Second dean candidate for School of Engineering to present Oct. 25

LAWRENCE — Adrienne Minerick, the second candidate for the University of Kansas School of Engineering dean position, will give a public presentation on her vision for the school.

Her presentation will take place 1:30-2:30 p.m. Oct. 25 in Woodruff Auditorium at the Kansas Union. The event will also be livestreamed, and the passcode is 925939.

Minerick is currently a professor of chemical engineering and affiliated professor of biomedical engineering at Michigan Technological University.

The remaining candidates will be announced approximately two days before their respective campus visits. Their public presentations are scheduled for the following times and locations:

• Candidate 3: 1:30–2:30 p.m. Oct. 31, Beren Petroleum Conference Center, Slawson Hall G192
• Candidate 4: 9:30-10:30 am. Nov. 2, Burge Union Forum A

Members of the KU community are encouraged to attend each presentation and provide feedback to the search committee.

A candidate feedback survey will be open for two business days following the conclusion of each finalist’s visit. The survey and a recording of Minerick’s presentation will be available after the presentation on the search page until the survey closes.

Additional search information, including Minerick’s CV, is also available on the search page.

In addition to her professorship, Minerick is the director of ADVANCE, a program promoting faculty retention, career success and STEM equity at Michigan Tech. There, she has served in multiple administrative roles, including as the associate dean for research and innovation in the College of Engineering, assistant to the provost for faculty development, dean of the School of Technology, founding dean of the College of Computing and interim dean of the Pavlis Honors College.

Outside of her duties at Michigan Tech, Minerick has served as president of the American Society for Engineering Education, and she is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, as well as the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

Minerick has led or helped establish three formal faculty mentoring programs and the Safe Zone workshops at ASEE, which raises awareness for LGBTQ inclusion in STEM fields. She served as chair of ASEE’s diversity committee and as the organization’s president during its “Year of Impact on Racial Equity.”

The AES Electrophoresis Society awarded Minerick the 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award, and in 2014, Michigan Tech recognized her as its Michigan Professor of the Year nominee. Minerick holds a patent and has written or co-written dozens of research and educational publications.

Minerick earned a bachelor’s in chemical engineering from Michigan Tech as well as a master’s in chemical engineering and a doctorate in chemical and biomolecular engineering from the University of Notre Dame.