Distinguished, University and Morrill Professors

September 12, 2023

Wrote two award-winning books that made significant contributions to the understanding of science, technology and society.
Upcoming book described as "a landmark contribution to our historical understanding of why the number of women in engineering remains low."
Received numerous awards and grants uncommon in humanities, and delivered 15 keynote addresses to organizations not normally associated with the history discipline.
Nomination letter: "A pioneer in the history of science, technology and gender."

Designed and built three pieces of laboratory equipment to measure glacier flow and sedimentation.
Those three devices led to $3.26 million in funding (13 National Science Foundation grants) and 41 publications.
Published 94 peer-reviewed journal articles, including four in "Science."
His design of a ring-shear device for studying glacier sliding was replicated at universities around the world.
Fieldwork in middle North America and Denmark, Iceland, Sweden and Norway led to lead-author articles in "Science" and "The New York Times."

Developed a world-class molecular genetics program for swine.
Leads a study of pigs that lack an adaptive immune system and developing them as a biomedical model for research.
Research led to 198 scholarly publications, including 185 refereed journal articles, six book chapters and seven patents. Established him as an international authority on pig genomics.
Research funding totals nearly $40 million over 31-year career.

Renowned pioneer in developing a semi-flowable, self-consolidating concrete.
Research played a significant role in the development of 3D printing concrete.
Served as the principal investigator or co-principal investigator for 70 research projects and received $20 million in grants.
Nomination letter: "The leading authority in the field of concrete material in the U.S. and worldwide."

Recognized, nationally and internationally, for innovative work to refine methods for assessing physical activity, and played part in the explosion of wearable technology.
Developed calibrated online instrument for equivalence testing in physical activity research that was adopted by National Cancer Institute.
Helped establish FitnessGram program as a national standard for assessing children's fitness for K-12 schools in the U.S.
Led the establishment of ISU's University Translation Research Network, which empowers researchers to work directly with community partners to transfer scientific knowledge into action.

Supported inclusive policies for graduate students as part of Graduate Council, and helped students from underprivileged backgrounds succeed in the graduate program.
Served as member, vice chair and chair of the University Committee for the Advancement of Gender Equity. It successfully reorganized and merged with the ISU Women’s Consortium.
Mentor and role model for women in her department and across the university.
Nomination letter: "Change agent in the areas of gender, equity and inclusion."

Implemented rotations to give interdepartmental graduate students opportunities to learn a variety of research approaches and develop a network of peers, a model now used by most ISU interdepartmental programs.
Published 110 peer-reviewed journal articles and 12 books or book chapters.
Organized more than 30 symposia over 25 years, which contributed to the university's image.
As department chair in the 1990s, initiated the structural biology program, pushing for faculty hires, persuading deans of the program's importance and planting the seeds for strong funding opportunities.
Mentors faculty through collaboration and works with colleagues on unfunded projects to help get to competitive grant proposals.

Worked with students, faculty and staff from multiple colleges to design and build a one-fifth scale replica of the campanile and a 27-bell carillon.
Created the ISU Carillon Composition Competition, the first of its kind sponsored by a major educational institution.
Conducted numerous collaborative performances between the carillon and various ISU ensembles at two remote locations.
Received the ISU Alumni Association's Impact Award (2020), and the City of Ames declared April 14, 2014, "Tin-Shi Tam Day" in recognition of her 20 years of exceptional service as the ISU carillonneur.

Helped develop a competency framework, core professional activities and milestones to serve as resources for veterinary education in colleges around the world.
Awarded the American Association of Veterinary Medical College’s Presidential Award for Meritorious Service (2020).
Mentors graduate students in the college but also in the colleges of Engineering, Human Sciences and Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Nomination letter: "An educator and an educator of those who teach."

Nationally recognized for work in understanding challenges faced by rural, low-income and Latino families.
Developed and adapted three extension projects that make critical impacts on lives of Latino youth and their families.
Designed, delivered and evaluated noncredit education programs that focus on family support, parenting and family resiliency with emphasis on family health and well-being.
Her accomplishments and dedication are held up as an example of successful extension work for new and advancing faculty members.

Founded The Gateway Fund in Iowa to support emerging artists and designers in the Black, Brown, Asian and Indigenous communities.
Guided several public projects to show how an educator in architecture can directly impact public discourse, human well-being and learning through creative activity.
The only American scholar to serve two three-year terms as external examiner at the University of Johannesburg.
Honored with two national teaching awards from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture and awarded six visiting professorships from peer institutions.

Developed four ISU courses that are the only courses available to undergraduates in the U.S. solely focused on embryo transfer technologies.
Advises as many as 90 undergraduates per semester and has been honored more than two dozen times with national, regional, university and college awards for student and club advising.
As part of a visiting professor program, presented 20 workshops for agriculture teachers at 16 Iowa high schools in eight years.
First person outside of Japan to receive a grant from the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.

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