STEM organizations such as WEPAN and the MAA, I am well aware of the issues facing professional organizations. Having been very active at various levels within ASEE in recent years, I am inspired by the changes and grassroots initiatives that are helping shape the role of ASEE moving forward.
ASEE members work every day to advance our understanding of effective engineering education in the broadest sense and to produce new models of innovative curricula and programs, both inside and outside of the classroom. Supporting and disseminating this work, as well as advocating for engineering and engineering technology education in a sea of technological, political, and societal change, is the important work of ASEE and its members. ASEE is a unique organization in that it brings together a wide variety of professionals, both within and outside of higher education, focused on producing outstanding engineers and engineering technologists to meet the grand challenges of the 21st century. The passion, creativity, and hard work of ASEE members, leaders, and staff are a tremendous asset. I would welcome the opportunity to partner with them to meet these opportunities and challenges, strengthen our organization for the future, and further advance our collective work.
Bevlee Watford
Associate Dean, Academic Affairs
Director, Center for Enhancement of Engineering Diversity
Professor, Engineering Education, College of Engineering
Virginia Tech
An active member of ASEE since 1986, Bevlee Watford has served the organization in multiple capacities. She has held elected office in both the Women in Engineering and the Minorities in Engineering Divisions. She chaired the Diversity Task Force that resulted in the creation of the ASEE Diversity Strategic Plan as well as a standing Diversity Committee. She most recently served as first vice president and vice president for external affairs working to increase membership through strategic partnerships. She currently serves as an associate editor of the journal Advances in Engineering Education. In 2010, she was elected as a Fellow of ASEE.
Watford is a professor of engineering education in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech. She received her B.S. in mining engineering, and her M.S. and Ph.D. in industrial engineering and operations research from Virginia Tech. She is the founding director of the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity (CEED), which was launched in 1992, and has secured more than $6.5 million in funding and support for the center and other undergraduate initiatives from a variety of sources. Her research activities have focused on the recruitment and retention of students in engineering, with a particular emphasis on underrepresented students. The CEED office has implemented nationally recognized programs that have enhanced the success of all students. These include freshman peer mentoring, a summer bridge program for incoming freshmen, and residential living-learning communities.
CEED was awarded the 2010 Claire Felbinger Diversity Award from ABET. In 2011, CEED received the NSBE-ExxonMobil Impact Award for implementing successful research-based efforts to improve retention, and in 2014 CEED was one of three finalists in the GEDC Airbus Diversity Award. A past president of the Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN), Watford was the 2008 recipient of the WEPAN Founder’s Award recognizing her service to WEPAN and her efforts to increase the participation of women in the engineering profession.
Watford has served as associate dean for academic affairs in the College of Engineering since 1997, responsible for all undergraduate activities from recruiting to commencement. Under her leadership the college has successfully increased its enrollment, retention, and graduate rates. From 2010 to 2011, she served as interim department head of engineering education. From 2005 to 2007, she served as a program manager in the Division of Undergraduate Education for the NSF. Most recently (2013-2015) she served as the program director for broadening participation in the Division of Engineering Education and Centers.
Candidate’s Statement
I am honored to be nominated for the position of ASEE president-elect. This is an exciting time as we are experiencing a global emphasis on STEM education. The imperative to increase the numbers of STEM graduates – particularly engineering and engineering technology graduates – requires strategic collaboration and combined efforts at local, state, federal, and transnational levels. Numerous organizations and corporations are focusing their efforts on building the engineering pipeline. ASEE has a long history of developing partnerships. I plan to continue to build upon this strong foundation as ASEE is in prime position to expand our current relationships as well as to collaborate with others. I see the president as having a key role in enhancing partnerships with strategic organizations to achieve real and lasting change.
We also need to strengthen ASEE’s financial stability. We have some difficult and challenging issues to face as we seek to modify our organizational structure to refocus on our core mission – furthering education in engineering and engineering technology. While we never strayed from this mission, our organizational emphasis and reliance on external grants and contracts has proved difficult to maintain given the current efforts of the funding agencies themselves to reduce costs. What is clear is that our constituencies – both individuals and institutions – are strongly committed to the continued success of our organization. With this strong support, I know we will emerge from this situation stronger and more focused.
