Dr. Russ Meier named International Engineering Educator Honoris Causa
| Published: 10/08/2012 |
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Dr. Russ Meier, professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, was awarded the title “International Engineering Educator Honoris Causa” by the International Society for Engineering Education on September 27, 2012 in Villach, Austria. Meier received the award for his outstanding contributions in the field of engineering education and for long time dedicated work as an engineering educator.
At the awards ceremony, Meier was recognized for his quality teaching record, his knowledge of engineering education research and practice, and his dedication to disseminating that knowledge to the international engineering education community through his roles within the IEEE Education Society. Meier is currently the IEEE Education Society Vice President of Conferences. He served six years on the IEEE Education Society Board of Governors and is a member of the IEEE Education Society Strategic Planning Committee. The International Society for Engineering Education (IGIP) is a world leader in training, certifying, and accrediting professors of engineering through a standard curriculum in engineering education pedagogical theory and practice offered at training universities in Europe and South America.
In 2009, Meier was named “Young Engineer of the Year” by Engineers & Scientists of Milwaukee Inc. (now known as STEM Forward. The 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.
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.
Meier received his bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees in computer engineering from Iowa State University. His research interests include: evolutionary digital design using genetic algorithms to search the space of design solutions, the design and analysis of circuits generated using rapid prototyping frameworks and heuristics, the exploration of adaptive architectures using field programmable gate arrays, the exploration of parallel computing systems within the networks of field programmable gate arrays, and the design of modern computer architectures. His education research interests focus on embedded systems and the use of computer technology and social media as pedagogical delivery agents.
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