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Appendix D: Biographical Sketches of Panelists
Pages 33-40

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... Two competing paradigms influence current thinking: "sustainable development" had been crafted in response to growing fears of resource scarcity owing to economic expansion and population growth, An older approach to sustainable agriculture had stressed the integrity of agroecosystems and local institutions, providing a connected biological and s ­ ocial orientation to sustainability. This paradigm is now being promoted by researchers who stress "resilience." He has been the recipient of two recent contracts from the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST)
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... Panelists Erin Cech, University of Michigan Cech earned her PhD in sociology in 2011 from the University of California, San Diego and undergraduate degrees in electrical engineering and sociology from Montana State University. Her research examines cultural mechanisms of inequality reproduction -- specifically, how inequality ­ is reproduced through processes that are not overtly discriminatory or coercive, but rather those that are built into seemingly innocuous cultural beliefs and practices.
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... Zoltowski is codirector of the EPICS Program at Purdue University. She holds a BSEE, MSEE, and PhD in Engineering Education, all from Purdue and is responsible for teaching design and developing curriculum and assessment tools for the EPICS program.
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... He S has published widely in the engineering education literature, and is co­ author of Engineering Ethics: Balancing Cost, Schedule and Risk -- Lessons Learned from the Space Shuttle (Cambridge University Press)
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... Her work on academic quality, assessment, and reallocation of resources to support learning and curricular improvement is particularly relevant in the new economic environment of higher education. PANEL 3: RESPONSES AND OPPORTUNITIES Moderator William Kelly, American Society for Engineering Education William E
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... Panelists Elliot Douglas, National Science Foundation Elliot Douglas is the NSF program director for Engineering Education. He is also associate professor of environmental engineering sciences and Distinguished Teaching Fellow at the University of Florida.
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... including as senior advisor to the NSF Assistant Director for Education and Human Resources and as director of the divisions of undergraduate education and human resource development. He has also served as executive director of the National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science (the GEM Consortium)


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