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Heshmat
Aglan
aglanh@tuskegee.edu
Present
Position: Associate Dean and Professor of Mechanical
Engineering, College of Engineering, Architecture and
Physical Sciences, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL
aglanh@tuskegee.edu
Awards:
Long-term Contribution to the 1890 Land-Grant Mission
of Teaching, Research and Service, 61st Professional
Agricultural Workers Conference, Tuskegee University,
December 2003; Sustained Performance by an HBCU, Oak
Ridge National Laboratory, March 2003; Outstanding Minority
Institution of the Year Award by the Oak Ridge National
Laboratory, February 2001; Faculty Achievement Award,
Tuskegee University , 2001; USDA group award of excellence
for contribution to the nations space program, June
1996
Education:
Ph.D. (Geological Sciences), University of Manitoba
; M.S. (Environmental Sciences), The University of Virginia;
B.A. (with distinction, Geology), The University of
Virginia Married to Fern Hampton; they have two children.
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George Blanks, Ed.D. George Blanks, Ed.D.
Director of K12 Engineering Outreach for the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering at Auburn University and
Executive Director of BEST Middle and High School
Robotics Competition, headquartered at Auburn.
blankgw@auburn.edu
BEST (“Boosting Engineering, Science, and Technology”) is a nonprofit, volunteer based program whose mission is to
engage, excite, and inspire students to pursue careers in these fields through participation in a projectbased, handson
robotics competition. In 2009, BEST operated 35 hubs (local
competition sites) in 13 states with over 750 schools and 11,500 students participating.
As Executive Director, Dr. Blanks’ primary duties include establishing educational partnerships with corporations and professional engineering societies; recruiting national
sponsors to help fund its hubs; raising awareness of BEST as a K12 workforce development program; and recruiting engineering schools and two year technical colleges to host BEST competitions on their campuses.
George earned an undergraduate degree in Communications from Samford University, a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham,
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Lee Meadows
lmeadows@uab.edu
Present Position: Lee Meadows, Ph.D., is a science educator employed as an Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He focuses his UAB work on inquiry teaching and on science education reform. Lee is the former director of Alabama LASER, an affiliate of the National Science Resources Center (NSRC), National Academy of Sciences and Smithsonian.
Publications:
Education: B.A., University of Mississippi; M.S. (Science Education), University of Texas at Austin;
Ph.D. (Science Education), University of Georgia. |
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