Patricia
D. Daniels, Associate Dean
Patricia D. Daniels received the B.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of California at Berkeley. She has worked for the Aerospace Corporation, Westinghouse Aerospace, and The Boeing Company in the areas of system simulation, optimal control, and estimation. She was on the faculty of the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Washington from 1974-1986. She then joined Seattle University where she served as Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Electrical Engineering until 1994. She is currently Associate Dean of the School of Science and Engineering and Director of the Science and Engineering Project Center.
In 1991-92, Dr. Daniels served as a Program Director in the Division of Undergraduate Education at the National Science Foundation. She has been Chair of the Electrical Engineering Division of American Society for Engineering Education and served on the Board of Directors of the National Electrical Engineering Department Heads Association. She has held a number of elected positions within the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Dr. Daniels is a member of the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology and she has served on the Board of Directors of the Women in Engineering Program Advocates Network. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of California. In 1991 she was recognized as the Academic Engineer of the Year by the Puget Sound Engineering Council and in 1994 she received the IEEE Education Society Meritorious Service Award. She was named a Fellow of the IEEE and received the Harriett B. Rigas Outstanding Woman Engineering Educator Award in 1997.
