Innovation Pays Off

AWARDS

ONE OF THE most prestigious prizes in engineering has been given to five educators, all ASEE members, for creating the Learning Factory, where multidisciplinary student teams develop engineering leadership skills by working with industry to solve realworld problems.The $500,000 Bernard M.Gordon Prize is awarded by the National Academy of Engineering.

THE WINNERS:

* JOHN LAMANCUSA, professor of mechanical engineering at Penn State and director of the Learning Factory.

* JENS E. JORGENSEN, professor emeritus of mechanical engineering at the University of Washington and director of the Learning Factory at UW until his retirement in 2000.

* LUENY MORELL, director of university relations for Latin America at Hewlett-Packard and former professor of chemical engineering at the University of Puerto Rico, where she oversaw the Learning Factory curriculum development.

* ALLEN L. SOYSTER, dean of the College of Engineering at Northeastern University. He was responsible for assembling the Learning Factory -. faculty and staff while he was at Penn State.

* JOSE L. ZAYAS-CASTRO, professor and chair of industrial and management systems engineering at the University of South Florida. He established the Learning Factory there and has introduced the concept to other universities.

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