SWE - Fall 2007 - (Page 58) The sixth installment of SWE’s annual series profiles women deans of engineering at three very different types of institutions. Academe 2007 BY PEGGY LAYNE, P.E., SWE Women Engineering Leaders in T his is the sixth installment in SWE Magazine’s series profiling female deans of engineering. While more women lead engineering schools in the United States and Canada today than when Eleanor Baum became the first female dean of engineering in 1984, there are still only about two dozen female deans among the 341 engineering schools and colleges in North America. This year we profile three of them: Kristina Johnson, Ph.D., has been dean of the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University since 1999; Pamela Eibeck, Ph.D., became dean of the College of Engineering at Texas Tech University in 2004; and Esin Gulari, Ph.D., was named dean of the College of Engineering and Science at Clemson University just a year ago. Dr. Kristina Johnson, dean of the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University since 1999 and 2004 SWE Achievement Award recipient. Facts and Figures Clemson is a large public research university located in a small town in the Appalachian foothills of the southeastern U.S. with over 17,000 students and almost 1,200 faculty members across five colleges. The university opened in 1893 as an allmale military school with an emphasis on “scientific agriculture and mechanical arts.” The College of Science and Engineering was established in 1995 and includes 17 departments and schools, including 11 engineering programs, over 3,400 undergraduates, 1,000 graduate students, and 410 faculty members. Esin Gulari became dean in July of 2006 after serving as professor and chair of the chemical engineering department at Wayne State University and as division director of the Chemical and Transport Systems Division, and acting assistant director for engineering at the National Science Foundation. Dean Gulari received her undergraduate degree in Turkey and her graduate degrees at the Dr. Esin Gulari became dean of the College of Engineering and Science at Clemson University the summer of 2006. California Institute of Technology. Texas Tech is a large, primarily undergraduate public university in the high plains of west Texas with over 28,000 students and almost 1,400 faculty members. The College of Engineering has over 3,000 undergraduate students, 350 graduate students, and 155 faculty members. One of the original colleges when the campus was founded in 1925, it hosts eight engineering programs. Pam Eibeck became dean in 2004 after serving as chair of the mechanical engineering department and vice-provost for undergraduate studies at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. Dean Eibeck earned her degrees at Stanford. Duke University is a private research university located in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina. Established in 1924, Duke has about 6,200 undergraduates and over 6,600 graduate students with a faculty of almost 1,700. The Pratt School of Engineering was established in 1939 and has about Dr. Pam EIbeck , dean of the College of Engineering of Texas Tech since 2004. 58 SWE FALL 2007
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