网赌上分平台 Appoints Leading Scholar as Vice Provost for 研究

罗纳德·年代. Harichandran, Ph值.D., P.E., F.第3期, who joined the University in 2011 as dean of the Tagliatela工程学院, is the first person to hold this position.

2019年4月9日

The 网赌上分平台 announced today that 罗纳德·年代. Harichandran, Ph.D., P.E., F.第3期，著名学者 土木及结构工程 who has published more than 125 journal and conference articles, will serve as the University’s first vice provost for 研究. Dr. Harichandran has served as dean of the University’s Tagliatela工程学院 since 2011, and he will continue in that role moving forward.

加入大学以来, Harichandran has significantly grown the 研究 profile of the Tagliatela工程学院. Under his leadership, the 网赌上分平台 this year earned its first National Science Foundation Early Career Award, a prestigious honor given to emerging 研究ers at leading universities.

"Dr. Harichandran is a distinguished scholar, and his efforts have been instrumental in earning funding for and raising the visibility of the groundbreaking 研究 that is taking place on campus," said 网赌上分平台 校长史蒂芬·卡普兰博士.D. "At this exciting and critical juncture, we are fortunate to have an outstanding institutional champion to advance our University-wide commitment to supporting and investing in the 研究 activities of our faculty. Dr. Harichandran has strong credentials and experience to serve in this new role."

他在大学期间，博士. Harichandran has served as the principal investigator or co-principal investigator for competitively awarded external grants totaling more than $1.600万年. He has authored more than two dozen journal and conference papers with 网赌上分平台 faculty members and deans, 他还监督了专利活动. 他被选为 Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering in 2014.

"Dr. Harichandran is a distinguished scholar, and his efforts have been instrumental in earning funding for and raising the visibility of the groundbreaking 研究 that is taking place on campus."校长史蒂芬·卡普兰博士.D.

作为负责研究的副教务长. Harichandran will oversee the Office of Sponsored 研究, 包括知识产权, 专利, 技术转让, 研究合规问题. He will also advise the provost on internal 研究 allocations and work to strengthen relationships with external funding sources.

Prior to his work at the 网赌上分平台, Dr. Harichandran spent 26 years at Michigan State University as a professor and department chair, teaching classes in structural analysis, 设计, 动力学, 以及概率方法. 他获得了硕士学位和博士学位.D., both in civil engineering, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.