Dr. Timothy J. Greene, who has accepted the post of Dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and his wife, Nancy, were welcomed last week at the Parkview Campus.
Currently the assistant vice president for research and academic affairs at the University of Alabama, Greene told the WMU engineering staff and faculty that his present goals for the college are aligned with those of President Judith Bailey and Provost Linda Delene: to fight for state funding, to increase enrollment, and to double externally funded research by 2008.
The College of Engineering and Applied Sciences welcomed Dr. Timothy Greene and his wife, Nancy
To those goals, Greene added that “high quality instruction would be maintained” even as the new research was added.
An industrial engineer whose background includes not only academic but also industrial experience, Greene has been approved as a tenured faculty member of the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.
IME Chair Paul Engelmann (right) presents an ergonomically designed snow shovel to new CEAS Dean Tim Greene, who comes to WMU from the University of Alabama.
IME Chair Paul Engelmann presented Greene with an ergonomically designed snow shovel as a “welcome to Michigan.”
Before joining the University of Alabama five years ago, Greene spent eight years at Oklahoma State University, where he spent four years as the head of the School of Industrial Engineering and Management and four years as the associate dean of research.
Prior to Oklahoma, Greene spent nine years on the faculty at Virginia Tech.
As a corporate consultant, Greene has worked with clients such as Brunswick Corp., Ingersoll Rand, Union Carbide, Federal Mogul, and IBM.
Greene earned three degrees at Purdue University: a bachelor’s in aeronautical and astronautical engineering and master’s and doctoral degrees in industrial engineering.
The new CEAS dean is a senior member and fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers, where he served as national president; a senior member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers; and a member of Tau Beta Pi, Alpha Pi Mu, and Sigma Xi honor societies.
His other credentials include serving as an onsite evaluator for the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology.
Greene will assume the new dean position in April when he replaces Dr. Michael Atkins, who is retiring after serving as dean since 2002 and as a member of the engineering faculty since 1971.
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