2004 AAAS
Engineering Section Meeting
MINUTES
1. Denice
Denton, Retiring Section Chair, called the meeting to order at
2. Dr.
Denton asked for comments and possible changes to the Draft Minutes of the
Section Business Meeting held on
3. The tentative agenda as shown in Appendix B was approved with no changes.
4. Announcements:
Dr. Denton announced that Cristina H. Amon was elected Chair-Elect and
Christopher T. Hill was elected Member-at-Large of the Engineering Section’s
Steering Group both effective
Dr. Denton also announced that Martha L. Gray and Irene C. Peden were elected to the Engineering Section Electorate Nominating Committee.
Dr.
Denton announced that 21 members affiliated with the Engineering Section were
elected Fellows of AAAS in September 2003.
The names of the new Fellows are listed in Appendix D.
5. Fellow Nomination Process: Dr. Denton asked Section Secretary Marwan Simaan to review the AAAS Fellow nomination process. There are three ways a candidate can be nominated:
a) Method 1: By a member of the
Steering Group
b) Method 2: By a group of three Fellows
c) Method 3: By the AAAS Chief Executive Officer.
Dr.
Simaan discussed the procedure for Fellow nominations by members of the
Steering Group (Method 1). He mentioned
that each nomination must include a complete Fellow nomination form and either
a letter of recommendation by the nominator or a detailed c.v. with a list of
publications (although a c.v. is an essential piece of the required
documentation). He encouraged members of
the Steering Group to submit both. He
mentioned that for the upcoming nomination cycle, these materials should be
mailed to him so that he receives it no later than March 15, 2004. The procedure then calls for him to forward
the materials for all nominees by Method 1 to Linda McDaniel, AAAS Senior
Administrative Associate, before March 22.
By June 1, all members of the Steering Group will receive from Linda
McDaniel copies of the nomination materials for all nominees, including those
nominated by a group of three Fellows (Method 2) and by the Chief Executive
Officer (Method 3). They will also
receive a voting sheet which they will need to fill and return to Marwan Simaan
by June 30, 2004. Dr. Simaan will then
forward all votes to Linda McDaniel. By
August 30, 2004 the Executive Office will mail a slate of all approved nominees
to the Council for formal election.
Dr.
Simaan mentioned that the number of Fellows elected through nominations by
Method 1 is subject to a section quota which is 14 for this year (there is no
quota for those elected through nominations by Methods 2 or 3). For this reason, he asked that each member of
the Steering Group nominate no more than 2 or 3 candidates. He also mentioned that in all three methods,
a successful candidate must receive a majority vote from the Steering
Group. Furthermore, if a candidate
receives more than two negative votes, the candidate will not be recommended
for election to Fellow.
6. 2004
Annual Meeting: The list of 2004 Symposia sponsored or co-sponsored by the
Engineering Section is included as Appendix E.
7. Planning
for the 2005 Annual Meeting: The 2005
AAAS Annual Meeting will be held in
a) Assistive Technologies in the
Learning Environment: Suggested by David Lubman and Ted Conway.
b) Technology in Medicine: Suggested
by Jim Merz and Proctor Reid
c) Homeland Security: Suggested by
Anice Anderson
d) Space Exploration and the Mars
e) The Hydrogen Economy: Suggested
by Chris Hill
There
were also three topics that were suggested by Alfred Wechsler, AIChE Representative,
who could not attend the meeting but sent an email suggesting the following
symposia topics that could be co-sponsored with AIChE:
f) Sustainability: Dr. Subhas Sikdar
(US EPA) has organized a session at this year’s conference on sustainability
and has expressed interest in a similar session at the 2005 AAAS meeting.
g) Homeland Security: Focusing on the safety and security of
chemical and petroleum manufacturing facilities.
h) Bioengineering: Focusing on
advances in bioinformatics.
The
following possible topical lectures were also suggested:
a) Finding from the Mars Mission
(Possible speaker: Dr. Charles Elachi, JPL Director)
b)
c) Homeland Security: Engineering
Challenges in Cleaning Contaminated Buildings (Possible speaker from DHS).
Dr.
Denton pointed out that the deadline for submission of Symposia and Topical
Lectures is
8. Interface
and Cooperation with Engineering Societies:
Considerable discussion took place on how to increase the Engineering
Societies’ involvement in the planning for AAAS meetings. In particular, several expressed hope that in
the future more suggestions for symposia and topical lectures will be received
from the Engineering Societies representatives.
The need to publicize the Annual Meeting and the Symposia sponsored by
the Engineering Section to the members of the affiliated societies was also
discussed.
9. The
meeting was adjourned at
Appendix
A
Attendance
List
1.
Denice Denton, Retiring Chair
2.
Cristina Amon, Chair-elect
3.
Marwan Simaan, Secretary
4.
James Merz, Member-at-Large
5.
