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Search Committee for Dean of the McCormick School of Engineering

Northwestern University is conducting a search for the next dean of the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. A search committee, which includes faculty, students, staff and alumni of the McCormick School of Engineering, is undertaking the search. The committee has engaged Isaacson, Miller to support the search.

Members of the Northwestern community are invited to share input on the search and nominations for the next leader of the McCormick School of Engineering by emailing McCormickDeanSearch@northwestern.edu.  McCormick School of Engineering community members are invited to share input on the search and nominate potential candidates via an online survey.

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McCormick School of Engineering Dean Search Committee

  • Mark C. Hersam (Chair), Walter P. Murphy Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Courtesy Appointment in Electrical and Computer Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science; Courtesy Appointment in Chemistry, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; Courtesy Appointment in Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine; Director, Materials Research Center
  • Guillermo A. Ameer, Daniel Hale Williams Professor of Biomedical Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science; Professor of Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine; Director, Center for Advanced Regenerative Engineering
  • Wei Chen, Wilson-Cook Professor in Engineering Design and Chair and Professor of Mechanical Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
  • Francesca Cornelli, Dean, Kellogg School of Management, Donald P. Jacobs Chair in Finance and Professor of Finance
  • Carolyn Duran, Vice President and Engineering Manager, Components Research for Intel Corporation; Adjunct Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science; Materials Science and Engineering Advisory Board Member; McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science Alumna
  • Kimberly A. Gray, Roxelyn and Richard Pepper Family Chair in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Courtesy Appointment in Chemical and Biological Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science; Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Alumna
  • Chayse Lavallais, Third-year PhD Student, Chemical and Biological Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
  • David L. Nichols, Principal, Ernst & Young; McCormick Advisory Council Member; McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science Alumnus and Kellogg School of Management Alumnus
  • Luke Prairie, Undergraduate Student, Class of 2024, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
  • John A. Rogers, Louis Simpson and Kimberly Querrey Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Courtesy Appointments in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science; Professor of Neurological Surgery, Courtesy Appointment in Dermatology, Feinberg School of Medicine; Courtesy Appointment in Chemistry, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; Director, Querrey Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics
  • Karen Smilowitz, James N. and Margie M. Krebs Professor in Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science; Professor of Operations, Kellogg School of Management
  • Sara Owsley Sood, Professor of Instruction for Computer Science, Chookaszian Family Teaching Professor, and Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science; McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science Alumna
  • Julie White, Associate Dean, Administration, Finance, Facilities, and Planning, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

Committee Staff

  • Lorraine Cassis, Executive Assistant, Office of the Provost
  • Roma Khanna, Associate Provost for Strategy and Policy, Office of the Provost
  • Andrianna Kurzenberger, Senior Program Administrator, Office of the Provost
  • Mearah Quinn-Brauner, Senior Director for Strategy and Policy, Office of the Provost