COLLEGE HEADS

RANDY SEITSINGER, FAIA

ASSOCIATE DEAN OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

AT&T PROFESSORSHIP IN ENGINEERING

ED KIRTLEY, M.A.

ASSISTANT DEAN OF OUTREACH AND EXTENSION

SUZANNE BILBEISI, AIA, LEED, GA

Centennial Professor and Interim Head School of Architecture

DR. JOHN VEENSTRA, P.E.

Interim Head, School of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering

EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree in biology, Iowa State University; master’s in environmental engineering and doctorate in civil and environmental engineering, both University of Iowa.

HONORS: Outstanding Faculty at OSU; Sterling L. Burks award for Outstanding Environmental Research; and the Halliburton Outstanding Young Faculty Award at OSU, among others.

ALSO: Registered professional engineer in Oklahoma.

AREAS OF INTEREST: Studying increasing the participation and advancement of women in academic science and engineering with the National Science Foundation.

DR. JAMES (ROB)

WHITELEY, P.E.

Professor and Head, School of Chemical Engineering

Bartlett Chair in Chemical Engineering

EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, Oklahoma State; master’s and doctorate in chemical engineering, both Ohio State University.

ALSO: Currently involved in three area projects.

AREAS OF INTEREST: Distillation, ethanol separation for biofuels and process monitoring, control and optimization.

School of Civil and Environmental Engineering

HERAGU

Regents Professor and Head, School of Industrial Engineering and Management

Donald and Cathey Humphreys Chair of Engineering

EDUCATION: Bachelor’s in mechanical engineering, Malnad College of Engineering in India; MBA, University of Saskatchewan, Canada; doctorate in industrial engineering, University of Manitoba, Canada.

AREAS OF INTEREST: Real-time decision support systems for emergency service sector operations, design of next-generation factory layouts, automated warehouse systems and integration of design and planning activities in advanced logistical systems.

Head, School of Mechnical and Aerospace Engineering

Albert H. Nelson Jr. Chair experience as past president and board chair of several community and non-profit organizations around greater Atlanta.

EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree, international business, Carthage College; second bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate in mechanical engineering, all University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

AREAS OF INTEREST: Building and thermal systems research group, numerical head transfer and fluid flow, thermal system simulation and design, displacement ventilation and chilled ceiling systems and simulation of building systems.

Professor and Head, School of Computer and Electrical Engineering

OSURF Endowed Chair of Engineering

EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Ohio Northern University, 1981; master’s degree, 1984, doctorate in electrical engineering, 1989, both University of Arizona.

AREAS OF INTEREST: Antenna theory and design, microwave ferrite materials and devices, electromagnetic field theory, computational electromagnetics and EM waves in complex media.

Associate Dean for CEAT at OSU-Tulsa

Director, Helmerich Research Center

Helmerich Family Endowed Chair Professor of Engineering

Professor and Head, School of Materials Science and Engineering

Professor, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Professor and Head, Division of Engineering Technology

HISTORY: Previously department chair, Tennessee State University.

Also: Chair of continuing education committee, American Society of Civil Engineers. While in industty, managed a $100 million project, including supervising more than 50 professionals, contract negotiation, budget control and execution. Community development