Since 1986, I have served ASEE in multiple capacities. My experiences working with the ASEE senior leadership as chair of the Diversity Task Force resulted in the ASEE Diversity Strategic Plan and a standing Diversity Committee that launched a Year of Action on Diversity. That effort solidified my perception of ASEE’s ability to contribute to and influence an important national agenda. These past two years as vice president of external affairs have given me greater insight into both internal and external operations of ASEE, and I believe I am now prepared to lead ASEE to greater prominence within the engineering and national community.
I understand and appreciate the volunteer nature of ASEE, and I have been successful in bringing people together to accomplish a stated goal. I believe that my experiences in leadership and management, coupled with my enthusiasm for engineering education and ASEE, will enable me to effectively serve the organization and its membership. I hope that I will have the opportunity to do so.
Candidates for Vice President, Member Affairs
Grant Crawford
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Quinnipiac University
Grant Crawford is a professor of mechanical engineering at Quinnipiac University and a retired Army colonel and former director of the mechanical engineering program at the United States Military Academy. During his academic career at West Point and Quinnipiac, he has taught courses in freshman engineering, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, electrical circuits, fixed-wing aerodynamics, helicopter aeronautics, computer-aided design, mechanical engineering design, aerospace systems design, and military science.
Crawford was commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Army upon graduation from the United States Military Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering in 1985. Following initial military assignments to Korea and Germany, he earned his Master of Science degree 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, permanent faculty member. He earned his Doctor of Philosophy degree 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 duties as the director for the mechanical engineering program. During this period, he served as an on-site mentor to the engineering department faculty at the National Military Academy of Afghanistan in the summer of 2009.
Crawford has served in a variety of positions at the section and zone level of ASEE and is currently the vice president of member affairs. He has also served as chair of the Fundamentals of Engineering Examination committee for the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) and as a mechanical engineering program evaluator for the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET. 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 the ASEE 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. From our focus on student diversity and retention to STEM outreach and international engagement, the vice president of member affairs plays a critical role in advancing ASEE’s key initiatives. 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 chair, Zone I chair, and current vice president of member affairs and chair of the Military and Veterans Constituent Committee, my focus has been on outreach and communication with the aim of serving your needs and effectively advocating for your priorities.
Working with a variety of people and teams predates my ASEE involvement. My service in the Army has taken me to numerous places in the United State and around the world, from Asia to Europe to Southwest Asia. My service with ASEE and affiliated organizations has taken me across America 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.
As your current vice president of member affairs, I have continued to build on the solid foundation laid by my predecessors and worked to strengthen the connections with our membership so that ASEE can best serve your needs. I am currently working with our Strategic Doing teams toward innovations that will provide better member service, build our membership base, and increase the perceived relevance of ASEE to our external partners in engineering and education. I will work closely with our section leaders, PICs, and external partners to increase engineering and engineering technology student enrollments and increase industry and government engagement in this effort. I appreciate your consideration for this position and, if re-elected, will do my utmost to fulfill your trust and expectations.
Charles McIntyre
Professor and Director, Construction Engineering Management Technology Program
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Charles McIntyre is a professor and director of the Construction Engineering Management Technology Program at Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). He received a B.S. from Springfield College in 1975, a B.S. from the University of Massachusetts in 1989, an M.Eng. from Penn State in 1991, and a Ph.D. from Penn State in 1996. His industry experience includes nine years as a department supervisor and manager in the area of water and wastewater systems. McIntyre also headed his own consulting firm from 1985 to 1990.
Prior to entering the construction and engineering industry, McIntyre was an elementary and high school teacher. He has taught in a variety of areas, including physical education, mathematics, and science, and at every level from K to 12, He also has work experience in both the United States and Canada. McIntyre currently is active in several organizations, including the American Society for Engineering Education, the American Council for Construction Education, the Associated Schools of Construction, and the National Association of Home Builders. He is also a member of the Chi Epsilon and Sigma Lambda Chi honor societies. As an educator, he teaches courses in several areas, including freshman introductory courses, project scheduling, and capstone.
