Dean of the College of Engineering
WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THIS POSITION.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University invites nominations and applications for the position of Dean of the College of Engineering at the institution’s campus in Prescott, Arizona. The University seeks a visionary, accomplished, and highly collaborative leader.
The College of Engineering at Embry-Riddle Prescott is dedicated to providing undergraduate students with outstanding educational opportunities in engineering. The Dean will lead the engineering faculty – who are dedicated to teaching excellence – to even greater prominence.
The University community stands together poised to elevate Embry-Riddle to an even more distinctive position within the higher education landscape, and to ensure that it continues to offer the most relevant, effective, and applied learning, centered on the intersections of its broad offerings within the fields of aviation and aerospace education. The next Dean of the College of Engineering will join the Embry-Riddle community as it builds on current momentum and continues to elevate itself to a place of true distinction.
The College of Engineering prepares students to become problem solvers, innovators, and leaders in their professions. Equipped with cutting-edge skills, the College’s graduates take on the critical challenges humankind faces on earth, in space, and beyond.
The College’s reputation and the engineering programs’ high rankings manifest from a tradition of teaching excellence and a vast array of well-equipped laboratories and maker spaces, which enable the University’s hands-on and learning-by-doing philosophy. From hands-on design projects to theoretical analysis, students are challenged, supported, prepared, and mentored by some of the nation’s most outstanding faculty.
Engineering students at the Prescott Campus have a unique opportunity to work on projects and research in labs dedicated solely to them. Students operate remote and autonomous robots in the Aerial Robotics Lab or fabricate and assemble innovative projects in the Aerospace Experimentation and Fabrication Building, better known as AXFAB. In the AXFAB labs, students conduct prototyping using 3-D technology, test physical material specimens used in aerospace platforms and heat-treat materials to prepare specimens for analysis.
Beyond the AXFAB labs, students also use the Wind Tunnel Lab, Robotics Lab, Propulsions Lab, Materials Testing Lab and Structures Lab.
The recently completed 15,000-square-foot Center for Aeronautics includes a new wind tunnel and two 1,300-square-foot propulsion labs which are located adjacent to the rocket test complex where students develop liquid and solid rockets with the goal of reaching space. The new facilities enhance opportunities for hands-on development of air-breathing and rocket propulsions systems, unique for an undergraduate institution.
Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Application materials, including a CV and cover letter addressing qualifications and interest in the position, should be submitted via the DSG | Storbeck Talent Profile.