WORKING GROUP #1--CENTER LEADERSHIP & STRATEGIC DIRECTION

Steven Bishop--Director, Center for Compound Semiconductor Microelectronics, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana

J. William Costerton (Chair)--Director, Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University

Nino Masnari (Co-chair)--Former Director, Center for Advanced Electronic Materials Processing, North Carolina State University (now Dean of Engineering)

Brij Moudgil--Director, Engineering Research Center for Particulate Science and Technology, University of Florida

James Solberg--Director, Center for Collaborative Manufacturing, Purdue University

Daniel I.C. Wang--Director, Bioprocess Engineering Research Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

WORKING GROUP #2--RESEARCH MANAGEMENT

David Anderson--Associate Director, Center for Collaborative Manufacturing, Purdue University

James Bryers (Co-chair)--then Coordinator of Engineering Research, Biofilm Engineering Research Center, Montana State University

Kristina Johnson (Chair)--Director, Center for Optoelectronic Computing Systems, University of Colorado

Brij Moudgil--Director, Particle Engineering Research Center, University of Florida

WORKING GROUP #3--EDUCATION PROGRAMS

Martha Absher (Co-chair)--Director of Outreach, Center for Emerging Cardiovascular Technologies, Duke University

Ilesanmi Adesida--Associate Director for Education, Center for Compound Semiconductor Microelectronics, University of Illinois

Marlene Barmish--Special Assistant, Center for Plasma-Aided Manufacturing, University of Wisconsin

Skip Fletcher (Chair)--Education Coordinator, Offshore Technology Research Center, Texas A&M University

Anthony Sinskey--Professor of Biology, Bioprocess Engineering Research Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Karl Smith--Associate Director for Education, Center for Interfacial Engineering, University of Minnesota

Darline Wine--Administrative Associate, ERC for Net Shape Manufacturing, Ohio State University

WORKING GROUP #4--INDUSTRIAL COLLABORATION AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

Beth Starbuck (Co-chair)--Associate Director of Technology Transfer, Center for Interfacial Engineering, University of Minnesota

James Williams (Chair)--Operations Director and Industrial Liaison Officer, Data Storage Systems Center, Carnegie Mellon University

William Michalerya--Manager of Industrial Liaison & Technology Transfer, Center for Advanced Technology for Large Structural Systems, Lehigh University

Nicholas Zelver--Director of Industrial Relations, Biofilm Engineering Research Center, Montana State University

Richard Lucic--Director of External Affairs, Center for Emerging Cardiovascular Technologies, Duke University

Amine Hajji--Senior Technical Staff Member, Storage Systems Division, Servomechanical Development, IBM Corporation

Georgette Demes--then Executive Director for Outreach, Engineering Design Research Center, Carnegie Mellon University

WORKING GROUP #5--ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT

Bret Chen--then Business Manager, Particle Engineering Research Center, University of Florida

Audrey Jones Childs--Administrative Manager, Center for Biotechnology Process Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Darlene Joyce (Chair)--Associate Director for Admininstration, Center for Interfacial Engineering, University of Minnesota

Penny LeBourgeois (Co-chair)--Assistant Director, Center for Advanced Electronic Materials Processing, North Carolina State University

Sue Lewis--Executive Admininstrative Director, Integrated Media Systems Center, University of Southern California

Susan Price--Operations Manager, Center for Computational Field Simulation, Mississippi State University

Buz Smith--Budget & Financial Officer, Center for Optoelectronic Computing Systems, University of Colorado

Alma Weightman--Operations Manager, Biofilm Engineering Research Center, Montana State University

WORKING GROUP #6--THE NSF/ERC INTERFACE

Jack Bowe--Deputy Director, Center for Advanced Technology for Large Structural Systems, Lehigh University

John Hurt--Program Director, Engineering Education and Centers Division, Directorate for Engineering, National Science Foundation

Lynn Preston (Chair)--Deputy Director and ERC Team Leader, Engineering Education and Centers Division, Directorate for Engineering, National Science Foundation

Marianne Hassan Risley (Co-chair)--Administrative Director, Center for Emerging Cardiovascular Technologies, Duke University

J. Donald Trotter--Director, Center for Computational Field Simulation, Mississippi State University

Daniel I.C. Wang--Director, Bioprocess Engineering Research Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

ERC Program Leadership:

Ms. Lynn Preston, ERC Team Leader, 1988-92, 1994 to the present (Deputy ERC Program Coordinator, 1984-88)

ERC Program Directors:

Ms. Cheryl Cathey, 1997 to the present

Dr. Lawrence Goldberg, 1999 to present

Dr. Rajinder Khosla, 1999 to present

Dr. Tapan Mukherjee, 1987 to the present

Dr. John Hurt, 1994 to the present

Dr. Joy Pauschke, 1994 to the present

Dr. Deborah Crawford, 1996 to the present

ERC Program Staff

Ms. Mary Poats, Manager Diversity Initiative, 1989 to the present

Dr. Linda Parker, Manager, Evaluation, and consultances, 1992 to the present

ERC Program Assistants

Ms. Gloria Aguilar, 1998 to the present

Ms. Darlene Suggs, Senior ERC Program Assistant, 1986 to the present

Ms. Sheronda Murphy, 1996 to the present

ERC Program Consultant

Mr. Courtland S. Lewis, Publications and ERC Association, website manager