2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

1. Dr. Mary Yvonne Lanzerotti http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7802-1117 Augsburg College [biography]

   Dr. Lanzerotti received her A.B. from Harvard College, M. Phil. from University of Cambridge (U.K.), and her Ph.D. from Cornell University, all in physics. She is an Assistant Professor of Physics at Augsburg College, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Previously she was a faculty member in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

2. Dr. Sean Joseph Creighton SOCHE [biography]

   BIO

   Sean Joseph Creighton, Ph.D., is the President of SOCHE, a regional association of colleges and universities dedicated to educating, employing, and engaging citizens. SOCHE coordinates programs for over 20 diverse members of higher learning with an annual economic impact of $3.3 billion, serving over 120,000 student and more than 36,000 employees. In 2012, SOCHE received the Dayton Business Journal Non-Profit Business of the Year Award and in 2007 the Governor of Ohio recognized SOCHE as a model for collaboration in higher education.

   Sean is currently in his second term as an elected member of the Board of Education for the Yellow Springs Public Schools, where he has been president, chaired the 2020 Strategic Plan, and served as the district’s legislative liaison. He also serves on advisory committees and boards for several local and national organizations, including Dayton Literary Peace Prize, Midwestern Higher Education Compact, TEDxDayton (license holder and co-chair), ThinkTV Public Broadcasting, and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Community Partnership Leadership Council.

   Sean has published and presented extensively on the impact of higher education, collaboration, civic engagement, and talent retention, and has also conducted research for the Kettering Foundation on the economic and civic missions of regionally based colleges and universities. He is a voice for collaboration and posts regularly at www.creightoncollaborative.com. Sean holds degrees from Marist College and New York University, and earned his PhD from Antioch University. He lives in the charming village of Yellow Springs with his wife, Leslee, and his five fun children, Liam, Maya, Quinn, Audrey, and Juliette.

3. Ms. Maggie Varga SOCHE [biography]

   Maggie Varga, Director, Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education (SOCHE)
   
   Maggie Varga is a Director for the Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education (SOCHE). In her capacity as Director, Maggie leads the SOCHEIntern Program, which employs nearly 300 students annually in cooperation with local government and small businesses, as well as the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) and Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The program provides high impact experiential learning opportunities for students while generating economic benefit and enhancing community sustainability. Her work improves the efficiency of programs that support member institutions and increase the success of more than 120,000 students in southwest Ohio. Maggie has also provided guidance and leadership in the creation and evolution of regional initiatives such as the Dayton Water Roundtable, Ohio’s Great Corridor Association, and the University of Dayton Rivers Institute.
   
   Prior to her position at SOCHE, Maggie worked for the Fitz Center for Leadership in Community at the University of Dayton.
   
   Maggie has a Master of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Finance from the University of Dayton and was a member of the first cohort of the University’s Rivers Steward Program.

4. Dr. Richard Martin The Air Force Institute of Technology [biography]

   Richard K. Martin received dual B.S. degrees (summa cum laude) in physics and electrical engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park, in 1999 and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, in 2001 and 2004, respectively. Since August 2004, he has been with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), Dayton, OH, where he is an Associate Professor. He is the author of 33 journal papers and 62 conference papers, and he holds five patents. His research interests include radio tomographic imaging; navigation and source localization; cognitive radio; and laser radar. Dr. Martin has been elected Electrical and Computer Engineering Instructor of the Quarter three times and HKN Instructor of the Year twice by the AFIT students. He is currently serving as a Senior Area Editor for IEEE Signal Processing Letters and has served as a Guest Editor for The IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing and an Associate Editor for IEEE Signal Processing Letters.

5. Dr. Derrick Langley Air Force Institute of Technology [biography]

   Derrick Langley is an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (AFB), Ohio. He received his B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Central Florida in 2003, his M.S. in electrical engineering from Wright State University in 2007, and his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from AFIT, Wright-Patterson AFB in 2012. His current research interests are metamaterials, microelectronics, microelectromechanical systems and nanotechnology.

6. Mrs. Diana Lynn Cahill SOCHE [biography]

   Diana Cahill, M.Ed., is currently Program Manager for Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education, SOCHE. Previously, Cahill was the Civilian Student Coordinator at the Air Force Institute of Technology, AFIT. She earned an M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction from Wright State University and a BA in English from Youngstown State University.

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