INDIRA NAIR

Curriculum Vitae

BORNTrivandrum, India, July 31, 1940

CITIZENSHIPU.S.A.

INTERESTS

• Risk Analysis, Risk Communication and Uncertainty in Science
  
• Ethics and Technology
  
• Science Teaching, Public Education
  
• Educational Administration, Student Development
  
• Ionizing Radiation, Electric and Magnetic Fields
  

EDUCATION

• Northwestern University 1969-1972, Ph.D., Physics, Thesis on Study of mixed alkali halides by Raman scattering.

• Kansas State University 1967-1969, M.S., Physics, Thesis on Raman spectroscopy of alkali metal azides containing color centers.

• University of Pittsburgh, 1973-77, Pennsylvania Instructional Certificate for Secondary Teaching: Physics, Chemistry.

• University of Bombay, India, 1956-62, M.Sc., Physics; B.Sc., Physics & Mathematics.

Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Engineering and Public Policy

1992-present Associate Professor and Associate Department Head for Undergraduate Affairs
1981- 1992 Associate Department Head and Senior Lecturer
1979-1981 Assistant Department Head and Senior Lecturer
1978-1979 Research Associate

Canevin High School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1977-1978 Substitute teacher, Hempfield, Norwin and East Allegheny Schools
1972-1977 Head, Science Department; Teacher of Physics, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Biology; Curriculum Designer and Reviewer; Teacher Supervisor

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• High School Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Earth Sciences

• University Laboratories and Physics: General Physics, Physics for students of engineering, Physics for pre-medical students, Northwestern University

• Pre-college program: STS Segment of "Careers in Applied Science and Technology," Carnegie Mellon, Summers 1990, 1991. Funded by National Science Foundation Young Scholar's Program for 1992, 1993, 1994, (1995).

• Engineering and Public Policy; Carnegie Mellon University

1. Designed and Teach:
   • "Engineering and Public Policy Sophomore Seminar," based on case studies involving decision-making at the technology-society interface, 1980-- .

   • "Radiation, Health, and Public Policy" for junior and senior engineering and science students, 1980-- .

   • "Technology and People" for engineering freshmen (with a group of 5 faculty members), 1987-1991.

   • "Science, Technology and Ethics" for engineering and science juniors and seniors 1988--.

   • "Respecting Planet Earth" University Scholars Seminar, for all majors, Spring 1991.

   • "Science and Technology for the Environment" for humanities and fine arts majors, 1994--.

   • "Science & Technology for Society" freshman seminar, 1994--

   • "Introduction to Engineering and Public Policy" for engineering freshmen (with a group of 5 faculty members), 1990-1991.

   • "Ethics of Science and Technology" short course for Summer research students.

   • "Ethics of Research" short course for graduate students

2. Faculty advisor for 17 Engineering and Public Policy Undergraduate Student Projects on a variety of topics.

3. Undergraduate Research (Recent):
   • Projects on: -
     • Ecological risk assessment in product life-cycle: Case of Ni-Cad and Li Batteries, Colleen Dillon, Summer and Fall 1994
       
     • Life Cycle of packaging for computers, David Viszlay, Spring and Summer, 1994
       
     • PC Batteries and Green Design (with Francis McMichael) Spring 1994, 5 students.
       
     • How do middle school students see scientists? Kim Keeton, ECE/EPP, Spring 1990.
       
     • Sustainable Development, Kathryn Kroehle, Fall 1991.
       

4. Graduate Student Thesis Committee. Major advisory role in advice on thesis research:
   
   • Daryl Ditz, "Courting needless risks: The United States Environmental Protection Agency and hazardous waste incineration at sea," 1987.
     
   • Keith Florig, "Population exposures to power-frequency fields: Concepts, components and control," 1986.
     
   • Adolfo Lopez, "Communicating very low probability events," 1990.
     
   • Cynthia Atman, "Network structures as a foundation for risk communication: An investigation of structure and formal differences," 1990.
     
   • Michael Maharik," Public perception of the risks of an unfamiliar technology: The case of using nuclear energy sources for space missions," 1992.
     
   • Jun Zhang, "A parametric approach to the quantitative assessment of possible health risks from power frequency fields," 1993.
     
