Eden Fisher is director of the master's program in engineering and technology innovation management (E&TIM) and Professor of the Practice at Carnegie Mellon University. She earned an A.B. in chemistry from Princeton University and a Ph.D. in engineering and public policy from Carnegie Mellon University. Her experience includes over 20 years in industrial technology planning and innovation management.
Indira Nair retired from Carnegie Mellon University after 32 years. For the last 12 of those years, she was the vice provost for education and a professor in the department of engineering and public policy. She has designed and taught several interdisciplinary courses, including the ethics of science and technology, environmental science, technology and decision-making, and radiation, health, and policy. Her research has ranged over risk assessment and communication, green design, bioelectromagnetics, education in general, and pedagogy for modern-day literacy, such as scientific, environmental, and global literacy.
Dr. Nair chaired the national Global Learning Leadership Council of the American Association of Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) from 2010 to 2013. She advises several universities and colleges on incorporating global and environmental literacy throughout the curriculum. She has served on numerous national committees including National Science Foundation's Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering (CEOSE) and on the Division of Education and Human Resources Advisory Committee (EHR), the Educators Advisory Panel of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the Board of Student Pugwash USA. She has been involved in K-12 education and served as a member of the Board of the Pittsburgh Regional Center for Science Teachers, the School Reform Task Force of the Pittsburgh Public Schools, helping design the Science and Technology High School, the founding Boards of two charter schools –City High and the Environmental Charter School at Frick Park, and on the Winchester Thurston Advisory Board. She is co-author of a book, Journeys of Women in Science and Engineering: No Universal Constants, (Temple University Press, 1997).
She founded the Carnegie Mellon Chapter of Student Pugwash to encourage students to think about the social responsibility of science and technology. Her current quests and involvements include: a new scheme for general education including the new literacies; pedagogies for educating for innovation; increasing the inclusion of under-represented minorities across all segments of education; improving K-12 STEM education and bioelectromagnetics. She holds a Ph.D. in Physics from Northwestern University and a Pennsylvania teachers Certificate for high school science teaching
Mustafa A. Biviji has worked in different roles in the software industry, at a policy think-tank, and in a consulting firm. His interests lie in spotting and analyzing innovations in the electrical and electronics industry. Mr. Biviji is currently an engineering analyst at Energy & Environmental Resources Group, LLC (E2RG). In this role, he analyzes new trends in the smart electric-grid sector and consults with electric utilities to help them adapt. He also has developed a tool to determine new dynamic rates for utility customers on behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy. He completed his M.S. degree in engineering and technology innovation management from Carnegie Mellon University and his bachelor's degree in electronics engineering from University of Mumbai, India.
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