暗网禁区 Provost Russell L. Moore today announced the appointment of Terri Fiez, director of strategic initiatives and professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Oregon State University, as vice chancellor for research. Fiez (pronounced fees) will begin her duties on Sept 16.
A former National Science Foundation Young Investigator awardee with over 150 publications, Fiez鈥檚 scholarly interests focus on analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits and approaches to innovative education. The industry relations program she created at Oregon State University hosts more than 400 industry visitors per year and is highlighted by an engineering expo featuring all engineering seniors demonstrating their senior projects to more than 2,500 industry and community visitors.
鈥淭erri Fiez has an extraordinary track record of not only research and leadership, but also of developing strong partnerships with industry and federal agencies,鈥� Moore said. 鈥淭he search committee and I were captivated by her vision, energy and strong abilities in extending the benefits of university research to public and private sector partners, and her commitment to fostering entrepreneurship and innovation. She will be a great fit for CU-Boulder.鈥�
Fiez has been at OSU since 1999 and has served as a research leader, the head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the Research Agenda Strategy Consultant to the Vice President for Research and head of the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. In 2008-09 she took a leave of absence from OSU to co-found, launch and serve as CEO of a startup company and since then has helped support several other early stage startup companies as well.
After the departments of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering merged to become the School of EECS in 2003, her leadership resulted in rapid growth in research and the PhD program by promoting collaboration across disciplines and growing nationally recognized research groups. The research expenditures and PhD program tripled in size during this period.听
Prior to her time at OSU, she was an assistant and associate professor at Washington State University.
鈥淚 am excited about joining the CU-Boulder leadership team and working with researchers to partner with industry, national labs, other universities, and state and federal governments to grow the impact of CU research for Colorado and the nation,鈥� Fiez said.
Fiez earned bachelor鈥檚 and master鈥檚 degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Idaho and a PhD in electrical and computer engineering from Oregon State University.
Moore announced in October that Stein Sture will retire from his current post as听vice chancellor for research听after 35 years of service to the campus. Sture has agreed to remain in his post through Sept. 15 and then return to the College of Engineering and Applied Science as a professor.
CU-Boulder Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano thanked Sture for his more than three decades of service to CU-Boulder.
鈥淓ven as we welcome Terri Fiez into the post of Vice Chancellor for Research, I want to personally thank Stein Sture for his many years of distinguished service to the university,鈥� said DiStefano. 鈥淚n every post, he has led with honor, collegiality and good humor, and we are fortunate to have him remain as our Huber and听Helen Croft Endowed Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering in the College of Engineering and Applied Science.鈥�
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