Natacha DePaola Named Dean of Armour College of Engineering
Provost Alan Cramb yesterday announced the appointment of Natacha DePaola as dean of Armour College of Engineering. DePaola joins IIT from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), where she has been chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering since 2005 and on the faculty since 1994. Before RPI, DePaola was assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Northwestern University.
"Natacha DePaola brings the experience, energy, and innovative thinking needed to continue Armour Colleges tradition as an internationally recognized engineering school," said President Anderson. "Her demonstrated success in maintaining excellent undergraduate programs while growing graduate and research studies, and her commitment to developing interdisciplinary opportunities, make her a perfect fit for IIT."
"We are very excited to welcome Dr. DePaola to IIT," said Cramb. "Her experience with strategic development will be invaluable to IIT and Armour as the university prepares to launch its new strategic plan this summer." Cramb also extended praise to IIT College of Science and Letters Dean Russell Betts, who served as chair of the Armour dean search committee.
DePaola received a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from Universidad Simon Bolivar in 1984, and a Master of Science in mechanical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1987. She completed her Ph.D. degree in Medical Engineering and Medical Physics from the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (1991) and Postdoctoral training at Columbia University (1992). DePaola received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER), is a Frontiers Alumna of the National Academy of Engineering, and a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.
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