   • Paula Labieniec, "Setting soil remediation goals at sites contaminated with hazardous wastes," 1994.
     
   • Joseph Mertz, "Intelligent computer aided instruction for use in adult occupational training," 1994.
     
   • Rosy Wei Chen, "A Systematic Methodology of Product Design for Environment and A Model of Disposal Policy," 1995.
     
   • Larisa Naples, "Value added of engineering education," 1996.
     

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Engineering and Public Policy Research

• Risk Assessment of 60Hz Electric and Magnetic Fields, research projects and reports funded by:
  • The U.S. Department of Energy, 1983-1987

  • Florida Department of Environmental Resources, 1987

  • The U.S. Congress Office of Technology Assessment, 1987 (With Professor M. Granger Morgan)

• Risk Communication on 60Hz Electric and Magnetic Fields, funded by the Electric Power Research Institute, 1986--. (With Professors M. Granger Morgan, Baruch Fischhoff )

• Mental Models of STS Issues: Comparison of Engineering and Humanities Students," funded by the National Science Foundation, 1991 - 1993. (With Professor Cynthia Atman, University of Pittsburgh)

• Report on the Electromagnetic Environment of Video Display Terminals and Implications for Health Effects, funded by The U.S. Congress Office of Technology Assessment, September 1991 - March 1992.

• Report on Review of Biological Effects and Standards for Microwave exposure in relation to Collision Avoidance Systems, funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation, NHTSA, September - December 1994.

• "Evaluation of Available Information regarding gas Generation in TRU Waste Drums to be Disposed at the USDOE Waste isolation Pilot Plant," under subcontract from A.T. Kearney, contract to USEPA, February 1990. [With Professors Mitchell Small and David Dzombak]

• Health Effects of Diagnostic Radiation.

• Energy Impacts of Automation, part of a project funded by the National Science Foundation, 1978-1981. [With Professor M. Granger Morgan]

• Chemical Hazards in Secondary Schools.

• Uncertainty in Health Effects of Advanced Energy Technologies, funded by the Department of Energy, 1981-Summer 1982. [With Professor M. Granger Morgan]

• Chairperson, Subcommittee on undergraduate academic support services of University Undergraduate Education Task Force on Advising, 1991-1992.

• Chair, Subcommittee on faculty and staff role in Career Center, 1993-1994.

• Member, Task force on undergraduate research, Advisory committee for undergraduate research, 1991.

• Faculty representative, University Student Affairs Council, 1992-1994.

• Undergraduate advising: Engineering and Public Policy double majors (all majoring in one of the traditional engineering disciplines at Carnegie Mellon). In addition to ensuring that each of these approximately 120 students in the four years stay within the constraints of the ABET-accredited curricula, I also advise the Student Advisory Council, and advise the students about career and graduate school preparation, 1979--.

• Curriculum design and course management: Responsible for monitoring the quality of teaching in EPP; providing support for faculty for the design and teaching of new undergraduate electives in EPP; assignment and preparation of new teaching assistants and project course managers.

• ABET accreditation: Prepared the documentation for the ABET visit to EPP in 1982 and 1988. EPP was accredited with good review each time.

• Founder, Organizer and Advisor, the Carnegie Mellon Chapter of Student Pugwash, 1987--.

• General student development at the University level:
  • Work with the Dean of Students and the Counseling Center for improvement of thequality of life for undergraduate students.
  • Work with the Carnegie Mellon Action Program (CMAP) to support minority student.
  • Advisor to CMAP for William Penn Foundation Grant to improve retention of minority students in science and engineering. This led to the new summer course retaking project for minority students (1991--).
  • Transition Committee for University Student Affairs Council.

Graduate Education at Carnegie Mellon

• Graduate student recruiting, and general academic and non-academic advising of all EPP graduate students, 1979-1992.

• Graduate student research development, working with them in developing research proposals, 1979-1992.

• Work on Carnegie Mellon committees on Women in science and engineering, including a current large project to evaluate women and minority student life at Carnegie Mellon; Ph.D. guidelines; Truman and Fulbright Scholarship Committees; Carnegie Fellowship; Elie Wiesel Essay Competition in Ethics.

