CAAD's Gheisari gets national honor from ASCE
Masoud Gheisari
A Mississippi State faculty member is a new ExCEEd Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Masoud Gheisari is an assistant professor in the building construction science program of the university's College of Architecture, Art and Design. Later this year, he joins others in the select group for a six-day teaching practicum focused on improving and enhancing classroom leadership skills.
ASCE has organized the program each summer for the past 16 years and selects only 48 people worldwide to participate. Sessions deal with effective teaching and learning techniques, learning styles and objectives, communication skills, class organization, and teaching with technology, among other topic areas. For more, see www.asce.org/exceed.
This year's workshop takes place July 19-24 at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York.
A doctoral graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology, Gheisari also will present three classes during the workshop. Upon returning, he will share what he has learned with other MSU faculty members.
"This is a very prestigious invitation, and the selection process is quite rigorous," said Craig D. Capano, who directs the building construction science program and holds its Roy Anderson Endowed Professorship.
Gheisari said, "It's not only an honor to be named an ExCEEd Fellow, but, more importantly, it's a commitment to achieve excellence in teaching." The experience, he added, "will provide me with an opportunity to better nurture the next generation of construction managers and contribute toward my continued long-term professional development."
Capano agreed, adding, "It will serve him and our college well."
Discover more about Mississippi's flagship research university at www.msstate.edu or www.meridian.msstate.edu, facebook.com/msstate, pinterest.com/msstate, instagram.com/msstate and twitter.com/msstate using the hashtag #WeRingTrue
Christie McNeal | College of Architecture, Art and Design
