Peter Kilpatrick Email & Phone Number

I was appointed president of The Catholic University of America in March 2022 and took office on July 1, 2022. I was provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Illinois Institute of Technology from 2018 to 2022 and previously served as professor and McCloskey Dean of Engineering at the University of Notre Dame from 2008 to 2018.At Illinois Tech, I developed the university’s five-year strategic plan, put in place new leadership, and drove development of an online master of applied science. During my tenure as dean at Notre Dame, the number of faculty at the College of Engineering grew by more than 60% and enrollment by nearly 70%. External research funding more than doubled to over $50 million per year. I also launched Notre Dame’s first joint Ph.D. program with the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, later expanding to programs with universities in Brazil and Hungary.I also served on the faculty of North Carolina State University in chemical engineering for 24 years, from 1983 to 2007, the last eight-plus years as the department head. I also served as the founding director of the North Carolina Biomanufacturing Training and Education Center, a unique good manufacturing practice (GMP) facility that was designed to train the next generation of biopharmaceutical professionals and biotechnology industry professionals.I am the author of more than 100 refereed journal articles in the areas of colloid and interfacial science, emulsion science, and molecular self assembly, particularly as they apply to energy and to bioseparations. According to Google Scholar, my work has been cited more than 5,300 times, largely in the areas of emulsions and interfacial and colloidal phenomena. I hold or share 12 patents and have been actively engaged in two startups.I am the recipient of numerous teaching and research awards, including the ASEE Regional Teaching Award. I hold an honorary doctorate from the Pázmány Péter Catholic University (Budapest, Hungary), the oldest university in that country. I am past chairperson of the Global Engineering Deans Council and serves as the chairperson of the Clover 2030 International Advisory Board, an initiative focused on reinventing engineering education in Chile.I received my A.B. in chemistry from Occidental College (summa cum laude) in 1978 and my Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Minnesota in 1983.INVITED LECTURES: More than 150 invited lectures on research, educational, and philosophical topics