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Interim Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, Jan 2009-present. Budgeting, advising assistant professors, initiate faculty search. Unexpected development with abrupt departure of previous Chair. Interim Head, Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois, Jan 2004-Jan 2008 Establishing department, hiring faculty, implementing undergraduate curriculum, overseeing grad admissions, external affairs, admitting undergraduates. Director, Bioengineering Program, Mar 2002 – Jan 2004. Appointed Director to establish a Bioengineering Department Proposals written: Undergraduate Curriculum, Graduate Program Guide and Curriculum, Departmental Creation; approved by College of Engineering Executive Committee, Graduate College and UIUC Faculty Senate. Approved by the Illinois Board of Higher Education December 9, 2003. Steady state budget: approximately $20M startup and $3M recurring. Associate Department Head for Undergraduate Affairs and Chief Academic Advisor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, 1995 - 2001 Major Initiatives: Aggressive intervention with students on probation and poor grades in key technical courses is correlated with 50% decline (from 4% to 2%) in number students dropped each semester from the ECE Department and a decrease in probation levels from 10% to 8% of ECE students; initiated undergraduate seminar series; rewrote the entire undergrad advising manual for print and the web. Coordinate Advising Activities of 90 faculty and 1600 Undergraduate Students ECE Schedule advising activities. Interface with Engineering College advisors. Advisor of last resort for students on academic probation, drop status, readmits, and transfers. Arbiter of transfer credit and curriculum substitutions. Development of new honors program activities. Oversight of undergraduate ECE organizations. Initiated Freshman Scholarship Program (1996-present) Initiated ECE Explorations -- department wide undergraduate seminar Rewrote Undergraduate Advising Manual Development of ECE Department World Wide Web activities Revision and WWW publication of all advising documents relevant to undergraduate advising Developed financial support to ECE faculty for course WWW pages (1995-6) Development of WWW support for student activities, job postings, etc. Development of targeted email capabilities for ECE Department communication with students Development of WWW assisted scheduling of advising appointments Advise Department Head on policies related to undergraduate programs. Coordination of campus presentation of proposals for revision of undergraduate curricula Public Representation of the ECE Department Advising and outreach to prospective students, transfer students, and parents. Develop ECE activities for on-campus WYSE (Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering) students (junior/seniors in high school). Develop WWW pages for outreach to high schools. Chair, Neuroscience Graduate Program, 1990-1993 Oversight of All Program Activities Reported to the Director of the School of Life Sciences 65 affiliated faculty from 5 colleges and 10 departments, 35 (on average) graduate students. Managed support for continuing graduate students and supervised recruitment of new students $70,000 / year direct budget (no faculty lines) Member, Neuroscience Faculty Search Committees for Computational and Molecular Neuroscience Wrote proposals for training grants. Chair, Bioengineering Program, 1989-1990 Substituted for RL Magin, who was on sabbatical leave. Managed $100,000 / year budget (no direct faculty December 2009 Bruce C. Wheeler p. 20/23
