The University of New Mexico

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Contact: Greg Johnston, (505) 277-1816;
gregj@unm.edu

August 22, 2006

UNM Engineering Dean Elected to National Board

Joseph L. Cecchi, dean of the UNM School of Engineering, has been elected as a director on the Executive Board of the Engineering Deans Council, the leadership organization of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). Cecchi's term will extend through June 2008.

Cecchi is also a member of the council's public policy committee, which organizes an annual colloquium in Washington, D.C. about engineering education and research issues.

More than 10,000 members from the academic, government and industrial engineering communities belong to ASEE. The Engineering Deans Council includes more than 300 deans of engineering colleges and schools across the United States, for which the nine-member executive board serves as the governing body.

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