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Ron Madler Awarded a Boeing A.D. Welliver Faculty Fellowship

Ron Madler Daytona Beach, Fla., March 23, 2004 -- Ronald Madler, associate professor and chair of aerospace engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, has been selected for the Boeing Company's A.D. Welliver Faculty Summer Fellowship for 2004.

Madler, who teaches at the university's Prescott, Ariz., campus, is one of only nine university professors nationwide who were honored with the prestigious award by Boeing.

Boeing created the fellowship program to expose faculty to the realities of the industrial workplace and engineering practice by letting them "look over the shoulder" of working engineers and professionals at several technical, business, and management levels. The company hopes to influence undergraduate education in ways that will better prepare graduates for the practice of engineering and other professional positions in global industrial companies

Madler will complete his six-week fellowship at Boeing Satellite Systems in Southern California.

"Working with Boeing on these systems will give me the resources to improve the student experience," says Madler, who teaches the Spacecraft Preliminary Design course at Embry-Riddle and has also conducted research on the problem of space debris. "The Welliver Faculty Fellowship program will allow me to bring up-to-date industry information directly into the classroom."

Embry-Riddle, the world's largest, fully accredited university specializing in aviation and aerospace, meets the needs of students and industry through its educational, training, research, and consulting activities. Embry-Riddle educates more than 28,000 students annually through the master level at residential campuses in Daytona Beach, Fla., and Prescott, Ariz., through the Extended Campus at more than 130 teaching centers in the United States and Europe, and worldwide through distance learning.