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| * E. Dan Hirleman |
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August 12, 2008
Purdue's Hirleman wins top award for international scientific efforts
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - |
The foundation, based in Arlington, Va., is a nonprofit organization authorized by Congress and established in 1995 by the National Science Foundation. It promotes international scientific and technical collaboration.
The award is the foundation's highest honor. Previous recipients include John H. Gibbons, former president Bill Clinton's science and technology adviser, and Yuri A. Ossipyan, Russian presidential science adviser and the first vice president of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Hirleman founded Purdue's Global Engineering Program. He has designed international opportunities specifically for engineering students and professionals and has established programs to help integrate global concepts into their work.
Through the global engineering program, Hirleman established the global engineering alliance for research and education, which combines international study with opportunities for internships and collaborative research. He also is working to develop GlobalHUB, a National Science Foundation-funded engineering virtual organization that enables students, faculty and researchers to use a wide array of open-source software to collaborate on international team design projects, facilitate exchange programs and advance engineering education research.
Writer: Emil Venere, (765) 494-4709, venere@purdue.edu
Sources: E. Dan Hirleman, (765) 494-5688
Eric Dyson, U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation communications specialist, (703) 526-2339, edyson@crdf.org
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