NSF's Lynn Preston named 'Engineer of the Year 2003'

Congratulations to Lynn Preston, the National Science Foundation's Deputy Director, Division of Engineering Education and Centers. She has been named NSF's Engineer of the Year 2003. Preston played a pivotal leadership role in designing and developing NSF's Engineering Research Centers (ERC) program. ISR was one of the first ERCs established, and is now considered a "graduated" ERC.

—March 2004

March 4, 2004

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