Meet our Leadership

Dr. Christine Valle, WIE Director

Dr. Christine Valle, Director

Tel: 404-894-3289
Fax: 404-385-2826
christine.valle@coe.gatech.edu

Education

  • Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1999
  • M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1996
  • M.S., Diplme d Ingnieur E.P.F., Sceaux, France, 1995

Background

Dr. Valle, an academic professional in the G. W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, received her master’s and doctoral degrees from Georgia Tech in mechanical engineering. She also holds a master’s degree in aerospace engineering from French “Grande Ecole,” EPF, the first engineering school in France to admit only women.

Dr. Valle has taught at Georgia Tech since 2004 both in civil and environmental engineering and mechanical engineering. She has also been on the faculty of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and the University of Maine. She spent several years in private industry with the MetLife Group as a business analyst. While at Tech, Dr. Valle has received numerous awards including an Amelia Earhart Zonta Foundation Fellowship, the Sigma Xi Best Ph.D. Thesis Award, and the CETL Undergraduate Educator Award.

Ann Blasick, Associate Director

Tel: 404-385-1862
ann.blasick@coe.gatech.edu

Education

  • M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1999 
  • B.S., Wilkes University, 1997

Background

Ann comes to WIE from Georgia Tech's Division of Professional Practice. She joined Tech and the Division of Professional Practice in September 2005 and has had responsibility for advising Georgia Tech internship (GTIP) students.

When Ann was studying mechanical engineering at Wilkes University in Pennsylvania, one of her professors suggested that she apply for an internship at NASA Langley in Hampton, VA. She ended up spending that summer designing an aerospike nozzle for a reusable launch vehicle that NASA was developing jointly with Lockheed Martin. Being exposed to such a high-tech work environment and being surrounded by engineers with very impressive backgrounds convinced her that she wanted to pursue a Master’s Degree. After receiving her Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Wilkes in 1997, she went on to complete her Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech in 1999. She then went to work at Lucent Technologies and subsequently Nortel Networks designing optical circuit packs and networks.