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Education and career
Yaprak majored in electrical engineering at the University of Michigan–Dearborn, graduating in 1980, and began working professionally for General Electric. Returning to graduate study in computer engineering at Wayne State University, she received a master's degree in 1984, and then worked for the Ford Motor Company before completing her Ph.D. in 1989 and becoming a faculty member at Wayne State in 1993. She became chair of the Engineering Technology Division in 2017.
Yaprak's involvement in engineering accreditation begain in 2002. From 2010 to 2012 she chaired the IEEE Committee on Engineering Technology Accreditation Activities. She was a program director in the National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education from 2015 to 2017. In 2023, she was elected to the board of directors of ABET.
Recognition
Yaprak was named to the 2025 class of IEEE Fellows "for leadership in engineering technology accreditation and education".
References
- ^ "Ece Yaprak, Professor and Division Chair, Engineering Technology", Academic profiles, Wayne State College of Engineering, retrieved 2025-01-06
- ^ Yaprak named to ABET Board of Directors, Wayne State University, November 15, 2023, retrieved 2025-01-06
- IEEE Fellow Class of 2025 (PDF), IEEE, retrieved 2025-01-06