George D. Peterson, Ph.D., P.E. leads efforts that are critical to improvement of education for future generations of engineers and scientists. Since 1994, Dr. Peterson has led the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc. (ABET), which sets standards for education at the nation's engineering schools. A North Carolina A&T alum, electrical engineer, and holder of two Black Engineer of the Year Awards -- for Promotion of Higher Education in 1999 and the BEYA Alumni Association Award in 2004 -- he taught EE at the U.S. Naval Academy, chairing the department from 1983 to 1988, and served as assistant vice president for Academic Affairs and professor of EE at Morgan State University until 1993. Dr. Peterson also worked at the National Science Foundation as section head of Faculty and Teacher Development in the Division of Undergraduate Education and as program director in the Undergraduate Science, Engineering and Mathematics Education Division.
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