IEEE William E. Sayle II Award for Achievement in Education

To recognize significant contributions over a period of years in the fields of interest to the IEEE Education Society.

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Prize:

Plaque and Certificate; paid registration to the Frontiers in Education (FIE) Conference.

Funding:

IEEE Education Society

Presentation:

Annually, at Frontiers in Education Conference unless other arrangement are made with the Awards Committee Chair

Basis for Judging:

Quality of contributions

Eligibility:

Must be a member of the IEEE Education Society

Nomination Details:

Nomination Deadline: 9 June

Nomination Process

Recipients

2022

2022 Recipient of IEEE William E. Sayle II Award for Achievement in Education

Henry Chan

For contributions to computing education and the development of the TALE conference.

2021

Rosanna Yuen-Yan Chan

For contributions to the field of learning technologies for special education needs.

2020

Barbara Oakley

3 (Southeastern U.S.)

Biography

Barbara Oakley, PhD, PE is a Professor of Engineering at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan; the Ramón y Cajal Distinguished Scholar of Global Digital Learning at McMaster University; and Coursera’s inaugural “Innovation Instructor.” Her work focuses on the complex relationship between neuroscience and social behavior. Dr. Oakley’s research has been described as “revolutionary” in the Wall Street Journal—she has published in outlets as varied as the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times. She has won numerous teaching awards, including the American Society of Engineering Education’s Chester F. Carlson Award for technical innovation in engineering education. Together with Terrence Sejnowski, the Francis Crick Professor at the Salk Institute, she co-teaches Coursera – UC San Diego’s “Learning How to Learn,” the world’s most popular massive open online course. Her books include A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra), (Penguin, 2014); Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential (Penguin, 2017); and Learning How to Learn: How to Succeed in School Without Spending All Your Time Studying; A Guide for Kids and Teens (Penguin, 2018). Dr. Oakley has adventured widely through her lifetime. She rose from the ranks of Private to Captain in the U.S. Army, during which time she was recognized as a Distinguished Military Scholar. She also worked as a communications expert at the South Pole Station in Antarctica, and has served as a Russian translator on board Soviet trawlers on the Bering Sea. Dr. Oakley is an elected Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers and the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.

https://barbaraoakley.com/

Affiliation(s)

Oakland University

United States

For visionary outreach in making STEM education more attainable for millions of students worldwide

2019

For developing new services and structure inside the IEEE Education Society and promoting worldwide technology-enhanced and blended education in engineering

2018

Mark Allen Weiss

For contributions to the advancement of Computer Science education through his books and curricular innovations that have enhanced student learning for both high school and college students

2017

Joseph L.A. Hughes

2016

Susan M. Lord

6 (Western U.S.)

Biography

Susan M. Lord is a Fellow of the IEEE and the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE). Dr. Lord’s teaching interests include electronics, optoelectronic materials and devices, service-learning, feminist pedagogy, and lifelong learning. From 1993-1997, Dr. Lord taught at Bucknell University. Her industrial experience includes AT&T Bell Laboratories, General Motors Laboratories, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, and SPAWAR Systems Center. In 2012, she taught at Southeast University in Nanjing, China. From 2006-2016, she was Chair of Electrical Engineering at USD.

Dr. Lord’s research has been supported by several National Science Foundation (NSF) grants from programs including CAREER, gender in science and engineering (GSE), and research in engineering education (REE). Her research focuses on the study and promotion of diversity in engineering including student pathways, diverse populations including Latinos and military veterans, and cross-cultural studies with non-U.S. students. She is part of the USD team working on “Developing Changemaking Engineers”, funded by the NSF Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (RED) program.

Since entering college, Dr. Lord has been committed to increasing diversity in engineering particularly supporting women and underrepresented minorities. She co-authored The Borderlands of Education: Latinas in Engineering with Dr. Michelle Madsen Camacho of the USD Sociology Department. She and her research team have received best paper awards from the Journal of Engineering Education and the IEEE Transactions on Education and the 2013 WEPAN Betty Vetter Award for Research.

Dr. Lord is active in the international engineering education community. She served as General Co-Chair of the 2006 Frontiers in Education (FIE) Conference and as the Vice President (2007-2008) and President (2009-2010) of the IEEE Education Society. Dr. Lord is an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Education and the Journal of Engineering Education. She joined the National Effective Teaching Institute (NETI) facilitation team in 2015 conducting annual workshops for engineering educators

Affiliation(s)

University of San Diego

United States

For contributions to educational pedagogy, diversity, and leadership in engineering education

2015

Marco Winzker

For continuously introducing project-based learning into the engineering curriculum and promoting professional development of the faculty

2014

Raghunath K. Shevgaonkar

2013

Karen Panetta