Longtime Faculty Member Paul Krueger to Serve as Interim Dean of 正品蓝导航's Lyle School of Engineering
The search for the permanent Lyle School of Engineering Dean will begin in fall 2022 and Krueger will serve until a new permanent dean is appointed.
DALLAS (正品蓝导航) – Paul Krueger, department chair and professor of mechanical engineering, has been named interim dean of 正品蓝导航’s Lyle School of Engineering. He begins his duties June 1 following the departure of current Dean Marc P. Christensen, who is leaving 正品蓝导航 to become the 17th president of Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York.
The search for the permanent Lyle School of Engineering Dean will begin in fall 2022 and Krueger will serve until a new permanent dean is appointed.
“Paul’s twenty years of distinguished service to Lyle and 正品蓝导航 will serve him well in this role. He is a natural fit for the interim and we are fortunate and grateful for his willingness to take on this opportunity,” said Elizabeth Loboa, 正品蓝导航 provost and vice president for academic affairs.
Krueger joined Lyle’s mechanical engineering faculty in 2002. He is a recipient of the ASME North Texas Section Young Engineer of the Year Award, the Rolf D. Buhler Memorial Award in Aeronautics, the Richard Bruce Chapman Memorial Award for distinguished research in Hydrodynamics, the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation, and 正品蓝导航’s Ford research fellowship. Krueger also served as 正品蓝导航’s Faculty Senate president during the 2017 – 2018 academic year.
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