Candidate’s Statement
For almost 25 years I have been a member of ASEE, and I would like to think that I have been a very active member. I have attended, reviewed, and presented papers, and served as a moderator at many ASEE national conferences as well as dozens of Section conferences. My first foray into the leadership realm of ASEE was when I was at North Dakota State University (NDSU). I started out as the NDSU campus representative and served in that position for 14 years. I have been very involved in the Campus Rep program and was recognized for outstanding recruitment and retention of members. Currently, I serve on a committee that is working on a Campus Rep elected position on the ASEE Board of Directors. While at NDSU, I became very involved in the ASEE North Midwest Section. I was initially elected as secretary-treasurer and then went on to serve as the section chair for three terms. I currently serve as the Section Archivist. I then put my hat in the ring for the Chair of Zone III, a position to which I was elected for two nonconsecutive terms. As a Zone Chair, I served on the ASEE Board of Directors for four years, gaining valuable experience concerning the philosophies and administration of ASEE.
As vice president of member affairs, my three major goals are to:
- Improve the lines of communication between ASEE headquarters, the board of directors, and ASEE membership in order to provide a higher level of transparency concerning the decisions and directorates of headquarters and the board of directors as they affect the membership.
- Work with the Zone and Section chairs to assimilate and document the “best practices” that are being used within the Sections and Zones. This document can serve as a guide for all to use to improve the services and programs offered to the membership.
- Continue efforts to enhance the Campus Rep program and develop additional resources to assist the campus representatives in their duties.
Candidates for Chair, PIC I
Agnieszka Miguel
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Seattle University
Agnieszka Miguel is an associate professor and Francis Wood Chair of the electrical and computer engineering (ECE) department at Seattle University and a member of the IEEE, SWE, and Tau Beta Pi. She received her Ph.D. in electrical engineering in 2001 from the University of Washington, and MSEE (1996) and BSEE (1994) degrees from Florida Atlantic University. Her research interests involve image processing, machine learning, and engineering education, especially active learning and retention. Teaching interests include MATLAB, circuits, linear systems, and digital image processing.
Currently chair of ASEE’s Pacific Northwest (PNW) Section (2015 – 2017), Miguel has held several other officer positions across ASEE, including campus representative (since 2011), PNW Section secretary/treasurer (2009 – 2013); ECE division chair (2012 – 2013) and program chair (2011 – 2012); and New Engineering Educators Division chair (2011 – 2012), program chair (2011 – 2010), treasurer (2008 – 2009), and secretary (2007 – 2008).
Miguel has been contributing to the ASEE annual conference for more than a decade, reviewing papers, chairing sessions, organizing panels, and presenting. Her appointment as an ECE Division program chair came during the first year of Monolith as the conference management platform. She was able to effectively navigate technical issues that arose, produce a very successful program, and ensure that the needs of authors and reviewers were met in a timely and consistent manner.
Miguel is a principal investigator of an NSF S-STEM grant that provides scholarships and support services to ECE transfer students. As a department chair, she led the creation and implementation of a new ECE undergraduate curriculum, collaborated with faculty in other departments on the design and implementation of a graduate program in systems engineering, and increased the undergraduate enrollment in ECE by almost 50 percent. Her teaching has been recognized with the 2014 College of Science and Engineering Outstanding Teaching Award.
S. Hossein Mousavinezhad
Professor, Electrical Engineering
Idaho State University
S. Hossein Mousavinezhad, a professor of electrical engineering and Fellow of ASEE, received his master’s and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Michigan State University and his BSEE degree from National Taiwan University. He published a book (with Wen-Chen Hu of the University of North Dakota) on mobile computing in 2013.
Mousavinezhad is an active member of IEEE (senior member) and ASEE, having chaired sessions in national and regional conferences. He is an ABET program evaluator for electrical and computer engineering programs and is the founding general chair of the IEEE International Electro Information Technology conferences. Mousavinezhad serves as MGA vice president and Van Valkenburg Early Career Teaching Award chair for the IEEE Education Society. He is a member of the editorial advisory board of the international research journal Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering.
Mousavinezhad served as chair of electrical and computer engineering at Western Michigan University (WMU) and as chair of electrical engineering and computer science at Idaho State University (ISU). He also served as ASEE’s ECE Division chair and is active in the Computing and Information Technology and Energy Conversion and Conservation divisions. He currently is serving as ISU campus representative to ASEE, a position in which he also served at WMU. Mousavinezhad is a principal investigator on a National Science Foundation research grant (Enhancing Access to Radio Spectrum, EARS, program) and serves as an NSF panel reviewer. He served on the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Heads Association board of directors and currently serves as the leader of the WECEDHA group.
