Each year, Drexel University's College of Engineering selects an engineer as their Engineering Leader of the Year who exemplifies excellence in their field. This year's award is being given to Dr. Linda M. Abriola, a Drexel alumna and current Dean of the School of Engineering at Tufts University. Dr. Abriola is being honored for her leadership in environmental engineering, commitment to the National Academy of Engineering, and contributions to addressing today's societal problems through engineering. A ceremony will be held on February 22nd at The Rittenhouse Hotel in Philadelphia to present Dr. Abriola with the 11th Annual Engineering Leader of the Year award.

1. E N G I N E E R I N G L E A D E R O F T H E Y E A R
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
2013
Drexel University
Each year Drexel University College of Engineering selects an engineer who has exemplified
excellence in his or her field and names them Engineering Leader of the Year. The Engineering
Leader of the Year is selected by a committee seeking an individual that demonstrates
leadership and plays a key role in creating the technological solutions to solve the societal
problems of the 21st century. The College of Engineering is honored to recognize
Dr. Linda M. Abriola as the 11th Annual Engineering Leader of the Year.
1 1 T H A N N U A L
D R E X E L U N I V E R S I T Y
ENGINEERING LEADER
OF THE YEAR
FRIDAY
FEBRUARY 22, 2013
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2. 2013 ENGINEERING LEADER OF THE YEAR
Dr. Linda M. Abriola ’76
Alumna, College of Engineering, Drexel University
Dean, School of Engineering, Tufts University
2013 Engineering Leader of the Year
Friday, February 22, 2013
5:30 p.m. Reception
6:30 p.m. Dinner & Awards Ceremony
The Rittenhouse Hotel
210 West Rittenhouse Square
Philadelphia, PA 19103
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Dr. Linda M. Abriola ’76 is a Drexel alumna
of civil engineering and the Dean of the
School of Engineering at Tufts University.
Dr. Abriola is the first female engineer to
receive the Engineering Leader of the Year
Award and she will be honored for her
leadership in environmental engineering, her
commitment to the National Academy of
Engineering (NAE), and her endless
contributions to engineering in an effort to
improve today’s societal problems.
As Dean of the School of Engineering
at Tufts, Dr. Abriola also holds a position
as professor of civil and environmental
engineering and is an adjunct professor
in chemical and biological engineering.
Dr. Abriola is a member of the NAE and
the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
and is a fellow of the American Geophysical
Union. Prior to her appointment at Tufts,
Dr. Abriola was the Horace Williams King
collegiate professor of environmental
engineering at the University of Michigan.
Dr. Abriola’s primary research focus is the
integration of mathematical modeling and
laboratory experiments for the investigation
and prediction of the transport and fate of
reactive contaminants in the subsurface.
Dr. Abriola is particularly known for her work
on the characterization and remediation of
aquifers contaminated by chlorinated solvents.
Dr. Abriola’s numerous professional activities
have included service on a number of major
federal agency advisory boards including the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the
U.S. Department of Energy, and the National
Research Council (NRC). Dr. Abriola served
on the NRC’s Committee on Ground Water
Cleanup Alternatives, which was the first
NRC committee to investigate the efficacy
of pump-and-treat technologies. Dr. Abriola
was also a part of the NRC’s Committee on
Gender Differences in Careers of Science,
Engineering, and Mathematics Faculty.
Dr. Abriola is currently an elected member
of the NAE Council, the governing board
of the NAE, and serves on two other NAE
committees, the Committee on Science,
Engineering, and Public Policy, and the
Integrated STEM committee, a new study
of integrated science, technology, engineering,
and mathematics education at the K-12 level.
In addition, Linda serves on the National
Science Foundation’s Directorate for
Engineering Advisory Committee.
An author of more than 140 refereed
publications, Dr. Abriola has been the
recipient of a number of awards, including
the Association for Women Geoscientist’s
Outstanding Educator Award (1996), the
National Ground Water Association’s
Distinguished Darcy Lectureship (1996), and
the U.S. Department of Defense’s Strategic
Environmental Research and Development
Program Project of the Year Award in
Environmental Restoration (2006 and 2012).
An ISI highly cited author in ecology/
environment, Dr. Abriola was recognized in
American Women of Science Since 1900
(ABC-CLIO, 2010), an encyclopedia focused
on 500 of the 20th century’s most notable
American women scientists.
Dr. Abriola holds doctoral and master’s
degrees in civil and environmental
engineering from Princeton University and a
bachelor’s degree in civil and environmental
engineering from Drexel University.
Dr. Linda M. Abriola
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