• Panel Moderator, 1994 Ethics Rotary Symposium, "Ethics in Modern Times," March 16, 1994.

• Advisory Committee for ELF Magnetic Field Health Effects, Harvard Center for Risk Analysis, 1994-

• Proposal Review Panels for the National Science Foundation Programs:
  • Undergraduate Course and Curriculum Development

  • Pre-college Instructional Materials Development

  • Ethics and Values in Science

• Chairperson, Panel on Product Design for Recyclability, U.S. Congress Office of Technology Assessment, December 1990--.

• Board Member, Student Pugwash USA, 1991--.

• Co-organizer, Workshop of Scientists convened for the California Department of Health Services to evaluate the scientific evidence for possible effects functions of electric and magnetic fields exposure, March 1991.

• Steering Committee Member, Committee to set Research Priorities on the potential health effects of electric and magnetic fields, the Bioelectromagnetics Society. September 1991--.

• Co-designer, and advisor, Children's Science Books Symposium, held in Pittsburgh, Fall 1992. (Funded by the National Science Foundation and the Pittsburgh Foundation)

• Advisor, Proposal to William Penn Foundation for grant to retain minority students in engineering, Carnegie Mellon Action Program, Funded 1991--.

• Co-organizer and Committee Chair of "Towards Tomorrow's World", to increase student awareness of non-profit and public service career options , with CM Career Center (my concept), 1989-1991.

• Bell-Atlantic - AAAS Partner for one Teacher in Pittsburgh, 1991--.

• "Senior Scientists," Science-By-Mail (A program for discovering learning for children grades 7-9), Museum of Scientific Discovery, Harrisburg, 1991--.

• Writer for Nuclear Energy segment for Grolier's World of Science, 1989.

• Co-designer and teacher of "Career Awareness in Science and Technology," a four-week workshop on STS issues for precollege students, Carnegie Mellon, Summer 1990, Summer 1991. (Funded by Eden Hall Foundation and Carnegie Mellon Summer Studies Office.)

• Co-organizer of Trade books for Middle Schools, a workshop for Pittsburgh Teachers under the auspices of the Carnegie Mellon Center for Science and Technology Awareness in Children and Youth (STACY) with funding from the Buhl Foundation, July 1987.

• Chairperson, Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Annual STS Symposia, "Earth for Life", "New Minds for a New World" and " Learning to Teach and Teaching to Learn": Pittsburgh Resource Center for Science Teachers, March 1991, 1992, 1993.

• Advisor for General Science, STS and Physics Curricula, Pittsburgh School District, 1987--.

• Reviewer for the Technology Literacy Grant Program for the Office of Statewide Computer Policy and Instructional Technology, New Jersey Department of Higher Education, 1986, 1987.

• Proposal Committee for Pittsburgh Regional Center for Science Teachers, Funded by industry consortium at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 1979.

• Program Advisory Board, Pittsburgh Regional Center for Science Teachers, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, 1982--.

• Design of modules in "Science, Technology & Society" for middle school students, Canevin High School, Carnegie Mellon University. 1972-1978.

• Chemical Safety in the Laboratory, Workshops for Teachers, Pittsburgh Area Center for Teachers, Carnegie Mellon University, 1979.

• Media Information Specialist on radiation technologies, Scientists' Institute for Public Information, New York, 1987--.

• Advisory Board, Pittsburgh Science Institute, Pittsburgh School District, 1984--.

• Curriculum development leader for Teacher Team for General Science courses for the Pittsburgh School District, 1985, 1986-1990 .

• Specialist Reviewer, Appraisal, Science Books for Young People, 1986--.

• Invited paper, "Biological Effects of Electric and Magnetic Fields: What do we know?," IEEE International Magnetics Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, April 13-16, 1993.

Presentations and Invited Lectures

• "The Social Construction of Autonomy," Words of Wisdom Luncheon, Carnegie Mellon, November 1994.

• "Understanding the Source of Integrity," Lecture, Dinner for Women Students in Science and Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, October 1994.

• "Respect, Dignity and Care in the Classroom," Opening Lecture, Carnegie Mellon Teaching Center, Faculty Orientation, August 1994.

