Frederick J. Berger Award
Warren Hill, Dean of the College of Applied Science & Technology at Weber State University, received the Frederick J. Berger Award in recognition of his tireless promotion and support of engineering technology education. He has been actively involved in engineering technology education for 27 years.
Hill has served as dean of the College of Applied Science & Technology at Weber State University since 1990. During his tenure at Weber State, the College of Applied Science & Technology increased its number of TAC of ABET accredited engineering technology programs from three to five, all of which offer both an associate degree as well as a bachelors degree. Besides the engineering technology programs, there are a number of other programs in the college, which has a total enrollment of 2,100 students.
Prior to joining the faculty at Weber State University, he served at the University of Southern Colorado as Chair of the Department of Engineering Technology (1986-90), and professor of electronics engineering technology (1981-86). Prior to joining the University of Southern Colorado, he served at Lawrence Technological University as associate professor of electrical engineering (1978-81) and was a lecturer in the electrical engineering department (1972-78). As a member of ASEE, he has been active in both the Engineering Technology Council (ETC) and the Engineering Technology Division (ETD) and has served as host of the Engineering Technology Leadership Institute twice. He currently serves as liaison to the ASEE Engineering Deans Council Data Collection Committee for the ETC. He served as Program Chair for the ETD for the 1995 ASEE Annual Conference and is a past member of the ETC executive board. Hill is a recipient of the ASEE James H. McGraw Award (2007).
He is a senior life member of IEEE. As a member of the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE), he served as director, President and Secretary of the Southern Chapter of the Professional Engineers of Colorado, a division of the NSPE. Hill served as chair of Mathcounts, a mathematics competition for middle school students sponsored by NSPE (1982-88). He also serves as a reviewer for the National Science Foundation. He is currently on the Executive Committee of the Technology Accreditation Committee of ABET.
Active in promoting engineering and engineering technology in Utah, Hill served as Affiliate Director for Project Lead the Way (2003-07), a nationwide high school pre-engineering program. During his tenure, the number of Project Lead the Way schools in Utah has grown from 6 to 58. Hill received a B.S. degree (1963) in electrical engineering from the University of Nebraska, a M.S. degree (1968) in electrical engineering from Wayne State University, and a Ph.D. degree (1975) in engineering from the University of Detroit.
The Frederick J. Berger Award recognizes and encourages excellence in engineering technology education. It is presented to both an individual and a school or department for demonstrating outstanding leadership in curriculum, techniques, or administration in engineering technology education.
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