The Academic Affairs Office serves the Cockrell School of Engineering and the seven engineering departments by overseeing teaching activities, including:
- policies & procedures
- faculty awards
- faculty recruitment
- catalog updating
- awarding grants for teaching innovations (such as multimedia instruction)
- managing the School budget for teaching assistants
- overseeing preparations for ABET accreditation
- new faculty orientation
- important dates
- faculty innovation seminars
- teaching effectiveness seminars
- academic development funds
Associate Dean, Dr. David S. Dolling
David S. Dolling is the Joe C. Walter Endowed Chair in Engineering. He is also a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Texas.
Dr. Dolling specializes in experimental gas dynamics and aerodynamics at supersonic and hypersonic speeds. His current work focuses on shock-induced turbulent separated flows and unsteady cavity flows. He has served on the Cockrell School of Engineering faculty since 1983. He has two years of industrial experience and has published more than 100 technical articles and reports. Dr. Dolling is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics (AIAA) and The Royal Aeronautical Society, and serves as Vice-President (Publications) of AIAA.
More information about Dr. Dolling may be obtained from his home page.
Executive Assistant: Sonya
Shaffer
Administrative Associate: Terri
Lavorgna
Administrative Associate: Mayda Cruz