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ASEE honors Richards-Kortum, Saterbak
The American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) will honor two faculty members in the Department of Bioengineering for excellence in instruction, research, public service and engineering practice.
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Rebecca Richards-Kortum
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Ann Saterbak |
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Rebecca Richards-Kortum, the Stanley C. Moore Professor and chair of bioengineering, will receive the 2007 Chester F. Carlson Award from the ASEE. The award recognizes innovations in engineering education that have made significant contributions to the profession.
Ann Saterbak `90, lecturer in bioengineering and director of laboratory instruction, will receive the Robert G. Quinn Award for outstanding contributions in promoting excellence in experimentation and laboratory instruction.
The awards will be presented at the ASEE's 114th annual Conference and Exposition, held June 24-27, in Honolulu. Richards-Kortum's honor includes a $1,000 honorarium; Saterbak's, a $5,000 honorarium.
The ASEE cites Richards-Kortum for her accomplishments in boosting scientific literacy while developing creative educational materials that encourage students to think critically and develop practical solutions to global health issues through the Beyond Traditional Borders initiative.
Since joining the Department of Bioengineering in 1999, Saterbak has collaborated with faculty to build nationally recognized, state-of-the-art undergraduate laboratories in experimentation and laboratory instruction. With a grant from the National Science Foundation, Division of Undergraduate Education, Saterbak helped write Bioengineering Fundamentals, a textbook published by Prentice Hall.
Founded in 1893, ASEE is a nonprofit organization composed of 400 engineering schools, more than 50 corporations, and numerous government agencies and professional associations committed to furthering education in engineering and engineering technology. The ASEE's annual conference is the largest gathering of engineering educators in the world, attracting 3,519 last year.
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