07/23/2024 | News release | Distributed by Public on 07/23/2024 06:03
A search-and-screen committee has been appointed to help identify and select candidates for the next Grainger Dean of the College of Engineering. Paul Wilson, professor of nuclear engineering and engineering physics in the College of Engineering, is chairing the search committee.
Ian Robertson has served as dean since 2013 and announced in April that he will return to the faculty when a successor is chosen. Robertson, who studies how extreme conditions alter the microstructure of materials, led the school through a period of growth including hiring more than 130 new faculty and major upgrades to its existing facilities for both research and education - among them a planned new engineering building. The full list of Robertson's accomplishments is long. Read about them on the College of Engineering 's website.
The dean, who reports to the chancellor through the provost, serves as the chief academic and executive officer for the College of Engineering, with responsibility for personnel, budget, fundraising, community relations, curriculum, academic affairs and physical facilities.
The college currently enrolls 4,800 undergraduate and 1,500 graduate students across eight academic departments. The college currently has 220 tenured or tenure-track faculty, 34% of whom are assistant professors; 650 staff; and a budget of $245 million, including research expenditures of $140 million.
A full description of the position can be found on UW-Madison's jobs board.
Opportunities for public input
Members of the UW-Madison community can give input to the search committee through an online survey or at forthcoming public listening sessions.
Listening sessions
Listening sessions will be held via Zoom:
Position description and candidate nominations
Search committee members
In addition to Wilson, the committee members are:
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