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

Press release from the University of Alaska Anchorage:

March 31, 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.