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Michael R. Lovell has been named dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM). He will begin August 1.
Lovell, who is the associate dean for research and a professor of industrial and bioengineering the University of Pittsburgh, is a highly productive researcher in the engineering field of tribology (the study of friction and the motion of interacting surfaces).
He oversees several research centers at the University of Pittsburgh, including the Institute for Advanced Energy Studies, the National Science Foundation Center for e-Design and the Swanson Institute for Technical Excellence. During his tenure as associate dean, research expenditures increased more than 63 percent, from $38 million to $62 million. He also helped coordinate the construction of a $6.1 million nanofabrication facility and is presently coordinating the school’s eight-year renovation project.
Michael R. Lovell
“I am delighted by the selection of Michael Lovell to be the next dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Science,” said Chancellor Carlos E. Santiago. “He is the right choice at the right time. I look forward to working with him to grow engineering education and research here in Milwaukee, where there is so much need.”
“Mike has the experience, drive and administrative acumen to lead UWM’s College of Engineering and Applied Science in implementing our research growth agenda,” says Rita Cheng, UWM provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs. “From the input I’ve received from within the university and from community stakeholders, I know that he has the support needed to succeed in meeting the college’s strategic goals concerning innovative academic program delivery, increased extramural funding and a high-quality student experience.”
Lovell received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering in 1994 from the University of Pittsburgh. He joined the faculty in January of 2000 after three years of service as an assistant professor in mechanical engineering at the University of Kentucky and four years of service as a senior software developer at ANSYS Inc.
Among his awards, Lovell received the CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation in 1997 and the Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award from the Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1999.
The W. K. Whiteford Endowed Faculty Fellow, Lovell’s primary research interests are in the areas of numerical simulation, novel manufacturing processes, tribology, and micro and nanotechnology.
For a full vita, go to: http://www4.uwm.edu/ceas/deans_office/dean_search/upload/MichaelRhodesLovell.pdf
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