Ilene busch-vishniac biography of michael
Ilene Busch-Vishniac
Ilene Busch-Vishniac is an American-born mechanical engineer and university administrator.
Ilene busch-vishniac biography of michael Archived from the original PDF on She then received her master's degree in and her PhD in , both in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Global News. She has authored more than sixty technical articles, a monograph and a number of popular papers.She served as Dean of the Whiting School of Engineering at Johns Hopkins University from to [1] then resigned the position to serve as President of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA),[2] an elected non-gratis position, from to [3] She served as Provost and Vice-President for Academic Affairs at McMaster University from to , and as President of the University of Saskatchewan from to [4] In she joined startup Sonavi Labs as Chief Innovation Officer.
She has written research papers for the ASME on matters related to tribology.
Busch-Vishniac received her bachelor's degree in physics and mathematics (magna cum laude) from the University of Rochester in She then received her master's degree in and her PhD in , both in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[5][6]
University of Saskatchewan
In December , Busch-Vishniac was selected as the ninth President of the University of Saskatchewan, replacing Peter MacKinnon with effect from July [7] On May 21, , she was "terminated without cause" from her position amid national criticism surrounding the Provost's decision, Brett Fairbairn, to dismiss and end the tenure of an executive director who had openly criticized the university's leadership while Busch-Vishniac was away.[8][9] Busch-Vishniac criticized the decision the next day, and invited the former executive director to return as a professor.[10] In June, , Busch-Vishniac filed a lawsuit over her firing seeking $ million in damages, naming Saskatchewan Premier, Brad Wall, former Minister of Advanced Education, Rob Norris, as well as the university and Board of Governors and alleging that both the Premier and former Minister unlawfully influenced the Board's decision in her firing.[11] The University is also accused of violating its bylaws when it terminated her contract.[12] In , after an attempt to dismiss the lawsuit,[13] the University settled out of court with Dr.
Busch-Vishniac.[14]
Awards and honors
Busch-Vishniac received the ASA Silver Medal in Engineering Acoustics in for her work in developing novel electret microphones and of precision micro-electro-mechanical sensors and positioners.[15] She was elected a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) in , and also received the ASA R.
Bruce Lindsay Award.[5]