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Atlanta Global Studies Center (AGSC) Collaboratorium Series | The New Field of Peace Engineering: Educational Opportunities and Research Themes
This webinar is also presented as part of the Atlanta Peace Education Initiative: Future of Peace Education & Research series.
Speakers:
GENERAL PHIL BREEDLOVE
Distinguished Professor and Center for European and Transatlantic Studies (CETS) Senior Fellow, Sam Nunn School of atInternational Affairs, Georgia Tech; retired General of the U.S Air Force; former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO
Phil Breedlove is a proven strategic planner, a motivational leader and talented communicator. He is a highly decorated retired General of the United States Air Force reaching the pinnacle of the United States Military as one of six geographic Combatant Commanders and Supreme Allied Commander of NATO. During 39 years of service, he held a variety of demanding command and staff positions. He has led large-scale, diverse, global operations across two theaters of combat. He earned a reputation as an inspirational leader who was focused on his people, their families and mission accomplishment. Leading a diverse political-military alliance he was able to build consensus and form teams to accomplish complex tasks spanning multiple continents. He held a variety of additional assignments including command of a squadron, a group, three fighter wings and a Numbered Air Force in service across three different continents. His extensive command and control experience in wartime, contingency and humanitarian relief actions include operations in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
He earned his Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree from The Georgia Institute of Technology and a Master of Science in Aerospace Technology from Arizona State University. Additionally, he completed a Masters of International Security Affairs from the National War College, A Fellowship in International Security Affairs, Seminar XXI from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and completed Leadership at the Peak at the Center for Creative Leadership Colorado Springs. He is currently serving on the Georgia Tech Advisory Board, as a Distinguished Professor at the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Tech, as the CEO Emerald Coast Strategic Solutions, and on the Board of Directors of the Atlantic Council.
JOSEPH B. HUGHES, Ph.D., P.E., DEE, F.AEESP
University Distinguished Professor; Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, and Dean of Engineering, Emeritus at Drexel University; and former Karen and John Huff Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech
Joe Hughes founded Peace Engineering as Dean of Engineering at Drexel University. Joe has held leadership positions in academia for more than two decades and has is recognized internationally as an educator-scholar. His work in Peace Engineering began in Angola, and currently includes projects in Iraq, Syria, and the United States. The Peace Engineering program at Drexel is the first in the world to graduate students in this new field and is seen as a model for growth in academia. Joe received his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees from the University of Iowa in Civil and Environmental Engineering and a B.A. from Cornell College in Chemistry. He currently holds the position of University Distinguished Professor of Engineering at Drexel University. He served as Dean of Engineering at Drexel from 2012 to 2017 and Director of the A.J. Drexel Institute for Energy and Environment from 2014 to 2019. Prior to his appointment at Drexel University, he served at Georgia Tech as the Karen and John Huff School Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the Howard T. Tellepsen Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Professor of Material Science and Engineering. He served at Rice University at all academic ranks, including the George R Brown Chair of Engineering and Department Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Joe is a registered professional engineer, a Diplomat by Eminence of the American Academy of Environmental Engineering and Science, and Fellow of the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors. Joe has received awards for his teaching and research including, the Georgia Engineer of the Year in Education; the McKee Medal from the Water Environment Federation; and the Walter P. Huber Research Prize from the American Society of Civil Engineers. He has been active in the National Academy of Engineering’s Frontiers of Engineering program and the Grand Challenge Scholars program. He is served until March of 2018 as the Chair of the Science Advisory Board of the DOD/DOE/EPA research program SERDP, has served in advisory roles to the EPA and the NRC, and Co-Chairs the REMTEC National Conference. He has published extensively in journals, book chapters, edited books, peer reviewed conference proceedings.
The Atlanta Global Studies Center (AGSC), in partnership with the Atlanta Peace Initiative (API), coordinates the Atlanta Peace Education project.
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