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ASEE2015 NE Section Conference ASEE2016 NE Section Conference ASEE2017 NE Section Conference |
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Bala Maheswaran, Ph.D. 367 Snell Engineering
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Biography Bala Maheswaran received his M.S. and Ph.D. in experimental solid
state Physics, and MSEE in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern
University. He worked as a research associate and lecturer in the department
physics, Northeastern University, and then joined the college of engineering.
He is currently a senior faculty in the First-Year Engineering Program. He has contributed and authored over
fifty publications consisting of original research and education related
papers, and conference proceedings. He also has been a part of paper
presentations, workshops and panel discussions in several national and
international conferences.
He has over twenty years of experience in teaching at Northeastern
University. He is the Program Chair of Engineering Physics and Physics
Division, ASEE; campus rep chair, secretary and executive board member,
ASEE NE Section; the co-chair of TASME Conference (Technological Advances in
Science, Medicine and Engineering), and Academic Member of Athens Institute
for Education and Research (ATINER), and the Unit Head, Electrical
Engineering, ATHINER. Research areas ·
Current research: Engineering Education and
Energy System Innovation. ·
Past research: High temperature
Superconductors, two-dimensional electron gas and Engineering Physics
Education. Selected
Professional Activities
·
Chair-elect, American Society for Engineering
Education - Northeast Section, 2018-2020 ·
Chair,
American Society for Engineering Education - Northeast Section, 2020-2022 ·
Academic member responsible for the 2nd Annual International Conference on
Electrical Engineering, ATINER 2018 ·
Academic member responsible for a Panel
on Engineering Physics as part of the 6th Annual
International Conference on Physics, ATINER 2018 · Academic member responsible for an Annual International Symposium on the Future of STEAM (sciences, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) Education, ATINER 2018 ·
Division
Chair, Engineering Physics and Physics Division, ASEE 2017-2019 ·
Program
Chair, Engineering Physics and Physics Division, ASEE 2013-2017 ·
Secretary
and executive board member, ASEE-NE Section 2017 – present. ·
Campus Rep Chair
and executive board member, ASEE-NE Section 2016 – present. ·
Executive
board member, ASEE-Zone1 2016 – present. ·
Membership
Co-Chair and executive board member, ASEE NE Section 2015-2016 ·
Poster-Chair,
ASEE 2015 NE Section conference ·
Graduate Students
Poster-Chair, ASEE 2017 NE Section conference ·
Secretary,
Engineering Physics and Physics Division, ASEE 2011-2013 ·
Award
Committee, Engineering Physics and Physics Division, ASEE 2011-2013 ·
Selection
Committee, Best Paper, PIC III (Professional Interest Council III), ASEE
2012-2013 and 2015-2016. ·
COE
Faculty Council elected member 2015-2017, Vice-Chair 2017-2018 ·
The COE Academic and Research
Infrastructure Committee 2015-2018. ·
FYELC Promotion Committee 2016 ·
FYELC Merit Review Committee 2014 and 2016 ·
Co-Chair,
Technological Advances in Science, Medicine and Engineering Conference
(TASME) 2011-2017 Selected
Awards/Honors
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Outstanding Teacher Award, American Society of
Engineering Education, 2018 ·
Head, Electrical
Engineering Unit, ATINER 2017–2020. ·
Academic Member,
Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) ·
Nominated by the
ASEE President to serve in the ASEE Chester F. Carlson Award Committee
(nationwide) for three years, 2015-2018. ·
ASEE2014-2016
Engineering Physics and Physics Division, “ABET Panelist Certificate of Recognition”. ·
First place in the Best Student Paper
Competition at the 2016 ASEE Northeast Conference. ·
Personally
invited by the Northeastern University President for the year 2014 State of the
University gathering, and was recognized “as someone who is making
difference our community”. ·
Distinguished Educator and Service Award, The
Engineering Physics and Physics Division, ASEE 2013 ·
Outstanding
Teacher of First Year Engineering Students, College of Engineering,
Northeastern University 2013 ·
Nominee
for Northeastern University 2013 “Excellence in Teaching Award” ·
Northeastern
University, “15 Year Service Award”, 2012 ·
Recognition
for commitment as teacher to College of Engineering, by the Black Engineering
Student Society, the Society of Women in Engineering, and the Society of
Hispanic Professional Engineering 2011 ·
Nominee
for Northeastern University 2011 “Excellence in Teaching Award” ·
Outstanding
Teacher of First Year Engineering Students, College of Engineering,
Northeastern University 2001 ·
Invention
Incentive Award, Northeastern University ·
Advance
Research Award, Barnett Institute, Northeastern University ·
US
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