University Of Alaska Anchorage: UAA College Of Engineering Dean Finalists Announced

Anchorage AK

03 April, 2021

5:17 PM

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Press release from the University of Alaska Anchorage: April 2, 2021 UAA Campus Community, Information regarding the College of Engineering Dean finalists is now available. Listed in alphabetical order, the finalists are: Bruce Berdanier Bruce Berdanier is currently Professor and Dean of the Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering at South Dakota State University. He has been involved in leadership in higher education administration as a department head and dean since 2008.  He led student international development projects in the Artibonite Valley of Haiti beginning in 1995 and has directed an international engineering development program in Bolivia since 2009.  He has teaching, research, and leadership experience at both private and public universities and was a Fulbright researcher in Jordan. Open forum: Monday, April 5, 9-10 a.m. The feedback survey for Bruce Berdanier will be posted here on April 5 and will close on Wednesday, April 7 at midnight AKDT. Joesph Bull Joseph Bull is the Associate Dean for Research, Faculty Affairs and Graduate Studies in the School of Science and Engineering at Tulane University, and is the John and Elsie Martinez Biomedical Engineering Chair. Prior to moving to Tulane, he was Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan. Professor Bull's research program is focused on ultrasound and biofluid mechanics. He is a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, and a Sequoyah Fellow of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society. Open forum: Thursday, April 8, 9-10 a.m. The feedback survey for Joseph Bull will be posted here on April 8 and will close on Saturday, April 10 at midnight AKDT. Judy Cezeaux Judy Cezeaux is Dean of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Arkansas Tech University.  She received her B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and her Ph.D. degree in biomedical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Prior to her appointment at Arkansas Tech, she was Professor and Chair of Biomedical Engineering at Western New England University in Springfield, Massachusetts. She has also served as a Senior Staff Fellow at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health in Morgantown, West Virginia as well as a faculty member at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Open forum: Wednesday, April 7, 9-10 a.m. The feedback survey for Judy Cezeaux will be posted here on April 7 and will close on Friday, April 9 at midnight AKDT. Kenrick Mock Kenrick Mock is Interim Dean of the College of Engineering and Professor of Computer Science.  Before joining UAA he worked at Intel Corporation and a technology startup. He has taught over 20 different courses at UAA, chaired the Undergraduate Research Task Force, was inaugural chair of the Computer Science & Engineering department, and has conducted research in AI, computer security, and computer science education. Open forum: Tuesday, April 6, 9-10 a.m. The feedback survey for Kenrick Mock will be posted here on April 6 and will close on Thursday, April 8 at midnight AKDT. For updates on the information listed here, finalist backgrounds and survey links, please visit the UAA Leadership page. This press release was produced by the University of Alaska Anchorage. The views expressed here are the author's own.