International Summit
on the Law and Business
of Video Games

Speakers > Dr. Delores M. Etters, Director Caruth Institute of Engineering Education, Southern Methodist University

Dr. Etter is an internationally recognized leader in science and technology and engineering education. As one of the few subcabinet appointees for both the Bush and Clinton administrations, she has served as the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition and as the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Science and Technology. In addition to her public service, Prof. Etter has had a distinguished career as an academic and engineering researcher having held the position of ONR Distinguished Chair in Science and Technology at the United States Naval Academy, and Professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder and the University of New Mexico.

Dr. Etter has been recognized with nearly every major award given to engineering educators and researchers. She was elected into the prestigious National Academy of Engineering; the highest recognition afforded an engineer in this country. She has been awarded the Defense Department Medal for Distinguished Public Service, confirmed by the U.S. Senate as a member of the National Science Board which governs the NSF, appointed member of the Defense Science Board, and served as Principal U.S. representative to the NATA Research and Technology Board.

Etter was a recipient of the Federal WISE (Women in Science and Engineering) Lifetime Achievement Award, the IEEE Harriet B. Rigas Award, the Charles Hutchinson Memorial Teaching Award from the University of Colorado, the IEEE Education Society Achievement Award, the IEEE Millennium Medal, and the SPIE Defense Security Lifetime Achievement Award, just to name a few. Dr. Etter has also been elected a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education, the IEEE, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Dr. Etter is the author of eighteen books and more than 150 scholarly articles. She is married to Jerry Etter, an aerospace engineer, and the mother of one daughter who is a practicing veterinarian.