January 6, 2006
Purdue professor elected president of national engineering organization
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A Purdue University professor has been named the president-elect of the world's largest technical professional society representing professionals in computers, telecommunications, nanotechnology, biomedicine, electric power and consumer electronics.
Leah H. Jamieson, an associate dean of the Purdue College of Engineering, will become president of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, or IEEE, on Jan. 1, 2007. Jamieson also is Purdue's Ransburg Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and will become interim dean of the College of Engineering on March 1.
Jamieson, an IEEE fellow and member of the National Academy of Engineering, is the second woman to be elected president in the institute's 42-year history. The organization has more than 365,000 members in 150 countries.
"There are many changes taking place in engineering," Jamieson said. "The IEEE can be a leader in these changes by focusing on members' careers, innovative information delivery tools, an agile approach to emerging technologies and the global nature of the engineering profession. As president, I will be guided by four key principles: the value of membership, value to the profession and to society, appreciation for volunteers, and sound financial models."
At Purdue, Jamieson helped found and is director of Engineering Projects in Community Service, or EPICS, a program that celebrates its 10th anniversary this year and is recognized for innovations in engineering education and community service. Fifteen other universities, including Columbia University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Penn State University and the University of Auckland, have adopted the program.
Jamieson earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and doctoral degree in electrical engineering and computer science from Princeton University. She is the recipient of several awards in research and education, including the 2002 Indiana Professor of the Year, the National Science Foundation Director's Award for Distinguished Teaching Scholars and, with EPICS colleagues Ed Coyle and Bill Oakes, the National Academy of Engineering's Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering Education.
Writer: Cynthia Sequin, (765) 494-4192, csequin@purdue.edu
Source: Leah Jamieson, (765) 494-4966, lhj@purdue.edu
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