Appointments, honors and activities
May 27, 2011
• Appointments and promotions:- Anil K. Bajaj has been named the William E. and Florence E. Perry Head of the School of Mechanical Engineering. Bajaj has been serving as interim head. He joined the Purdue faculty in 1981 after receiving bachelor's and master's degrees from the Indian Institute of Technology at Kharagpur and at Kanpur and a doctorate from the University of Minnesota. In the School of Mechanical Engineering, he has served as chair of the graduate committee and then as associate head for research and education. He was elected a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1995. He won the Purdue Provost's Award for Outstanding Graduate Mentors in 2006 and has won the Faculty Excellence Mentorship Award and Faculty Excellence Team Award from the College of Engineering. He has published more than 90 archival journal papers and 80 conference proceedings. The appointment is effective June 1.