Atri Rudra has been named the first Katherine Johnson Chair in Artificial Intelligence, which was established by a generous gift from computer science alums D. Sivakumar, PhD ’96, and Uma Mahadevan, PhD ’98.
The National Science Foundation-funded effort will address the nationwide shortage of speech-language pathologists, ensure at-risk children receive assistance.
Award winning educator and environmental engineer James Jensen has been appointed chair of the Department of Engineering Education. Jensen succeeds Carl Lund, who has served as chair since the department was formed in 2018.
Amjad Aref, professor in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, has been elected Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Structural Engineering Institute.