Accreditation: Preparing for the Site Visit 2011-2012 for Engineering (EAC)

Launch WebinarFall 2010
Track: Accreditation Cost: FREE Presenter: Susan Conry, Ph.D.

You can download the slides used during the webinar (PDF) for use during the presentation or as a stand-alone summary.

Topics covered in this webinar include:

  • Objectives of the visit
  • The visit team
  • Planning for the visit
  • Conducting the visit
  • Displaying materials
  • Recommendations for hosting a smooth visit
  • Post-visit activities
  • Final report

Presenter Biography

Conry

Susan E. Conry, Distinguished Service Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Clarkson University

Susan E. Conry is currently the Chair-Elect of the EAC. She is also the Distinguished Service Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY.

Conry has been engaged in accreditation activities since 1985, with experiences as program evaluator and team chair for evaluations of computer science programs and engineering programs extending over many years. In addition, she has served as EAC Training Committee Chair and Chair of the Cross-Commission Training Committee of the Accreditation Council of ABET.

Dr. Conry's research and educational interests cover various areas of computer engineering and software engineering. Her work in multi-agent systems has focused on agent negotiation strategies, distributed constraint satisfaction problems, distributed genetic algorithms, and distributed search

Dr. Conry has been designated Fellow of the IEEE, CSAB Fellow, and ABET Fellow. She was also recipient of the 2005 EAB Award for Meritorious Achievement in Accreditation Activities.

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