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Engineering Dean Named AAAS Fellow
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NOVEMBER 6, 2003 -- Robert Warrington, the dean of engineering at Michigan Technological University, has been named a Fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
A total of 348 members are being elevated to this rank because of their efforts to advance science or applications that are deemed scientifically or socially distinguished. New Fellows will be honored Feb. 14 at the Fellows Forum during the 2004 AAAS Annual Meeting in Seattle.
As part of the AAAS Section on Engineering, Warrington was elected Fellow for promoting and developing the field of micromachining, establishing the Institute of Micromachining and starting the first Commercialization of Microsystems Conference in 1994.
Michigan Tech (www.mtu.edu) is ranked among the top 50 public universities in the country by U.S. News and World Report. The university has one of the largest engineering programs in the country and offers quality programs in the sciences, business, communications, forestry and environmental science.
Founded in 1848, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has worked to advance science for human well-being through its projects, programs and publications in the areas of science policy, science education and international scientific cooperation. |
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