About Us
AdvanceVT Leadership Team
AdvanceVT Co-PIs
and Leadership Team
The AdvanceVT Leadership Team provides overall guidance and direction for the program, proposes new initiatives, evaluates progress, and disseminates information. Members include university faculty and administrators from the colleges of science, engineering, liberal arts and human sciences, and the provost's office. Current members include:
Elizabeth G. Creamer, Assessment Director
Jack Finney, Associate Dean, College of Science
Roseanne Foti, Advance Professor
Patricia Hyer, Co-PI
Peggy Layne, Project Director
Mark McNamee, Principal Investigator
Robyn Midkiff, Administrative Assistant
Nancy Ross, Advance Professor,
College of Science Liaison
Janis Terpenny, Advance Professor
Eileen Van Aken, Advance Professor, College of Engineering Liaison
AdvanceVT PI McNamee (second from right) and co-PIs Schmittmann, Hyer, and Smith-Jackson
Principal Investigators
Mark McNamee,
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Patricia Hyer, Associate Provost for Academic Administration
Beate Schmittmann,
Professor and Department Head, Physics
Tonya Smith-Jackson, Associate Professor, Industrial & Systems Engineering
Partner Organizations
Office of the Provost
Office for Equity and Inclusion
Graduate School
College of Engineering
College of Science
Women's Center
Organization of Women Faculty
Women's Studies Program
Highlights
AdvanceVT Co-PI Beate Schmittmann featured on Virginia Tech web page
Moving On
Former AdvanceVT Co-PI and Advance Professor Karen Thole is now head of the Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering at Penn State.
Former AdvanceVT Co-PI and Advance Professor Nancy Love is now head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Michigan.
Background
Original plans for AdvanceVT are described in the proposal submitted to the NSF in 2002.