Monday, February 11, 2008
Writer: Shanna Relford
news@utsi.edu
The
University of Tennessee Space Institute will present it’s 13th
Annual Black History Month Program Wednesday, Feb. 20, at 10 a.m. in
the UTSI Auditorium. Dr. Wesley L. Harris, former UTSI Vice
President and Chief Administrative Officer, will be guest speaker
for the event, and will address the theme “Igniting the Choice of
Change.” A reception to honor Dr. Harris will be held
immediately following the program.
Dr.
Harris served the Institute from 1990 to 1993. He is presently
the Charles Stark Draper Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
and Head of that Department, and Director of the Lean Sustainment
Initiative at Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
He
has developed an outstanding record in advancing cultural diversity
in academe and in government. In September 2007, he was
selected to share with a female colleague the office of Associate
Provost for Faculty Equity to focus on faculty diversity and gender
issues at MIT, including the recruitment, retention, promotion and
career development of minority and women faculty.
Dr.
Harris has performed academic research associated with unsteady
aerodynamics, aeroacoustics, rarefied gas dynamics, sustainment of
capital assets, and chaos in sickle cell disease. He has
worked with industry and government to design and build joint
industry – government – university research and development
programs, centers and institutes, and has effectively transferred
technology. He is credited with more than 100 technical papers
and presentations.
The
program will include special music and presentations, and is free
and open to the community. Winners of an essay competition
will be introduced and presented with awards.
You
are invited and encouraged to attend both the presentation and the
reception. For additional information,
please contact the UTSI Office of Human Resources at 931-393-7226.
