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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. CONTACT GT Savannah | CONTACT GT Atlanta | LEGAL INFORMATION | WEBMASTER © 2007 Georgia Institute of Technology
NAE's First Frontiers of Engineering Education Symposium NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL News Office Home National-Academies.org Media Contacts News Release Archive Media Advisories Monthly Tipsheet Publications Webcast Archive Photos Presidents' Corner Communications Awards E-Newsletters FAQ Science in the Headlines Podcasts News Feeds Media Sign-Up Register here to receive news releases and advisories. PNAS The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences media and communications office web site can be found here. Inquiries should be sent to PNASnews@nas.edu. Date: October 8, 2009 Contacts: Randy Atkins 202-334-1508; atkins@nae.edu Beth Cady 202-334-2064; ecady@nae.edu 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 http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=10082009 Page 1 of 2 10/12/2009
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