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Kristina Johnson named Provost at
Johns Hopkins. See the news
release.
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Janie Fouke, Dean of Engineering at
Michigan State, was interviewed for the position of Provost at the
University of Florida. The interview is available via
webcast, and provides a good example of what this type of interview
is like.
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Janet Ellzey has accepted a new
position at the University of Texas. She is now the Assistant Dean for
International Engineering Education.
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ACM has named Frances E. Allen the
recipient of the 2006 A.M. Turing Award for "pioneering contributions to
the theory and practice of optimizing compiler techniques that laid the
foundation for modern optimizing compilers and automatic parallel
execution." This award marks the first time that a woman has received
this honor.
Allen, an IBM Fellow Emerita at the T.J.
Watson Research Center, made fundamental contributions to the theory and
practice of program optimization and greatly extended earlier work in
automatic program parallelization. Her contributions have enabled
high-performance solutions to a wide range of computationally intense
problems.
The Turing Award, first presented in 1966,
and named for British mathematician Alan M. Turing, is widely considered
the "Nobel Prize in Computing." It carries a $100,000 prize, with
financial support provided by Intel Corporation.
Download and listen to an interview with
Stanford University President John Hennessy on the impact of Fran
Allen's work and her role in inspiring others, being aired by American
Public Media's "Future Tense" on select public radio stations:
http://www.publicradio.org/columns/futuretense
ACM will present the Turing Award at the
annual ACM Awards Banquet on June 9, 2007, in San Diego, CA.
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Dr. Mary C. Juhas, currently the Senior Assistant Dean for Diversity
and Outreach at The Ohio State University's College of Engineering,
accepts a position at the National Science Foundation. Starting October
1 she will be the Director of Diversity and Outreach for the Engineering
Directorate at NSF. Congratulations Mary!
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Dr. Leah Jamieson has been named the Dean of Engineering at
Purdue University. Dr. Jamieson, a member of the National Academy of
Engineering served as interim Dean prior to this appointment.
Congratulations Leah!
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Dr. Lisa Aultman-Hall
has been named the Director of the National University Transportation
Center at the University of Vermont. What a wonderful opportunity! As
director she will oversee "daily operations and a budget that includes
$16 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation over the next
five years". Congratulations Lisa!!!!! Best wishes.
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Dr. Janet Hering, an environmental engineering professor at
Caltech, has been appointed director for the Swiss Federal Institute of
Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG).
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Mississippi State
University's Bagley College of Engineering is pleased to announce that
Dr. Sarah Rajala, a professor and associate dean of N.C. State's
College of Engineering, will be the new Department Head of Electrical
and Computer Engineering starting in December. She will also become
holder of the university's James W. Bagley Endowed Chair of Electrical
and Computer Engineering. Sarah joins Julia Hodges, Department Head of
Computer Science and Engineering and Donna Reese, Associate Dean of
Academics and Administration as other women leaders within the Bagley
College of Engineering. Congrats to Sarah!
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Clarkson University is proud
to welcome WELI member Dr. Ruth Baltus as the new department
chair for Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.
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Chronicle of Higher Education article about
Dr. Denice Denton: In Apparent
Suicide, Chancellor Dies in a Fall: Santa Cruz leader faced attacks
that were harsh -- and sometimes personal
Congratulations to
Dr. Sandra Woods. She was recently appointed Dean of
Engineering at Colorado State University.
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Congratulations to
Dr. Esin Gulari! She has been appointed Dean of the
College of Engineering and Science at Clemson. While at NSF, she was
instrumental in helping WELI obtain funding for our activities.
Congratulations Esin!
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Dr. Adrienne Lavine will begin her new position as Head of the Department of
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at UCLA on July 1, 2006. Wonderful news!
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Provost Priscilla Nelson has been selected for Honorary Membership in ASCE. The award will be presented at the October ASCE Annual Conference.
"Honorary Members are those who have demonstrated achievement and
contributed noteworthy services in any field of endeavor who have adhered to
high standards of conduct, and whose efforts have benefited their
communities, the nation and humanity." What a great
honor….Congratulations Dr. Nelson!
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Dr. Alice Gast of MIT has been named President of Lehigh University starting August 2006. Congratulations Alice!
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Dr. Helen Chan, Department of Material Science and
Engineering at Lehigh, has been appointed the Department Chairperson
starting Fall 2006. Congratulations Dr. Chan!
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Dr. Sibel Pamukcu has accepted the Associate Chairperson position at the
Civil and Environmental Engineering department at Lehigh University in
Pennsylvania. Congratulations!
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Professor Nadine Aubry (NJIT) has been appointed head of the Mechanical
Engineering Department at Carnegie Melon effective July 1, 2006.
Congratulations!
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John Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering has it's first woman
department chair. Dr. Kate Stebe has been appointed chair of Chemical and
Biomolecular Engineering starting July 1, 2006. Congratulations to
Kate!
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Dean Linda Abriola has been elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of
Arts and Sciences. This year's class of 175 Fellows and 20 Foreign Honorary
Members includes two former Presidents of the United States; the Chief
Justice of the United States; a Nobel laureate; winners of the Pulitzer
Prize in poetry, drama, music, investigative reporting, and non-fiction; and
a former US poet laureate. For 225 years, the American Academy of Arts
and Science has been honoring excellence and providing service to the nation
and the world. Congratulations, Linda!
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Congratulations to
Dr. Sara Wadia-Fascetti. She has moved into the Associate
Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement position at Northeastern University
after having served as interim for the past few months. What a great
opportunity to make a difference. Congratulations!
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Dr. Peggy Johnson and Dr. Karen Thole accepted
department head positions at Penn State. Dr. Johnson will be the head
of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Dr. Thole will be head of the
Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Department. They join one other woman Dept head at Penn State: Dr. Judy Todd, Department
of Engineering Science and Mechanics.
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Dr. Maria Klawe Named Fifth
President of Harvey Mudd College
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Dr. Aicha Elshabin has been selected as the next dean of the
College of Engineering for the University of Idaho. 4/2006
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Dr.
Delcie Durham,
currently NSF Program Manager for Engineering
Design, has been appointed Associate Provost and Dean of the Graduate
School at the University of South Florida and will begin her new
position on July. CONGRATULATIONS DELCIE!
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Dr. Cristina Amon and
Dr. Linda Katehi are members of the newest class of the National
Academy of Engineering.
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Dr. Deirdre Meldrum has accepted the
position as the new dean of engineering at Arizona State University.
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Dr. Carolyn Meyers has been
named President of Norfolk State University.
