{"59917":{"#nid":"59917","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Rafael Bras Named Georgia Tech Provost","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDr. Rafael L. Bras, a distinguished professor and dean of the Henry Samueli School of Engineering of the University of California-Irvine, has accepted an offer from President G. P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson to serve as Georgia Tech\u2019s next Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs. He will start his new position on September 1, 2010.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt is with great pleasure that I announce Rafael Bras will join Georgia Tech as its next provost,\u201d Peterson said. \u201cOver the course of his career, he has developed an international reputation centered on service, teaching and learning. I believe the breadth of experience he brings to the Institute will be of enormous benefit to our students and our faculty.\u201d\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA native of Puerto Rico, Bras is a civil engineer and hydrologist by training, earning each of his degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Prior to his appointment at UC-Irvine, he was the Edward A. Abdun-Nur Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at MIT, and also held an appointment in the university\u2019s Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences. He is past chair of the MIT faculty, former head of its Civil and Environmental Engineering department and director of the Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory.  \n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt Georgia Tech, the provost reports directly to the president and is charged with the formulation, direction and oversight of all academic units including the colleges, the library and professional education. As chief academic officer, the provost oversees academic policy and priorities, establishes standards for the quality of the student body and maintains educational excellence. The provost has responsibility for recruitment and hiring of faculty and academic administrators, as well as administration of the Institute\u2019s promotion and tenure process. \n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAs a full spectrum university centered in engineering and science, Georgia Tech is in an excellent position to lead higher education in the 21st century. I am honored to become part of an extraordinary team that builds on a tradition of great institutional leadership. More importantly my wife, Pat, and I are thankful for the welcoming offered by what all accounts is a great family of students, staff, faculty and alumni(ae).\u201d \n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBras was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering in 2001. He is a member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences of Puerto Rico and a corresponding member of the National Academy of Engineering of Mexico. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Geophysical Union and the American Meteorological Society.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI want to thank the members of the search committee, led by Steve Salbu, as well as those in our community who provided their comments on our finalists,\u201d Peterson said. \u201cParticipation of this kind is vital to maintaining a healthy campus discourse, ensuring that all have an opportunity to be heard on what makes sense for the future of Georgia Tech.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDr. Rafael L. Bras, a distinguished professor and dean of the Henry Samueli School of Engineering of the University of California-Irvine, has accepted an offer from President G. P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson to serve as Georgia Tech\u2019s next Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs. He will start his new position on September 1, 2010.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Institute\u0027s chief academic officer to begin September 1."}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2010-07-07 11:22:54","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:03","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-07-07T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-07-07T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"59916":{"id":"59916","type":"image","title":"Dr. Rafael Bras","body":null,"created":"1449176239","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:57:19","changed":"1475894520","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:00","alt":"Dr. Rafael Bras","file":{"fid":"191031","name":"Bras.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Bras_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Bras_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":245361,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Bras_0.jpg?itok=-S4fNTgU"}}},"media_ids":["59916"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.provost.gatech.edu\/","title":"Office of the Provost"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.provost.gatech.edu\/feedback\/provost\/assets\/bras_cv.pdf","title":"Curriculum Vitae -- Dr. Rafael Bras"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.provost.gatech.edu\/feedback\/provost\/video.html?candidate=bras","title":"Finalist Presentation: Dr. Rafael Bras (video link)"}],"groups":[{"id":"1182","name":"General"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"}],"keywords":[{"id":"288","name":"Leadership"},{"id":"9213","name":"Office of the Provost"},{"id":"937","name":"provost"},{"id":"10243","name":"rafael bras"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}