Press Releases

Board Votes Rogers ABET President-Elect, Lightner to Become ABET Secretary
April 1, 2013
On March 23, the ABET Board of Directors elected K.J. (Jamie) Rogers, Ph.D., P.E., as its 2013-14 President-Elect and Michael R. Lightner, Ph.D., as its next Secretary.

Society of Women Engineers Joins ABET as Associate Member
March 21, 2013
The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) is the newest Associate Member of ABET, the accreditation organization dedicated to assuring quality in applied science, computing, engineering, and engineering technology education.

Former ABET Volunteer Sherra Kerns and Colleagues Win NAE's Gordon Prize
March 5, 2013
Congratulations to Franklin W. Olin College of Engineerin's Sherra E. Kerns, Ph.D.; her husband David V. Kerns, Jr., Ph.D., P.E.; and their colleague Richard K. Miller, Ph.D., for winning the National Academy of Engineering's 2013 Bernard M. Gordon Prize!

ABET Facts

ABET Member Societies

Seven societies founded ABET's predecessor, the Engineers' Council for Professional Development, in 1932. Today, ABET has 32 member societies representing many disciplines.