During the most recent UD Board of Trustees meeting, twelve College of Engineering faculty were promoted, four had their named professorships approved

On Tuesday, May 14, during the semiannual meeting of the University of Delaware’s Board of Trustees, fifteen faculty from the College of Engineering had their promotions approved or were recommended for named professorships.

Recommended for named professorships were:

Kelvin Fu, Terri Connor Kelly and John Kelly Career Development Professor of Mechanical Engineering;

Arthi Jayaraman, Centennial Term Professor for Excellence in Research and Education, in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering;

April Kloxin, Thomas and Kipp Gutshall Development Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; and

Weisong Shi, Alumni Distinguished Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences.

Faculty who were previously granted tenure who were promoted to the rank of professor, effective September 1, 2024: 

Panagiotis Artemiadis, Mechanical Engineering;

Monique Head, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Vishal Saxena, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Promoted to professor (without tenure) effective September 1, 2024:

Richard Martin, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Promoted to associate professor, with tenure, effective September 1, 2024:

Mark Nejad, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Swati Singh, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Guangmo (Amo) Tong, Computer and Information Sciences

Yuping Zeng, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Promoted to associate professor, with tenure, effective November 30, 2023:

Xu Yuan, Computer and Information Sciences

Promoted to associate professor (without tenure) effective September 1, 2024:

Sheldon Hewlett, Materials Science and Engineering

Ri Na, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Debra Yarrington, Computer & Information Sciences