Dennis Livesay will develop into dean of Michigan Technological University’s University of
Computing on Feb. one, 2021.
Livesay comes to Michigan Tech from Wichita State College (WSU), where by he is dean
of the University of Engineering and a entire professor in the two the Division of Chemistry
and Division of Biomedical Engineering. Livesay replaces outgoing dean Adrienne
Minerick.
“We are delighted to welcome Dr. Livesay to the College as our subsequent dean of the University of Computing,” said Jacqueline Huntoon, provost and senior vice president for tutorial affairs.
“The blend of Dr. Livesay’s prior activities and his eyesight for the long term
of the University of Computing make him ideally suited to fortify the University going
ahead.”
“Digital transformation is impacting each and every industry, including engineering and manufacturing,”
said Livesay. “Computing, facts, connectivity, and protection are previously the cornerstones
of the modern economic system. I look ahead to functioning with everyone in the University of Computing,
and throughout campus, to fortify our attempts in these areas.”
Livesay mentioned that, when he has been satisfied in his purpose at WSU, he noticed the option
to direct Michigan’s only faculty of computing as 1 he could not go up. “I actually
see this as a when-in-a-life time option that — specified MTU’s traditional founded
strength in engineering — aligns completely with my background,” he said.
Livesay delivers extra than twenty yrs of working experience in greater education and learning to Michigan Tech.
His vocation started in 2000 at California State Polytechnic College, Pomona, where by
he was assistant and then affiliate professor of chemistry. From there, he continued
on to the College of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC), where by he was a founding
member of the Division of Bioinformatics and Genomics and developed two of UNCC’s
most seen research plans: the bioinformatics and computational biology doctoral
program and the Charlotte Study Scholars undergraduate research program.
In 2016, Livesay joined WSU as dean of the Graduate University and affiliate vice president
of research and technology transfer prior to starting to be dean of the University of Engineering
in January 2019. Livesay’s research knowledge is in the area of protein family sequence,
composition and function interactions, with a particular emphasis on understanding how
physical and chemical houses differ with evolutionary divergence. He has invested his
vocation functioning throughout disciplinary boundaries and intends to prioritize interdisciplinary
work in his purpose as University of Computing dean.
“The College was lucky to attract a really strong pool of candidates all through this
research and I am confident that we have employed the human being who will be best ready to direct
the University of Computing in the coming yrs,” said Huntoon. “I want to thank Dr.
Adrienne Minerick for her tenacity and commitment to Michigan Tech. She provided superb
leadership for the University from the working day it arrived into existence. For the reason that of her attempts,
the University is very well positioned to improve in the long term.”
Born and raised in Columbus, Indiana, Livesay was a initial-generation college scholar.
He will be joined in Houghton by his wife, Lauren, and son, Maxwell. “My family and
I are rabid hockey supporters,” Livesay said, “and we will be enormous supporters of Michigan
Tech hockey. In fact, I previously have an MTU jersey that I’ve commenced donning all through
rec league.”
Michigan Technological College is a public research college, home to extra than
seven,000 learners from fifty four countries. Founded in 1885, the College delivers extra than
one hundred twenty undergraduate and graduate diploma plans in science and technology, engineering,
forestry, business and economics, wellness professions, humanities, mathematics, and
social sciences. Our campus in Michigan’s Higher Peninsula overlooks the Keweenaw Waterway
and is just a handful of miles from Lake Exceptional.