Three finalists for the position of dean of the
First up will be Peter Nelson, professor and head of the Department of Computer Science at the
Nelson received his B.A. in mathematics and computer science from
Prior to becoming department head in 2001, Nelson was director of the UIC artificial intelligence laboratory, which he founded in 1991. The lab has undertaken a variety of applied intelligent systems projects in the areas of intelligent transportation systems, bioinformatics, manufacturing optimization and networking.
Nelson has been the recipient of more than 45 grants and contracts totaling more than $9 million from a variety of government agencies and corporations. He has published more than 60 scientific articles and presented his research results at technical conferences in North America, Europe, Asia and
A Seminar and Open Presentation with Nelson will be held 8:30-10 a.m. Tuesday, April 26, in Murrow 55 in Pullman, and via WHETS at SIRTI 317 in Spokane, 209W in Tri-Cities, and CL 116 in Vancouver. Nelson will present his “Vision for Professional Education and Research in Engineering and Architecture.”
His schedule and vitae are posted on the web at https://provost.wsu.edu/searches/Engineering%20and%20Architecture%20Dean%20Finalists.html. Paper copies may be requested by email from cofield@wsu.edu.
* Chen-Ching Liu, associate dean for organizational infrastructure at the College of Engineering, University of Washington, who will visit Wednesday-Thursday, April 27-28. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from National Taiwan University and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.
Liu has been active in power system research and education. His areas of interest include power infrastructure defense systems, intelligent system applications and power system economics.
He was elected, “Teacher of the Year in EE,” in 1985. He received a Presidential Young Investigator Award in 1986, an IEEE Third Millennium Medal in 2000, and the IEEE Power Engineering Society Outstanding Power Engineering Educator Award in 2004. He has published extensively in major technical journals and conferences.
* Seshu Desu, distinguished professor and head, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, who will visit Monday-Tuesday, May 2-3. He earned his B.S. in mathematics, physics and chemistry and his M.S. in inorganic chemistry from
Desu worked in industry for seven years, joining Bell Laboratories and working with semiconductor technology, then working for General Electric in the optical technology division. From there, he spent 10 years as a faculty member at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and joined the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 1999.
His research interests include electronic materials for advanced semiconductor devices; novel processes for sub-micron devices and structure-property relations in thin films. He was the principle editor of the Journal of Materials Research for three years; he is currently on the editorial board of the Journal of Electroceramics and he is an active senior member and fellow of the American Ceramics Society. His research has been funded by the Department of Defense, Office of Naval Research and private industries such as Sharp Microelectronics in Japan and Samsung in Korea.
While WSU has scheduled numerous meetings and interviews during the visits, all faculty and staff are invited to attend the open sessions. Times for these sessions will be announced through WSU Announcements as soon as schedules are finalized.
“This stage of the recruitment process is critical, and I would like to encourage everyone to attend the interviews and provide comments to the provost,” said Mike Griswold, dean of the College of Sciences and chair of the search committee.
Anjan Bose, dean of the College of Engineering and Architecture, plans to rejoin the faculty in August 2005 to continue his research and work with students. The Office of the Provost appointed a search committee in November 2004 and received approval for the committee to collaborate with executive search firm A.T. Kearney.
