Innovative Engineering Technology Program In Environmental, Health And Safety (original) (raw)

A Multidisciplinary Master’s Program In Homeland Security And Safety Engineering

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings

Dr. Evans has over 20 years of executive and senior technical management experience at 3M Company and IBM Corporation, primarily leading multidisciplinary, global technical organizations responsible for R&D; new business and market development; manufacturing engineering; quality; environmental, health and safety; and others. Before joining National University, he acquired 12+ years of voluntary involvement with higher education, including adjunct teaching and research in engineering at the University of Colorado and formal advisory involvement in both science and engineering at the University of Texas. Other past professional and academic activities include being a founding member and officer in the Central Texas Electronics Association; past chairman of IBM's Materials Shared University Research Committee; Ph.D. Recruiting Coordinator for IBM's Systems Technology Division; and executive sponsor for 3M division's student programs. He has published and presented widely in areas of surface science, electronic materials and processes, project management, and industry/university relations. He holds 4 patents and has received awards for excellence in technical innovation (IBM), technical authorship (IBM), teaching (University of Colorado), and scholarship (National Science Foundation). Shekar Viswanathan, National University Dr. Viswanathan is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Applied Engineering and Lead Faculty for Engineering Management and Homeland Security and Safety Engineering. He is the Lead for six full time and fifty two adjunct faculty members. His department offers three undergraduate and six graduate programs and has a student population of three hundred students. Dr. Viswanathan is an educator, researcher and administrator with more than twenty-five years of industrial and academic experience encompassing engineering and environmental consulting, research and development, and technology development. His career experience includes teaching at the University level, conducting fundamental research, and developing continuing educational courses.

FULL PROFESSOR IN PHYSICS, ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

My current and future objective job is in teaching and research development to enhance the visibility and establishing of a university. I am PhD in Electrical, Electronics and System Engineering with more than 17 years of teaching and research experiences; targeting assignment as Full Professor.

The Changing Role Of Engineering Faculty In The 21 St Century

2009

Dr. Viswanathan is also the Lead Faculty for the Engineering Management and Homeland Security and Safety Engineering programs. He manages six full time and fifty two adjunct faculty members in the department which offers offering four undergraduate and five graduate programs with student population of over three hundred students. Dr. Viswanathan is an educator, researcher and administrator with more than twenty-five years of industrial and academic experience encompassing engineering and environmental consulting, research and development, and technology development. Career experience includes teaching at the University level, conducting fundamental research, and developing continuing educational courses.

Harnessing Industry Collaboration In Developing Graduate Degree Programs

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings

is also the Lead Faculty for the Engineering Management and Homeland Security and Safety Engineering programs. He manages six full time and fifty two adjunct faculty members in the department which offers four undergraduate and five graduate programs with a student population of three hundred students. Dr. Viswanathan is an educator, researcher and administrator with more than twenty-five years of industrial and academic experience encompassing engineering and environmental consulting, research and development, and technology development. Career experience includes teaching at the University level, conducting fundamental research, and developing continuing educational courses.

Ac 2012-3984: Highly Relevant and Productive Collabora- Tions Between Industries and Universities

2012

Mahesh Aggarwal has been a faculty member at Gannon University since 1978. He graduated from Marquette University with a M.S. and University of Michigan with Ph.D. in thermal science area. He has worked for numerous companies and is currently working with GE Transportation in Erie, Penn. At GE, he is the coordinator of GE/Gannon MS Program. He has seven patents with GE Transportation over the last 10 years. He is an active member of the ASME, serving as Chair to numerous groups. He served as Vice President for Region V (District B now) and is actively involved in precollege programs. He has been ME evaluator for ABET over the last 12 years.

Summary of Accomplishments of Nominee Principal Fields of Interest

2005

Professor Saliah-Hassane's main areas of interest are related to telelearning systems, expert systems and knowledge based systems, neural networks, physics and electromagnetics, computer networks, mechatronics, simulation and software engineering, optimization and the management of remote and virtual laboratories as well as their management. As well, Professor Saliah-Hassane has a keen interest in information technology based training specifically for international development. He has been actively involved as a lecturer since 1996 at the Conférence internationale des institutions de formation d'ingénieurs et de techniciens d'expression française (CITEF). Since 1999, he has taken an active role in activities sponsored by Frontiers in Engineering Education (FIE), International Organizing Committee for the Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training Conference (ITHET) as a lecturer, reviewer and session chair. His activities and collaboration at conferences in the teaching field as well as in the information and communication technology field are described in the section Papers and Publications.