Deans' Summit
The SHPE/AHETEMS Deans' Summit brings together leaders from Academia to develop an Action Plan for how SHPE and AHETEMS can best partner with Hispanic Serving Institutions and majority institutions to increase Hispanic student retention, persistence and graduation rates both in undergraduate and graduate STEM fields.
The Summit is different from other similar topics, because it includes a strategy session where we are asking the participants to develop a tangible roadmap that defines the relationship between SHPE, AHETEMS and targeted higher education institutions.
The goal is to conclude the Summit with measurable steps and policies that both SHPE, AHETEMS and academe will immediately launch in an effort to achieve our goal of increasing the success rates of Hispanics in STEM fields.
In 2008, representatives from the White House, National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME), the American Institutes for Research, and the National Science Foundation (NSF) have been invited.
For copies of the Executive Summary and Report from this Summit, please contact the AHETEMS Office at 703-373-7930.
Upcoming Deans' Summit
The Deans' Summit will meet again at the 2010 SHPE Conference in Cincinnati, OH. The event will begin on Thursday, October 28 with an invitation only reception. The program will continue all day on Friday, October 29. Please note, that this is an invitation only event for adminstrators in respective colleges of engineering and science at their institutions. If you would like for your engineering/science college to be represented at this meeting, please contact the AHETEMS Office.
Registration Deadline
Please RSVP to ahetems@shpe.org
Contact
Please contact the AHETEMS Office at ahetems@shpe.org or 703-373-7930.
Dr. Emir Jose Macari
Chair, Deans' Summit
Dr. Emir Jose Macari is Dean of Engineering and Computer Science at the California State University, Sacramento. Prior to this he was Dean of Science and Technology at the University of Texas at Brownsville. Dr. Macari worked at the National Science Foundation as Program Director of the Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology in 2001-02. He is the recipient of numerous national and international honors for his contributions to science and engineering education and research, including being elected to the National Academy of Engineering of Mexico in 2003 and Mexican Academy of Science in 2006. Dr. Macari received a Ph.D. degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1989 where he worked on a NASA sponsored project that resulted in experiments aboard three Space Shuttle missions to test granular materials in a microgravity environment.
Bill Carroll
Co-Chair, Deans' Summit
Bill Carroll has been Dean, College of Engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) since January 1, 2000 and has been a UTA faculty member since 1981. He has held a faculty position at Auburn University and visiting appointments at the University of California-Berkeley and the University of Washington. He has held positions at Texas Instruments and General Dynamics. Carroll received B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. He is a Fellow of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and a licensed professional engineer in Texas and Alabama.
Carroll has co-authored two textbooks, a tutorial book, and numerous papers and technical reports. He has received an American Society for Engineering Education Outstanding Young Faculty Award, two National Aeronautics and Space Administration Technology Innovation Awards, and three IEEE Computer Society Service Awards. He is an IEEE Computer Society Golden Core Member and a recipient of the IEEE Third Millennium Medal. The Texas Society of Professional Engineers Mid-Cities Chapter named Carroll Engineer of the Year in 2003.
Carroll has served on the IEEE Computer Society Board of Governors, the IEEE Board of Directors, the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET Inc, as chairman of the IEEE Accreditation Policy Council, and on the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Advisory Committee for the Texas Technology Workforce Development Grant Program. He also participated in the development of certification standards and tests for grades 8-12 engineering teachers for the Texas State Board for Teacher Certification. Carroll is also a member of the Software Engineering Taskforce of the Texas Board of Professional Engineers.
Agenda
The program for the 2010 Deans' Summit will be posted as information becomes available.
