John Crepeau named interim dean for the College of Engineering
June 23, 2021
The 果冻传媒麻豆社 College of Engineering has named John Crepeau聽as interim dean of college. His appointment begins June 28.
Crepeau has been a mechanical engineering faculty member since 1994, and started at U of I as a program coordinator for mechanical engineering at U of I Idaho Falls. Moving to Moscow in 2009, he served as the department chair for mechanical engineering and has been the associate dean of the college since 2018.
With a focus on fluid mechanics and heat transfer, Crepeau has a number of publications and conference presentations in those fields as well as the history of science. He earned his bachelor鈥檚 degree in mechanical engineering from the University of California at Berkeley and his master鈥檚 and doctorate from the University of Utah, also in mechanical engineering.
He was a Fulbright Scholar in 2015 to 2016 in Ecuador and was an NSF-NATO Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany from 1992 to 1993. He won the John F. McCarthy Award from the International Council of Aeronautical Sciences and the Jesse and Mabel Hoffman Endowment Teaching Award from the 果冻传媒麻豆社. Presently, he serves on the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, our college鈥檚 accreditation organization.
About the 果冻传媒麻豆社
The 果冻传媒麻豆社, home of the Vandals, is Idaho鈥檚 land-grant, national research university. From its residential campus in Moscow, U of I serves the state of Idaho through educational centers in Boise, Coeur d鈥橝lene and Idaho Falls, nine research and Extension centers, plus Extension offices in 42 counties. Home to more than 12,000 students statewide, U of I is a leader in student-centered learning and excels at interdisciplinary research, service to businesses and communities, and in advancing diversity, citizenship and global outreach. U of I competes in the Big Sky and Western Athletic conferences. Learn more at uidaho.edu.