Dennis Assanis | |
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Alma mater | Newcastle University Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Occupation | Academic, scientist, engineer and author |
Title | 28th President of the University of Delaware since June 6, 2016[1] |
Spouse(s) | Eleni Assanis |
Dennis N. Assanis is an American academic, scientist, engineer and author, formerly the Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs of Stony Brook University,[2] a position he obtained in 2011,[3] and currently the President of the University of Delaware, starting in 2016.[4][5] He was previously also the Jon R. and Beverly S. Holt Professor of Engineering and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of at the University of Michigan, the Director of the University of Michigan Michigan Memorial Phoenix Energy Institute, the Founding Director of the US-China Clean Energy Research Center for Clean Vehicles, and also the Director of the University of Michigan Walter E. Lay Automotive Laboratory. From 1996 to 2002, he was also the Founding Director of the Automotive Engineering at University of Michigan, the Department Chair of Mechanical Engineering from 2002 to 2007, Director of the Automative Research Center from 2002 to 2009 and then also the Founding Director of the General Motors-University of Michigan Collaborative Research Laboratory for Advanced Engine Systems from 2002 to 2011.[3]