SWE - Spring 2008 - (Page 50) ENGINEERING WORLD The news on issues, events, technology, and people Two high-tech organizations honored CIO and Vice President Gail Farnsley of Cummins Inc. as a leader. Farnsley takes her place as one of Computerworld’s Premier 100 IT Leaders. The program honors those who “show exemplary technology leadership in resolving pressGail Farnsley ing business programs,” according to a Dec. 11, 2007, Business Wire release. In addition, Farnsley is the only woman among 14 men chosen by InformationWeek as 15 Innovators and Influencers “who will help shape the business technology world in the coming year,” the magazine stated in its Dec. 15, 2007, issue. RODNEY CHOICE AND CHOICE PHOTOGRAPHY A CIO Takes Two Top Tech Awards CUMMINS INC. Watch This Upcoming Pacesetter Treena Livingston Arinzeh, Ph.D., associate professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Department of Biomedical Engineering, is one of the “40 under 40” to watch in 2008 according to Black Enterprise. She is cited for her pioneering adult stem cell research to find ways to use biomaterials to re-engineer tissues. This is not the first time Dr. Arinzeh has earned recognition for her work on biomaNEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY terials. She received a New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology two-year, $300,000 grant to investigate ways to repair cartilage, using nanofiber scaffolding, a technique of interest now to biomedical engineers working with adult stem cells. In 2006, she received a $700,000, five-year grant from the New Jersey Commission on Spinal Cord Research to develop a new therapy for treating spinal cord injuries. Dr. Arinzeh is also coprincipal investigator through 2009 on a National Academy of Sciences grant to develop a novel battery to implant in human bodies to power important devices. Winners of the 2006 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) were honored at the White House last November. Pictured are: (first row, left to right) Joe Omojola; Frances Draughon; Saundra McGuire; Gayle Slaughter; Katherine McCarter; George Lee; Judith Todd; and Juan Arratia; and (second row, left to right) Dan Byers, deputy associate director for technology at the Office of Science and Technology Policy; Kathie Olsen, deputy director of the National Science Foundation (NSF); Jonathan Earle; David Allison; Ricardo Jacquez; Cora Marrett, assistant director for education and human resources at NSF; and Arden L. Bement, Jr., director, NSF. A Presidential Award for Mentors of Scientists and Engineers Filling the need for engineers and scientists to keep America competitive doesn’t just mean adding new students to the roster. It is important to mentor them as well. Since 1996, the National Science Foundation has made a point to honor those who do so. Five of the 10 winners for 2006 are women. Individuals who demonstrate outstanding and sustained mentoring and guidance to a significant number of underrepresented students at the K-12, undergraduate, or graduate education level receive the award. Organizations that, through their program- ming, have enabled a substantial number of students who are traditionally underrepresented in the STEM fields to pursue and complete relevant degree programs also receive the award. California State’s New CIO, Teri Takai California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger recently appointed Teri Takai as the state’s chief information officer. Takai comes with the experience of serving as Michigan’s CIO for more than four years, as well as president of the National Association of State Chief Information Officers and senior executive positions at Ford Motor Company and EDS. Said ITAA president and CEO Phil Bond, “Teri has a wealth of management and IT experience in both the public and private sectors and has proven herself a true visionary in the field of government IT. We look Treena Livingston Arinzeh 50 SWE SPRING 2008
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