iNEER Awards Committee

 

 

JORGE IVÁN VÉLEZ-AROCHO, Member

 

Jorge Vélez-Arocho has been Chancellor of the University of Puerto Rico – Mayaguez since 2002. He was Dean of the School of Business Administration at UPRM from 1990 – 1994, and has been Co-Director of the Center for Hemispherical Cooperation in Research and Education in Engineering and Applied Science (CoHemis) since 1992. He received the Ph.D. in Decision Science from the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. From 1990 to 1994 he was the Coordinator of the Center for International Perspectives. From 1994 to 1996 he co-directed the Global Awareness Program. 

 

SUSAN M. BRAYS, Member

 

Sue Brays is Assistant Dean for Strategy and Development, Professional and Distance Education, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY.  In addition, she is Executive Director of "New Vistas....support for distance learning" a consulting practice founded to assist universities, corporations and government agencies in the implementation of distance learning programs.  Sue served as founding Director of the Rensselaer Satellite Video Program (RSVP), the distance-learning program of Rensselaer and led it from its inception in 1987 until her departure in January 1997 to found New Vistas. She served on the 2002 Awards Committee. 

 

JOHN D. CARPINELLI, Member and Secretary

 

John Carpinelli is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, USA.  He received the B. Engr. degree from Stevens Institute of Technology in 1983, and the M. Engr. and Ph. D. degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1984 and 1987, respectively.  He has served as Director of the Computer Engineering Program at NJIT and as a member of the Governing Board for the Gateway Engineering Education Coalition.  His research interests focus on educational computing, distance learning, computer architecture, and interconnection networks.  His textbook, Computer Systems Organization and Architecture, has been used at over 150 universities and has been translated into several languages.

 

PATRICIA FOX, Member

 

Patricia Fox received her B.S. in Accounting from Indiana University in 1980 and M.B.A. from Butler University in 1985.  She is the Associate Dean for Administration and Finance and Assistant Professor of Organizational Leadership and Supervision in the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI).  In addition to her administrative duties, Pat teaches various courses in the Department of Organizational Leadership and Supervision.  Pat currently serves as the Chair of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Engineering Technology Council (ETC) and serves on the Board of Directors of the ASEE.  She has taught several summers at the Berufsakademie Mannheim.  Pat is an instructor of GO GREEN.

 

CHE-HO WEI, Member

 

Che-Ho Wei is currently Professor of Electrical Engineering at National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. and President of the Institute of Engineering Education Taiwan (IEET).  He served as Chairman, National Science Council (NSC) of Taiwan during 2001-2004.  Prior to that, he was Vice President at National Chiao Tung University.  He received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from National Chiao Tung University, and the Ph.D. from University of Washington, Seattle.  Wei has received numerous awards, including the Distinguished Research Award in 1990 and 1996 from NSC, the IEEE Third Millennium Medal, the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Golden Jubilee Medal, and the iNEER Achievement Award. He was co-chair of ICEE-2000 and Chairman of the iNEER Board from 2001-2003.

 

WOJCIECH ZIELINSKI (Chair)

 

Wojciech Zielinski became Rector of Silesian University of Technology (SUT) in 2002.  Prior to that, he was Vice Rector for Education. He obtained both the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees at SUT. He was Head of the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Technology of SUT during 1991–1997. He is a member of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Organic Industry in Warsaw, the Council of International University in Zittau, Germany; Polish Committee of Standards, and Polish Academy of Sciences. His research interests concern synthesis of organic compounds. He received Achievement Awards from the Ministry of Education in 1976, 1978, 1984 and 1987. He served on the 2002 iNEER Awards Committee.