Dr. Rossmann, the Baird Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, was recently presented with the 2023 Sterling Olmsted Award. The award recognizes those who have made distinguished contributions to the development and teaching of liberal arts in engineering education.
A nationally respected leader in the field of industrial and operations engineering, Dr.Nembhard currently serves as dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Iowa. Before coming to Iowa in 2020, Dr. Nembhard was the Eric R. Smith Professor of Engineering and head of the School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering at Oregon State University.
The three winners who will receive $500,000 to support their academic initiatives are Marie Klawe, president of Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California, DeRionne Pollard, president of Montgomery College in Rockville, Maryland, and Barbara R. Snyder, president of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.
The website StudySoup.com examined the top-ranked U.S. universities for computer science to see which are also offering an inclusive environment for female students looking to enter into the industry. Harvey Mudd College, Dartmouth College, and Harvard University were the top three.
Among the partner institutions are the California Institute of Technology, Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Rhode Island School of Design, Rutgers University in New Jersey, and Spelman College in Atlanta.
An entire chapter of the study reports on the successful efforts of Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California, to increase the number of women seeking degrees in these traditionally male-dominated disciplines.
