Bethanie (Beth) Stadler

Professor and Associate Dean
Professor

Bethanie Stadler is a professor at the University of Minnesota.  Her home department is Electrical and Computer Engineering, and she is on the graduate faculty of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and of Mechanical Engineering.  She enjoys research in two areas:

  • Integrated optical materials for applications in optical isolators and modulators 
  • Magnetic nanowires for applications in microelectronic and biomedical applications

 

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ph D., Department of Material Science and Engineering, Cambridge, MA / May 1994             Advisor: Professional Manuel Oliver

Case Western Reserve University

B.S., Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cleveland, OH / May 1990             Advisor:  Professional Mark DeGuire

 

Appointments
  • Associate Dean of Academic Affairs (College of Science and Engineering), UMN, 2023-
  • Associate Head (Electrical & Computer Engineering) University of Minnesota, 2018-2023
  • Professor  (Electrical & Computer Engineering) University of Minnesota, 2014-
  • Graduate Faculty  (Chemical Engineering & Materials Science) University of Minnesota, 2002-
  • Graduate Faculty (Mechanical Engineering) University of Minnesota, 2020-
  • Member, Institute of Engineering in Medicine, University of Minnesota, 2011-
  • Member, Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, 2017-
  • AFOSR Summer Faculty Fellow, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, 2018 & 2021
  • Visiting Professor, Case Western University, Cleveland, 2017
  • Associate Professor  (Electrical & Computer Engineering)  University of Minnesota, 2006-2014
  • Visiting Professor, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, 2009
  • Assistant Professor  (Electrical & Computer Engineering) University of Minnesota, 2001-2006
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor  (Electrical & Computer Engineering)  University of Minnesota, 1997-2001 
  • Post-Doctoral Associate (National Research Council) USAF Rome Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA, 1994-1997
  • Research Assistant, (Materials Science & Engineering) Massachusetts Institute of Technology        Cambridge, MA, 1990-1994
  • Research Associate, Air Force Office of Scientific Research: Grad. Student Research Program, Rome Laboratory Hanscom AFB, MA,  Summer 1993
  • Research Associate, GTE Laboratories, Waltham, MA  , Summer 1991
  • Summer Fellow,  ICI Polyurethanes, Kortenberg, Belgium, Summer 1990 
  • Research Assistant,  NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH, 1989 

 

Service to the Discipline
  • General Co-Chair, IEEE Intermag, Sendai Japan (2023)
    • 1460 attendees
  • MRS Topical Curation Subcommittee (2023-
  • Chair, Program Development, MRS (2018-2020)
    • 7500/6000 abstracts typically submitted/presented
  • Co-Chair, Program Committee, IEEE Magnetism & Magnetic Materials (MMM)  (2020)
    • 1800/1200 abstracts typically submitted/presented
  • Chair, Distinguished Lecture Program, IEEE Magnetics Society, (2017-2021)
    • four international speakers selected each year, ~50 talks global talks per DL in their year
  • Lead Organizer of IEEE Magnetics Summer School (2014)
    • 80 International students brought to Minnesota to learn magnetics (IEEE covers cost)
  • IEEE Magnetics Summer School Lecturer, Assisi, Italy (2014)
  • IEEE Magnetics Summer School Lecturer, Chennai, India (2014)
  • Program Development Subcommittee, Materials Research Society (MRS) (2012-Present)
  • Programming Committee for Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Conference (MMM)  (2001, 2013, 2014)
  • Program Committee for the MMM/Intermag Joint Meeting (2013, 2016)
  • Steering Committee for the MMM (2012) and for MMM/Intermag Join Meeting (2013)
  • Student MMM Travel Program Leader (2012) and MMM/Intermag (2013)
  • Secretary of MRS (2008-2010)
  • MRS Board of Directors (2005-2007)
    • Governance Committee (2005)
    • Co-Chair, Operations Committee (2006)
    • Chair, Planning Committee (2007)
  • MRS Meeting Chair (2004)
  • Created and directed MRS Undergraduate Materials Research Initiative Program (1998-2001)
  • Presidential appointment to chair the MRS Academic Affairs Committee (1995-2001)
  • Organized several MRS symposia
    • Magneto-Optical Materials for Nonreciprocal Phototonics, Imaging, and Spatial Light Modulators (S2013)
    • Nanoscale Heat Transfer:  Thermoelectrics, thermophotovoltaics, and emerging thermal devices (S2011)
    • Integrated Nonreciprocal Photonic:  Materials, Phenomena, and Devices (Fall 2010)
    • Materials for Magnetic Devices:  Magneto-Electronics and Recording (Spring 2011)
    • Infrared Application of Semiconductors (Fall 1999)
    • Integrated Magneto-Optics:  Materials and Devices (Spring 1998)
  • NSF Review Panelist (1999-Present)
  • Reviewer for numerous journals in photonics and magnetics (1995-Present)

 

Professional Honors
  • Erwin A. Kelen Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, (2022-)
  • College of Science and Engineering (CSE) Distinguished Professor, (2021-2022)
  • MRS Fellow (2018)
  • Taylor Award for Distinguished Service,  for the services to the magnetics and materials research communities (2017)
  • IEEE Magnetics Society Distinguished Lecturer, 55 lectures worldwide (2015)
  • IEEE Magnetics Summer School Lecturer Invitee, Chennai, India / Assisi, Italy (2012 / 2013)
  • Donald I Johnson Award of Excellence, Best Presentation at 21st Annual Anodizing Conference (2013)
  • Donald I Johnson Award of Excellence, Best Presentation at 19th Annual Anodizing Conference (2010)
  • McKnight Presidential Fellowship, University of Minnesota (2006 – 2009)
  • Elected to MRS Board of Directors (2004)
  • NSF Career Award, University of Minnesota (2001 – 2006)
  • Outstanding Mentor Award/ President's Distinguished Faculty Member Program for Underrepresented Students (2013)
  • Outstanding Mentor Award/ President's Distinguished Faculty Member Program for Underrepresented Students (2011)
  • Elected Secretary of MRS (2008 – 2010)
  • IEEE Senior Member Conferred (2008)
  • Co-Chair MRS, Meeting in Boston (2004)
Professor Stadler