June 14, 2015
Dr. Norman Fortenberry, is Executive Director of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE).
ASEE is an international society of individual, institutional, and
corporate members founded in 1893 and committed to promoting global
excellence in engineering and engineering technology instruction,
research, public service, professional practice, and societal
awareness.
Dr. Fortenberry is an MIT Alumnus
receiving the following three degrees from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology with a specialty in applied mechanics and
design.
Sc.D., Mechanical Engineering (Course II)
1984 – 1991
S.M., Mechanical Engineering (Course II)
1983 – 1984
S.B., Mechanical Engineering (Course II)
1979 – 1983
Prior to his current
responsibilities, Dr. Fortenberry is founding Director of the Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education (CASEE)
at the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). At NAE he was
responsible for designing and developing the programs, organizational
linkages, and personnel required to implement an ambitious new effort
to achieve and maintain excellence in engineering education.
Prior to joining NAE in October, 2002,
Dr. Fortenberry held managerial positions within the National ScienceFoundation (NSF) Directorate for Education and Human Resources
(EHR) including Senior Advisor and Division Director. In these
positions, he was responsible for managing more than 40 professional
and administrative staff members as well as program budgets in excess
of $300 million. Dr. Fortenberry's programmatic responsibilities
included undergraduate education as well as broadening access and
participation in science and engineering at all levels by
underrepresented populations and institutions.
Dr. Fortenberry served as Executive
director of the National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for
Minorities in Engineering and Science, Inc. (The GEM Consortium) and
was Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Associate
Director of Minority Engineering programs at Florida A&M University/Florida State University College of Engineering in
Tallahassee, Florida. He attended MIT and was awarded the S.B., S.M.,
and Sc.D. degrees, all in mechanical engineering, with a specialty in
applied mechanics and design.
