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By deg, October 28, 2009 1:48 pm

The Forum on Philosophy, Engineering & Technology (fPET-2010) is pleased to welcome Dr. Rachelle Hollander, Director of the Center for Engineering, Ethics, and Society (CEES) to the steering committee.  A portion of her biography is excerpted below:

Rachelle Hollander directs the Center for Engineering, Ethics, and Society (CEES) at the National Academy of Engineering.  She is also a senior research scholar at the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy at the University of Maryland, College Park.  In 2006, Dr. Hollander received the Olmsted Award “for innovative contributions to the liberal arts within engineering education” from the American Society of Engineering Education’s Liberal Education Division.  On retiring from the National Science Foundation (NSF) in 2006, she also received special acknowledgment for her professional contributions at the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE) Annual Meeting, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting.  Dr. Hollander is a Fellow of the AAAS and currently a member of the Electorate Nominating Committee of the Section on History and Philosophy of Science.

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