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 (ex officio)

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

(765) 494-5733

raman@purdue.edu

William Sondgerath - Administrator

Senior Assistant Dean for Staff and Administration

West Lafayette

(765) 494-1871

wsondgerath@purdue.edu

Dulcy Abraham (term ends 2025)

Professor of Civil Engineering

CCE, CEM

West Lafayette

(765) 494-2239

dulcy@purdue.edu

Rose Prabin Ambrose (term ends 2025)

Professor Of Ag And Bio Engr

ABE

West Lafayette

rambrose@purdue.edu

David Bahr

Head and Professor of Materials Engineering

MSE

West Lafayette

(765) 494-4100

dfbahr@purdue.edu

Edward Berger

Interim Head and Professor of Engineering Education

ENE, ME

West Lafayette

(765) 496-0193

bergere@purdue.edu

Weng Chew (term ends 2026)

Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

ECE

West Lafayette

(765) 494-5402

wcchew@purdue.edu

William Crossley

Uhrig & Vournas Head of Aeronautics and Astronautics

AAE

West Lafayette

(765) 496-2872

crossley@purdue.edu

Petros Drineas (ex officio)

Head and Professor of Computer Science

West Lafayette

pdrineas@purdue.edu

Anter El-Azab (term ends 2026)

Professor of Materials Engineering

MSE

West Lafayette

aelazab@purdue.edu

Rao Govindaraju

Bowen Engineering Head of Civil Engineering and Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering

CCE

West Lafayette

(765) 496-3402

govind@purdue.edu

Eckhard Groll

William E. and Florence Perry Head of the School of Mechanical Engineering, Reilly Professor of Mechanical Engineering

ME, CEM, EEE

West Lafayette

(765) 496-2201

groll@purdue.edu

Sangtae Kim

Jay and Cynthia Ihlenfeld Head of the School of Chemical Engineering and Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering

ChE

West Lafayette

kim55@purdue.edu

Seungjin Kim

Capt. James McCarthy, Jr. and Cheryl E. McCarthy Head of the School of Nuclear Engineering and Professor of Nuclear Engineering

West Lafayette

seungjin@purdue.edu

Milind Kulkarni

Michael and Katherine Birck Head and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

ECE, EPICS

West Lafayette

milind@purdue.edu

Husheng Li (term ends 2025)

Professor Of Aero And Astro Engineering

AAE, ECE

West Lafayette

husheng@purdue.edu

Na Lu (ex officio)

Associate Dean of the Faculty, College of Engineering Reilly Professor, Lyles School of Civil Engineering Inaugural Director, Center for Intelligent Infrastructure

CCE, MSE

West Lafayette

luna@purdue.edu