AINS - IZBORI 2012.
Odeljenje elektrotehničkih nauka
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Zorica Pantić
Biografija
Dr. Zorica Pantić je rektor Wentworth Instituta za Tehnologiju u Boston-u. Ona je prva zena predsednik u 108-godisnjoj
istoriji Wentworth-a i prva zena inzenjer koja je postala predsednik univerziteta u Sjedinjenim Drzavama. Wentworth je
privatni univerzitet koji ima 4,000 studenata, 400 nastavnog i sluzbenog osoblja, godisnji budzet od 100 milliona dolara i
fondaciju od 76 miliona dolara. Redovne studije na Wentworth-u ukljucuju 20 programa iz oblasti arhitekture, racunarske
tehnike i recunarskih mreza, gradjevine, industrijskog dizajna, menadzerstva, inzenjerstva, i tehnologije. Pod
rukovodstvom rektorke Pantić, univerzitet je uveo 6 novih inzenjerskih programa i 3 poslediplomska iz oblasti arihtekture,
gradjnevine i odrzavanja objekata. Institut je isto tako razvio nacionalnu i internacionalnu reputaciju kao jedan od
najboljih kooperativnih programa sa industrijom. Guverner drzave Masačusets je naimenova Dr. Pantić kao člana
savetodavnog odbora za nauku, tehnologiju, inzenjerstvo i matematiku (STEM) kao i odbora za razvoj radne snage.
Pre dolaska na Wentworth 2005-te godine, Dr. Pantić je bila dekan inzenjerstva (gradjevina, masinstvo i elektronika) na
Teksas Univerzitetu u San Antoniu od 2001 do 2005 godine. Pod njenim rukovodstvom, koledz je zapoceo doktorske
programe iz elektronike, bioinzenjerstva, i enviromentlnog inzenjerstva, kao i magistarski program iz racunarske tehnike.
Broj studenata se povecao za 75 procenata a sredtsva za istrazivacke projekte deset puta na 7 miliona dolara. Profesorka
Pantić je vodila projekat od milion dolara fokusiran na ispitivanje i odrzavanje avionskih motora. Ona je isto tako bila
professor i kasnije drektor inzenjerstva na San Francisco Drzavnom Univerzitetu od 1989 do 2001 godine i gostujuci
professor na Univeriztetu Ilinois od 1984 – 1989.
Zorica Pantić je diplomirala na Elektronskom Fakultetu u Nišu 1975 godine kao najbolji student u generaciji (od preko 900
diplomaca). Radeci kao asistent i kasnije kao vanredni professor, ona je magistrirala 1978 i doktorirala 1982 godine. 1984
godine je dobila Fulbrajtovu stipendiju za postoktorska naucna istrazivanja iz oblasti elektromagnetike. Dr. Pantić je
publikovala preko 80 radova iz oblasti primenjene elektromagnetike. Ona je aktivna u mnogim inzennjerskim udruzenjima
kao IEEE, IEEE EMC, i ASEE. Dr. Pantić je clan upravnog odbora internacionalnog udruzenja za kooperativne programe
(World Association for Co-op Education – WACE) i upravnog odbora udruzenja predsednika privatnih univerziteta u
Sjedinjenim Drzavama.
LEADERSHIP POSITIONS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
President, Wentworth Institute of Technology (WIT)
2005 - -present
Advancing Wentworth’s mission to provide academic excellence, community service,
and support for economic development and growth of the region and beyond.
Providing leadership to 4,000 students and close to 400 full-time faculty and staff, and
managing $100-million operational budget. Raised $23 million for student and faculty
support as well as brick & mortar -- including a single $10-million gift, the largest in
the Institute’s history. Through enhanced recruitment efforts, increased overall
enrollment by 8%.
Dedicated to the academic excellence model that integrates interdisciplinary, project
based curriculum with the practical experience through Wentworth’s hallmark co-op
program and service learning projects. All twenty undergraduate engineering programs
in the areas of design, engineering, technology, management and science are accredited
and highly recognized by employers and industry partners.
To meet industry needs, started five new undergraduate programs in biomedical
engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and
general engineering. Additional programs in computer engineering and applied
mathematics will start in the fall of 2012.
