Philippe Fauchet Explained

Philippe Fauchet
Titles:	Bruce and Bridgitt Evans Dean, Vanderbilt University School of Engineering
Notable Students:	Sharon M. Weiss

Philippe Max Fauchet is a Belgian-born engineer and academic. He has served as Bruce and Bridgitt Evans Dean of the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering since July 2012.^{[1] [2]}

Fauchet received an undergraduate degree from the Faculté polytechnique de Mons in 1978. He completed a Master of Science in engineering at Brown University and a Ph.D. in applied physics at Stanford University in 1984. Fauchet received a Sloan Research Fellowship in 1988.

Between 1990 and 2012, Fauchet taught at the University of Rochester; he served as chair of the university's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering from 2010 to 2012. Fauchet was named Dean of the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering in December 2011. He assumed the position in July 2012, succeeding Kenneth Galloway.^{[3] [4]} Among Fauchet's stated priorities for the school early in his tenure were developing a culture of entrepreneurship and increasing collaboration.^[5] He was reappointed for another five-year term as Dean in 2017.^[6]

Honors and awards

• Fellow, National Academy of Inventors, 2016^[7]
• Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2016^[8]
• Fellow, Materials Research Society, 2011
• Fellow, SPIE, 2010^[9]
• Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 1999
• Fellow, American Physical Society, 1998
• Fellow, Optical Society of America, 1998
• Sloan Research Fellow, 1988

Notes and References

1. Web site: November 9, 2012. New faculty: 21 Insights into Philippe Fauchet. 2022-02-18. Vanderbilt University. en-US.
2. Web site: Profile. 2022-02-18. VINSE - Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering. en.
3. Web site: Philippe Fauchet Named Engineering Dean at Vanderbilt University. 2022-02-18. www.rochester.edu.
4. Web site: December 8, 2011. Fauchet named dean at Vanderbilt School of Engineering. 2022-02-18. Vanderbilt University. en-US.
5. Web site: Associated Press. Vanderbilt's new dean of school of engineering wants to turn research into inventions. 2022-02-18. timesnews.net. 2 March 2013 . en.
6. Web site: April 27, 2017. Fauchet reappointed dean of School of Engineering. 2022-02-18. Vanderbilt University. en-US.
7. Web site: Dean Philippe Fauchet is elected to the National Academy of Inventors. 2022-02-18. Vanderbilt University. en.
8. Web site: 2016 Fellows American Association for the Advancement of Science. 2022-02-18. www.aaas.org. en.
9. Web site: Philippe Fauchet. 2022-02-18. spie.org.