Dr. Marilyn Barger, principal investigator and executive
director of FLATE, the National
Science Foundation Center of Excellence in manufacturing, supporting high-tech
manufacturing and manufacturing-related careers and technical education in
Florida, received top honor at the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)
International Awards gala. Dr. Barger received the 2014 SME Education Award on
June 9 in Detroit, MI. The Award recognizes significant
contributions to the field of manufacturing engineering in the areas of
manufacturing technologies, processes, technical writing, education, research,
management and service to SME. It also honors the educator most respected for
the development of manufacturing-related curricula, fostering sound training
methods, or inspiring students to enter the profession of manufacturing.
Dr. Barger was recognized with the SME Education Award for
her leading efforts, in developing
manufacturing-related curricula for the
entire state of Florida, and served as a national model for other states for
emulate. Dr. Barger has been a long standing member of SME, and is renowned in
the national engineering education community for inspiring students to pursue
manufacturing-related education and career pathways. She serves on several
national panels/advisory boards for technical programs, curriculum and
workforce initiatives, including the National Association of Manufacturers
Educators’ Council. As a firm advocate and leader in engineering technology
education, she has more than 20 years of experience developing curricula. She
is a licensed engineer, a Fellow of the American Society of Engineering
Education, and a charter member of the National Academy and USF’s Academy of
Inventors.
Dr. Barger has been at the helm of many successes. Under her
leadership, FLATE was awarded the ePIE Business/Education Partnership Award,
Education Chancellor and FACC Workforce Award for innovative education
programs, and three Best Practice Awards for the Engineering Technology Degree
program, sTEm-at-Work puzzles and the
Toothpick Factory. She has served as the Chair of the NSF ATE Centers, HI-TECH
Committee, and awarded the 2010 HI-TECH Innovative Program Award.
For more information on SME visit www.sme.org. For information on Dr. Marilyn Barger
and her contributions to world-class engineering education in Florida and
across the United States visit www.madeinflorida.org and www.fl-ate.org.
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