Stevens Welcomes Dr. Christophe Pierre as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs.

Serving as chief academic officer of the university and the highest-ranking official after the President, Pierre will be responsible for the strategic direction and financial management for all academic departments, schools, colleges and research centers. He will ensure a culture of excellence and appropriate allocation of human, space and other resources within the academic enterprise to achieve its ambitious goals.

Pierre has enjoyed a stellar career as an academic leader. He brings a wide range of experience as a faculty member, researcher and academic administrator, as well as a successful fundraiser, to his new role at Stevens.

Pierre comes to Stevens from the University of Illinois, where he served as vice president for academic affairs, as the president's deputy and as a professor of mechanical science and engineering. As chief academic officer for the University of Illinois, Pierre was responsible for the coordination of academic planning and budgeting, and he provided direction on matters of educational policy, academic programs, tuition, financial aid, personnel actions and capital and operating budgets.

In addition to his other distinguished roles in higher education, Pierre served as dean of engineering at McGill University in Montreal and associate dean for academic programs and initiatives in the University of Michigan’s Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies.

He is a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and received ASME's N.O. Myklestad Award in 2005 for his pioneering work in vibration localization. As a leading scholar in the fields of vibrations, structural dynamics and nonlinear dynamics, he has made seminal research contributions in numerous areas of mechanical and aerospace engineering. His work has received extensive research support from General Electric, NASA, General Motors, the National Science Foundation, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the U.S. Army and Pratt & Whitney Canada, among other industry and government sponsors. He has authored or co-authored more than 120 research articles for refereed journals and licensed his vibratory response prediction software to leading jet engine manufacturers. Pierre holds an engineering diploma in aerospace engineering from France's École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures de Paris, a master's degree in mechanical and aerospace engineering from Princeton University and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering and materials science from Duke University.