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Dean of Engineering, University of California, Davis Indoor Environmental Engineer Proud UC Davis Alumnus Faith in younger generations Dog lover

Sep 3, 2021, 26 tweets

1/ Tomorrow is my last day @Portland_State. Will miss wonderful dean colleagues, as well as faculty, staff, & students of the Maseeh College of Engineering & Computer Science @MCECSpdx. We accomplished much TOGETHER these past 3 yrs. #ThinkBoldMCECS! #ShineBrightMCECS! Images .

Some of the most inspiring students you will find anywhere. You are giants!

Incredible @MCECSpdx staff. You rock!

Dedicated and impactful faculty. Keep thinking boldly!

My Executive Assistant who so adeptly guided me from point A to point B every day, managed media inquiries, handled social media & outreach to peers, so much more. O owe you so much. Thank you!

View from my office window. I will miss Dr. Hood.

An intruder seen leaving the Engineering Building after stealing some M&Ms from @DonMueller17 office. Never caught the vandal!

Faculty and staff in first of eight charrettes to help define strategic vision (L) and leadership team digesting and evaluating weeks of brainstorming ideas as vision start to take shape.

More extraordinary alumni inducted into our Academy of Distinguished Alumni.

Holiday department gingerbread house competition.

Visits to two companies represented by members of our highly effective Dean's executive Council. Simplexity on left (w/ new interim Dean Wu-Chi Feng at far right) and Daimler Trucks North America on right.

Honored to have special guest Megan Smith, 3rd Chief Technology Officer of US and first woman in role, sitting at my office desk. Wonderful visit with a trailblazer. And inspiring talk afterward! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megan_Smi…

Winter attire at Max station, waiting for train home.

New friend doing HookEm! outside Engineering Building.

Meeting w/ the late Chik Erzurumlu, founding Dean of the Maseeh College of Engineering & Computer Science. Wonderful and gentle man. We all miss him.

Named after a wonderful person & friend.

Family visiting from California.

And then came COVID hair.

Wildfire skies

Record heat waves

Flying new department banners in atrium of Engineering Building

Vaccinations (no clowning around). Please get vaccinated if you can.

So long, my friends. I will miss you.

But "I've got to go. It's been a pleasure doing business with you." Gord Downie

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