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The AFIT Engineer, Volume 3, Issue 1 Air Force Institute of Technology AFIT Scholar AFIT Documents 3-2021 The AFIT ENgineer, Volume 3, Issue 1 Graduate School of Engineering and Management, Air Force Institute of Technology Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.afit.edu/docs Recommended Citation Graduate School of Engineering and Management, Air Force Institute of Technology, "The AFIT ENgineer, Volume 3, Issue 1" (2021). AFIT Documents. 79. https://scholar.afit.edu/docs/79 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by AFIT Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in AFIT Documents by an authorized administrator of AFIT Scholar. For more information, please contact [email protected]. March 2021 I Vol. 3, Issue 1 THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT AFIT ENGINEER Air Force Institute of Technology AFIT Welcomes New Chief Academic Officer By Katie Scott member of the Team Chair Corps of the Higher Air Force Institute of Technology Learning Commission, and serves as a reviewer for the National Science Foundation and advisor Dr. Heidi R. Ries has been selected as the Air for various university’s initiatives. Force Institute of Technology’s Chief Academic Officer charged with overseeing and ensuring Dr. Heidi Ries In 2011, Ries was the Air Force’s civilian winner the highest standards of academic quality in both has been of the DoD Women's History Month Science, graduate and professional continuing education selected as Technology, Engineering and Math Role Model instruction and research. AFIT’s Chief Award. The same year she was also the Air Force Academic winner of the National Latina Distinguished In this role, Ries has direct oversight for Officer. Service Award. The Dayton Daily News achieving and sustaining institute and program recognized Ries as one of the region’s Ten Top accreditation; the faculty promotion and tenure U.S. Air Force photo Women in 2009. process; development of new, distinctive and innovative academic programs; and long-range Ries is also a professor of physics within AFIT is the Air Force’s leader for advanced, planning for sustaining and improving academic AFIT’s Graduate School of Engineering and multi-disciplinary academic education, as well program quality. Management, where she served as dean for as its institution for technical professional research prior to appointment as AFIT’s Chief continuing education. A component of Air “Dr. Heidi Ries was selected as the best-qualified Academic Officer. University and Air Education and Training candidate from a field of exceptionally qualified Command, AFIT is committed to providing applicants identified through a national search,” “AFIT’s STEM workforce development offerings, innovative, defense-focused graduate education said Dr. Todd Stewart, AFIT Director and Chancellor. defense-focused technical innovations, and and related research, and operationally-relevant external partnerships have grown significantly professional continuing education, to sustain the in recent years, and I am very excited about the technological supremacy of America’s air, space, Dr. Ries will provide opportunity to further enhance AFIT’s support to and cyber forces. Since 2008, AFIT has been national defense imperatives,” said Ries. designated as the Air Force’s Cyber Technical “the strong, visionary Center of Excellence. Before joining AFIT in 1999, Ries served as academic leadership professor of physics and director of the Center that AFIT needs to better for Materials Research at Norfolk State University in Norfolk, VA. She earned her Doctor of support the US Air and Philosophy in Applied Physics from Old Dominion WHAT’S INSIDE University, Virginia, with dissertation research FROM THE DEAN’S DESK 2 Space Forces today and conducted at NASA Langley Research Center. in the future. AWARDS & RECOGNITION 3-5 Ries volunteers as the past chair of the Board GRADUATE SCHOOL NEWS 6-7 — Dr. Todd Stewart of Trustees for the Engineering and Science AFIT Director” and Chancellor Foundation of Dayton, and as a member of the DIGITAL ENGINEERING 8-9 Martin University Board of Trustees. She is a STEM PIONEERS SERIES 11 ALUMNI NEWS 12-15 BY THE NUMBERS 2020 16-19 DIGITAL CALENDAR EVENTS 20 ENGINEERING www.afit.edu/EN/afitengineer Read about Digital Engineering for the AF Mission and AFIT’s new Digital Literacy webpage inside. FROM THE DEAN’S DESK AWARDS & RECOGNITION AFIT in a Unique Position to Continue Providing Dean’s Distinguished Teaching Professors Advanced Education to USAF and USSF AFIT Graduate School of Engineering and Management Welcome to our first 2021 what can separate a leading bear witness to the good things The Graduate School of Engineering and Management is proud to announce issue of the AFIT ENgineer, nation from other nations. going on at AFIT. the