MechSE alumna Karen Thole (BSME 1982, MSME 1984) will be named the Robert J. Vlasic Dean of Engineering at the University of Michigan this fall.
Written by University of Michigan
Two-time MechSE alumna Karen Thole (BSME 1982, MSME 1984) has been selected to lead the University of Michigan's College of Engineering as Dean. She will become the Robert J. Vlasic Dean this August.
Thole currently serves as a University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and as the Director of the START Lab at Pennsylvania State University and Director of the Engineering Ambassadors Network.
“I am humbled and honored to have been chosen for this position. Using the People-First Engineering approach, I hope to help Michigan’s diverse and talented community of faculty, staff, students, and alumni continue to find solutions to the challenging problems that our world faces,” said Thole.