Engineering Area Promotions Committee

The composition and responsibilities of this committee (EAPC) are defined by the Bylaws of the College of Engineering as:

"This committee shall consist of the dean, who shall be chairperson, the Heads of the schools and departments, and one full professor (excluding assistant and associate heads) from each school or department elected by the voting members of that school or department for a two-year term. This committee can be appropriately augmented using a similar election process to promotion of Research Faculty."

"This committee shall act on faculty promotions concordant with the University Policy Concerning Promotions. In addition, this committee shall consider and vote on cases of faculty tenure without promotion and deviations from regular emeritus policy. The committee shall consider and make recommendations on nominations for the Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award and for Honorary Doctor of Engineering degrees."

For more information, visit the Engineering Area Promotions Committee web site.

Arvind Raman - Chair
John A. Edwardson Dean of the College of Engineering, Robert V. Adams Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Professor of Materials Engineering (by Courtesy)
MSE, ME, GEP
West Lafayette
William Sondgerath - Administrator
Senior Assistant Dean for Staff and Administration
West Lafayette
David Bahr (ex officio)
Sr. Associate Dean of Faculty
MSE
West Lafayette
Weng Chew (term ends 2026)
Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
ECE
West Lafayette
David Corti
Interim Head of Chemical Engineering and Professor of Chemical Engineering
ChE
West Lafayette
William Crossley
Uhrig & Vournas Head of the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics
AAE
West Lafayette
Petros Drineas (ex officio)
Department Head and Professor of Computer Science
West Lafayette
Anter El-Azab (term ends 2026)
Professor of Materials Engineering
MSE, NE
West Lafayette
Rao Govindaraju
Bowen Engineering Head of the Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering and Christopher B. and Susan S. Burke Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering
CCE
West Lafayette
Eckhard Groll
William E. and Florence E. Perry Head of Mechanical Engineering and Reilly Professor of Mechanical Engineering
ME, CEM, SEE
West Lafayette
Bryan Huey
Head of Materials Engineering
MSE
West Lafayette
Seungjin Kim
Capt. James McCarthy, Jr. and Cheryl E. McCarthy Head of Nuclear Engineering and Professor of Nuclear Engineering
NE
West Lafayette
Milind Kulkarni
Michael and Katherine Birck Head of the Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
ECE, EPICS
West Lafayette
Joyce Main
Interim Head of the School of Engineering Education and Professor of Engineering Education
ENE
West Lafayette
Tamara Moore (term ends 2026)
Professor of Engineering Education
ENE
West Lafayette
Nathan Mosier
Department Head, Agricultural & Biological Engineering | Indiana Soybean Board Professor in Soybean Utilization | Laboratory of Renewable Resources Engineering
ABE
West Lafayette
Loring Nies (term ends 2027)
Professor Civil Engineering/Environmental and Ecological Engineering
CCE, SEE
West Lafayette
Kevin Otto
Dane A. Miller Head of the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering and Professor
BME
West Lafayette
Young-Jun Son
James J. Solberg Head and Ransburg Professor of Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering
IE
West Lafayette
John Sutherland
Fehsenfeld Family Head and Distinguished Professor of Sustainability Engineering and Environmental Engineering
IE, SEE
West Lafayette
Yuehwern Yih (term ends 2026)
Professor of Industrial Engineering
IE, GEP
West Lafayette
Chongli Yuan (term ends 2026)
Professor Of Chemical Engineering
ChE, GEP
West Lafayette