September 13, 2021
New Executive Dean of Engineering & Information Sciences announced
รรอลสำฦต’s Senior Professor Gursel Alici appointed
The รรอลสำฦต (รรอลสำฦต) is pleased to announce the appointment of as Executive Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences.
Senior Professor Alici, who has been acting in the role since June this year, brings to the role over 30 yearsโ experience in leading edge engineering research, and a successful track record in teaching and academic leadership.
A graduate of Oxford University, Senior Professor Alici joined รรอลสำฦต in 2004 and has served as head of the Universityโs School of Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronic and Biomedical Engineering since 2011. He has been Chief Investigator on 13 successful Australian Research Council (ARC) funded projects over 17 years and is รรอลสำฦตโs Director of Applied Mechatronics and Biomedical Engineering Research (AMBER) Group.
Senior Professor Alici is internationally respected, having undertaken research at the Swiss Institute of Technology, the City University of Hong Kong and the University of British Columbia in Canada as well as being an assessor for European, Canadian, French, Singaporean and Australian research funding organisations.
Senior Professor Alici is best known for his โsoft roboticsโ research, developing technologically advanced robotic prosthetics for amputees with the team at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science (ACES).
During his 17 yearsโ at UOW, Senior Professor Alici has also been committed to teaching and developing others. He is a mentor for รรอลสำฦตโs Early Career Researcher Development Program, supervised 27 PhD candidates, received the Universityโs Outstanding Contributions to Teaching and Learning (OCTAL) Award in 2010 and was highly commended for research supervision in the 2018 Vice-Chancellorโs Awards.
Engineers Australia Chief Executive Officer, advised รรอลสำฦต on this important appointment.
โI am delighted that Senior Professor Gursel Alici has been appointed the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences. His international reputation and links to industry will continue to elevate the Facultyโs reputation and profile.
โThe รรอลสำฦต has a proud history of excellence in Engineering and Information Sciences research and teaching that only continues to strengthen. These fields of endeavour have never been more important especially as the challenges facing the world become more urgent and more complex. I look forward to Professor Aliciโs leadership of the Faculty.
รรอลสำฦต Vice-Chancellor, , also welcomed Senior Professor Aliciโs appointment.
โSenior Professor Alici has been an effective academic leader within the Faculty for many years and is well-placed to take the reins at this crucial time for STEM disciplines.
โHis interdisciplinary research leadership experience, particularly where engineering and medical research intersect, exemplifies the kind of collaboration we need across our University.
โI congratulate him on his appointment and look forward to continuing to work with him as part of my executive leadership team,โ Professor Davidson said.