Heising, Carolyn D. (Carolyn DeLane), 1952-

Carolyn DeLane Heising (b. 1952) received her B.A. (1974) in Applied Physics from the University of California at San Diego and her M.S. (1975) in Nuclear Engineering and Ph. D. (1978) in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University. She has been employed as a post-doctoral Research Associate (1978-1980) and Assistant Professor (1980-1984) in Nuclear Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Associate Professor (1984-1989) and Professor (1989-1993) of Industrial Engineering at Northeastern University.

Heising is currently a Professor of Industrial and Nuclear Engineering at Iowa State University (1993- ). She is a member of Tau Beta Pi, the Society of Women Engineers, the American Nuclear Society (ANS), the Professional Women in ANS Committee, and in 1987, she received the Young Scholar Award from the American Association of University Women. She has obtained numerous grants and contracts and has presented and published over 200 papers. She currently teaches courses, conducts research in reliability, risk analysis, quality control and management.

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