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Stephanie Adams, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education and Associate Professor of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, received the DuPont Minorities in Engineering Award for 2008. Adams is recognized for her years of service to the minority engineering effort. Since her days as a graduate student at the University of Virginia, she has worked to increase participation and retention of minorities and women in engineering.
Adams is a motivational speaker and consultant for undergraduate education and professional development, especially directed toward underrepresented groups. A long-time advocate of STEM education, she has served a number of organizations aimed at increasing the presence of women and minorities in engineering.
At the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Adams developed a well-funded research program to design effective learning-enhancement teams in the engineering classroom. As an administrator, she created alliances with minority-serving institutions such as Fayetteville State University, Norfolk State University, Jackson State University and Metropolitan Universidad de Puerto Rico, to provide opportunities for students and faculty at those institutions to collaborate with faculty and students at the University of Nebraska. Internationally, she has been working with the Universidad Nacional Del Táchira State in San Cristóbal, Venezuela to establish a student and faculty research exchange program.
She has served in her current position at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln since 2004. She also served as Assistant Dean for Research in the College of Engineering (2004-2006); Interim Associate Dean & Special Assistant to the Dean, Office of Graduate Studies (2002-2004); and assistant professor of industrial and management systems engineering (1998-2004).
Adams has facilitated sessions for students, parents, and faculty affiliated with such organizations as Gates Millennium Scholars Program; North Carolina-Math, Science and Education Network Pre-College Program; National GEM Consortium; National Science Foundation; National Academy of Science; Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers; Women in Engineering ProActive Network; and a number of universities. Adams served on the national board of the National Society of Black Engineers. During her tenure, she was named Committee Chairperson of the Year (1990) and in 1991 she developed and implemented the Academic Technical Bowl.
As an active member of ASEE, she served in the ASEE Engineering Management Division as Chair (2004-05); Program Chair (2003-04); Treasurer (2002-03); Secretary (2001-02); Conference Session Chair (1999-2002). She is a member of WEPAN, a Fellow of NSBE, and a founding member of Epsilon Mu Eta, the engineering management honor society. She is a recipient of the Holling Teaching/Mentoring/Advising Award (2004); NSBE Educator of the Year Award (2004); Chancellor’s Fulfilling the Dream Award (2004); S.H.E. Esteem Award (2003); College of Engineering Service Award (2002); College of Engineering Henry Y. Kleinkauf Teaching Award (2001); and Star Mug Award, Division of Student Affairs, University of Nebraska, Lincoln (2001). She received her B.S. degree in mechanical engineering, cum laude (1989) at North Carolina State University, M.E. degree (1991) in systems engineering at the University of Virginia, and her Ph.D. degree (1998) in interdisciplinary engineering at Texas A&M University.
The DuPont Minorities in Engineering Award, endowed by the DuPont Company, honors an engineering educator for exceptional achievement in increasing participation and retention of minorities and women in engineering.
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