lines) Developed seminar series. Developed first draft mission statement and proposal for PhD program. PROFESSIONAL, SERVICE, AND REVIEWING ACTIVITIES University of Texas at Dallas Review of Graduate Degree Proposal for the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. April 2009. Departmental Review Panel, Biomedical Engineering Department, University of Miami, Sept. 2008. External Advisory Board, UC Davis / Lawrence Livermore Point of Care Technologies Center. 2008. MIT Educational Counselor, since 1978 (Interview approx. 6 MIT applicants each year.) Member, Bioengineering Faculty, 1981-; Neuroscience Program, 1984-. Bioengineering Student Society Advisor - 1983 to1995; 2001- AAAS Advisory Panel for Louisiana EPSCOR Grant on Bio/Nano Technologies, 2001-3 (four visits) IEEE Senior Member, 2003. IEEE EMBS Student Advisory (International) Committee - 1992-Present IEEE Central Illinois Section: Member-at-Large, 1982-3; Vice-Chair, 1983-4; Chair, 1984-5. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Editorial Advisor for internationally distributed student newsletter, 1992-5. IEEE EMBS Technical Program Committee, 1997 Annual Conference NIH Site Visit Team, Program Project, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1999. NIH Ad Hoc Reviewer, since 1993. NIH Neural Prostheses Program Proposal Concept Reviewer, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2004. NIH Neural Prosthesis Program Progress Report Evaluator, 2006. NIH:Special Study Sections: 1991-4 SBIR Applications in Rehabilitation Engineering; 1992-3 Neuroscience & Engineering proposals; 2001 Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Neurosciences 7 Study Section, 2001; 1999 (twice), 2002, Bioengineering. 2003, 2004, 2005 Neural/Bioengineering. NIH Study Sections: Apr 03 MDCN1; Aug 03 ZRG1 MDCN-4; Jan 04 MDCN-A(06); Feb 04 NDPR; Mar 04 ZRG1 MDCN-C(55); May 04 MDCN-A(55); Jul 04 MDCN-G(56), MDCN-A (55), July 04 NINDS TMR RFP- NIH-NINDS-04-04; Aug 04 ZRG1 MDCN-C(55); Feb 05 MDCN-K(55); Dec 04 2005/01 ZRG1 BST-A(50); Jun 05 2005/10 ZRG1 BDCN-G(02); Aug 05 ZRG1-MDCN-C(41); Sep 05 ZDC1 SRB-W(49); Feb 05 BDCN K10, BDCN K50; Jul 06 ZRG1 BDCN-K (50); Jul 06 Nanomedicine Development Centers. Jan08 NIHOD2007035 (Electrode Fab). NSF: Ad Hoc Reviewer, since 1990 (34 proposals). Panel reviewer 1994. NSF Panel on Biosystems at the Nanoscale. 1999. NSF Panel Review on Information Technology (preproposals), 2000. NSF Panel Review on Information Technology, 2001. NSF Engineering Research Center Reviewer, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2003. NSF EPSCOR Advisory Committee, 2001, 2002, 2003. NSF Biological Computation Workshop Presenter, 2001. IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng. Associate Editor – 2001- IEEE Press book series Emerging Technologies in Biomedical Engineering, Member Ed. Board, 1995- J. Neuroscience Methods. Member of Editorial Board, 1996-present. Memberships: AAAS, IEEE, ASEE, Society for Neuroscience Journal Reviewer (# reviews 1990-2008 in parentheses): Advanced Materials (4), Analyt. Chemi (1), Annals Biomed. Eng. (10), Appl. Phys. Lett. (1), Audiology-Neurology (1), Biomaterials (4), Biomed. Micro Devices (2), Biophysical J. (1), Biosensors and Bioelectronics (1), Biotech. & Bioeng. (3), Biotech. Progress (2), Euro. Biophysics J. (2), Euro. J. Neurosci. (3); Exp. Cell Res. (2), IEE Proc. (1), IEEE EMBS Magazine (1), IEEE Sensors J. (4), IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng. (~100), IEEE Trans. Education (2), IEEE Trans. Nanotech (1), IEEE Trans. Neural Sys. & Rehab Eng. (1), IEEE Trans. Rehab. Eng. (8), J. Applied Bionics & Biomech. (1), J. Biomaterials (1), J. Biomat. Sci, Polymer (1), J. Biomed Mat. Res. Part A (2), J. Nanosci. & Nanotech. (1), J. Neuroeng. (5), J. Neurobiol. (1), J. Neurophysiol. (2), J. Neurosci. (3), J. Neurosci. Methods (31), J. Neurotox. (1), J. Smart Engrg. (1), Langmuir (12), Med. & Biol. Eng. & Comp. (5), Med. Sci. Monitor (2), NanoLetters (2), NASA (1), Nature Methods (1), Nature Physics (1), Nature Protocols (1), Neural & Behav. Biol. (1), Neurosci. (2), Neurosci. Letters (3), Physiol. Measure. (1), Physica A (1), Science (1), Sensors & Actuators (1), Tissue Engrg (1) December 2009 Bruce C. Wheeler p. 21/23
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