American Society of Engineering Education honors Rowan prof

The American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) has named Rowan University’s Dr. Mary Staehle as the winner of the 2015 Biomedical Engineering Teaching Excellence Award.

The Biomedical Engineering Division of ASEE presents the award annually to recognize excellence in teaching and contributions in the field of biomedical engineering education as evidenced by innovative teaching, materials, curricula, textbooks and/or papers. Committee members stated they were “impressed with Dr. Staehle’s pioneering work in BME education.”

The award, which is given to one person each year and includes a monetary portion and commemorative plaque, will be presented in June at the 2015 ASEE 122nd Annual Conference in Seattle, Washington.

“I am very honored to receive this prestigious award.  I am passionate about teaching engineering and humbled to have my successes in teaching biomedical engineering honored by my students and colleagues who nominated me and the biomedical engineering division of ASEE that selected me as the recipient of this award,” Staehle said.

Staehle is an assistant professor of chemical engineering and biomedical engineering in the Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering. She also holds an appointment as an assistant professor of biomedical sciences with Cooper Medical School of Rowan University. She earned a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Delaware, and a B.S. in biomedical engineering from The Johns Hopkins University. Prior to coming to Rowan in 2010, she held positions at the University of Delaware, Thomas Jefferson University and Johns Hopkins.

She has earned numerous other awards as a professor and as a student, and she has been recognized by Rowan for teaching excellence.

Highly published in peer-reviewed journals and a frequent speaker on engineering and engineering education topics, Staehle is a member of the American Society of Engineering Education, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Society for Biological Engineering, Research Society on Alcoholism and the Biomedical Engineering Society. She lives in Moorestown, New Jersey.