Society Leadership & Service

Joseph J. Rencis

• American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)

  • President Roles

    • Immediate Past-President, 2016-17.

      • President, 2015-15.

      • President-Elect (Nationally Elected), 2014-15.

    • Board of Directors, 2011-2017.

  • Chair Professional Interest Council (PIC) III (Nationally Elected), 2011-14.

  • Reporting to Board of Directors

  • Vice Chair, Academy of Fellows

  • Member, Benjamin Garver Lamme Award Committee, 2018-21.

  • Chair & Member, Awards Policy Committee, 2010-13 & 2018-21.

  • Chair, Long Range Financial Planning Committee, 2016-18.

  • Chair, Communication & Publication Visiting Committee, 2016-17.

  • Member, Risk Assessment Committee, 2016-17.

  • Chair & Member, Oversight Committee, 2014-17.

  • Chair & Member, Nominating Committee, 2014-17.

  • Member, National Outstanding Teaching Award, 2012-13.

  • Chair & Member, Awards Policy Committee, 2010-13.

  • Engineering Deans Council

    • Engineering Deans Council Executive Board Director (elected by colleagues on a board of 9 deans), 2019-20.

    • Member, Data Collection Committee, 2017-present.

  • Member, Public Policy Committee, 2013-15.

  • Mechanical Engineering Division

    • Chair Nominating Committee, 2010-11.

    • Past Chair (Elected), 2010-11.

    • Chair (Elected), 2009-10.

    • Program Chair (Elected), 2008-09.

    • Program Chair-Elect (Elected), 2007-08.

    • Secretary/Treasurer (Elected), 2006-07.

  • Mechanics Division

    • Web Page Manager/Developer, 2002-11.

    • Past Chair (Elected), 2000-01.

    • Chair (Elected), 1999-2000.

    • Program Chair (Elected), 1998-99.

    • Program Chair-Elect (Elected), 1997-98.

    • Member of the Executive Committee (Elected), 1996-2001.

    • Member of the Survey Committee, 1998-99.

    • Member of the Subcommittee on Membership, 1995-97 and 2002-06.

  • Midwest Section

    • Chairperson (Elected), 2010-11.

    • Chairperson-Elect (Elected), 2009-10.

    • Awards Committee Chair, 2009-10.

  • Zone III

    • Member Executive Board, 2009-11.

  • New England Section

    • Member, Teaching Award Committee, 2004.

    • Chair, Awards Committee, 2003-04.

    • Member, Conference Planning Committee, 2002-04.

• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

  • Mechanical Engineering Department Heads Committee (MEDHC)

    • Chair Nominating Committee, 2010-2012.

    • Chair (Elected), 2008-10.

    • Vice Chair (Elected), 2006-08.

    • Vice Chair (Elected) Region X, 2005-06.

  • Center for Education

    • Board of Directors, 2006-2010.

    • Vice Chair (co-Founder), Mechanical Engineering Educational Research and Innovation Committee (ERIC), 2007-2011.

  • Nominating Committee for Centers

    • Member, 2011-12.

    • Alternate Member, 2009-11.

    • Chair, Manual Review Subcommittee, 2011-12.

    • Member, Search Assurance Subcommittee, 2010-11.

    • Member, Election Procedures Subcommittee, 2009-10.

  • FIRST-Clarke Auxiliary Scholarship Committee

    • Member, 2011-2012.

  • Worcester Section

    • Chairperson (Elected), 1990-92.

    • Vice Chairperson (Elected), 1989-90.

    • Secretary (Elected), 1988-89.

• International Society for Boundary Elements (ISBE)

  • Member of the Scientific Steering Committee (Elected), 1989-2000.

• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

  • Member of Structural Division Committee on Electronic Computation: Subcommittee on Personal Computers and Work Stations, 1986-90.