NSF PR 96-49 - September 23, 1996
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NSF Names New Engineering Acting Head
The National Science Foundation has named Elbert L.
Marsh to head its Directorate for Engineering.
Dr. Marsh became acting assistant director for engineering
on September 16. The appointment places him in charge
of all engineering funding at the federal agency.
In 1996 the Engineering Directorate issued more than
3,000 awards to over 4,500 researchers and educators
nationwide, exceeding $300 million to support advances
in bioengineering, chemical engineering, civil engineering,
electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, manufacture
engineering and engineering education.
Dr. Marsh was named NSF Engineer of the Year in 1995
by the National Society of Professional Engineers.
He has served as deputy assistant director for engineering,
the number two post in the Engineering Directorate,
since 1991, following a career with the directorate
since 1982. Before coming to NSF, he led a team of
engineers in developing the Galileo spacecraft attitude
control system software design at California Institute
of Technology's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He also
was a trajectory design and attitude control design
engineer at Lockheed Missiles and Space Co. in the
1960s.
Dr. Marsh holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from
the University of Pennsylvania, an M.S. in Mechanics
and Materials from the University of Minnesota, and
a Ph.D. in applied mechanics from Stanford University.
He has taught engineering courses at Howard University,
and has been a member of the Benjamin Banneker Science
and Mathematics Society, a group which works with
African American public school students in Montgomery
County, Md., who are interested in careers in science
and engineering.
Photograph available upon request.
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