Candidates for Chair, PIC IV
Trevor S. Harding
Professor, Materials Engineering
California Polytechnic State University
Trevor S. Harding, a professor of materials engineering, teaches courses in materials design, characterization, and sustainable materials. He received B.S. degrees in materials science and engineering and in aerospace engineering in 1995 from the University of Michigan, where he earned an M.S. (1997) and Ph.D. (2000) in materials science and engineering. His research interests fall into two broad categories: educational and technical. The former is focused on understanding the psychology surrounding the ethical decision making of engineering undergraduates, exploring the impacts of project-based and service learning, and using collaborative inquiry to engage faculty in transformation around educational practices. His technical research has focused primarily on in-vivo degradation of biomedical materials and development of nano-composites from bio-derived constituents.
A member of ASEE since 1997, Harding has served in a number of officer positions, including as chair (2015-present) and program chair (2013-2015) of the Community Engagement Division; chair (2009-2011) and program chair (2007-2009) of the Materials Division (2009-2011); and program chair for the Educational Research and Methods Division (2008-2009). He also has served as chair of the Benjamin Dasher Award committee, ERM Division (2006-2008), and as a director on the ERM board of directors from 2004 to 2006. Harding serves as an associate editor for Advances in Engineering Education (2008-2015) and on the advisory committee for the National Academy of Engineering Frontiers of Engineering Education conference (2012-2015). Currently he serves as a member of the National Science Foundation CMMI Division Committee of Visitors. In addition, he has served as chair of the materials engineering department at Cal Poly from 2009 to 2012.
Harding has received a number of awards related to teaching, including the 2008 Cal Poly President’s Service Learning Award for innovations in the use of service learning in the classroom, and is the first individual to receive both the New Faculty Fellows and the Apprentice Faculty grants from the ERM Division of ASEE (1999 and 2000, respectively). His philosophy is one of leadership through service with an emphasis on inclusion and collaboration. He is very excited about the possibility to extend his service to ASEE at the national level by serving as the PIC IV chair.
Teri Reed
Assistant Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs for Engineering
Associate Professor, Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering
Texas A&M University
Assistant Agency Director for Workforce Development
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
Teri Reed received her B.S. in petroleum engineering from the University of Oklahoma and spent seven years in the petroleum industry, during which time she earned her MBA. She received her Ph.D. in industrial engineering from Arizona State University. An advocate for research-informed approaches to engineering education, curricular reform, equity, cultural humility, and policy, as well as student recruitment and retention efforts, Reed has made significant contributions nationally as well as at Arizona State University, the University of Oklahoma, Purdue University, and Texas A&M University.
Reed helped establish the scholarly foundation for engineering education as an academic discipline through co-authorship of the landmark 2006 Journal of Engineering Education’s special reports, “The National Engineering Education Research Colloquies” and “The Research Agenda for the New Discipline of Engineering Education.” Her teaching interests include statistics, introductory engineering, diversity, and leadership. Her research interests include statistics education, concept inventory development, assessment and evaluation of learning and programs, recruitment and retention, diversity, and equity. She has received funding from the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Education, various private foundations, and industry.
An ASEE Fellow, Reed is a member of the IEEE and the Society of Petroleum Engineers. She serves as an ABET Engineering Accreditation Council evaluator for ASEE, is the past co-chair of ASEE’s Undergraduate Experience Council, and is past chair of the Diversity Committee. She has served in multiple leadership roles in the K-12 and ERM divisions, and with the associate deans group. Reed served as a reviewer of two seminal National Academy of Engineering reports, “Changing the Conversation: Messages for Improving Public Understanding of Engineering” and “Standards for K-12 Engineering Education.” She began serving the Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN) as president-elect in summer 2015.
Reed’s ASEE honors include the 2015 William Elgin Wickenden Award for research publications in JEE, the 2013 Sharon Keillor Award for Women in Engineering Education, the 2013 Environmental Engineering Division’s Best Paper Award, and the 2008 Outstanding Service Award from the ERM Division. Additional professional honors include the 2015 Texas A&M University Women’s Progress Award for Administrators, a 2007-2008 Committee on Institutional Cooperation Academic Leadership Program fellow, and Purdue University’s 2012 One Brick Higher Award, one of the highest honors from the university president. She looks forward to continuing to serve ASEE.
