American Association for the Advancement of Science AAAS
ENGINEERING SECTION M

 

The Engineering Section of AAAS is one of twenty-four disciplinary sections of the Association. Currently (2008) more than four thousand individual members and twenty six Affiliated Organizations of AAAS are enrolled in the Engineering Section. The Section Committee holds an annual business during the AAAS Annual Meeting. All members of the Section are invited to attend the annual meetings.

 

Activities of the Engineering Section

A major activity of Section M is the development of symposia on engineering topics to be presented at the AAAS Annual Meeting which is typically held in February of every year. This effort is consistent with the view of most engineering members that the Association is an outstanding medium for the creation of an effective bond between science and engineering. The Annual Meeting provides a forum in which engineers have the opportunity to help scientists and the general public (due to the outstanding coverage of the meeting by the media) stay abreast of the latest in technology. Conversely, the meeting gives engineers the opportunity to learn about the latest developments in science, science education and public policy relating to technology and science.

Over the years Section M has sponsored many outstanding symposia at the Annual Meeting (see Annual Meeting Symposia of Interest to Engineers). The ideas and proposals for these symposia have come from many Section members, but largely from members of the Steering Group (Section officers plus the four elected members-at-large of the Section Committee). The section encourages input from the representatives of the organizations which have elected to affiliate with the Engineering Section. The representatives should be in the best position to determine which new technological developments in their disciplines should be good candidates for a AAAS symposium.

Another important function of the Section is the nomination by the Steering Group of candidates for election to the Grade of Fellow in AAAS (see FELLOWS in AAAS ). Nominations are made following the AAAS Annual Meeting, and elections of nominees by the Council take place in September. All Section members are urged to submit suggestions for nominees to any member of the Steering Group (names and addresses listed below). Nominations may also be made by any group of three AAAS Fellows. Nomination forms are available from the AAAS Executive Office, 1200 New York Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005.


Section Committee

The Section Committee consists of the Steering Group, two Council Delegates, and the representatives of the twenty six Affiliated Organizations. The Section Steering Group consists of the four officers and the four Members-at-Large of the  Section Committee. The Steering Group Members are elected by Section Members based on nominations from the Section Electorate Nominating Committee.

 

Section Officers: 2008-09

  • Chair: Priscilla P. Nelson (2009), New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102
  • Chair-Elect: Robert N. Nerem (2009), Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332
  • Retiring Chair: Gail H. Marcus (2009), Nuclear Power Tech. & Policy, Cabin John, MD 20818
  • Secretary: Marwan A. Simaan (2010), University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816 

 

At-Large-Members of the Section Committee

  • Frances H. Arnold (2009), California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125
  • Herbert H. Richardson (2010), The Texas A&M University System, College Station, TX 77843
  • Debbie A. Niemeier (2011), University of California, Davis, CA 95616
  • Cristina H. Amon, (2012), University of Toronto, Toronto, CANADA, M5S 1A4

 

Council Delegates

  • James J. Duderstadt (2009), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
  • Winfred M. Phillips (2009), University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611

 

Electorate Nominating Committee

  • Gail H. Marcus (2009), Nuclear Power Tech. & Policy, Cabin John, MD 20818 (Ex-Officio Member and Committee Chair)
  • Sangeeta N. Bhatia (2009), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
  • Frank L. Huband (2009), American Society of Engineering Education, Washington, DC 20036
  • Melba M. Crawford (2010), Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907
  • Rafael L. Bras (2010), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
  • Kristi S. Anseth (2011),  University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309
  • Cindy Atman (2011), University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195

 

Representatives of Affiliated Organizations

  • Gordon Anderson (2007), Foundation for Science and Disability
  • Peter M. Bainum (2007), American Astronautical Society
  • Willis W. Bixby, Jr. (2007), American Nuclear Society
  • Robert H. Bushnell (2009), US Metric Association
  • Roque J. Calvo (2008), Electrochemical Society
  • Richard P. Case (2009), National Society of Professional Engineers
  • W. Dale Compton (2007), Institute of Industrial Engineers
  • Chris Laszcz-Davis (2010), American Industrial Hygiene Association
  • Michael E. Fourney (2009), Society for Experimental Mechanics
  • Milton E. Franke (2009), American Society of Mechanical Engineers International
  • James D. Froula (2009), Tau Beta Pi Association
  • Saul I. Gass (2008), Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
  • Yacov Y. Haimes (2006), Society of Risk Analysis
  • Frank L. Huband (2010), American Society for Engineering Education
  • Robert S. Ledley (2009), Computerized Medical Imaging Society
  • Robert S. Ledley (2009), Pattern Recognition Society,
  • Richard A. Levinson (2007), American Public Health Association
  • Jeff Littleton (2008), American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers
  • David Lubman (2010), Acoustical Society of America
  • Cecil Lue-Hing (2008), American Society of Civil Engineers
  • Andrew H. Pettifor (2008), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • Keith L. Seitter (2007), American Meteorological Society
  • Stanley C. Theobald (2008), ASM International
  • U. Sunday Tim (2008), American Water Resources Association
  • Alfred E. Wechsler (2007), American Institute of Chemical Engineers
  • Arthur W. Winston (2008), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

 

Note:  Terms end on the last day of the Annual Meeting held in the years given in parentheses