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'''ME Department Heads' Forum'''

Sheraton Grand Phoenix Hotel, Grand Ballroom AB

Monday Nov 14, 2016, 1:30-3:30 

Organizer:  Dr. Kevin Lynch, Prof. and Chair

Mechanical Engineering Department, Northwestern University

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'''1:30-2:30 Mini-symposium on Diversity in Engineering'''

* Dr. Amy Bix, Prof. of History, Director for the Center for Historical Studies of Technology and Science, Iowa State University:  Diversity and engineering, past, present, and future:  Perspectives on change, progress, and challenge.

* Dr. Bill Wepfer, Eugene C. Gwaltney, Jr. Chair, Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Tech:  Observations

'''2:30-3:00 NSF CMMI:  Overview of CMMI and Upcoming Funding Opportunities'''

Dr. George Hazelrigg, Deputy Division Director, NSF CMMI

'''3:00-3:10 2017 MEED Summit'''

Dr. Oscar Barton, Prof. and Chair, ME Dept, George Mason University

'''3:10-3:20 SSA and CT Main Student Leadership Awards'''

Dr. Mohammad Mahinfalah, Prof. of ME, Milwaukee School of Engineering

'''3:20-3:30 Student & Early Career Development:  ASME Eng Festivals (E-fests) 2017'''

Paul Stevenson, ASME Senior VP