MSOE professor named Young Engineer of the Year
| Published: 01/27/2010 |
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Dr. Russ Meier has been named the 2009 Young Engineer of the Year by Engineers & Scientists of Milwaukee Inc. (ESM). Meier is an associate professor in Milwaukee School of Engineering's Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department.
The ESM Young Engineer of the Year Award is presented annually to an outstanding contributor to the engineering profession from the greater Milwaukee area. Honorees are recognized for their work in raising the visibility of the profession and the region, while also serving as a role model to others who have or may select the engineering profession as a career.
Meier received his bachelor's, master's and doctorate degrees in computer engineering from Iowa State University. His teaching and research interests include embedded systems, evolvable hardware, the use of complex adaptive systems in digital architectures and computer architecture. He maintains professional memberships in IEEE, IEEE Computer Society, IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, IEEE Education Society, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), and ASEE Educational Research and Methods division.
Meier serves the engineering education community in a number of ways. As IEEE Education Society Meetings Chair, he works with colleagues from around the world to establish, plan and maintain engineering education conferences and workshops. He serves on the Steering Committees of the ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE) and the IEEE Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON). He is a voting member on the IEEE Education Society Administrative Committee and the Strategic Planning sub-committee. He is the IEEE Education Society Milwaukee Chapter Chair. He was the FIE2007 General Chair and served eight years as the FIE Faculty Fellows Chair.
His received the Iowa State University Teaching Excellence Award and Warren B. Boast Award for Undergraduate Teaching Excellence, and was the 2009 ASEE/IEEE FIE Conference Ronald J. Schmitz Meritorious Service Award winner.
MSOE is an independent university with 2,600 students. MSOE offers 17 bachelor's degrees and nine master's degrees in the engineering, engineering technology, architectural engineering and building construction, computer, business, nursing and health-related fields. The university has a national academic reputation; longstanding ties to business and industry; dedicated professors with real-world experience; and extremely high placement rates and starting salaries. MSOE graduates are well-rounded, technologically experienced and highly productive professionals and leaders.