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Wendy Tang is an Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in Stony Brook University. She received her B.S., M.S. and Ph. D in Electrical Engineering from the University of Rochester. Her current research interests are in Wireless Sensor Networks, Communication Networks and Graph Theory Applications. She and her colleagues are the recipients of two best paper awards in 1997 and 1998. She is also an accomplished educator. Her dedication in promoting women in engineering was recognized by an IEEE Region 1 Award in 1998, an IEEE Regional Activity Board Achievement Award also in 1998 and an IEEE Third Millennium Medal Award in 2000. In 2004, together with Dr. Serge Luryi, Dr. Tang initiated a project that promotes entrepreneurship in engineering education in collaboration with three other higher education institutions on Long Island. For their pioneering contributions, the IEEE Long Island Section awarded Dr. Luryi and Dr. Tang, the Athanasios Papoulis Education Award in 2006. Dr. Tang is currently the Associate Chair for the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. She also serves as the Faculty Director for the Honors College and the Program Director for the Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering Online program.

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Dr. Pao-Lo Liu graduated from Harvard University with Ph.D. in 1979. He was with Bell Telephone Laboratories and Bell Communications Research from 1979 to 1984. He joined University at Buffalo, SUNY in 1984. Since 1987, he has been Professor in Electrical Engineering. Dr. Liu made contributions in laser-induced phase transition, picosecond semiconductor laser sources, high speed electrooptic devices, photon statistics, photonic CAD tools, and statistical key exchange for secure communications. He has been involved in the Online Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering Program since its inception. He developed the electronics laboratory I and II to offer hands-on experiences to online students. Dr. Liu is a member of Optical Society of America.

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Charles Westgate is a Research Professor at Binghamton University and a former Dean of the Engineering School at Binghamton. He has been deeply involved in online course instruction at Johns Hopkins, Binghamton, and Stony Brook. He conducts research in semiconductor devices and materials.

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Kim Scalzo is Director of the SUNY Center for Professional Development (CPD). The SUNY CPD provides professional development and training opportunities for faculty and staff across SUNY’s 64-campus system. CPD programs and services are targeted toward campus administration and leadership, faculty and instructional support staff, and IT staff. As Director, Scalzo provides overall leadership for the center, including strategic planning, new program development, campus relationship management, and partnership development with training vendors. At SUNY Scalzo is also leading the Campus Partnerships for the implementation of Open SUNY in support of SUNY’s Strategic Plan, The Power of SUNY. Prior to joining the SUNY in 2009, Scalzo spent 18 years at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, her last position as Director of Academic Outreach Programs with overall responsibility for Rensselaer's Distance Learning, Continuing Education, summer, and Outreach programs. Kim has also served as a reviewer for the New York State Education Department Office of Higher Education for several Institutional Capability Reviews for distance learning programs. Over the past six years she has participated in an EU-US collaboration to develop international quality standards for continuing education and is leading the Open SUNY Institutional Readiness program to implement quality standards for continuing education and distance learning organizations based on the Online Consortium Quality Scorecard. She is also a co-creator of the Bray-Scalzo Partnership Model for creating and sustaining successful partnerships in higher education. Scalzo currently serves as President of the International Association of Continuing Engineering Education (IACEE) Council and is the Past-Chair of the Executive Board for the Continuing Professional Development Division of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE-CPD). Additionally, she has served as a member of the National University Telecommunications Network (NUTN) Advisory Board and is currently a member of the SUNY Plattsburgh Alumni Association Board of Directors, the SUNY Prrovost’s Open SUNY Advisory Council (POSAC), the Faculty Council on Teaching and Technology (FACT2), the SUNY Council on Assessment (SCoA), the SUNY Shared Services Steering Committee, the SUNY Language Consortium, the SUNY Alliance for Strategic Technologies, and the Executive Board for the SUNY Information Technology Exchange Center (ITEC). Scalzo received her bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from SUNY Plattsburgh and master’s degree in Education in College Student Personnel from the College of Saint Rose.

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