[CCoE Notice] Director of Online Programs and Extension Services

[Grayson, Audrey A]

Sent on Behalf of Dean Tedesco
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Dear Cullen College Faculty and Staff:

It is with great pleasure that I introduce Dr. JR Rao as the Director of Online Programs and Extension Services at the UH Cullen College of Engineering.

Dr. Rao has served as a faculty member at the Cullen College for more than 25 years. He joined the faculty in 1990 after receiving his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan. In addition to conducting research in the area of nonlinear optimization of engineering systems, Dr. Rao has taught extensively at both the graduate and undergraduate level at UH. Dr. Rao currently serves as Associate Chair of mechanical engineering, and is a member of the Undergraduate Committee of the UH Faculty Senate. Most recently, he served as the Associate Director of the Division of Undergraduate Studies and Student Success at the Cullen College.

Dr. Rao has considerable interest and experience in online education. He has developed and taught an online version of the high enrollment freshman level course, MECE 1331. Over 1,250 students have taken this online course between 2010 and 2014. Currently, Dr. Rao is helping to implement a fully-online M.S. degree program in mechanical engineering. This new online program will launch in the fall of 2016.

In his new position as Director of Online Programs and Extension Services, Dr. Rao will oversee the successful implementation of a variety of new, online academic offerings from the Cullen College across all of the engineering departments. I look forward to seeing the enhanced growth and success of the college's online programs under the leadership of Dr. Rao, as well as the impact these new online programs will have in the Houston community and beyond.

Thank you and all the best,
Joseph W. Tedesco, Ph. D., P.E.
Elizabeth D. Rockwell Dean and Professor
Cullen College of Engineering
University of Houston
jtedesco at uh.edu<mailto:jtedesco at uh.edu>
(713) 743-4207

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