Join Dean John English for a Lunch & Learn about the College of Engineering's priorities, diversity and inclusion in engineering, and his new role as Vice Chancellor of Research and Innovation.
John R. English is Dean of the College of Engineering and holder of the Irma F. and Raymond F. Giffels Endowed Chair in Engineering at the University of Arkansas. He received his BSEE degree and MS degree in operations research from the University of Arkansas and his PhD in industrial engineering and management from Oklahoma State University. He has served on the faculties of Texas A&M University and Kansas State University and the University of Arkansas. English served as head of the U of A Department of Industrial Engineering from 2000 to 2007. Prior to joining the University of Arkansas as dean in 2013, he served as dean and the LeRoy C. and Aileen H. Paslay Chair of the Kansas State College of Engineering. Dr. English is a Fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE). He has served as editor for IIE Transactions on Quality and Reliability Engineering, as a Board of Trustee member for IIE, a member and the chair of the board of directors for the Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, a juror for the NCEES Engineering Awards for Connecting Professional Practice and Education, and scores of other international positions. He has actively published in the areas of quality, reliability and logistics.