Richard S. Magee appointed an AAEE Trustee
Magee is a research professor and member of Stevens’ board of trustees
HOBOKEN , N.J. – Richard S. Magee, a member of Stevens Institute of Technology’s Board of Trustees, has been appointed by the ASME as its Sponsoring Organization Trustee to the Board of Trustees of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers, according to the Society’s Environmental Engineering Division. Magee’s three-year term will begin on January 1, 2009.
The academy was founded in 1956 for the principal purpose of serving the public by improving the practice of elevating the standards, and advancing public recognition of environmental engineering through a program of specialty certification of qualified engineers.
The duties of academy trustees include attending annual and special board meetings, serving on various committees, promoting academy activities, encouraging AAEE specialty certification, and reporting on activities for and on behalf of the academy. A trustee may serve up to two successive three-year terms.
Magee received his bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in Mechanical Engineering at Stevens. He is a licensed professional engineer in New Jersey and board-certified environmental engineer with a specialty in hazardous waste. Magee is currently a Research Professor at Stevens, and a technical director for the New Jersey Corp. for Advanced Technology, a not-for-profit public/private partnership designed to develop, verify and commercialize emerging, innovative environmental and energy technologies. In addition, he maintains an active engineering consulting practice.
Magee is an ASME Fellow, and has served as vice chairman of the ASME Research Committee on Energy, Environment and Waste, and as chairman of the ASME Waste Incinerator Operator Certification Committee’s testing committee.About Stevens Institute of Technology
Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value.
Stevens offers baccalaureates, master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 2,040 undergraduate and 3,085 graduate students, and a worldwide online enrollment of 2,250, with a full-time tenured/tenure-track faculty of 140 and more than 200 full-time special faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu.
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