Dr. Jenny Liu, James A. Heidman Professor in Civil Engineering, has been selected as a Fellow in the 2024-25 cohort of Drexel University’s Executive Leadership in Academic Technology, Engineering and Science (ELATES) program. ELATES is a national leadership development program designed to promote senior women faculty, and faculty allies of all genders, in leadership for academic engineering, computer science and other STEM fields into effective institutional roles within their institutions with a commitment to increasing the representation of women in STEM.

The program is designed to address four fundamental competencies: strategic finance and resource management, personal and professional leadership effectiveness, organizational dynamics, and communities of leadership practice. Liu was nominated for the program by Dr. Joel Burken, chair of civil, architectural and environmental engineering, Dr. Franca Oboh-Ikuenobe, associate dean for academic affairs for the College of Engineering and Computing (CEC), and Dr. David Borrok, vice provost and dean of CEC.