• "Alternative Careers for Physicists," American Physical Society Annual Meeting, March 1994.

• "Material Selection for Green Design: Promises and Challenges," Keynote Lecture for ASM Pittsburgh Student Chapter Annual Meeting, April 1994.

• Invited speaker, Mortarboard Regional Conference of Students, Pittsburgh, September 16, 1994.

• "Dependence and Independence," Keynote Lecture for Freshmen Re-orientation, January 1994

• Invited speaker, "Research for EMF Regulation and Policy," Workshop on EMF Research & Standards Setting, BEMS Annual Meeting, Copenhagen, Denmark, Sponsored by the Department of Energy, June 1994.

• Invited speaker, Pre-college teaching:
  • Workshop on "Potential Energy: Girls and Middle School Science," BuhlScience Center, Pittsburgh, 1988. (Panelist)

  • Graduate Workshop on "Integrated Science and Mathematics: Resources, Activities, and Strategies for Optimizing the learning of Female Students," Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994.

  • Workshop on "STS Teaching by Case Studies," Pittsburgh Regional Center for Science Teachers, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993.

• Invited speaker (student choice), Last Lecture Series, "Live the Questions Now," Carnegie Mellon, April 1991. Published in the Carnegie Mellon Magazine.

• Invited lectures to high school students:
  • "What should a scientists' ethics be?" the gifted program, Butler Area School District, 1991.

  • "Science and Ethics," Keynote Lecture, Monmouth Regional Science Symposium for High School Students, Monmouth, NJ, 1991.

• Invited lecturer, Student Pugwash USA workshop on "Earth Ethics" during the annual Chapter Organizing Workshop, Washington, DC, August 1991.

• Workshops for Science Teachers:
  • "Teaching STS by Case Studies," Pittsburgh School District, Western Pennsylvania Area Schools, National Science Teachers' Association Conference.

  • "Environmental Consequences of War," Pittsburgh Regional Center for Science Teachers.

• Invited speaker on the general theme of safety in the workplace involving electric and magnetic fields, 1990 -:
  • Bureau of Mines, Bruceton

  • ALCOA Technical Center

  • Pittsburgh Public Schools

• Invited lecturer, Student Pugwash USA conference on "Equality in the Sciences," Washington, DC, August 1990.

• Invited lecturer, "Nuclear Waste" segment of course on "Planet in Crisis," Pittsburgh Peace Institute, Pittsburgh, April 1989.

PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Publications

• "Influences on Women Graduate Students in Engineering and Sciences: Rethinking a Gendered Institution," C. Hollenshead, S. Wenzel, B. Lazarus, and I. Nair in C. Davis et al (eds.) The Equity Equation: Women in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering, Jossey-Bass, forthcoming 1996.

• "The Electric and Magnetic Field Environment of the Video Display Terminal (VDT): Health Issues and Distinguishability of VDT as a Source of Fields," Indira Nair and Jun Zhang, American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 28, 1995, pp. 23-39.

• "Do Engineers and Humanities Majors Perceive STS Issues Differently?," Indira Nair and Cynthia J. Atman, Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Conference, 1994, pp. 225-229.

• "Preferences for Exposure Control of Power-frequency Fields Among Lay Opinion Leaders," A. Bostrom, M.G. Morgan, J. Adams and I. Nair, Risk: Health, Safety and Environment, Fall 1994.

• Contributor to: P.N. Breysse and R. Gray, "Video Display Terminal Exposure Assessment," Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 9 (10), October 1994, pp. 671-677.

• "Use of Energy and Environmental Issues to Promote Critical Thinking and Technological Decision-Making Skills in High School Students," Sharon A. Jones, Garrick Louis and Indira Nair, presented at the 87th Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, June 19-24, 1994.

• "A Review of an Electric and Magnetic Field Environmental Assessment of a Substation Proposed by the New York City Transit Authority for East Houston Street at Broadway," Metropolitan Transit Authority, New York City, NY, May 1994.

• "A Case for Teaching Engineering in Context: Engineering Freshman's Views about STS Issues," Indira Nair and Cynthia J. Atman, Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education, 1993.

