Bonnie Ferri
Bonnie Heck Ferri is an American electrical engineer and academic administrator, the Vice Provost for Graduate and Postdoctoral Education at Georgia Tech,[1] where she was the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in electrical engineering, and the first woman to join the faculty in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.[2] Her publications include work on engineering education and control theory, including control reconfiguration and distributed control systems.
Education and career[edit]
Ferri majored in electrical engineering at the University of Notre Dame, graduating in 1981. After working in industry and taking a master's degree in mechanical and aerospace engineering at Princeton University, she came to Georgia Tech as a doctoral student in electrical engineering, where she completed her Ph.D. in 1988,[3] the first woman there to earn a doctorate in electrical engineering.[2]
She continued at Georgia Tech as an assistant professor,[3] the first woman hired to a faculty position in electrical engineering.[2] She was promoted to associate professor in 1995 and full professor in 2002.[3]
She took her current position as vice provost (at the time Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Faculty Development) in 2017.[4]
Recognition[edit]
Ferri was the 2007 recipient of the Hewlett-Packard/Harriet B. Rigas Award of the IEEE Education Society.[5] She was selected as the recipient of the John R. Ragazzini Award in 2022 and elected as an IEEE Fellow "for contributions to hands-on learning and leadership in higher education" in that same year.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "Bonnie Ferri", Office of the Provost, Georgia Tech, retrieved 2023-11-07
- ^ a b c Rattini, Kristin Baird, "Bonnie Ferri, PhD EE '88, Vice Provost Of Graduate Education And Faculty Development", Campus leaders, Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine, retrieved 2023-11-07
- ^ a b c Nomination for Regents' Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award (PDF), Georgia Tech, January 20, 2016, retrieved 2023-11-07; includes curriculum vitae
- ^ "Ferri Named Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Faculty Development", Office of the Provost, Georgia Tech, June 6, 2017, retrieved 2023-11-07
- ^ Bonnie Heck Ferri *84 wins IEEE Education Society award, Princeton Engineering, October 26, 2007, retrieved 2023-11-07
- ^ IEEE Fellows directory, IEEE, retrieved 2023-11-07