Philippe Fauchet
Philippe Fauchet | |
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| Title | Bruce and Bridgitt Evans Dean, Vanderbilt University School of Engineering |
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| Notable students | Sharon M. Weiss |
Philippe Max Fauchet is a Belgian-born engineer and academic. He has served as Bruce and Bridgitt Evans Dean of the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering since July 2012.[1][2]
Fauchet received an undergraduate degree from the Faculté polytechnique de Mons in 1978. He completed a Master of Science in engineering at Brown University and a Ph.D. in applied physics at Stanford University in 1984. Fauchet received a Sloan Research Fellowship in 1988.
Between 1990 and 2012, Fauchet taught at the University of Rochester; he served as chair of the university's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering from 2010 to 2012. Fauchet was named Dean of the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering in December 2011. He assumed the position in July 2012, succeeding Kenneth Galloway.[3][4] Among Fauchet's stated priorities for the school early in his tenure were developing a culture of entrepreneurship and increasing collaboration.[5] He was reappointed for another five-year term as Dean in 2017.[6]
Honors and awards[edit]
- Fellow, National Academy of Inventors, 2016[7]
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2016[8]
- Fellow, Materials Research Society, 2011
- Fellow, SPIE, 2010[9]
- Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 1999
- Fellow, American Physical Society, 1998
- Fellow, Optical Society of America, 1998
- Sloan Research Fellow, 1988
References[edit]
- ^ "New faculty: 21 Insights into Philippe Fauchet". Vanderbilt University. November 9, 2012. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
- ^ "Profile". VINSE - Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
- ^ "Philippe Fauchet Named Engineering Dean at Vanderbilt University". www.rochester.edu. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
- ^ "Fauchet named dean at Vanderbilt School of Engineering". Vanderbilt University. December 8, 2011. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
- ^ "Vanderbilt's new dean of school of engineering wants to turn research into inventions". timesnews.net. Associated Press. 2 March 2013. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
- ^ "Fauchet reappointed dean of School of Engineering". Vanderbilt University. April 27, 2017. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
- ^ "Dean Philippe Fauchet is elected to the National Academy of Inventors". Vanderbilt University. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
- ^ "2016 Fellows | American Association for the Advancement of Science". www.aaas.org. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
- ^ "Philippe Fauchet". spie.org. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
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- American people of Belgian descent
- 21st-century Belgian engineers
- 21st-century American engineers
- Brown University School of Engineering alumni
- Stanford University alumni
- Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors
- Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Fellows of the American Physical Society
- Vanderbilt University faculty
- Sloan Research Fellows
- Living people