Established first graduate level programs: Masters of Architecture and Masters of Science
in Construction Management. Excellent enrollment, far beyond the established targets,
is the testimony to the high quality of the programs. A Masters of Science in Facility
Management has been approved for the fall 2012 implementation
Increased the Institute visibility which resulted in the first ranking by US News & World
Report as one of the best colleges in the North region (ranked #17) and among the top
100 undergraduate engineering programs.
Overseeing the construction of two major capital projects -- the Flanagan Campus Center
($20M) and the Center for Sciences and Biomedical Engineering ($16M)- that will
improve student academic and extracurricular experience.
Committed to providing student-centered learning environment; worked closely with
Student Government; established open-door policy and Student Open Forums to receive
student input on various issues.
Transformed the departmental structure into four colleges and fostered shared
governance. Worked effectively with the Faculty Senate and Faculty Union.
Encouraged and supported faculty and staff development; established President’s
Travel Fund; created faculty awards for Distinguished Service, Distinguished
Scholarship, Distinguished Teaching; and staff awards for Service to Students, Service
to Faculty, and Service to Community.
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Completely restructured Institutional Advancement Division and hired excellent staff that
resulted in $23-million raised over 5 years. Developed a comprehensive alumni
outreach program combining corporate visits with alumni events. The annual fund
giving as well as the number of donors to the annual fund has doubled over the last 5
years.
Established effective outreach programs to increase and diversify the student pipeline.
Developed articulation agreements with community colleges and 2-year institutions
such as Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology in Boston. Started Urban
Massachusetts Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation program (jointly with
the University of Massachusetts - Boston, as a lead, Dartmouth, and Lowell campuses and 4 neighboring community colleges) which is supported by a $900,000-National
Science Foundation grant; established summer STEM discovery programs, collaborated
with the Girl Scouts of Patriot’s Trail, MA, and developed mentoring and tutoring
programs at O’Bryant High School. To boost female student pipeline, organized SWE
sponsored outreach programs for 8th - 10th grade and started cooperation with Girl
Scouts to outreach to middle school girls.
Led comprehensive strategic planning efforts involving all constituencies (faculty, staff,
students, alumni, trustees, corporators, employers, community leaders) through
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SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats), 29 visioning focus groups and
the completion of 2,500 surveys. The strategic initiatives will continually enhance
academic excellence, student success and experience and physical facilities.
Founding Dean of the College of Engineering, University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA)
2001 - 2005
Spearheaded College efforts toward achieving doctoral/research status for UTSA by
developing and implementing 3 doctoral programs: Electrical Engineering; Biomedical
Engineering (jointly with the UT Health Science Center), and Environmental Science
and Engineering (jointly with the College with Sciences), with the enrollment that grew
to 50 doctoral students over a 3-year period. Also established a masters level program
in Computer Engineering.
Hired 25 highly qualified and diverse faculty members. Established new faculty
orientation, mentoring programs, and research workshops. Increased research funding
10-fold to $7 million in active grants. Many of the faculty received prestigious awards
such as the NSF Young Investigator Award.
Expanded the undergraduate engineering programs in quality, size and visibility, which
resulted in a ranking by US News & World Report among the top 50 programs in
nonPhD institutions.
Implemented new recruitment and retention programs that resulted in 75% undergraduate
enrollment increase (83% increase in female student population). The graduate student
credit hours increased by 70%. Secured a $200,000-block grant from the National
Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME) for engineering student
scholarships. Worked with San Antonio College on securing a $700,000-NSF grant to
recruit more underprivileged students into engineering.
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As the founding dean, worked with the faculty and Department Chairs on establishing
departmental structures and budgets, college by-laws and committees, and research and
merit policies. Worked efficiently with the university administration to increase the
College budget from $3.8-million in FY 2001-2002 to $6.2-million in FY 2004-2005
(exclusive of grants and endowments) with the total budget approximately $12 million.