Academic Year 2020-2021 Dean’s Distinguished Teaching Professors. which continues to thrive Education is the foundation for These outstanding faculty have continually promoted our commitment to in information sharing and innovation. As such, we are in Our faculty teams are the excellence in teaching. Two professors were designated from each of the knowledge transfer about a unique position to continue avenues for executing our Graduate School’s six academic departments as listed below. the latest happenings in the to provide advanced education research-informed education Graduate School of Engineering not only to the US Air Force mission. In this issue we and Management. As in the (USAF), but also to the US recognize the exceptional past editions, this issue of the Space Force (USSF), the newest performers among us. The newsletter is designed to be spoke in our national defense award winners profiled on Aeronautics & Astronautics Electrical & Computer Engineering your information companion system. The thematic focus of the next pages represent just as you seek to know more this issue of the AFIT ENgineer a selection of the excellent and share more about the is Digital Engineering. AFIT faculty of the Graduate Lt Col James Rutledge Dr. Hengky Chandrahalim education, research, and provides education, research, School of Engineering and Adedeji B. Badiru Associate Professor of Assistant Professor of service missions of the Air Force and consultation on digital Management. There are more Ph.D., PE, PMP, FIIE Aeronautical Engineering Electrical Engineering Institute of Technology (AFIT). engineering as you can see on to come in future award and Dean, Graduate School the following pages. I do not recognition programs. of Engineering and Management As we have been reminded want to steal the thunder of the Dr. Mark Reeder Dr. Scott Nykl again and again, innovation is newsletter. Please read on to As shown on the front page, Professor of Aerospace Engineering Associate Professor of please join me in welcoming Dr. Innovation Computer Science Heidi Ries to her new leadership is what can position at the Chief Academic “ Officer for AFIT. Her legendary separate a leading and broad institutional Engineering Physics Mathematics & Statistics perspectives and articulate nation from capabilities will serve the whole other nations. Dr. Anil Patnaik Dr. Benjamin Akers of AFIT well. Greater things are Associate Professor of Physics Professor of Mathematics on the horizon for the academic Education is the advancement of AFIT. foundation for Respectfully, innovation. — Dr. Adedeji Badiru Maj James Bevins Dr. Christine Schubert Kabban Dean, Graduate” School of Assistant Professor of Professor of Statistics Engineering and Management Nuclear Engineering EN OUTREACH Operational Sciences Systems Engineering & Management The AFIT ENGINEER is an official publication Dr. Raymond Hill Maj Justin Delorit of the Air Force Institute of Technology, Professor of Operations Research Assistant Professor of Graduate School of Engineering and Management. Engineering Management Office of the Dean 2950 Hobson Way Dr. Brian Lunday Dr. Jonathan “Dan” Ritschel Building 640, Room 302B Professor of Operations Research Assistant Professor of Cost Analysis WPAFB, OH 45433 Facebook LinkedIn Website Newsletter January 2021 2 I March 2021 I www.afit.edu/EN/afitengineer March 2021 I www.afit.edu/EN/afitengineer I3 AWARDS & RECOGNITION AWARDS & RECOGNITION AETC’s Educator of the Year 2020 Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence GSEM Presents Annual Awards Award Winners Announced The winners of the 2020 Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence (AFIT-level annual awards) The Air Force Institute of Technology’s Graduate School of Engineering and Management hosted their Congratulations to the Graduate School of were announced on 18 Feb 2021. These annual awards ceremony on January 22 honoring faculty and staff for outstanding performance in 2020. Engineering & Management’s Major James awards recognize excellence in innovation, “The GSEM award winners demonstrate how we all come together from different angles to make AFIT a E. Bevins who has been chosen to receive leadership, mentorship, and serving as a great place,” said Dr. Adedeji Badiru, dean of the graduate school. the Air Education and Training Command’s wingman to others. Congratulations to all (AETC) Educator of the Year Award for AFIT winners listed below. Col James Fee, associate dean of the graduate school, remarked on the challenges the faculty and staff 2020. The AETC award recognizes officer, faced in 2020, including moving more than 100 in-resident courses to distance learning due to the enlisted and civilian faculty members Chancellor’s Exceptional Wingman Award: The award recognizes COVID-19 pandemic. “I want to
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