Kenneth F. Galloway assumes the presidency of the American Society for Engineering
Education at the society’s annual conference in Atlanta on June 26. Galloway is a Distinguished
Professor of Engineering at Vanderbilt University and served as dean of the School of
Engineering at Vanderbilt from 1996 to 2012.
Galloway said, “The president of ASEE must represent all of the Society’s programs, promote collegial dialog for growth and change of the organization, and actively speak out for engineering and engineering technology education.”
He follows Walt Buchanan of Texas A&M University as president. The incoming president-elect is Nick Altiero, dean of the College of Science and Engineering at Tulane University. Galloway will serve one year as president, and one year as immediate past president.
An alumnus of Vanderbilt, Galloway earned his doctorate from the University of South Carolina and has held appointments at Indiana University, NSWC-Crane, the National Bureau of
Standards (NBS, now the National Institute of Standards and Technology), the University of
Maryland, and the University of Arizona. In his final position at NBS, he served as chief of the
Semiconductor Electronics Division. At the University of Arizona, he served as professor of electrical and computer engineering (ECE) and chair of the ECE department. He returned to
Vanderbilt in 1996.
His recent American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) activities include service as chair of the Engineering Deans Council (2009-11) and as a member of the ASEE Board of
Directors. Prior to that, he served as chair of the Engineering Deans Council Public Policy
Committee (2005-07) and as a member of the Engineering Deans Council Executive Board
(2006-11). He recently joined the Journal of Engineering Education Advisory Board (2011- ). In addition to his election as an ASEE Fellow, he is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the American Association for the Advancement of Science
(AAAS), and the American Physical Society (APS).
Galloway’s research and teaching activities are in solid-state devices, semiconductor technology, and radiation effects in electronics. He has published numerous journal and conference papers in these areas, and his research has received sustained support from several U.S. Department of
Defense organizations. As dean, he was a strong advocate for undergraduate research and curriculum innovation.
He and his wife Dot reside in Brentwood, Tenn. He enjoys reading and spectator sports and is an avid fly fisherman and a hacker at golf.