Developed successful relationships with an array of industry partners ranging from
national companies to small businesses and research centers. For example, worked
with the UT Health Science Center (UTHSC) and Southwest Research Institute (SwRI)
on a successful joint NSF Internet2 proposal. Secured a 5-inch MEMS production-line
equipment donation from Sony, Inc. valued at approximately $2-million. Secured nanoequipment donation from Zyvex company worth $250,000. Served on the Toyota
Education Committee to bring Toyota to San Antonio and received a Toyota NACHI
production line robot. Served as the primary investigator on a $970,000.00 AFOSR
grant to establish a UTSA Material Science and Engineering Laboratory at Kelly USA
(former Kelly AFB) and conduct related research and educational programs.
Served on the Technology Council of the Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce
and was recognized as the 2003 Woman Entrepreneur of the Year by the San Antonio
Women’s Chamber of Commerce.
As a member of the Executive Committee of the Texas Engineering and Technology
Consortium, worked with fellow Texas deans and industry representatives to secure $3million in federal funding and $3-million in matching state funding to help increase the
number of engineering graduates in the state.
Director of the School of Engineering and Computer Science, San Francisco State
University (SFSU)
1997 - 2001
Through strong and effective leadership, improved the engineering programs in
quality,
size and visibility, resulting in the programs being ranked among the top 50
undergraduate programs by US News & World Report for the first time in
SFSU history. Initiated a new Computer Engineering program.
Enhanced SFSU engineering graduate program by strengthening the environmental
engineering area and introducing the wireless communications area. Performed
extensive assessment of the graduate program and implemented appropriate
improvements
Established a Partnership for Engineering Education (PFEE) Program with the main
constituencies of the SFSU School of Engineering: engineering students, high schools,
community colleges, and industry. The partnership with SFSU students promoted
retention through new vehicles such as the Student Advisory Board, New Student
Meetings, General Student Meetings, and Mentoring System. The PFEE activities with
high schools and community colleges improved access to prospective students and
resulted in a 10% increase in the enrollment per year. The partnership with industry
strengthened ties with local companies and substantially increased the amount of stateof-the-art laboratory equipment, scholarship donations, and high quality research
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Revitalized the SFSU MESA Engineering Program
(MEP), formerly the Minority
Engineering Program. Obtained a special grant from the SFSU Provost to
institutionalize the MEP Director position and tripled the MEP base funding. Enlisted
the cooperation of the Math and Computer Science Department Chairs to obtain the
NSF Computer Science, Engineering and Mathematics Scholarships (CSEMS) grant in
the amount of $220,000 to support disadvantaged students. Worked with Caltrans to
bring the Summer Institute program for high school students to the SFSU campus.
Established a Center for Applied Electromagnetics with diverse research ranging from
analysis and design of printed circuit boards (PCBs) and electromagnetic interference
(EMI) and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), to calculation of optical properties of
biological macromolecules such as proteins and DNA. This is the only center on the
West Coast that supports comprehensive undergraduate EMC research and education.
Attained international recognition in the EM and EMC community. Received research
grants from leading high-tech corporations such as Lockheed Martin and Pacific Gas &
Electric, and federal agencies such as the National Security Agency and National
Science Foundation.
Played a crucial role in shaping and implementing the
$480,000 SFSU-Cañada
“Pathways” partnership through which San Francisco State offers upper-division
engineering courses on the campus of a regional community college. This project now
serves as a blueprint for cooperation between the 23-campus California State University
(CSU) system, of which San Francisco State is member, and California’s community
colleges.
Worked with the CSU Engineering Deans on the California Workforce Initiative to
increase funding for strategic disciplines: agriculture, biotechnology, computer science,
engineering, and nursing. This initiative resulted in the Strategic Workforce Program
that provided $10 million to the California State Universities in the academic year
2000/2001; SFSU’s share was $332,000.
Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC)
1984 - 1989
Brought the expertise in the finite element method (FEM) and its application to different
electromagnetics problems. Taught a group of M.S. and Ph.D. students how to apply
the FEM for numerical modeling of microwave (MW) transmission lines (TL) and
high-speed digital circuits - three of the students are now professors at prestigious
universities. Developed sophisticated FEM software packages for TL analysis and
design, and re-wrote FEM codes for parallel computing on supercomputers such as
Cray. Over the years, contributed to the FEM theory by developing a number of special
finite elements such as nodal-based infinite and singular elements and 2-D edge-based
singular elements.