May 15, 2001
Troy, N.Y. — Joseph E. Flaherty, Amos Eaton Professor of
Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been
named dean of the School of Science following an international
search.
The appointment, announced today by Rensselaer President
Shirley Ann Jackson, is effective immediately.
“Dr. Flaherty has served Rensselaer for 28 years as a
distinguished scholar and administrator,” Jackson said. “He
brings the intellectual leadership, the vision, and the
commitment that will move the School of Science forward to even
higher levels of excellence. In addition, his research is at
the intersection of biotechnology and information technology,
the two research areas given priority in the Rensselaer Plan,”
Jackson said.
As Amos Eaton Professor, Flaherty holds one of the most
honored academic appointments at Rensselaer, where his research
includes the simulation and modeling of biological
materials.
Flaherty has been co-author of 13 books and 139 articles in
refereed journals. He is a Fellow and Secretary of the U.S.
Association for Computational Mechanics, and the recipient of
an IBM Director’s Award and an Army Service Recognition Award.
He is an editor of SIAM Review, SIAM Monographs in Modeling and
Simulation, and Applied Numerical Mathematics, and member of
the editorial boards of International Journal of Computational
Engineering Science, SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, and
IACM Journal Computational Mechanics.
Flaherty graduated from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn
with a bachelor’s degree in aeronautical engineering and a
master’s degree and doctorate in applied mechanics. He joined
the Rensselaer faculty in 1973 and became the founding chair of
the Department of Computer Science in 1984.
Flaherty has served on the Institute’s internal strategic
planning committee for biotechnology and chairs the
Constellation Search Committee for Information Technology. He
has held teaching and research appointments at such
universities as Stanford, the University of Minnesota, the
University of Arizona, and New York University.
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