Edward Berger

Education

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Purdue, 1996
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Penn State University, 1992
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Penn State University, 1991

Biography

Edward Berger is the deparment head for the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. He has worked on more than $12 million in federally funded projects for engineering education research. He has more than 60 journal publications spanning mechanical engineering and engineering education topics. Berger won a Commonwealth of Virginia statewide teaching award in 2008 for his integration of technology into undergraduate education. He recently served as a program officer at the National Science Foundation from August 2019 to December 2020 in the Engineering Directorate, Division of Engineering Education and Centers. He oversaw a $15 million annual budget for engineering education research and collaborated across the agency on programs including ERC, AI Institutes, and advanced manufacturing. Berger recently concluded a two-year term as the faculty representative to the Indiana Commission for Higher Education, where he served as chair of the Academic Affairs and Quality Committee.