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Wed, September 24, 2014
Seventy-seven of the nation's most innovative, young engineering educators have been selected to take part in the National Academy of Engineering's sixth 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 NAE members or deans and chosen from a highly competitive pool of applicants. The symposium will be held Oct. 26-29 in Irvine, Calif.
“The Frontiers of Engineering Education program brings together top university faculty to explore preparing engineers for the world’s great engineering challenges,” said NAE President Dan Mote. “It is a no-holds-barred look at the front-edge of engineering education." “Most of the faculty in higher education must adapt to changing times; from chalk boards to overheads, from classrooms to online education, and from traditional students to learners who are quite adept at navigating the Internet. As a consequence, faculty are not only needing to continuously update their course content but also their delivery approach so as to better engage the students. Research on learning, publications on teaching methods, and conferences on education are all trying to support the beleaguered faculty”, said James M. Tien, Distinguished Professor and Dean of the College of Engineering at University of Miami and Chair of the FOEE Advisory Committee. “So is the annual FOEE symposium, which brings together engineering faculty who are eager to share their innovative teaching approaches and to learn from their equally talented colleagues.”
The following individuals were selected as attendees:
Xiang "Susie" Zhao
Alabama A&M University
W. Robert Ashurst
Auburn University
Elizabeth Lipke
Ahmad Khalil
Boston University
Alex Hills
Carnegie Mellon University
Stephanie Claussen
Colorado School of Mines
Sybil Sharvelle
Colorado State University
Ioannis Kymissis
Columbia University
Erica Cantrell Dawson
Cornell University
Kit-Yee "Daisy" Fan
Roseanna Zia
Kunihiko Taira
Florida State University
Alexander Alexeev
Georgia Institute of Technology
Baratunde Cola
Elliot Moore II
Kamran Paynabar
Manu Platt
Krzysztof Gajos
Harvard University
Mani Mina
Iowa State University
Elise Barrella
James Madison University
Kyle Gipson
Justin Henriques
Mary Caldorera-Moore
Louisiana Tech University
Laura Genik
Michigan State University
Carl Lira
Jean-Celeste Kampe
Michigan Technological University
William Fahrenholtz
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Laurent Simon
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Matthew Cooper
North Carolina State University
Marilyn Minus
Northeastern University
Shashi Murthy
David Gatchell
Northwestern University
Penny Hirsch
Eric Masanet
Paul Ruvolo
Olin College of Engineering
Sarma Pisupati
Pennsylvania State University
Daniel Steingart
Princeton University
Konstantina "Nadia" Gkritza
Purdue University
Carl Laird
Zoltan Nagy
Tonya Nilsson
Santa Clara University
Mark Fontenot
Southern Methodist University
Lauren Aquino Shluzas
Stanford University
Lisa Hwang
Christopher Wilson
Tennessee Technological University
Erick Moreno-Centeno
Texas A&M University
Arun Srinivasa
Qinghua "Peter" He
Tuskegee University
Phillip Farrington
University of Alabama, Huntsville
Chase Rainwater
University of Arkansas
Douglas Spearot
Shannon Ciston
University of California, Berkeley
Angelique Louie
University of California, Davis
Erkin Seker
Megan Valentine
University of California, Santa Barbara
Alireza Seyedi
University of Central Florida
Matthew Hallowell
University of Colorado, Boulder
Ryan Starkey
Krystyna Gielo-Perczak
University of Connecticut
John Cable
University of Maryland, College Park
Linda Schmidt
Tilman Wolf
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Ines Basalo
University of Miami
Bogdan Epureanu
University of Michigan
Chinedum Okwudire
Laurel Riek
University of Notre Dame
Irvin Jones Jr.
University of Pittsburgh
Arash Takshi
University of South Florida
Andrea Armani
University of Southern California
Stacey Finley
AnnMarie Thomas
University of St. Thomas
Amit Bhasin
University of Texas, Austin
Ning "Jenny" Jiang
Carolyn Seepersad
Rene Overney
University of Washington
Kurt Thoroughman
Washington University in St. Louis
Matthew Werner
Webb Institute
The advisory committee members of the 2014 symposium are:
James Tien (Chair)
Darryll Pines (Vice-Chair)
University of Maryland
Nadine Aubry
Edward Berger
Naomi Chesler
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Trevor Harding
California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
Lisa Huettel
Duke University
Larry McIntire
The 2014 Frontiers of Engineering Education symposium is sponsored by John McDonnell and the McDonnell Family Foundation.
The National Academy of Engineering, an independent, nonprofit organization, was established in 1964 under the charter of the National Academy of Sciences as a parallel organization of outstanding engineers. Part of its mission is to advance the well-being 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. NAE along with the National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council make up the National Academies.