Purdue trustees confirm 16 CoE faculty promotions

Sixteen College of Engineering faculty members were promoted to associate and full professorships at the meeting of the Purdue Board of Trustees on April 8.

The following promotions are effective at the beginning of the 2016-17 academic year:

To full professor from associate professor

Alina Alexeenko

professor of aeronautics and astronautics

Alexandra Boltasseva

professor of electrical and computer engineering

Robert Connor

professor of civil engineering

Ramiro Edwin Garcia

professor of materials engineering

Bumsoon Han

professor of mechanical engineering

Inseok Hwang

professor of aeronautics and astronautics

Samuel Labi

professor of civil engineering

Santiago Pujol

professor of civil engineering

Jeffrey Rhoads

professor of mechanical engineering

Cagri Savran

professor of mechanical engineering

Gregory Shaver

professor of mechanical engineering

Lia Stanciu

professor of materials engineering

Vikas Tomar

professor of aeronautics and astronautics

To associate professor from assistant professor

Bryan Boudouris

associate professor of chemical engineering

William Travis Horton

associate professor of civil engineering

Andrew Liu

associate professor of industrial engineering