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Manuel Castro

National University of Distance Education

Spain

Manuel Castro

Biography

Manuel Castro (M’87–SM’94–F’08) received the Industrial Engineering degree and the Ph.D. degree in engineering from ETSII/Madrid Polytechnic University, Spain.

He was the National University of Distance Education’s (UNED’s) New Technologies Vice-Rector, the UNED’s Information Services Center Director, the Research and Doctorate Vice-Director, the Vice-Director of Academic Affairs with the School of Engineering, UNED, and the Director of the Department. He worked for five years in Digital Equipment Corporation, as a Senior System Engineer. He is currently a Professor of electronics technology and the Director of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at UNED.

Prof. Castro is a member of the Board of the Spanish International Solar Energy Society (ISES). He belongs to the organizing committee of the IEEE EDUCON (Chair), the IEEE EDUNINE, the IEEE LWMOOCs (Chair), ISES, TAEE, and SAAEI conferences. He is a member of the Board of Directors (BoD) of the IEEE, as the Division VI Director from 2019 to 2020, a member of the Administration Committee and Board of Governors (AdCOM/BoG) from 2005 to 2021. He was a recipient of the Extraordinary Doctoral Award from the UPM and the 1988 Viesgo Doctoral Thesis Award for improving Scientific Research on Industrial Process Electricity Application. He has been world-renowned with several awards, being the most recent 2019 IEEE William E. Sayle Award for Achievement in Education of the IEEE Education Society.

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National University of Distance Education

Spain

James Sluss

University of Oklahoma

United States

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James Sluss

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Dr. Jim Sluss is the Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Tulsa Graduate College at the University of Oklahoma - Tulsa. He is responsible for working with the Norman Associate Deans on the OU-Tulsa campus in budgeting, forecasting, program planning and growth, and faculty affairs. In addition, he has oversight responsibilities for the Schusterman Library and OU-Tulsa Student Affairs. A Regents’ Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, he has worked in research areas leading to new technology development across a variety of industry sectors. He has been awarded 15 U.S. patents, has authored/co-authored over 100 journal and conference publications, and has been principal/co-principal investigator on over $20 million in sponsored research grants and contracts.

Prior to assuming his current administrative duties on the OU-Tulsa campus, he was the Director of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (2005-2014), leading the School through a period of historic growth. More recently, he served as Senior Associate Dean for the Gallogly College of Engineering (2014-2016) where he led research administration, faculty development, and graduate education.

He is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), IEEE Education Society, and the IEEE Communications Society. He is a Member of the Optical Society of America (OSA), International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), International Society for Engineering Education (IGIP) and American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). He has been a member of the Board of Governors of the IEEE Education Society since 2000, serving in a number of officer positions including a two-year term as President from 2015-2016. In 2015, he was awarded the International Engineering Educator Honoris Causa by the International Society for Engineering Education “for outstanding contributions in the field of Engineering Education.”

Jim is a native of Huntington, West Virginia. He received the B.S in Physics in 1984 from Marshall University, and the M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 1986 and 1989, respectively, from the University of Virginia.

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University of Oklahoma

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Victor Nelson

Auburn University

United States

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John Impagliazzo

Hofstra University

United States

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Edwin C. Jones

Iowa State University

United States

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Steve Frezza

Gannon University

United States

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Claire McCullough

High Point University

United States

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Jenna Carpenter

Campbell University

United States

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Mark Allen Weiss

Florida International University

United States

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Witold Kisner

University of Manitoba

Canada

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Dale Carnegie

Victoria University Wellington

New Zealand

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Craig Watterson

Victoria University Wellington

New Zealand

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