President

Current

2023 - 2024

Martín Llamas Nistal

atlanTTic Research Center, University of Vigo

Spain

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Martín Llamas Nistal

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Biography

Martín Llamas-Nistal (Senior Member, IEEE) received the Eng. and Ph.D. degrees in telecommunication from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain, in 1986 and 1994, respectively. He has been a Faculty Member with the Higher Technical School of Telecommunication Engineers, University of Vigo, Spain, since March 1987.

He is the author or a co-author of more than 300 articles in peer-reviewed international refereed journals and conference proceedings. He has directed several national and international research projects in telematics and technology-enhanced learning fields. He was a member of the Steering Committee of the IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, since its founding from 2008 to 2013, where he has been an Associate Editor, since 2014 to 2019.

He has received several awards from the W3C, Highlight Paper in the WWW 2001, and Education Track Best Paper and Conference Best Paper Finalist in the WWW 2002, the 2007 Chapter Achievement Award for the Spanish Chapter as an outstanding model of technical activities, membership services, and professional development in Spain and Latin America, the 2010 Distinguished Chapter Leadership Award, the 2011 IEEE Education Society Chapter Achievement Award, and the IEEE EDUCON 2015 and 2018 Meritorious Service Awards from the IEEE. He was the General Co-Chair of IEEE EDUCON 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2018. He was the Co-Founder of the IEEE Latin-American Learning Technologies Journal (IEEE-RITA), in 2006, and has been the Editor-in- Chief since its founding to July 2021. He has been serving in different positions in the Education Society of the IEEE: member of the Board of Governors, since 2008, member of the Strategic Planning Committee, since 2009, Chair of the Publications Committee, from 2010 to 2018, Vice-President for Publications, from 2011 to 2018, Vice-President for Member and Geographic Activity, from 2019 to 2020, and President-Elect from 2021 to 2022.

Affiliation(s)

atlanTTic Research Center, University of Vigo

Spain

Past

2021 - 2022

Edmundo Tovar

Technical University of Madrid

Spain

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Past

2019 - 2020

Russ Meier

Milwaukee School of Engineering

United States

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Past

2017 - 2018

Claudio da Rocha Brito

COPEC - Science & Education Research Organization

Brazil

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Past

2015 - 2016

James Sluss

University of Oklahoma

United States

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James Sluss

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James J. Sluss Jr. (Senior Member, IEEE) received a B.S. degree in physics from Marshall University, Huntington, WV, USA, in 1984, and an M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA, in 1986 and 1989, respectively.

He is a Regents Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering with the University of Oklahoma (OU), Norman, OK, USA, and has held various administrative roles of increasing responsibility within the OU system, notably serving as the Systemwide Director of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering from 2005 to 2014, leading the School through a period of historic growth. Since 2021, he has been serving as the Interim President of OU-Tulsa.

Dr. Sluss was the recipient of the IEEE Education Society Edwin C. Jones, Jr., Meritorious Service Award in 2008 and the International Engineering Educator Honoris Causa “ING. PAED.IGIP h.c.” by the International Society for Engineering Education “for outstanding contributions in the field of Engineering Education” in 2015. He served on the Frontiers in Education (FIE) Steering Committee from 2012 to 2021, served as the Technical Program Co-Chair for FIE 2007, the General Go-Chair for FIE 2013, and as the FIE Steering Committee Chair from 2018 to 2020. He has served as a member of the Board of Governors of the IEEE Education Society from 2000 to 2022, serving in several officer positions, including a two-year term as the President from 2015 to 2016. He is in his 39th year of membership in the IEEE and is a member of the IEEE Education Society and the IEEE Communications Society. He is a member of Optica (formerly, Optical Society of America), the International Society for Optics and Photonics, the International Society for Engineering Education, and the American Society of Engineering Education.

Affiliation(s)

University of Oklahoma

United States

Past

2013 - 2014

Manuel Castro

National University of Distance Education

Spain

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Manuel Castro

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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 Full Professor of electronics technology.

Prof. Castro belongs to the organizing committee of the IEEE EDUCON (past-Chair), the IEEE TALE (chair), the IEEE LWMOOCs (past-Chair) and TAEE conferences. He is a past member of the Board of Directors (BoD) of the IEEE, as Division VI Past Director, a member of the Administration Committee and Board of Governors (AdCOM/BoG) from 2005 to 2024, and Past President and President Emeritus of the IEEE Education Society. He is the founder of the IEEE Education Society Spanish Chapter and Past chair, 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, including the 2017 Nikola Tesla Award for Outstanding Achievements in the Field of Engineering Pedagogy, IGIP (International Society for Engineering Education), the.2019 IEEE William E. Sayle Award for Achievement in Education of the IEEE Education Society and the 2022 IEEE EDUNINE 2022 Outstanding Recognition Award in recognition and appreciation of your dedication supporting the IEEEEDUNINE conference and engineering education, IEEE EDUNINE (World EducationEngineering Conference). He is Honor Ambassador of the Madrid Convention Bureau and IEEE HKN Professional member.

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National University of Distance Education

Spain

Past

2011 - 2012

Past

2009 - 2010

Susan M. Lord

University of San Diego

United States

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Susan M. Lord

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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

Past

2007 - 2008

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Past

1982 - 1983

James R. Rowland

Professor

University of Kansas

United States

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Past

1980 - 1981

Joseph Bordogna

Past

1978 - 1979

Lyle D. Feisel

State University of New York at Binghamton

United States

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Past

1977 - 1977

John C. Lindenlaub

Past

1975 - 1976

Edwin C. Jones

Iowa State University

United States

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Past

1973 - 1974

Martín Llamas Nistal

Edmundo Tovar

Russ Meier

Claudio da Rocha Brito

James Sluss

Manuel Castro

Susan M. Lord

Joseph L.A. Hughes

Daniel Litynski

David V. Kerns Jr.

Marion O. Hagler

Karan L. Watson

Victor K. Schutz

Robert Sullivan

Jerry R. Yeargan

Chalmer Sechrist

J. David Irwin

Darrell Vines

Demetrius T. Paris

Bruce Eisenstein

James R. Rowland

Joseph Bordogna

Lyle D. Feisel

John C. Lindenlaub

Edwin C. Jones

J.E. Biedenbach

R. Cotellessa

Warren B. Boast

Luke H. Noggle

Benjamin Dasher

E.G. Walters

J.G. Brainerd

G.E. Moore

J.G. Truxal

R.L. McFarlan

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