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- Degree: Ph.D.
- Year: 1989
- Institution and Location
  Duke University, Durham, NC
- Major Discipline
  Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Degree: M.S.E.
- Year: 1985
- Institution and Location
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
- Major Discipline
  Environmental Engineering
- Degree: B.S.E.
- Year: 1982
- Institution and Location
  University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
- Major Discipline
  Environmental Engineering

M. Katherine Banks

Vice Chancellor and Dean of Engineering; Director, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station; Dwight Look College of Engineering

Department(s): Dwight Look College of Engineering
Campus: Texas A&M University

Contact Information

Phone: 979-845-1306
E-mail: k-banks@tamu.edu

Personal/Dept/Lab URL:
http://engineering.tamu.edu/about/ovcd/dean

Research Topic(s)

Energy and water supply chain

Research Summary

As vice chancellor, Banks oversees coordination and collaboration among the engineering, academic and research programs at seven universities throughout the A&M System, as well as three state agencies: the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES), the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service, and the Texas A&M Transportation Institute. Banks also is TEES director, overseeing research administration of more than 4,400 projects and $157M million in sponsored research awards. As dean of the Look College and holder of the Harold J. Haynes Dean’s Chair in Engineering, Banks leads one of the largest engineering schools in the country, with more than 15,000 students and nearly 500 faculty. Recently, Dr. Banks initiated the 25 by 25 program, which will increase the engineering enrollment at Texas A&M to 25,000 by 2025.

Professional Background

2012-Present	Vice Chancellor of Engineering; Director, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, The Texas A&M University System, College Station, TX
2012-Present	Dean of Engineering; Harold Haynes Dean’s Chair Professor, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
2012-Present	Professor of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University
2010-2011	Jack and Kay Hockema Professor of Civil Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University
2006-2011	Bowen Engineering Head, School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University
2007-2011	Faculty Affiliate, Division of Environmental and Ecological Engineering
2006-2011	Interim Head, Purdue Division of Construction Engineering Management
2005-2006	Interim Head, School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University
2001-2006	Director, EPA Midwest Hazardous Substance Research Center
2003-2006	Co-Director, Center for Phytoremediation Research and Development
2002-2006	Associate Director, NASA Specialized Center of Research and Training (ALS)
2001-2011	Professor, School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University
1997-2001	Associate Professor, School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University
1994-1997	Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Kansas State University
1989-1994	Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Kansas State University
1992 Summer	Visiting Summer Faculty, Sandia National Laboratory, Livermore, CA
1985-1989	Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant, Department of Civil Engineering, Duke University
1984-1985	Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant, Department of Water Resources Engineering, UNC-CH
1983	Research Engineer, Acurex Corporation, Research Triangle Park, NC

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