Dr. Dirk Schaefer selected to take part in the National Academy of ...

Dr. Dirk Schaefer selected to take part in the National Academy of
Engineering’s Frontiers of Engineering Education symposium
SAVANNAH (14-Oct-09) - A Georgia Institute of Technology faculty member
has been selected to take part in the National Academy of
Engineering’s (NAE) Frontiers of Engineering Education (FOEE)
symposium.Dr. Dirk Schaefer, an assistant professor in Georgia
Tech’s Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, will join 48 of the
nation’s brightest young engineering researchers and educators who
have been selected to take part in the inaugural symposium.
Schaefer, who works at Georgia Tech’s Savannah campus, was
selected along with other top engineering faculty members in the
first half of their careers who are developing and implementing
innovative educational approaches in a variety of disciplines. They
will gather in Herndon, Va., November 15-18 to share ideas and best
practices to bring back to their home institutions. “I am proud that
Dr. Schaefer is playing a strategic role in transforming engineering
education,” said David Frost, director of Georgia Tech-Savannah. “We
are fortunate to have someone of his caliber as part of our Savannah
campus.”
The participants were nominated by fellow engineers or deans and
chosen from a highly competitive pool of applicants. Schaefer, who
joined Georgia Tech in 2006, has focused his research on the
strategic design of engineering education including virtual learning
environments and remotely/robotically controlled physical
laboratory exercises for distance learning settings.
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NAE's First Frontiers of Engineering Education Symposium
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Date: October 8, 2009
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October 12, 2009
INNOVATIVE EARLY-CAREER ENGINEERING FACULTY SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN
NAE'S FIRST FRONTIERS OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION SYMPOSIUM
NATIONAL-ACADEMIES.ORG
WASHINGTON – Forty-nine of the nation's brightest young engineering researchers and educators have
been selected to take part in the National Academy of Engineering's (NAE) first Frontiers of Engineering
Education (FOEE) symposium. Engineering faculty members in the first half of their careers who are
developing and implementing innovative educational approaches in a variety of 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 participants
were nominated by fellow engineers or deans and chosen from a highly competitive pool of applicants.
"The Frontiers of Engineering Education program will create a unique venue for engineering faculty
members to share and explore interesting and effective innovations in teaching and learning,” said NAE
President Charles M. Vest. “We intend for FOEE to become a major force in identifying, recognizing, and
promulgating advances and innovations in order to build a strong intellectual infrastructure and commitment
to 21st-century engineering education.”
The program will focus on effective ways to ensure that students learn the engineering fundamentals, the
expanding knowledge base of new technology, and the skills necessary to be an effective engineer or
engineering researcher. “In our increasingly global and competitive world, the United States needs to
marshal its resources to address the strategic shortfall of engineering leaders in the next decades,” said
Edward F. Crawley, Ford Professor of Engineering at MIT, and chairman of the first FOEE. “By holding this
event, we have recognized some of the finest young engineering educators in the nation, and will better
equip them to transform the educational process at their universities.”
The symposium will be held Nov. 15-18 in Herndon, Va.
The following engineering faculty members were selected as participants:
Edward Berger University of Virginia
Mary Besterfield-Sacre University of Pittsburgh
Surita Bhatia University of Massachusetts
Jay Brockman University of Notre Dame
Cordelia Brown Purdue University
Shane Brown Washington State University
Winslow Burleson Arizona State University
Richard Cassady University of Arkansas
Brianno Coller Northern Illinois University
Monica Cox Purdue University
Frank Fisher Stevens Institute of Technology
Eric Freudenthal University of Texas, El Paso
Elizabeth Gerber Northwestern University
Margret Hjalmarson George Mason University
Lisa Huettel Duke University
Kathleen Issen Clarkson University
Jennifer Karlin South Dakota School of Mines
California Polytechnic State University, San
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Andrew Kean Luis Obispo
Caitlin Kelleher Washington University in St. Louis
Daniel Kirk Florida Institute of Technology
Xenofon Koutsoukos Vanderbilt University
Gul Kremer Pennsylvania State University
Tanya Kunberger Florida Gulf Coast University
Ted Lee University of Southern California
Krishna Madhavan Purdue University
Sharad Malik Princeton University
Hazel Marie Youngstown State University
Margaret Martonosi Princeton University
Christina Mastrangelo University of Washington
Jennifer Maynard University of Texas
Joseph McCarthy University of Pittsburgh
Ann McKenna Northwestern University
Joanna Millunchick University of Michigan
Todd Murphey Northwestern University
Roseanna Neupauer University of Colorado
Eric Perreault Northwestern University
David Ricketts Carnegie Mellon University
William Riddell Rowan University
Susan Roberts University of Massachusetts
William Rosehart University of Calgary
Julia Ross University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Ann Rundell Purdue University
Dirk Schaefer Georgia Institute of Technology
Jen Schneider Colorado School of Mines
Missouri University of Science and
Sahra Sedigh Sarvestani
Technology
Jonathan Weaver University of Detroit Mercy
Charles Werth University of Illinois
Lisa Zidek Florida Gulf Coast University
Julie Zimmerman Yale University
The planning committee members of the 2009 symposium are:
Edward Crawley Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jack Lohmann Georgia Institute of Technology
Deirdre Meldrum Arizona State University
Barbara Olds Colorado School of Mines
Michael Richey The Boeing Co.
Sheri Sheppard Stanford University
Karl Smith University of Minnesota/ Purdue University
The 2009 Frontiers of Engineering Education symposium is sponsored by the O’Donnell Foundation.
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The National Academy of Engineering is an independent, nonprofit institution that serves as an adviser to government
and the public on issues in engineering and technology. Its members consist of the nation's premier engineers, who are
elected by their peers for their distinguished achievements. Established in 1964, NAE operates under the
congressional charter granted to the National Academy of Sciences in 1863.
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