Background
Agogino, Alice Merner was born on December 1, 1952 in Albuerque, New Mexico, United States.
educator mechanical engineer computer scientist
Agogino, Alice Merner was born on December 1, 1952 in Albuerque, New Mexico, United States.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, University New Mexico, 1975. Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, University California Berkeley, 1978. Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering Economic Systems, Stanford University, 1984.
Project engineer Dow Chemical, Freeport, Texas, 1972-1973. Mechanical engineer General Electric, San Jose and Sunnyvale, California, 1975-1978, commercial specialist San Jose, 1978-1979. System analyst Socially Responsible Investment International, Menlo Park, 1980.
Director Women-in-Engineering program University Santa Clara, 1980-1981. Principal, engineering and management consultant firm Agogino Engineering, since 1979. Assistant professor, mechanical engineering University California, Berkeley, 1984—1988, associate professor, mechanical engineering California, 1988—1992, director, curriculum reform, synthesis coalition, 1990—1994, professor mechanical engineering, since 1992, co-chair, instructional technical committee of the campus computing and communication policy board, 1993—1997, director, synthesis coalition, 1994—1997, associate dean special programs College Engineering, 1995—1999, associate dean, instructional technical/distance learning, college engineering, 1996—1999, chair, instructional technical committee of the campus computing and communication policy board, 1997—2001, director, Instructional Technology Program California, 1999—2001, faculty assistant to Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Carol Christ in Educational and Development Technology, 1999—2000, faculty assistant to Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Paul Gray, 2000—2001, vice-chair, Faculty Academic Senate, Berkeley Division California, 2004—2005, chair, faculty academic senate, Berkeley Division, 2005—2006, Roscoe and Elizabeth Hughes professor mechanical engring, 1998—2008.
Speaker in field; proposed reviewer National Science Foundation, University California Microelectronics Innovation and Computer Research Opportunities (MICRO), Electric Power Research Institute (Electric Power Research Institute), Australian Science Fund, Canadian National, Science and Engineering Research Council and Swedish Council Higher Education. Member executive committee Digital Media Innovation Initiative, University California Systems, 2000—2002. Member advisory board National Digitial Library. for Technological Literacy project, 2001—2002, Jet Propulsion Lab, 2002—2004.
Member Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Corporation visiting committee in mechanical engineering. Member manufacturing engineering laboratory National Institute of Standards & Technology, 2004—2005. Member Women in Academic Science Engineering Committee of the National Academies Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, 2005—2006, National Academies Board on Science Education, since 2005.
President, Association of Academic Women University California, Berkeley, 2001—2003, chair, Studies in Engineering, Science, and Mathematics Education, 2003—2004, co-chair, working group, Berkeley Diversity Research Intiative, 2005, co-chair, steering committee, Berkeley Diversity Research Initiative, 06, co-chair, University Athletics Board, 2005—2006. And several others.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (member electronics nominating committee, section engineering 1994-1995, chair 1995, member-at-large engineering section 1996-2000, member committee on opportunities in science 1997-2003, chair section engineering 2001-2002, retiring chair 2002-2003), Association for Advancement of Women. Member National Science Foundation (member proposal review advisory team 1996-1997, member advisory committee for engineering, engineering doctorate 1991-1996, co-chair 1996-1997), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (chair Santa Clara Valley section 1981-1982, director 1983-1984, member program committee design for manufacture conference 1997, board director Center for Education 2004-2006, co-recipeint Xerox Best Paper award, 2004), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Helen Plants award for best non-traditional session at Frontiers in Education 1998, co-recipient Robotics & Automation Society Best Paper award 2005, National Academy of Engineering (member academic advisory board 1998-1999, member committee technical literacy standards 1997-2000, member committee engineering education 1999-2002, member Bernard M. Gordon prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education committee 2001-2002, co-chair planning committee engineering education for year 2020 1999-2000, vice-chair mechanical engineering peer committee 2004-2005, chair 2005-2006, councillor since 2008), American Society Electrical Engineers(member Fred Merryfield Design award committee 1993-1996, member Wickenden award committee 1997-1998, member women and minorities task force 2001-2002, co-recipient Best Paper award 1997, Best Overall Paper award 1998), European Academy of Sciences, American Association Artificial Intelligence, Association Computing Machinery, Society Women Engineers (vice president San Francisco Bay Area 1979-1980), Pi Tau Sigma (Academic Honor award 1973, Excellence in Teaching award 1986), Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married; 2 children.