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LEWISBURG — Bucknell University has hired Brad Putman as Dean Richard E. Garman of the College of Engineering following a nationwide search.
Putman will start at Bucknell on July 1.
Putman has served as Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies at Clemson University’s College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences since 2016. Putman has served as Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies at Clemson since 2005.
Putman earned his bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate degrees in civil engineering at Clemson. Putman was first named acting associate dean for undergraduate studies at the college in November 2016, becoming permanent associate dean in August 2017.
Putman “led the development of a strategic plan for undergraduate education in the College of Engineering, Computing, and Applied Science; the establishment of a new recruitment grant for engineering students; deployment of a college-wide survey to assess the motivation, identity and sense of belonging of engineering students; and creating interdisciplinary opportunities for engineering and computer science students,” according to a statement from Bucknell.
Putman is a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers, American Society of Engineering Education, and Chi Epsilon. He succeeds Pat Mather, who left last August to become dean of Schreyer Honors College at Penn State University. Professor Erin Jablonski, chemical engineering, has served as acting dean of the college since Mather’s departure.
