2012 Engineering Deans Institute (EDI)
Engineering: Transcending Boundaries
April 15 - 18, 2012
Kauai Marriott Resort & Beach Club
Kauai, Hawaii

Presentations

Theme: Engineering: Transcending Boundaries

Sunday, April 15, 2012

New Dean's Forum

• Richard C. Benson, Dean of Engineering, Virginia Tech
• Sarah A. Rajala, Dean of the Bagley College of Engineering and Professor, Mississippi State University

Monday, April 16, 2012

Welcome and Plenary Session

• Opening General Session Slideshow and Welcome to Kauai Slideshow
• Rear Admiral Robin M. Watters, Chief of Staff, U.S. Pacific Command
• Andrew W. Reynolds, Senior Advisor, Space and Advanced Technologies U.S. Department of State
• Mr. Stephen P. Welby, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Systems Engineering

Plenary Session - Update on Engineering in K-12 Education

• James H. Aylor, Louis T. Rader Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Virginia
• Leigh R. Abts, Colleges of Engineering and Education, University of Maryland, College Park
• Michael E. Spagna, Dean, Michael D. Eisner College of Education, California State University, Northridge

Keynote Speaker

• Daniel Sayre, Associate Publisher, Engineering Global Education Division, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Breakout Session - Engineering and the Military

• Eric D. Knutson, Director, Lockheed Martin, Skunk Works - Advanced Projects
• David C. Munson, Dean of Engineering, University of Michigan
• Tony Ambler, Dean of the College of Engineering & Computing,University of South Carolina

Breakout Session - International Programs

• Yongmin Kim, President, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)
• Leah H. Jamieson, John A. Edwardson Dean of the College of Engineering at Purdue University
• C.E. Soon, Dean of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Birds of a Feather Session

• Birds of a Feather

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Breakfast Keynote Speaker

• Roger Stancliff, CTO, Component Test Division, Agilent Technologies

Breakout Session - Diversity

• Rear Admiral Fernandez L. "Frank" Ponds Commander, Navy Region Hawai‘i Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific
• Sylvia Hurtado, Professor and Director of the Higher Education Research Institute University of California, Los Angeles
• Douglas Goering, Dean of the College of Engineering and Mines, University of Alaska Fairbanks
• Michael Kassner, Director of the Department of Research, Office of Naval Research (ONR)

Breakout Session - Soft/Smart Power

• Rear Admiral Hugh D. Wetherald, Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans, Policies and Requirements
• James Ligh, Chief, Business Management, Pacific Ocean Division of the US Army Corps of Engineers
• Peter E. Crouch, Dean of the College of Engineering, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

Breakout Session - Faculty Development

• Eckhard A. Groll, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Office of Professional Practice, Interim Assistant Dean of Engineering for Research Purdue University
• Satish S. Udpa, Dean, College of Engineering, Michigan State University
• Keith Moo-Young , Dean of Engineering, Computer Science and Technology, Cal State Los Angeles.
  Faculty Development Session Map  
  Faculty Development Note Cards

Breakout Session - Engineering Colleges and Veterans

• Laura Steinberg, Dean of Engineering, Syracuse University
• Michael S. Bruno, Dean of the School of Engineering and Science and Professor of Ocean Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology

Breakout Session - Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Colleges of Engineering

• Tom Byers, Director, Stanford Technology Ventures and PI of Epi Center, NSF National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation
• Dr. Richard Brown , Dean of Engineering, University of Utah - Creating a Culture of Entrepreneurship among the Faculty
• Lance R. Collins , Dean College of Engineering, Cornell University

Breakout Session - Working with Community Colleges

• Catherine Didion, Senior Program Officer, National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
• S.K. Ramesh, Dean, College of Engineering and Computer Science, California State University Northridge
• Eun-Woo Chang, Dean of Science, Engineering and Mathematics, Montgomery College
• Richard Schoephoerster, Dean of the College of Engineering, University of Texas at El Paso

Lunch Keynote Speaker

• Jim Tung, Mathworks Fellow

Plenary Session - Engineering Colleges and Competitions

• Darryll Pines, Dean of the Clark School, University of Maryland
• Nancy Clark Brown, Senior Manager, Education Business Development, Autodesk
• John O’Leary, Vice President of Engineering, Airbus Americas Engineering, Inc.

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