# Beth Todd

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{{Short description|American biomechanical engineer}}
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'''Beth Ann Todd''' is an American engineering educator and biomechanical engineer who studies the mechanics of the human body and of [assistive technology](/source/assistive_technology), and works to integrate graduate students in engineering into primary and secondary school mathematics and science education.{{r|dee}} She is an associate professor of [mechanical engineering](/source/mechanical_engineering) at the [University of Alabama](/source/University_of_Alabama).{{r|profile}}

==Education and career==
Todd is a 1981 graduate of [Pennsylvania State University](/source/Pennsylvania_State_University), and earned a master's degree in applied mechanics in 1986 and a Ph.D. in mechanical and aerospace engineering in 1992 from the [University of Virginia](/source/University_of_Virginia).{{r|profile|dee}} She joined the University of Alabama faculty in 1992, and became an associate professor there in 2001.{{r|tusc}}

==Recognition==
Todd was named a Fellow of the [Society of Women Engineers](/source/Society_of_Women_Engineers) (SWE) in 2004, "for her leadership, commitment to students, support of the achievement of women in engineering and passion for the engineering profession".{{r|tusc|swe}} She was named an [ASME Fellow](/source/ASME_Fellow) in 2011.{{r|asme}}

In 2008 the SWE gave Todd their Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award,{{r|swe}} and in 2013 they gave her their Distinguished Engineering Educator Award, "for a legacy of excellence in engineering education and for using scholarly research and involvement in professional societies to help students learn, compete, and achieve".{{r|swe|dee}}

In 2006, Pennsylvania State University named her as a Centennial Fellow in the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics.{{r|dee}}

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<ref name=asme>{{citation|url=https://www.asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/resourcefiles/aboutasme/honors%20awards/fellows/fellows-all-2014.pdf|title=ASME Fellows List|publisher=American Society of Mechanical Engineers|access-date=2022-04-28}}</ref>

<ref name=dee>{{citation|page=139|magazine=SWE: Magazine of the Society of Women Engineers|issue=Conference 2013|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sApYiTLXCVOmpJdhCX90NN9cJ2Vzyhcp/view|title=Distinguished Engineering Educator: Beth Todd, Ph.D., F. SWE}}</ref>

<ref name=profile>{{citation|url=https://eng.ua.edu/eng-directory/dr-beth-ann-todd/|title=Dr. Beth Ann Todd|work=Faculty/Staff Directory|publisher=University of Alabama College of Engineering|access-date=2022-04-28}}</ref>

<ref name=swe>{{citation|url=https://swe.org/awards/individual-awards/|title=Individual awards|publisher=Society of Women Engineers|access-date=2022-04-28}}</ref>

<ref name=tusc>{{citation|url=https://www.tuscaloosanews.com/story/news/2004/11/08/college-news/27874106007/|title=College news: Mississippi State University|newspaper=Tuscaloosa News|date=November 7, 2004}}</ref>

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