• "A method for assessing alternative effects functions using simulation studies with EMDEX data," M. G. Morgan, I. Nair and J. Zhang, Bioelectromagnetics, accepted for Publication.

• "Alternative Functional Relationships Between ELF Field Exposure and Possible Health Effects: Report on an Expert Workshop," M. Granger Morgan and Indira Nair, Bioelectromagnetics, 13, 335-350, 1992.

• "Constructivism: Appropriate for Engineering Education?," I. Nair and C. J. Atman, Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education, 1990-1992, 1310-1312.

• "Lay Understanding of Low-Frequency Electric and Magnetic Fields," M. Granger Morgan, H. Keith Florig, Indira Nair, Concepcion Cortes, Kevin Marsh and Karen Pavlosky, Bioelectromagnetics, 11, 313-335, 1990.

• "What Risks are People Concerned About?," Gregory Fischer, M. Granger Morgan, Baruch Fischhoff, Indira Nair and Lester B. Lave, Risk Analysis, 11, 303-314, June 1991.

• "Can we use Chernobyl to teach them to ask the right questions?," The Science Teacher, November 1987.

• "Powerline Frequency Electromagnetic Fields," M. Granger Morgan, H. Keith Florig, David Lincoln, and Indira Nair, IEEE Spectrum, February 1985.

• "Evaluating an Information System for Policy Modeling and Uncertainty Analysis," Max Henrion, M. Granger Morgan, Indira Nair, and Charles Wiecha, Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 37, 319-330, 1986.

• "Thermodynamics and Economics," Robert U. Ayres and Indira Nair, Physics Today, November 1984.

• "Office Automation: An Assessment of Energy Implications," Indira Nair, M. Granger Morgan, and Max Henrion, Telecommunications Policy, September 1982.

• "Physics and Engineering in the Classroom," Indira Nair and Sara Majetich, pp. 25-42 in Sue Rosser (ed.) Teaching the Majority, Teachers College Press, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, 1995.

• "ImSelection -- An Approach for Material Selection that Integrates Mechanical Design and Life Cycle Environmental Burdens," Rosy W. Chen, D. Navin-Chandra, Indira Nair, Fritz Prinz, Inder L. Wadehra, submitted to the IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and Environment 1995.

• "Research for EMF Regulation and Policy," Presented at the Workshop on EMF Research & Standards Setting, BEMS Annual Meeting, Copenhagen, Denmark, Sponsored by the Department of Energy, June, 1994.

• "Influences on Women Graduate Students in Engineering and Sciences: Rethinking a Gendered Institution," C. Hollenshead, S. Wenzel, B. Lazarus and I. Nair, presented at the 1994 Sloan Conference on Women in Science, Mathematics and Engineering, Wellesley, MA, May 19-22, 1994.

• "Scientific Uncertainty, Risk Assessment, and Standard-Setting," in Martin Blank (ed.) Electricity and Magnetism in Biology and Medicine, San Francisco Press, Inc., San Francisco, CA, 1993.

• "Estimates of Exposure Reduction Supply Curves for Several Different Functions" in Proceedings of the 1992 World Congress for Electricity and magnetism in Biology and Medicine, Orlando, Florida, June , 1992

• "Communicating with the Public about ELF Electric and Magnetic Fields," invited paper for the Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors, Inc., July, 1992.

• "Beyond Anecdote: Research on Women in Engineering," Barbara Lazarus, Indira Nair and Claire Palmgren, Women in Engineering Conference Proceedings, 23-26, Washington, DC, May 31 - June, 1992.

• "Diversity in Engineering Education," Indira Nair, Women in Engineering Conference Proceedings, 97-99, Washington, DC, May 31 - June, 1992.

• "Electric and Magnetic Field Environment of Video Display Terminals," report prepared for the United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment, February 1992.

• "An Immodest Proposal: The Case for a Women's Institute in Science and Engineering," Barbara Lazarus and Indira Nair, presented at the annual meeting of the Women in Engineering Program Advocates' Network (WEPAN), Women in Engineering Conference Proceedings, Washington, DC, 1991.

• Special Report: 60 Hertz and the Human Body, "Part 1: Biology," 23-27, "Part 3: Managing the Risks," 32-35, Indira Nair and M. Granger Morgan, IEEE Spectrum, 27, August 1990.

