Introducer: Bev Seiford

Dean Alec Gallimore will share an overview of Michigan Engineering’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) progress and plans. In January of this year, the American Society for Engineering Education granted the College Bronze-level recognition (highest level currently offered) in its Diversity Recognition Program. This fall, the College expects to launch a framework for sustained education to address issues of race, ethnicity, unconscious bias and inclusion.

Biography:
Dr. Alec D. Gallimore is the  Robert J. Vlasic Dean of Engineering at the University of Michigan. Dean Gallimore is a rocket scientist, and in 2019 was elected to the National Academy of Engineering–among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer.  He earned a BS in Aeronautical Engineering from Rensselaer (RPI), and MA and Ph.D. degrees in Aerospace Engineering with a focus on plasma physics from Princeton.  He is the Richard F. and Eleanor A. Towner Professor of Engineering, an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering, and founder and co-director of the Plasmadynamics and Electric Propulsion Laboratory (PEPL). He is also a member of the Applied Physics faculty. He is co-founder of ElectroDynamic Applications, Inc. (EDA), a high-tech aerospace firm in Ann Arbor, specializing in plasma device engineering.