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Nominations for 2000 ASEE elections

ASEE Prism, Dec 1999

Presented on the following pages are candidates for offices to be voted on in the 2000 ASEE elections. These candidates were selected by the 1999 ASEE Nominating Committee chaired by Lyle Feisel, the nominations were received by the executive director as required by the constitution. The ASEE Nominating Committee believes that the candidates offered here are eminently qualified and deserve the dose consideration of the membership.

Members are reminded that additional nominations of eligible candidates may be made by petitions of at least 200 individual members. Nominees so proposed must indicate a willingness to serve before their names are placed on the ballot. Such petitions and agreements must be presented to the executive director no later than January 1, 2000.

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Write-in votes will be accepted for all offices. In all cases, a simple plurality constitutes election. The official ballot, which will be furnished to each individual member by March 1, must be returned by March 31.

Editors' note: Due to space limitations and in the interest of fairness to all candidates, the biographies and statements have been edited to fit the allotted space. For the uncut biographies and statements, please see our Web site at: ww.wasee.org/welcome.

PRESIDENT-ELECT

Lester Gerhardt earned his B.S. in electrical engineering from the City College of New York. He then joined Bell Aerospace Corporation, where he developed'out of the window' displays for visual simulation of space flight for Apollo. He became director of avionics research, and won the Belt Outstanding Management Award. Gerhardt earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in electrical engineering at SUNY.

Thirty years ago, he joined Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he is a professor of electrical, computer, and systems engi@ neering, as well as of computer science, and was recently named a professor of information technology. His publication record includes papers on pedagogy and advanced research, which characterizes his commitment to teaching and research. Gerhardt chaired the department of electrical, computer, and systems engineering for 11 years, during which it was rated the most improved department in the country by the National Academy of Engineering. He served as founding director of the Center for Manufacturing Productivity. He is now associate dean of engineering and director of the Center for Industrial Innovation.

Gerhardt has been active in ASEE and IEEE, and was elected Fellow of the IEEE. He has served the NSF on its ECSE Advisory Board and the National Academy of Engineering on various technical committees. As an active member of ASEE, he has presented papers at the annual conference, run the Forum. of the Engineering Research Council (ERC), and was elected to chair the ERC. He initiated the monthly Research column in Prism, initiated the ERC Summit, and had ERC define the need for establishing a research database. He served on the Board of Directors of ASEE from 1996-98.

Gerhardt was instrumental in starting the Global Engineering Education Exchange Program (GEEEP), which was established to promote international exchange opportunities for undergraduate engineering students. He was elected the founding chair of the executive committee of GEEEP and continues to hold that position. He has served as U.S. Delegate to NATO. In 1999, he was invited as the only U.S. participant and keynote speaker at the General Assembly of CESAER, the Consortium of Technical Universities in Europe, to discuss university/industry challenges for the 21st century. He holds several patents, the most recent of which won the Inventor of the Year Award in New York State in 1997.

Candidate's Statement

I am honored and proud to have been nominated as a candidate for President-Elect of ASEE. In seeking your support, I have outlined some impressions of how I feel ASEE can become an even better organization and serve its members, as well as higher education, and society as a whole. Consider it a platform on which to build; consider it a vision. In either case, consider it my commitment to help ASEE escalate its visibility and role as we enter the next millennium. I offer you my experience, my dedication, my fundamental support for the health and well-being of higher education, and my sincere belief that ASEE can and should become the linchpin on which turns our supremacy in higher education that we enjoy today.

I believe ASEE must serve its members in both a leadership and partnership role; if elected, I will promote aspects of both. I believe the key to future success for ASEE is enhancing and promoting partnerships. Partnerships directly involving ASEE with other entities, as well as ASEE serving as a liaison for establishing or enhancing partnerships between other constituencies, bring relevance to the mission of ASEE.

The health of ASEE depends on the partnership established between the organization and the member. We need to improve the participation of members in ASEE activities, and increase opportunities to network, access resources, and enhance professional development. We need to promote interdisciplinary activities by working with organizations such as IEEE and ASME to encourage dual membership with ASEE. We must promote the partnership between the Board and Headquarters staff by a greater sharing of responsibilities, a greater engagement of the Board between meetings, and a greater knowledge of each other's functions and programs.

Nominations for 2000 ASEE elections

ASEE Prism, Dec 1999

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