Search committee formed to find new dean of the College of Engineering

Deba Dutta, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs and diversity, has announced the start of a national search for the next dean of Purdue's College of Engineering.

"By any measure, Purdue's College of Engineering is one of the finest in the world. We consistently attract high-achieving students, prominent faculty and talented staff, and I am confident that we will see many outstanding and well-qualified candidates for the dean position," Dutta says. He encourages input and assistance from all faculty and staff to create a diverse pool from which candidates will be selected for campus visits.

Co-chairs R. Byron Pipes, the John L. Bray Distinguished Professor of Engineering, and Andrew M. Weiner, the Scifres Family Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, will lead the search advisory committee listed below. Pipes and Weiner will provide details on the process and communication protocols for faculty and staff.

Leah Jamieson, the John A. Edwardson Dean of Engineering and the Ransburg Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, will complete her term and step down from her deanship effective July 1, 2017. Jamieson will transition to full-time faculty duties in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. By then, Jamieson will have served Purdue admirably as dean for 11 years; she has been a member of the faculty in the College of Engineering since 1976.

Members of the search advisory committee: 

* R. Byron Pipes, committee co-chair and the John L. Bray Distinguished Professor of Engineering.

* Andrew Weiner, committee co-chair and the Scifres Family Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

* Alina Alexeenko, professor of aeronautics and astronautics.

* Kristi Anseth, Engineering Advisory Council, Tisone Distinguished Professor, University of Colorado.

* Mireille Boutin, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering.

* Abhi Deshmukh, the James J. Solberg Head of Industrial Engineering and professor of industrial engineering.

* Darryl Dickerson, associate director, Minority Engineering Program.

* Pedro Irazoqui, associate head and professor of biomedical engineering, professor of electrical and computer engineering.

* Christine Ladisch, dean of the College of Health and Human Sciences.

* Michael Manfra, the Bill and Dee O'Brien Chair Professor of Physics and Astronomy, professor of electrical and computer engineering, professor of mechanical engineering.

 * James Miller, Engineering Advisory Council, vice president, Google.

 * Nathan Mosier, professor of agricultural and biological engineering/LORRE.

 * Alice Pawley, associate professor of engineering education.

 * Gregory Shaver, professor of mechanical engineering.

* Alyssa Wilcox, associate vice president for advancement.

The search advisory committee will be assisted by Brenda Coulson, director-talent acquisition.