Old Dominion U. Dean Stephanie Adams Will Lead Engineering Educators
Stephanie G. Adams, dean of the Frank Batten College of Engineering and Technology at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Va., was named president-elect of the American Society of Engineering Education, to become president in June 2019. Adams was an engineering department head at Virginia Tech, an associate dean at Virginia Commonwealth University and a former board member of the National Society of Black Engineers. ASEE has more than 12,000 academic and other members and represents more than 400 colleges and universities.
The U.S. Air Force on March 9 named Col. John J. Allen director of civil engineering and deputy chief of staff for logistics, installations and force protection. He succeeds Maj. Gen. Timothy S. Green, who held those positions since 2014. Allen has been staff director for the Air Force Material Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. The Senate on March 1 confirmed his nomination to brigadier general.