On Monday, the Institute announced that it had appointed a new dean for the School of Engineering, Alan Cramb. Cramb will succeed interim Dean Lester Gerhardt on July 1, thirteen months after he began serving in that positon.
Cramb currently serves as the head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, and worked in the steel industry as a research engineer prior to accepting an assistant professor position at CMU.
Cramb has published over 160 papers, and his current research focuses on various behaviors of steel, including solidification, while wetting at high temperatures, and eco-processing. He has also won several awards and has been active in many professional societies—serving as president of one and currently as president-elect of another.
Born in Scotland, Cramb earned his bachelors of science there in 1975. He received his Ph.D. in materials science at the University of Pennsylvania four years later.
The dean of engineering position was filled by Gerhardt after William “Bud” Baeslack III left the position at the end of May, 2004. Many other administrative searches are still continuing, including those for a vice provost for entrepreneurship, dean of enrollment management, and dean of the Lally School of Management.
