WIN AUNG
In addition to being Secretary-General of iNEER, Win Aung is affiliated with the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) where he holds the position of Senior Staff Associate – Engineering Education. Prior to joining NSF, he carried out research at Bell Telephone Laboratories in Whippany, NJ. A member of the U.S. Senior Executive Service and the recipient of the first NSF Federal Engineer of the Year Award, he is a Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). He has written extensively on research and education and is a frequent speaker on campuses around the world and at international conferences. He has over 120 technical publications, and has edited or co-edited 9 books. In 1999, he received the ASME Classic Paper Award, and the Doctorem Honoris Causa (honorary doctorate degree) from VSB – Technical University of Ostrava (VSB), Czech Republic. He is the founder of the International Conference on Engineering Education series and is a co-founder of the International Network for Engineering Education and Research (iNEER). He is a member of the Scientific Board of VSB. He is a member of the ASME Board on Education, and was an editor of the Transactions of ASME, Journal of Heat Transfer.
ROBERT ALTENKIRCH
Robert Altenkirch is President of New
Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey, USA. Prior to that he was
Vice President for Research at Mississippi State University (MSU), and served
as Dean of College of Engineering and Architecture at Washington State
University, and Dean of Engineering at MSU. A mechanical engineer, Altenkirch
received the Ph.D. from Purdue, and has hundreds of publications and
presentations to his credit. Altenkirch is a fellow of ASME, a member of Phi
Eta Sigma, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, ASEE and the iNEER Board.
TOMAS CERMAK
Professor Tomas Cermak was elected as
Rector of VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic in
elections held in November, 2002. He assumed the position on February 1, 2003
succeeding Vaclav Roubicek. Cermak first came to VSB in 1964 as a senior
assistant, rising to become Head of the Department of Electrical Machines and Drives
at VSB in 1985. In 1990 he became Rector, which position he held until 1997. In
1997, he was appointed to be Vice Rector for R&D and Foreign Affairs. His
service record includes membership of the Scientific Board of VSB and of the
State Committee for Scientific Degrees. He chairs the Engineering Division of
the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic. He was past member of the Scientific
Board of the Technical University of Kosice, Slovak Republic; the Czech
Engineering Academy; Vice President of Czech Universities Council; and General
Assembly of Czech Academy of Science. An early believer of the value of
international cooperation in engineering education and research, he was
actively involved with the organization of ICEE since ICEE-1997. He is the
current Chair of the iNEER Board, and is a member of the ICEE and iCEER
International Steering Committees. He is Chairman of the Board of Vesuvius
(formerly Hinckley) Slavia Group. He is also Chairman and Vice Chairman of the
Supervisory Boards of OZOBEL and Vitkovice Steel Company, respectively. He
teaches courses in control of electrical drives and machines; power energy
systems, among others. He has written 9 textbooks, and published 50 papers I
journals and conference proceedings, with another 35 research papers based on
industrial collaboration. He holds 4 patents.
ROBIN W. KING
Robin King is Pro Vice Chancellor, Division of
Information Technology, Engineering & the Environment at the University of
South Australia, Mawson Lakes, Australia. He received his Ph.D. in Electronic
Engineering from Imperial College, University of London in 1972. He was a
research engineer with the British Broadcasting Corporation from 1971 – 1974,
and has held several academic positions in Papua New Guinea, UK and Australia.
As an Associate Professor at the University of Sydney from 1989 – 1996 he led
the speech technology research group, and was Associate Dean (undergraduate).
He has more than 80 publications, and has been involved with a number of
progressive engineering education initiatives, and with the Australasian
Association for Engineering Education. In his current position he is
responsible for the management and strategic development of a wide range of
academic and research programs that span information technology and
engineering, the built and natural environment and mathematics. He is a member
of the Australian Council of Engineering Deans, and continues to be involved
with accreditation of Australian engineering degrees through his work with the
Institution of Engineers, Australia.
LUIS MANUEL SÁNCHEZ
RUIZ
Luis Manuel Sánchez Ruiz has been affiliated
with Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (UPV), Spain since 1980 and has been
Professor of Mathematics since 2000. He graduated and received his Ph.D. from
Universidad de Valencia in 1980 and 1988, respectively, and was a Visiting Professor at the University of
Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA on several occassions during 1992-99. His current research interests
include functional analysis from both theoretical and applied points of view.
He has published over 80 papers in scientific journals and conference
proceedings and more than 10 textbooks on mathematics for engineers, and is
co-author of the research monograph Metrizable
Barrelled Spaces published by Longman. The former Academic Co-ordinator of
Mediterranean University of Science and Technology, he is responsible for
several research projects granted by the Spanish Ministry of Education. He is currently a reviewer for several
international journals, publishing companies and research projects, as well as
a member of the Editorial Board of Scientiae Mathematicae Japonicae and of the
on-line Scientiae Mathematicae. He is a member of the International Steering
Committee of International Conference on Engineering Education and is General
Chair of ICEE-2003: Valencia.