The University appointed Judy Wornat as dean of the College of Engineering, according to a news release sent the morning of Jan. 24.
“We are pleased to name Dr. Judy Wornat as dean of the LSU College of Engineering,” LSU President F. King Alexander said in the release. “This is an exciting time for our engineering students, faculty and staff as the renovations to Patrick F. Taylor Hall are coming to completion, giving LSU the largest stand-alone engineering facility in the country.
Under Dean Wornat’s leadership, we look forward to continued growth and the continued rise of our College of Engineering.”
Four candidates participated in on-campus interviews and open forums in the fall during the school’s national search for a new dean.
Wornat graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1981 before pursuing her graduate studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she earned a master of Science and doctor of science degrees in chemical engineering in 1983 and 1988, respectively.
Wornat served as the University’s Department of Chemical Engineering director of graduate studies from 2005 -11. She also served as the department chair from 2011-15. Since July 2015, she has served as the interim dean of the College of Engineering.
“I am absolutely thrilled to be appointed the new dean of the LSU College of Engineering,” Wornat said in the release. “Thanks to the tremendous efforts of our previous dean and the college’s faculty, staff, alumni, and corporate and community partners, the LSU College of Engineering has made great progress over the last several years on so many fronts: increasing the enrollment and diversity of our student body; adding new faculty in research areas important to the Louisiana economy; forging successful alliances with other institutions and industry to land major research centers; and, of course, the $114-million renovation and expansion of Patrick F. Taylor Hall, which will ultimately provide LSU College of Engineering students, faculty and staff over 430,000 square feet of state-of-the art laboratories, classrooms, offices and gathering spaces where they can learn, design, discover and create.”
The University appointed Judy Wornat as dean of the College of Engineering, according to a press release sent Tuesday morning.
“We are pleased to name Dr. Judy Wornat as dean of the LSU College of Engineering,” said LSU President F. King Alexander. “This is an exciting time for our engineering students, faculty and staff as the renovations to Patrick F. Taylor Hall are coming to completion, giving LSU the largest stand-alone engineering facility in the country. Under Dean Wornat’s leadership we look forward to continued growth and the continued rise of our College of Engineering.”
Four candidates participated in on-campus interviews and open forms in the fall during the school’s national search for a new dean.
Wornat graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1981 before pursuing her graduate studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she earned a Master of Science and Doctor of Science degrees in chemical engineering in 1983 and 1988, respectively.
Wornat has served as the University’s Department of Chemical Engineering’s director of graduate studies from 2005 to 2011. She has also served as the department chair from 2011 to 2015. Since July 2015, she has served as the interim dean of the College of Engineering.
“I am absolutely thrilled to be appointed the new dean of the LSU College of Engineering,” Wornat said. “Thanks to the tremendous efforts of our previous dean and the college’s faculty, staff, alumni, and corporate and community partners, the LSU College of Engineering has made great progress over the last several years on so many fronts: increasing the enrollment and diversity of our student body; adding new faculty in research areas important to the Louisiana economy; forging successful alliances with other institutions and industry to land major research centers; and, of course, the $114-million renovation and expansion of Patrick F. Taylor Hall, which will ultimately provide LSU College of Engineering students, faculty and staff over 430,000 square feet of state-of-the art laboratories, classrooms, offices and gathering spaces where they can learn, design, discover and create.”