Delores Etter Appointed to Serve on National Research Council Committee
Dr. Delores M. Etter
Dallas, Texas (SMU) – August 29, 2008
Delores M. Etter, TI Director of the Caruth Institute for Engineering Education at SMU, has been appointed to serve on the division committee of the National Research Council’s Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences.
Etter, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, will join other NAE members as well as representatives from the National Academy of Science and the Institute of Medicine on the committee whose primary role is to provide review of the memberships of the DEPS boards, make recommendations on committee memberships and offer review of project prospectuses.
The appointment is the latest acknowledgment of Dr. Etters expertise. In June, she was also appointed to serve on a National Nuclear Security Administration senior-level task force examining the ever increasing security role of our nation’s laboratory science and technology assets.
In March, Dr. Etter was appointed the first Texas Instruments Distinguished Chair in Engineering Education and Director of the newly named Caruth Institute for Engineering Education at the SMU School of Engineering. She has previously served at the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition and as a faculty member at the Naval Academy, the University of Colorado at Boulder and the University of New Mexico. Among her many honors, Dr. Etter is a member of the NAE, the highest recognition bestowed on an engineer.
Other committee members include:
Dr. Cherry Murray, Deputy Director for Science and Technology, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Dr. Peter Bickel, Department of Statistics, University of California, Berkeley
Dr. Denis A. Cortese, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mayo Clinic
Dr. Ruth David, President and Chief Executive Officer, ANSER
Katharine Frase, Vice President, Technical and Business Strategy, IBM Software Group
Dr. William Happer, Department of Physics, Princeton University
Dr. Wesley Harris, Charles Stark Draper Professor and Head, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Charles F. Kennel, Director, UCSD Environment and Sustainability Initiative
Lt. Gen. George K. Muellner, Retired President, Boeing Phantom Works
Mr. Cordell Reed, Retired Senior Vice President, Commonwealth Edison Company
Dr. Alton D. Romig, Jr., Deputy Director for Integrated Technology Programs, Sandia National Laboratories
Dr. F. Stan Settles, IBM Chair of Engineering and Management, University of Southern California
Margaret Wright, Silver Professor of Computer Science and Chair, Department of Computer Science, New York University
Peter Blair, Executive Director, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
George Bugliarello, ex officio, Governing Board Liaison to DEPS, Foreign Secretary, National Academy of Engineering, Chancellor, Polytechnic University
About the SMU School of Engineering
SMU’s School of Engineering, founded in 1925, is one of the oldest engineering schools in the Southwest. The school offers eight undergraduate and 29 graduate programs, including both masters and doctorate levels.
A private university located in the heart of Dallas, SMU is building on the vision of its founders, who imagined a distinguished center for learning emerging from the spirit of the city. Today, 11,000 students benefit from the national opportunities and international reach afforded by the quality of SMU’s seven degree-granting schools.
About the National Research Council
The National Research Council (NRC) functions under the auspices of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), and the Institute of Medicine (IOM). The NAS, NAE, IOM, and NRC are part of a private, nonprofit institution that provides science, technology and health policy advice under a congressional charter signed by President Abraham Lincoln that was originally granted to the NAS in 1863. Under this charter, the NRC was established in 1916, the NAE in 1964, and the IOM in 1970. The four organizations are collectively referred to as the National Academies.
The mission of the NRC is to improve government decision making and public policy, increase public education and understanding, and promote the acquisition and dissemination of knowledge in matters involving science, engineering, technology, and health.
