I will ask each student chapter to work with students at a nearby institution without an ASEE student chapter to establish a new student chapter. Student chapters are possibly a key element in the replacement of engineering faculty members who will retire in the next ten years. We need to find ways to interest the most promising graduate students in becoming tomorrow's engineering faculty. We need to work with other societies to open the opportunities in engineering to a more diverse population. Leveraging of activities is important.
Resources are scarce and the tasks are immense.
ASEE's unique strength is that it is the one truly multidisciplinary society within engineering. We need to define areas in which ASEE can focus its resources to most improve the quality of tomorrow's engineering education. We need to work closely with the National Academy of Engineering and with the other engineering societies whenever there are areas of common interest. In the area of continuing education, we need to find effective ways to assess the quality of distance learning courses. Finally, we need to invigorate learning.