Christopher Hill, Member at Large
6.
Irene Peden, Member of the Electorate
Nominating Committee
7.
U. Sunday Tim, American Water Resources
Association
8.
David Lubman, Acoustic Society of
9.
Anice Anderson, Member
10. Proctor
Reid, NAE
11. Ted
Conway, AAAS/COOS Chair
12. Jill
Perla, AAAS
Appendix
B
2004
Engineering Section Business Meeting
TENTATIVE
AGENDA
1. Introductions
2. Approval of minutes of
previous meeting
3. Announcements
(a) Officers for 2004-2005
(b) New Engineering
Section AAAS Fellows
4. Discussion of Fellow
nomination process
5. Discussion of proposed
symposia for 2005 and 2006 Annual Meetings
6. Discussion of
Interfaces and Cooperation with Engineering Societies
7. New Business
2004-2005 AAAS Section on Engineering Steering Group
(Officers
and Members-at-Large, effective
Officers
Jose B. Cruz, Jr. (Chair)
Department of Electrical Engineering
The
752 Dreese Laboratories ,
Tel/Fax:
(614) 292-1588
E-mail: cruz.22@osu.edu
Sheri D. Sheppard
(Retiring
Chair)
The Carnegie Foundation
Tel: (650) 566-5160
Fax: (650) 326-0278
E-mail: sheppard@carnegiefoundation.org
Cristina H. Amon (Chair-Elect)
ICES, 1201 Hamburg Hall
Carnegie Mellon University
Tel: (412)
268-4343
Fax: (412) 268-5229
E-mail: camon@cmu.edu
Marwan A. Simaan, Secretary (2006)
Department of Electrical Engineering
348 Benedum Hall
Tel: (412) 624-8099
Fax: (412) 624-8003
E-mail: simaan@engr.pitt.edu
Members-at-Large
Ward O. Winer (2005)
Georgia Institute
of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0405
Tel: (404) 894-3200
Fax: (404) 894-1658
E-mail: ward.winer@me.gatech.edu
Norman L. Fortenberry (2006)
National
Tel: (202) 334-1926
Fax: (202) 334-1680
E-mail: nfortenb@nae.edu
James L. Merz (2007)
Department of
Electrical Engineering
Notre
Tel: (574) 631-3111
Fax: (574) 631-0651
E-mail: jmerz@nd.edu
Christopher T.
Hill (2008)
Office of the
Provost
George Mason
University
Tel: (703) 993-2270
Fax: (703) 993-8871
Appendix
D
New AAAS Fellows elected in September 2003
Engineering Section
Appendix E
Some 2004 Annual
Meeting Symposia of Interest to Engineers
Symposia
Sponsored by the Engineering Section
Bringing the Electricity System into the
Information Age
Systemic Transformations in the Role of Women
in Science and Engineering
Public Engagement with Engineering
21st Century Photonics (Part 1)
21st Century Photonics (Part 2)
Science and Engineering: The Leading Edge of
Security Technologies
Technology, Society and the Global Energy
Future
Symposia Co-Sponsored
by the Engineering Section
Challenges in International Science:
Effective, Innovative Collaborations with Developing Countries
Burning Plasmas Physics - the Next Frontier
for Fusion Research
Leading the Changing University Research
Environment
Bridging the Divide: Preserving Scientific
Research and Protecting Individual Privacy
Building Capacity for Equity and Success:
Opportunities for Diversifying Science
Miniaturization of Chemical, Energy and
Biological Systems for Security Applications
Intercontinental Transport of Air Pollution:
Science and Policy
Career Path Analyses: Implications for
Graduate Education
Future Vision for Hydrogen Production and
Storage
Assessing the Outcomes of Basic Research: New
Approaches and Theories
Quantum Technology Is Here: Where Will It
Take Us and When?
Modeling and Risk Assessment: Combating the
Uncertainty of Policy Decisions
The Changing Nature of Proof in Mathematics:
Past, Present, Future
Modern Glass Science: Beyond Nuclear Waste
Containment
The Hydrogen Economy: From Science to
Commercialization
The Convergence of Computer Graphics and
Computer Vision
The Convergence of Computer Graphics and
Computer Vision
The Convergence of Computer Graphics and
Computer Vision
Freshwater and Sustainable Development
Nearly Invisible: Experiences of Minority
Science Faculty in Mainstream Institutions
What Progress Have We Made in Integrating
Technology into Teaching and Learning?
On the Scientific Basis of Sustainability
Intellectual Property and the Research
Exemption: Its Impact on Science
Scientific Integrity in Policy Contexts
The Market for Ph.D. Scientists: Discouraging
the Best and Brightest? Discouraging All?
Institutional Challenges for Long-Term
Stewardship of Contaminated Sites
Wavelet-Based Statistical Analysis of
Multiscale Geophysical Data
Submitted
by:
Section
Secretary