2011 Engineering Deans Institute (EDI)
Rising Above the Economic Storm
April 10-13, 2011
Palm Springs, CA

Presentations

Monday, April 11, 2011

Innovation and Commericalization

• Tom Shaginaw, University Research Program Manager, GE Global Research
• Phil Weilerstein, Executive Director, National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA)
• Richard Hull, Senior Director, New Ventures and Alliances, USC Stevens Institute of Innovation

Curricula Innovations

• Leah Jamieson, Dean of Engineering, Purdue University
• Jack Lohmann,Vice Provost and Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

US Engineering Graduates: Shortage or Glut?

• S.K. Ramesh, Dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science & Professor, Electrical and Computing Engineering, California State University, Northridge
• Vivek Wadhwa, Director of Research, Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization and Exec in Residence, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University
• Tom Peterson, Assistant Director for Engineering, National Science Foundation

Increasing the Diversity of the Engineering Pipeline

• Rafael Bras, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Darryll Pines, Dean, University of Maryland
• Sarah Rajala, Dean of the Bagley College of Engineering & Professor, Mississippi State University
• Ashok Saxena, Dean, College of Engineering Graduate Research Chair and Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Arkansas
• Ray Mellado, Chairman & CEO, Great Minds in STEM

Diversity as an Economic Imperative

• Michael R. Niggli, President & Chief Operating Officer, San Diego Gas & Electric

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Main Plenary Address

Dr. Charles M.Vest, President, U.S. National Academy of Engineering & President Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Changing the Conversation

• Jim Foster, Archer Daniels Midland

Engineering in K-12: What can we do to help?

• James H. Aylor, Dean of Engineering & Applied Science, University of Virginia
• S.K. Ramesh, Dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science & Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, California State University, Northridge
• David Hayhurst, Dean of Engineering, San Diego State University
• Peter Crouch, Dean of Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa
• David Munson, Dean of Engineering, University of Michigan
• Lewis Chappelear, Instructor, School of Engineering and Design, James Monroe High School, North Hills, CA

Engineering Schools Contributing to Regional Development - A Global Perspective

• Alaa Ashmawy, Dean of Engineering, American University in Dubai
• Uriel Cukierman, Chief Information Officer, The National Technical University (UTN) of Argentina & Representative of Federal Council of Engineering Deans of Argentina

Engineering Outreach

• Cathy Leslie, Executive Director, Engineers without Borders - USA
• Endy Chiakpo, IBM
• Tara Chklovski, Founder and CEO, Iridescent
  • Video - Family Science
  • Video - Engineers as Teachers

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