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NC State invites applications and nominations for the position of dean of the College of Engineering. The university seeks a visionary leader committed to providing a premier educational experience for our students and a world-class environment for our faculty and staff that supports and prepares them for addressing existing and future engineering and computer science challenges and opportunities. 

Nomination Committee

10.26.22

Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Warwick Arden is pleased to announce that an open search for the Dean of the College of Engineering is now underway. 

  • Committee Chair: Ruben Carbonell, Director, Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology and Science, and Frank Hawkins Kenan Distinguished Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, College of Engineering
  • Ed Weisiger Jr., Member, NC State Board of Trustees
  • McKenzy Heavlin, Member, NC State Board of Trustees, Student Body President and Graduate Student, College of Engineering
  • Nina Balke, Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
  • Lina Battestilli, Associate Teaching Professor, Computer Science, College of Engineering
  • Laura Bottomley, Director, Women in Engineering, Engineering Education and The Engineering Place, and Associate Teaching Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
  • Lisa Bullard, Director of Undergraduate Studies and Teaching Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, College of Engineering
  • Paul Dayton, Head and William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor, Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering
  • Francis de los Reyes, Glenn E. and Phyllis J. Futrell Distinguished Professor, Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering
  • Helen DiPietro, Engineering Communications Office Manager, College of Engineering, and Past-Chair, Staff Senate
  • Joel Ducoste, Associate Dean for Faculty Advancement and Professor, Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering
  • Deveshwar Hariharan, Graduate Student, College of Engineering, and President, Graduate Student Association
  • Jason (Jia) Hou, Associate Professor, Nuclear Engineering, College of Engineering
  • Alan Icenhour, Chair, Nuclear Engineering Advisory Council
  • Julie Ivy, Professor, Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, College of Engineering
  • Kennita Johnson, Director of Diversity and Equity and Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering 
  • Sindee Simon, Head and Distinguished Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, College of Engineering
  • Kaia Spero, Undergraduate Student, College of Engineering
  • Pamela Townsend, Senior Vice President, WSP USA, and Member, NC State Board of Visitors
  • Henry Ware, Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering
  • Cranos Williams, Goodnight Distinguished Professor in Agricultural Analytics, Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, and Plant and Microbial Biology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences 
  • Deborah Young, President, NC State Engineering Foundation Board of Directors

Buffkin/Baker search firm to manage recruiting for this search. Executive Search Services in NC State’s Human Resources division will be working alongside Buffkin / Baker to manage the logistics of the search. Kelly Wick will be managing the search for the Provost’s Office.

Nomination Committee Meetings

  • Charge to the committee: 11.18.22, 8:30-10 a.m., Hunt Library, Duke Energy Hall A-B, and via Zoom
  • Recruitment check-in and mid-search review: 12.20.22, 10-1 a.m., via Zoom
  • Candidate selection: 1.24.23, 1-3 p.m., via Zoom
  • First round interviews: Weeks of 1.23.23 – 2.06.23
  • Finalist interviews: Weeks of 2.20.23 and 2.27.23

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