Release Date: September 18, 2012
INNOVATIVE EARLY-CAREER ENGINEERING FACULTY SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN NAE'S FOURTH FRONTIERS OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION SYMPOSIUM
Washington, DC, September 18, 2012 – Seventy-two of the nation's most innovative young engineering educators have been selected to take part in the National Academy of Engineering's fourth Frontiers of Engineering Education (FOEE) symposium. Faculty members who are developing and implementing innovative educational approaches in a variety of engineering disciplines will come together for the 2-1/2-day event, where they can share ideas, learn from research and best practice in education, and leave with a charter to bring about improvement in their home institution. The attendees were nominated by fellow engineers or deans and chosen from a highly competitive pool of applicants. The symposium will be held Oct. 14-17 in Irvine, Calif.
"The Frontiers of Engineering Education program creates a unique venue for engineering faculty members to share and explore interesting and effective innovations in teaching and learning,” said NAE President Charles M. Vest. “We want FOEE to become a major force in identifying, recognizing, and promulgating advances and innovations in order to build a strong intellectual infrastructure and commitment to 21st-century engineering education.”
This year's program will focus on the context, curriculum, and delivery of engineering education. “It is absolutely critical that U.S. engineering educators learn how to become more effective in the classroom, utilizing technology and pedagogy in creative ways in order to produce more innovative graduates who have the ability to address the complex problems of the 21st century,” said Larry Shuman, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Distinguished Service Professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh, and the chair of the FOEE planning committee. “To do otherwise will cede the nation’s place as an educational leader to other, more aggressive countries. At FOEE these outstanding faculty will learn about the newest educational developments ranging from MOOCs (massive, open, online, courses) to online publishing.”
The following individuals were selected as attendees:
| Jeffrey La Belle |
Arizona State University |
| Thomas Seager |
Arizona State University |
| Aviral Shrivastava |
Arizona State University |
| Lorena Barba |
Boston University |
| Peter Jansson |
Bucknell University |
| Hemanth Porumamilla |
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo |
| Heidi Martin |
Case Western Reserve University |
| Marco Castaldi |
City College of The City University of New York |
| Petru Andrei |
Florida State University |
| Jill Nelson |
George Mason University |
| Adjo Amekudzi |
Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Joseph Le Doux |
Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Amy Pritchett |
Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Conor Walsh |
Harvard University |
| Robert Nagel |
James Madison University |
| Todd Hufnagel |
Johns Hopkins University |
| Constantinos Daskalakis |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Dean Aslam |
Michigan State University |
| Jon Sticklen |
Michigan State University |
| Islam El-adaway |
Mississippi State University |
| Bryan Jones |
Mississippi State University |
| Lesley Strawderman |
Mississippi State University |
| Rani Sullivan |
Mississippi State University |
| Andrew Gouldstone |
Northeastern University |
| Waleed Meleis |
Northeastern University |
| Bruce Ankenman |
Northwestern University |
| Jennifer Cole |
Northwestern University |
| Kenneth Reid |
Ohio Northern University |
| Enrique Gomez |
Pennsylvania State University |
| Mireille Boutin |
Purdue University |
| Jong Hyun Choi |
Purdue University |
| Loring Nies |
Purdue University |
| Dimitrios Peroulis |
Purdue University |
| Maryam Saeedifard |
Purdue University |
| Maria Oden |
Rice University |
| Sridhar Condoor |
Saint Louis University |
| Jon Kellar |
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology |
| Stephen Canfield |
Tennessee Technological University |
| Jean-Francois Chamberland |
Texas A&M University |
| John Criscione |
Texas A&M University |
| Victor Ugaz |
Texas A&M University |
| Benjamin Hescott |
Tufts University |
| Ashok Ramasubramanian |
Union College |
| Norman Dennis |
University of Arkansas |
| Christa Hestekin |
University of Arkansas |
| Marc Facciotti |
University of California, Davis |
| Alissa Kendall |
University of California, Davis |
| Michael Neff |
University of California, Davis |
| Amir AghaKouchak |
University of California, Irvine |
| Michael Gordon |
University of California, Santa Barbara |
| Niels Da Vitoria Lobo |
University of Central Florida |
| W. Gregory Sawyer |
University of Florida |
| Stephan Durham |
University of Georgia |
| Lawrence Angrave |
University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign |
| Julie Jessop |
University of Iowa |
| Omolola Eniola-Adefeso |
University of Michigan |
| Mark Yim |
University of Pennsylvania |
| Ipsita Banerjee |
University of Pittsburgh |
| Kingsley Reeves |
University of South Florida |
| Malancha Gupta |
University of Southern California |
| Claudia Rawn |
University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
| Jeffrey Reinbolt |
University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
| Xiaojing (John) Zhang |
University of Texas, Austin |
| Laura Suggs |
University of Texas, Austin |
| Jose Espiritu |
University of Texas, El Paso |
| Heidi Taboada |
University of Texas, El Paso |
| Reid Bailey |
University of Virginia |
| Gavin Garner |
University of Virginia |
| Matthew Roberts |
University of Wisconsin, Platteville |
| Wei Shi |
University of Wisconsin, Stout |
| Anurag Srivastava |
Washington State University |
| Gregory Thompson |
West Virginia University |
The planning committee members of the 2012 symposium are:
| Larry Shuman (Chair) |
University of Pittsburgh |
| Stephen Director (Co-Chair) |
Northeastern University |
| Mary Besterfield-Sacre |
University of Pittsburgh |
| David Darmofal |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Larry McIntire |
Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Ann McKenna |
Arizona State University |
| Karl Smith |
University of Minnesota/ Purdue University |
| Christopher Swan |
Tufts University |
| James Tien |
University of Miami |
The 2012 Frontiers of Engineering Education symposium is sponsored by John McDonnell and the McDonnell Family Foundation.
The mission of the National Academy of Engineering is to advance the wellbeing of the nation by promoting a vibrant engineering profession and by marshalling the expertise and insights of eminent engineers to provide independent advice to the federal government on matters involving engineering and technology.
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