August 30, 2022 – The UT System Board of Regents has approved the promotion of several faculty members from the Margie and Bill Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design (the Klesse College). These promotions are effective September 1, 2022.
Promotion with Tenure, Mandatory Review
(assistant professor w/o tenure to associate professor with tenure)
- Christopher Rathbone, Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering
- Vikram Kapoor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Construction Science Management
- Sara Ahmed, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Chiyui (Ethan) Ahn, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- John (Jeff) Prevost, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Wei Gao, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Promotion with Tenure, Early Review
(assistant professor w/o tenure to associate professor with tenure)
- Greg Griffin, School of Architecture and Planning
- Qian (Guenevere) Chen, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Yanmin (Emily) Gong, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Promotion to Professor
- Wassim Ghannoum, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Construction Management
- Ram Krishnan, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Stephen Temple, School of Architecture and Planning
Promotion to Professor of Instruction
- Fatma Arslan, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Youngjoong Joo, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
“I would like to congratulate each of the promoted faculty members on this career milestone,” said JoAnn Browning, dean of the Klesse College. “Our faculty play a monumental role in furthering research in their academic disciplines and helping Roadrunners to build their bold futures. Each of these promotions is very much deserved.”
The Klesse College is San Antonio’s leading producer of research and instruction in engineering and design disciplines. Hosting nationally and world-renowned faculty, industry leading facilities and curricula developed with a focus on hands-on experiential learning, the college is committed to identifying and solving grand challenges where humanity intersects with the physical world.
UTSA is a Tier One research university and a Hispanic Serving Institution specializing in cyber, health, fundamental futures, and social-economic transformation. With an emphasis on transdisciplinary collaboration, innovation and entrepreneurship, UTSA is leveraging its research and development capabilities to benefit the San Antonio community and the world beyond.