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Founded in 2016, Campbell University School of Engineering offers an innovative bachelor's degree in engineering with concentrations in mechanical engineering (with a manufacturing focus), electrical engineering (systems focus) and chemical engineering (with a pharmaceutical focus). Our innovative project-based, hands-on approach spans our first-year engineering design sequence, and is carried throughout our sophomore and junior year as well as our year-long senior design sequence. Our broad-based degree program capitalizes on Campbell's reputation for a high degree of student-faculty interaction and offers students a variety of engaging professional development opportunities, while preparing them for careers as licensed engineers or for additional graduate study. Our personalized approach to innovative engineering education features small classes taught by outstanding faculty in our unique classlabs that seamlessly integrate lecture and lab. Our NASA Human Rover Exploration Challenge Team and Grand Challenge Scholars Program students have already won multiple international awards.

Oversee the undergraduate programs in the college, along with co-curricular and professional development activities for faculty and students. Work to recruit a diverse cohort of students for our innovative and interdisciplinary STEM majors.

Associate Dean, Administration and Strategic Initiatives at Louisiana Tech University

Provided leadership for programs, mentored faculty, oversaw faculty workloads and conducted annual faculty evaluations, directed faculty hiring and made recommendations on tenure and promotion of faculty, worked with Program Chairs on accreditation issues, course scheduling, curriculum changes, program advisory boards, guided and assisted programs with reaccreditation process and activities, as a member of the College Leadership Team, worked to ensure the success of the College Strategic Plan, took specific responsibility for progress in one or more Key Strategic Directions of the College Strategic Plan, made recommendations regarding the allocation and participate in the management of the operating budget of the College, interacted with Program and College Advisory Boards.