College, university leaders appointed

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The Ohio State University College of Engineering has tapped new heads of engineering education, and mechanical and aerospace engineering. Additionally, a new director was named for the university’s cybersecurity-focused institute.

Carberry named next chair of Engineering Education

Adam Carberry portrait

The College of Engineering has named Adam Carberry as the new chair of the Department of Engineering Education, effective August 1, 2023.

Carberry is currently an associate professor at The Polytechnic School, part of the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering at Arizona State University. He serves as the graduate program chair for the Engineering Education Systems and Design doctoral program and manages the Seeking Transformations in Engineering Education through Research (STEER) Lab.

Prior to Arizona State, Carberry was a research assistant at Tufts University Center for Engineering Education and Outreach, where he also managed the Student-Teacher Outreach Mentorship Program.

Carberry’s primary areas of interest include developing new classroom innovations and assessment techniques for pre-college and college students, and identifying new ways to empirically understand engineering student and educator experiences. Funding for his work has come from National Science Foundation, The Lemelson Foundation, The Kern Family Foundation and The Leona M. and Harry S. Helmsley Charitable Trust.

His work has been recognized by an American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Educational Research and Methods Division Apprentice Faculty Award and a Frontiers in Education New Faculty Award. As a Fulbright Specialist, he visited École Nationale Supérieure des Mines in Rabat, Morocco. [read more]



Siston appointed chair of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Rob Siston portrait

Professor Rob Siston has been named chair of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at The Ohio State University, effective February 1. He has served as interim chair since August 2021.

Siston began teaching at Ohio State in 2006, and holds appointments in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Orthopaedics and the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. He is also director of the Neuromuscular Biomechanics Laboratory.

Residing at the intersection of orthopedics and neuromuscular biomechanics, Siston’s research seeks to apply principles of mechanical engineering to the treatment of human movement disorders. He and his students collaborate with interdisciplinary teams of mechanical engineers, radiologists, orthopaedic surgeons and physical therapists to customize surgeries and rehabilitation programs in order to improve patient outcomes. His lab’s research has been sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF), among other industry partners and philanthropic interests.

Siston has received numerous honors for his teaching, including Ohio State’s 2014 Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching, the College of Engineering’s David C. McCarthy Engineering Teaching Award and Boyer Award for Excellence in Teaching Innovations, as well as the Michael Moran Excellence in Teaching Award from the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. He also has participated as a panelist at the Frontiers of Engineering Education Symposium with the National Academy of Engineering. [read more]



Lin tapped to lead Ohio State's cybersecurity-focused institute

Zhiqiang Lin

Computer Science and Engineering Professor Zhiqiang Lin has been named inaugural director of the Institute for Cybersecurity and Digital Trust (ICDT) at The Ohio State University. The ICDT was established in 2020 to organize the university’s immense data security assets, more effectively collaborate with partners statewide and focus on preparing cybersecurity industry talent.

A College of Engineering Distinguished Professor and prominent figure in the field of cybersecurity, Lin is director of Ohio State's Computer Security Laboratory, which is affiliated with the Center for Automotive Research, the Translational Data Analytics Institute and the NSF AI Institute for Future Edge Networks and Distributed Intelligence. He is the founding faculty advisor of the Women in Cybersecurity chapter and has received numerous awards and honors for his work, including the College of Engineering's 2022 Harrison Faculty Award for Excellence in Engineering Education and Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award. Recently he also was named an ACM Distinguished Member.

Lin’s research focuses on cybersecurity, with an emphasis on advancing program analysis to solve security problems. His work covers the entire software stack from firmware, operating systems, to applications ranging from the web to the Internet of Things. With more than 140 papers published, he has made numerous contributions to the field. For example, Lin led a team of cybersecurity researchers that discovered a large number of cell phone applications contain hardcoded secrets allowing others to access private data or block content provided by users. More recently, his team discovered a decade-old vulnerability in Bluetooth devices, including smartphones, which allows cyber attackers to track a user’s daily movement.

Lin’s research is supported by funding from National Science Foundation, Department of Defense, Department of Transportation, and several industry leaders including Amazon, Cisco and VMware. [read more]

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