Sharon L. Wood

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Sharon L. Wood is an American structural engineer, currently executive vice president and provost of the University of Texas at Austin. [1]

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Biography

Wood is the descendant of three generations of civil engineers, and began her interest in engineering at age eight when she visited a construction site with her father. [2] [3] [4] She graduated from the University of Virginia in 1982, [5] [4] and has a Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, [5] which she earned with the support of a Tau Beta Pi fellowship. [4]

The University of Illinois hired her as a faculty member directly after she completed her doctorate, [4] and she remained there was a faculty member for ten years before moving to the University of Texas in 1996. She was named dean in 2014, [5] after a year as interim dean. [3] [4]

She was the first woman at the university to chair the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, and the first woman to become dean of engineering. [2] [3] Her accomplishments as dean include significantly increasing the number of women both among the faculty of the school and in its students. [4]

Recognition

She was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2013 "for design of reinforced concrete structures and associated seismic instrumentation for extreme loadings and environments". [6] She is also a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers, which gave her their Alfred Noble Prize in 1993 [7] and their Outstanding Projects and Leaders (OPAL) Award in Education in 2018. [8]

The University of Virginia named Wood their distinguished alumna for 2018. [4] Hart Energy and their Oil and Gas Investor magazine gave Wood their Pinnacle Award in 2020. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Sharon L. Wood, Executive Vice President and Provost - The University of Texas at Austin". Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost. Retrieved 2022-03-09.
  2. 1 2 "Sharon L. Wood", Women in Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, retrieved 2020-11-30
  3. 1 2 3 Cahalan, Rose (September 4, 2013), "Four Questions for Sharon Wood: UT's First Female Dean of Engineering", Alcalde
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Bromley, Anne E. (April 3, 2018), "Engineering Dean at University of Texas named UVA's 2018 Distinguished Alumna", UVA Today
  5. 1 2 3 About the dean, Cockrell School of Engineering, retrieved 2020-11-30
  6. ↑ "Dr. Sharon L. Wood", Member profile, National Academy of Engineering, retrieved 2020-11-30
  7. ↑ Sharon L. Wood, American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, retrieved 2020-11-30
  8. ↑ Outstanding Projects and Leaders Past Recipients, American Society of Civil Engineers, retrieved 2020-11-30
  9. ↑ 2020 Pinnacle Award Winner: Dr. Sharon L. Wood, University of Texas, Hart Energy, retrieved 2020-11-30
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