Purdue trustees confirm 20 CoE faculty promotions

Twenty College of Engineering faculty members were promoted to associate and full professorships at the meeting of the Purdue Board of Trustees on April 10.

The following promotions are effective at the beginning of the 2015-16 academic year:

To full professor from associate professor

Daniel A. DeLaurentis

professor of aeronautics and astronautics

Sherry Lynn Harbin

professor of biomedical engineering

Pedro Irazoqui

professor of biomedical engineering

Matthew J.M. Krane

professor of materials engineering

Nathan Mosier

professor of agricultural and biological engineering

Zheng Ouyang

professor of biomedical engineering

Jenna Rickus

professor of agricultural and biological engineering

Ann E. Rundell

professor of biomedical engineering

Jeffrey P. Youngblood

professor of materials engineering

To associate professor from assistant professor

Hubo Cai

associate professor of civil engineering and construction engineering and management

Jong Hyun Choi

associate professor of mechanical engineering

Panagiota Karava

associate professor of civil engineering and construction engineering and management

Milind V. Kulkarni

associate professor of electrical and computer engineering

Krishna Madhavan

associate professor of engineering education

Karen Marais

associate professor of aeronautics and astronautics

Jitesh H. Panchal

associate professor of mechanical engineering

Senay Purzer

associate professor of engineering education

Dengfeng Sun

associate professor of aeronautics and astronautics

Juan P. Wachs

associate professor of industrial engineering

Chongli Yuan

associate professor of chemical engineering