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Krishna Vedula is currently Professor of Chemical Engineering and Dean Emeritus, Francis College of Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell. Dr. Vedula is founder and executive director of the Indo-Universal Collaboration for Engineering Education (IUCEE) facilitated initially by American Society for Engineering Educaton (ASEE). IUCEE has the objective of improving quality and global relevance of engineering education in India and US. He has also been the President of IFEES (International Federation for Engineering Societies) from 2010 to2012. Dr. Vedula is well recognized globally for his contributions to engineering education, research, administration and outreach. He is internationally recognized for his research in processing and properties of materials for high temperature applications. He has been made a Fellow of American Society for Metals (ASM) and a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). Dr. Vedula has B.Tech (IIT Bombay, 1967), M.S. (Drexel University, 1969) and Ph.D. (Michigan Tech University, 1980) degrees in Materials Engineering. He has 30 years academic teaching and research experience in materials science and engineering as well as engineering administration, at Case Western Reserve University, Iowa State University and University of Massachusetts Lowell.
Dr. Stephanie Farrell is Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University (USA) and was the 2014-2015 Fulbright Scholar in Engineering Education at Dublin Institute of Technology (Ireland). As a pioneer of inductive pedagogy in engineering courses, Dr. Farrell studies the role of experiments in promoting conceptual understanding in engineering. Dr. Farrell has been recognized nationally and internationally for contributions to engineering education through her work in experiential learning and faculty development. In 2012 she was awarded Honoris Causa in Engineering Education from the Internationale Gesellschaft für Inginieurpädagogik (IGIP). She has been honored by the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) with several teaching awards such as the National Outstanding Teaching Medal and the Quinn Award for experiential learning. Dr. Farrell has a strong commitment to faculty development and has conducted workshops worldwide to share research-based instructional practices, with much of her current work focusing on supporting the devlelopment of engineering educators in India. Dr. Farrell serves on the Executive Committee of the International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES) as the representative of the Indo-Universal Collaboration for Engineering Education.
We are honored to announce that our Rising to the Top book series has added TWO new volumes!
Rising to the Top provides an intimate and inspiring look into the experiences that have shaped the lives and careers of women engineering leaders from around the world. By openly sharing their personal journeys in these pages, the authors hope to not only inspire the next generation of engineering leaders, but also provide valuable insight into the challenges facing women engineers around the world, and the opportunities that are theirs for the taking.