The 2009 IEEE Educational Activities Board Introduction Teófilo Ramos Vice President Educational Activities 14 February 2009 San Juan, Puerto Rico

Teófilo Ramos Director of Institutional Effectiveness and Registrar, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico, since 2001 Dean of Research and Continuing Education, Tecnologico de Monterrey Dean of Engineering and Architecture, Tecnologico de Monterrey Chairman of the Electrical Engineering Department, Tecnologico de Monterrey

Teófilo Ramos Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh President of the Mexican Association of Engineering Schools (ANFEI) Organizer of the First Canada/United States/Mexico Engineering Dean´s Meeting, Cancun Mexico with attendance of more than 300 deans from the three countries

IEEE Activities Member of IEEE-Fellow Committee , 2004, 2008, 2009 Member of Educational Activities Board (EAB) Member of the Monterrey Section Executive Committee Member of Admission and Advancement Committee 1995 Member EAB Planning and Review Committee Chair of the IEEE-Monterrey Section

IEEE Activities Vice Chair of the IEEE Monterrey Section Member of EAB Accreditation Policy Committee , 1993 Promoter in Mexico of the earliest workshops of the EAB Committee on Global Accreditation Activities (CGAA) in Mexico City in 1991, and in Monterrey, Mexico in 1992 Speaker in the Accreditation Workshops organized by EAB to promote the establishment of accreditation systems in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1997; San Salvador, El Salvador in 1998; Bratislava, Slovakia in 2001; and Helsinki, Finland in 2003.

Teófilo Ramos IEEE- Fellow for contributions to international engineering education and for the development of the Mexican Engineering Accreditation System 2001 IEEE-EAB Meritorious Achievement Award in Accreditation Activities for leadership in establishment of the engineering accreditation system in Mexico 1998 Distinguished Alumnus of the School of Engineering of the University of Pittsburgh 1996 ABET Award in recognition of distinguished leadership in engineering education accreditation in Mexico 1992

2009 EAB Membership ChairTeofilo Ramos Past ChairEvangelia Micheli- Tzanakou Strategic Planning/Nominations & Appointments Chair Eleanor Baum Finance Committee ChairMoshe Kam Awards & Recognition Committee Chair Fanny Klett Pre-university Education Coordinating Committee Chair Kapil Dandekar Section Outreach Committee ChairAntonio Ferreira Society Outreach Committee ChairErnesto Cuadros-Vargas Continuing Professional Education Committee Chair Arnold Peskin

2009 EAB Membership Public Awareness Committee ChairJoan Carletta Accreditation Policy Council ChairEric Tappert IEEE Expert Now Editorial Board Chair Tamer Basar Member and Geographic Activities Board Representatives Dusty Fisher Saurabh Sinha Technical Activities Board Representatives Harvey Freeman Edward Rezek Standards Association Representative Steve Mills EAB Staff SecretaryDouglas Gorham

Representatives and Liaisons Publications Services & Products Board (PSPB) Tamer Basar TAB/PSPB Products & Services Vincenzo Piuri IEEE Strategic Planning Committee Evangelia Micheli- Tzanakou IEEE-USAJohn Meredith IEEE Awards BoardFanny Klett New Initiatives (NIC) and Conference Committees Timothy Kurzweb Marketing & SalesArnold Peskin

Representatives and Liaisons Women in Engineering (WIE)Karen Panetta Eta Kappa NuBruce Eisenstein Electrical & Computer Engineering Dept Heads Associations (ECEDHA) Issa Batarseh President Electrical & Computer Engineering Technology Dept Heads Association (ECETDHA) Ronald Land Chair IEEE Education SocietySusan Lord American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) J. P. Mohsen 2009 President-Elect