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Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Provost’s Message

21 November 2005

Dear University Community,

I am pleased to report that the search for the new Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences is underway.  This past Wednesday, the search committee held its inaugural meeting chaired by Professor Alexander Cartwright. 

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the members of our search committee for their service and for their thoughtful and insightful participation in this process.  I would also like to extend my sincerest thanks and gratitude to Professor Mark Karwan for his leadership during the past twelve years as dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and his continued leadership to the school and to our university.

The search committee is comprised of faculty from across the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and from many departments that regularly collaborate with faculty from the School as well as a member from the School’s Dean’s Advisory Council.  The search committee membership includes:

• Professor Richelle Allen-King, Department of Geology and Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences
• Professor Stelios Andreadis, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
• Professor Joseph F. Atkinson, Department of Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering; Director, Great Lakes Program, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
• Professor Ann M. Bisantz, Department of Industrial Engineering; Director, Undergraduate Studies, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
• Dr. David L. Dunn, Vice President for Health Sciences
• Professor Venugopal Govindaraju, Department of Computer Science and Engineering; Director, Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
• Dr. Steven Lerner, Member, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Dean’s Advisory Council; Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Praxair, Inc.
• Ms. Maureen R. Mayer, PhD Student, Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
• Professor Roger W. Mayne, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
• Professor Bruce D. McCombe, SUNY Distinguished Professor; Vice Provost for Graduate Education, Dean, Graduate School; Director, Center for Spin Effects and Quantum Information in Nanostructures; Department of Electrical Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Department of Physics, College of Arts and Sciences

I have every confidence that under the sage leadership of Professor Cartwright, our search for a new Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences will be a great success.  Throughout the next months as the search moves forward, Professor Cartwright will communicate to the university the committee’s progress in fulfilling their charge.

Contact

Dr. Ilene H. Nagel
Consultant to the Search Committee
Russell Reynolds Associates, Inc.
Phone: (805) 565-7727 (PST)
ubeng-dean@russellreynolds.com