Michael White
Associate Librarian, Engineering and Science Library
Queen’s University
Michael White is an associate librarian in the Engineering and Science Library at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. He is the liaison and subject specialist for the departments of chemical engineering, chemistry, and physics, engineering physics, and astronomy. Prior to coming to Queen’s in 2005, White worked for seven years as a librarian in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He has held appointments as the engineering librarian at the University of Maine, Orono; science librarian at Loyola University, Chicago; and library associate in the engineering library at the University of Michigan.
An ASEE member since 1995, White has been active in the Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) and attended approximately 16 ASEE annual conferences as well as a number of section meetings. He is also a member of the Chemical Engineering, Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation, and Physics & Engineering Physics divisions, and chair of the St. Lawrence Section’s awards committee. Within ELD he has served in a number of leadership positions, including director (2006-08), treasurer-secretary (2009-10), program chair (2010-11), chair (2011-12), and past chair (2012-13). As program chair, White organized the ELD program at the 2011 ASEE annual conference in Vancouver. He has served on many ELD committees and task forces, and as a conference paper reviewer.
White received his B.A., cum laude, in history and international relations from Boston University in 1989 and his MLIS from the University of Michigan in 1994. His research interests include the role of patent information in science and engineering education. He has published articles on patents and engineering information in peer-reviewed publications such as World Patent Information, Issues in Science and Technology Libraries, and the Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA) and ASEE conference proceedings.
White first developed his interest in engineering information and education while working as a graduate student in the University of Michigan’s engineering library. If elected, he looks forward to working with PIC IV divisional leaders and members, and the ASEE board and staff to preserve and strengthen the ASEE community and mission. He believes strongly in collegiality, transparency, consultation, and collaborative decision making and notes that while ASEE members have diverse backgrounds, interests, and expertise, all share a passion for engineering education.
Candidates for Chair, PIC V
Nancy Kruse
Director, Continuing Education for Science & Engineering, College of Engineering and Natural Science
University of Tulsa
Nancy Kruse, director of program management at the University of Tulsa engineering school’s continuing education for science and engineering department, has over 30 years of engineering education and training experience in non-credit professional development. She is a member of ASEE’s Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and College Industry Partnership (CIP) divisions. She has served in numerous capacities over the years, including as CPD chair, board member, program chair, and membership chair. Kruse has presented many sessions and workshops at both the ASEE annual conference and the Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration, including two named as Best Workshops at CIEC by the CPD Division.
Most recently, as a part of the CPD Division’s Strategic Plan, Kruse helped establish a new membership, marketing, and communications committee for the division to allow individuals to focus on each of these areas to promote and serve the CPDD membership. At the 2015 CIEC conference, the ASEE CPD Division presented her with the Joseph M. Biedenbach Distinguished Service Award.
Julayne Moser
Director of Graduate Programs, School of Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University
Julayne Moser has been an active member of ASEE since 1994, serving as chair and secretary of the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) division and on the College-Industry Partnerships (CIP) division. During her CPD tenure, the board continued work to provide transparency of activities and accomplishments to division members, established on-going visibility on the ASEE website, revised the division bylaws and CPD Handbook to provide reference and guidance to division and board members, and maintained a proactive outreach approach to members and potential division members. Moser also served as general and assistant conference chair for the ASEE Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration (CIEC) as well as secretary and chair of the CIEC executive board.
A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Indiana University, where she earned both her B.A. and M.S. degrees, Moser has a combined 30 years of experience with distance learning and graduate studies education at Purdue. Her strengths include seeking feedback, working with various schools and divisions, and understanding the complexities of multiple organizational structures and groups. At Purdue as well as in ASEE division activities, she has been instrumental in projecting a strong and positive view of professional and graduate education, the development of new incoming professionals, and understanding that significant learning will take place outside of the classroom or office. Through her activities in ASEE, she leads by example in establishing an atmosphere of inclusiveness, being proactive, and emphasizing the importance of a strong volunteer ethic.
Call for Award Nominations
ASEE is currently seeking nominations for awards to be presented at the Awards Ceremony of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition in New Orleans, La., in June 2016.
All it takes is a little of your time for a deserving colleague to receive national recognition 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 January 15, 2016. If you have questions, please call (202) 331-3516 or send an e-mail to awards@asee.org.