William C. Van Buskirk
William C. Van Buskirk was the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs of New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) in Newark, New Jersey from Oct 1998 to June 2004.,[1][2] and he retired in Dec. 2011 as a Distinguished Professor in the department of Biomedical Engineering and is the Foundation Professor of Biomechanical Engineering at NJIT.
Education
Dr. Van Buskirk received his BS (1964) from the United States Military Academy, an MS (1966) and PhD (1970) in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from Stanford University. He also has a Certificate from the Institute for Educational Management at Harvard University.
Career
Dr. Van Buskirk started off as an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Tulane University. He developed the undergraduate program in Biomedical Engineering there and rose to head of department and endowed chair positions before becoming the Dean of the School of Engineering. He left Tulane University in 1998 to become the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
During his almost six years term as the Provost at NJIT, he was involved with the creation of the Biomedical Engineering department, the movement of the Chemistry and Environmental Science faculty to the College of Science and Liberal Arts and the evolution of the Computer and Information Science department into the College of Computing Sciences. He stepped back to teaching and research roles as a Distinguished Professor in the Biomedical Engineering department in 2004.
Honors and awards
- Recipient of Dow Outstanding Young Faculty Award from American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE).
- Recipient of Outstanding Biomedical Engineering Educator Award from ASEE.
- Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
- Fellow of American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.
- Fellow of Biomedical Engineering Society.
References
- ↑ http://www.njit.edu/v2/News/Releases/3368.html 'NJIT : Tulane Dean named NJIT Provost and Senior Vice-President for Academic Affairs'
- ↑ http://www.njit.edu/news/2004/2004-004.php 'NJIT: Provost Van Buskirk Transitions to Teaching and Research'
External links
| Preceded by: Gary Thomas |
Provost of New Jersey Institute of Technology Oct 1998-June 2004 |
Succeeded by: Priscilla Nelson, PhD |