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May 25, 2001
CECCHI NAMED DEAN AT UNM SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

Joseph L. Cecchi has been appointed University of New Mexico dean for the School
of Engineering, effective immediately, said Brian L. Foster, UNM provost and
vice president for Academic Affairs.
Cecchi has served as chair of the UNM Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Department
since 1994 and as interim dean of SOE since November 2000.
Cecchi was selected as dean through a national search process.
Dr. Cecchi will do an outstanding job as dean at the School of Engineering,
Foster said. Under his leadership, the School of Engineering will continue
to expand and strengthen its degree programs and academic research activities.
Cecchi said he looks forward to serving as dean at the School of Engineering.
I am honored to be selected by Provost Foster to lead the School of Engineering,
Cecchi said. This is a time of exceptional opportunity for engineering,
particularly in collaboration with other UNM schools and colleges. I look forward
to working with the outstanding faculty and staff of the school to continue
to enhance the educational experience of our students.
Cecchi has been a professor of chemical and nuclear engineering at UNM since
1994. From 1991 to 1994 he served as director of the New Jersey SEMATACH Center
of Excellence for Plasma Etching. From 1988 to 1994 he was lecturer with rank
of professor with the Department of Chemical Engineering at Princeton University.
He has served as director of the Graduate Program in Plasma Science and Technology
of Princeton University. In addition, he has held numerous positions at Princeton,
Harvard University, Argonne National Laboratory and Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Cecchis current research includes plasma etching and deposition for silicon
semiconductor devices and interconnects, low-pressure/high-density plasma etch
tool development, plasma diagnostic development, micro-electro mechanical systems
and chemical-mechanical polishing.
He earned his Ph.D. and masters in physics from Harvard University and his bachelors in physics from Knox College.
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