By News Staff
Nadine Aubry, a former engineering professor at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Penn., will take over as dean of Northeastern’s College of Engineering this fall.
Northeastern announced her hiring last week in a statement on its website. Aubry previously headed Carnegie Mellon’s mechanical engineering department.
In the statement, Northeastern Provost Stephen W. Director said he expects Aubry to improve the College of Engineering as a leading research school.
Calling Aubry an “outstanding scholar,” university President Joseph E. Aoun said, “Her accomplishments in research and innovation make her the ideal person to lead the College of Engineering and advance the university’s momentum in developing scientific solutions to real-world challenges.”
On Sept. 1, Aubry will replace Allen Soyster, who served as interim dean after David Luzzi was promoted to a different role in the fall. Northeastern said Soyster will return as a member of the engineering faculty.
Luzzi was selected to help guide Northeastern’s security research programs as the executive director of the Strategic Security Initiative.
Aubry has worked extensively in the field of fluid mechanics, according to Northeastern, and she is a member and former chair of the National Academy of Sciences delegation to the International Union of Theoretical Applied Mechanics.
While at Carnegie Mellon, Aubry expanded the school’s graduate program and established dual Ph.D. offerings with places in Asia, Northeastern said. Aubry also created the International Service-Learning Engineering program, Northeastern said, an offering described in the statement as similar to co-op.
Speaking about the College of Engineering, Aubry said in the Northeastern statement, “I feel extremely privileged and excited to have the opportunity to work with the faculty, students, staff, alumni and industry partners to bring the college to even greater heights and increase its impact.”
