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April 2, 2004

Engineering dean candidates to interview in April

by Annette Hacker
Four candidates for dean of the College of Engineering will visit campus in April. The dean candidates, announced March 23, include:
  • Timothy Anderson, associate dean of research and graduate programs, College of Engineering; and professor of chemical engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville
  • Prith Banerjee, department chair and Walter P. Murphy Professor, electrical and computer engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.
  • Mark Kushner, Founder Professor of engineering at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  • Stella Pang, associate dean for graduate education, College of Engineering; and professor, department of electrical engineering and computer science, Solid State Electronics Laboratory, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
An open forum with each of the candidates will be from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Howe Hall auditorium on the first day of their visits. A reception will follow in the Howe Hall atrium. Following is the schedule for the forums:
  • Anderson, April 6
  • Kushner, April 8
  • Pang, April 12
  • Banerjee, April 14
In addition, an hour-long open discussion on diversity will be held on the second day of each candidate's visit in 114 Marston. Those times are:
  • Anderson, April 7, 2 p.m.
  • Kushner, April 9, 1:30 p.m.
  • Pang, April 13, 2 p.m.
  • Banerjee, April 15, 1:30 p.m.
The successful candidate will succeed James Melsa, who will retire at the end of the academic year.

Additional information on the candidates is available online at: http://www.provost.iastate.edu/positions/dean_eng.html.



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