• "Technology and People: Raising the awareness of engineering freshmen", Indira Nair and M. Granger Morgan, CIT News 9, 6-9, 1990

• "Nontraditional Graduate Engineering Programs: Engineering and Policy," Careers and the Engineer, 53-54, 1989 Fall Edition.

• "Biological Effects of Power Frequency Electric and Magnetic Fields," Indira Nair, M. Granger Morgan and H. Keith Florig, prepared for the U.S. Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, May 1989.

• "Technology and People," NLA News, March 1988.

• "Power Frequency Fields: The Regulatory Dilemma," M. Granger Morgan, H. Keith Florig, Indira Nair, and Gordon Hester, Issues in Science and Technology, 3, Number 4, Summer 1987.

• "Controlling Exposure to Transmission Line Electromagnetic Fields: A Regulatory Approach that is Compatible With the Available Science," M. Granger Morgan, H. Keith Florig, Indira Nair, and Gordon Hester, Public Utilities Fortnightly, March 1988.

• "Powerline Frequency Electric and Magnetic Fields: A Pilot Study of Risk Perception," M. Granger Morgan, Paul Slovic, Indira Nair, Dan Geisler, Donald MacGregor, Baruch Fischhoff, David Lincoln, and H. Keith Florig, Risk Analysis, 5, 139-149, 1985.

• "Some First Steps Towards Assessing Possible Health Risks from Exposure to 50/60 Hz Electromagnetic Fields," M. Granger Morgan, H. Keith Florig, Indira Nair, David Lincoln, Proceedings of the Twenty-third Hanford Life Sciences Symposium, Richland, Washington, November 1984.

• "The Technology/Policy Project Course: Real-World Learning," Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education, October 1985.

• "The Engineering & Public Policy Program at Carnegie Mellon," Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education, April 1982.

• Various (6) Papers on Light Scattering: Physical Review (1969-1973), Physics Letters, 1968.

Book Reviews

• The Rainbow and the Worm : The Physics of Organisms, by Mae-Wan Ho, World Scientific Publications, reviewed in American Scientist, 1994.

• Currents of Death: Power lines, computer terminals, and an attempt to cover up their threat to your health by Paul Brodeur, Simon and Schuster, reviewed in Physics Today, 1990.

• Simon and Schuster, reviewed in Physics Today, 1990

• Survey of women engineering alumnae of Carnegie Mellon, 1989. Study of control men alumni. Informal working manuscript.

• "Birth Defects: Their Biology and Epidemiology," March 1984.

• "Control Options and Costs for Reducing Ground Level Electric Fields Under Transmission Lines," Scott Ritter and Indira Nair, Working Paper, Department of Engineering and Public Policy, March 1985.

• "Cancer and Carcinogenesis: Biology, Theories, Epidemiology and Possible Relation to 60 Hz Electric and Magnetic Field Exposure," September 1985.

• Chronology of Radiation-related Events, 1890-1986, Draft, April 1987.

• Three Briefing Papers for policy guidance prepared for the Florida Department of Environmental Resources:
  1. "Sources and Dosimetry of Power-Frequency Fields," H. Keith Florig, Indira Nair, and M. Granger Morgan.

  2. "A Framework for Thinking About, and Making Regulatory Decisions about Power-Frequency Electromagnetic Fields," M. Granger Morgan, Indira Nair, H. Keith Florig, and Gordon Hester.

  3. "Control Strategies for Power-Frequency Electromagnetic Fields which do not require a Measure of Dose," by M. Granger Morgan, H. Keith Florig, Indira Nair, and Gordon Hester.

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Leadership in Education Award , Greater Pittsburgh YWCA, 1994.

• Certificate of Recognition for Service, Pittsburgh Regional Center for Science Teachers, 1994

• The Doherty Prize for excellence in education, the highest award for contribution to teaching and education, Carnegie Mellon University, 1993.

• Undergraduate Advising and Mentoring Award, Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Mellon University, 1994.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Bioelectromagnetics Society
American Association for the Advancement of Science
National Science Teachers' Association
American Society for Engineering Education