Featured Speaker: Dr. Ping Ge

Dr. Ping Ge serves as the Director for the Office of Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists (WDTS) in the Office of Science at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Dr. Ge has over 20 years of research, development, education, and workforce development in the Federal government and academia. She is passionate about supporting learning and development opportunities for individuals from all backgrounds. Before joining DOE, Dr. Ge was a program director in the STEM Education Directorate at the National Science Foundation; formerly served on the faculty of Engineering at Oregon State University. Her research specialty was in design theory and methods of engineering systems and processes. She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in automotive engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, P. R. China, and her Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Southern California under a Powell Doctorate Merit Fellowship. Dr. Ge is an active member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and American Society of Engineering Educators (ASEE).