Office of the Dean
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About ECS
The mission of the College of Engineering & Computer Science is to provide a modern, high-quality educational experience for all students. We provide the knowledge and principles upon which engineering and science are founded in order to graduate engineers and scientists who are technically competent, creative, literate, ethically informed, and socially aware.
Andreas A. Polycarpou, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Engineering & Computer Science
ecs-dean@utulsa.edu
918-631-2288
Andreas A. Polycarpou, Ph.D., was named inaugural dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science in spring 2023. Before joining UTulsa, Polycarpou was the James J. Cain ’51 Chair in Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University, having served on special assignment as the acting department head of periodontics, acting department head of endodontics, acting dean, and special advisor to the permanent dean at the Texas A&M School of Dentistry in Dallas. Prior to that, he served for nearly nine years as the department head of the J. Mike Walker ’66 Mechanical Engineering Department at Texas A&M.
Polycarpou is the author of more than 250 archival journal papers, numerous book chapters, and volume proceedings, as well as two dozen patents. He co-founded a materials startup company in 2010 and has won numerous national and international honors, including the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Mayo D. Hersey Award and the ASME Edwin F. Church Medal for pedagogical innovations and was recently inducted as a senior member of the American Academy of Inventors.
Executive Staff
Emily Every
Executive Assistant
Daniel W. Crunkleton, Ph.D., J.D.
Associate Dean of the College of Engineering & Computer Science
Carly Johnston
Director of Operations
Michael W. Keller, Ph.D., PE
Associate Dean of the College of Engineering & Computer Science
Mike Volk
Director of Petroleum and Renewables Energy
Emily Every
Executive Assistant
Daniel W. Crunkleton, Ph.D., J.D.
Associate Dean of the College of Engineering & Computer Science
2410 and 3385 Keplinger Hall
Carly Johnston
Director of Operations
Michael W. Keller, Ph.D., PE
Associate Dean of the College of Engineering & Computer Science
2075 Stephenson Hall and 2405 Keplinger Hall
Mike Volk
Director of Petroleum and Renewables Energy
Points of Pride
- Ranked No. 1 among petroleum engineering graduate schools by U.S. News & World Report
- Ranked No. 3 among petroleum engineering graduate schools by U.S. News & World Report
- 96 Tulsa Undergraduate Research Challenge (TURC) Scholars
- 64 Goldwater Scholarships
- 63 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships
- 15 research consortia and joint industry projects
- 2016 and 2017 National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition qualifiers
- Home of the Make a Difference Engineering (MADE) initiative that designs and fabricates mobility and developmental devices locally and regionally.
- 2017 Rhodes Scholar
- Designated as an NSA National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C).
- North Campus energy facility hosts 10 research consortia and joint industry projects.
- Home of the Cyber Corps, a university flagship program housed within the Tandy School of Computer Science that trains “cyber warriors” in advanced computer science, engineering and cyber security operations to work at the NSA, CIA, Department of Defense and FBI as well as state and local law enforcement operations.
- Recognized as a top 50 nationwide gaming program by The Princeton Review.
- Recipient of ARPA-E and U.S. Department of Energy grants for solar power research and other alternative energy projects.
College of Engineering & Computer Science
Office of the Dean
2420 Keplinger Hall
430 S. Gary Place
Tulsa, OK 74104