Answering a Renewed Call for Action in Engineering Technology

Enrique Barbieri received the Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH in 1988. He was on the faculty of the School of Engineering at Tulane University, New Orleans, LA (1988-2002) as an assistant professor of Electrical Engineering and as an associate professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science. He then served as chair of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science during (1996-98) and in 2002, he joined the College of Technology at the University of Houston as professor and chair of the Department of Engineering Technology (2002-09). He served as the College associate dean for research and graduate studies (2009-10), as a member of the Executive Council of the Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center (2006-11), chair of the Council (2007-09), and director of the Center for Technology Literacy (2006-10). In 2012, he joined the College of Engineering at the University of North Texas as professor and chair of the Engineering Technology Department. He is a Senior Member of IEEE – Control Systems Society and a Member of ASEE.