Audra Morse has been named the associate dean of academic affairs of the College of Engineering at Michigan Technological University, effective July 1.
Morse has served as chair of the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering (CEGE) since 2017 and previously served as interim dean of the College of Engineering for the 2023-2024 academic year. In her role as associate dean, Morse will support undergraduate curriculum, recruitment, and support across the college’s nine departments and further the college’s mission of delivering world-class education, leadership, and research.
During her time as CEGE chair, Morse led efforts to establish new online programs in structural and water resource engineering with the support of the faculty and staff in the department. She expanded enrollment in the geospatial engineering program nearly tenfold, and fostered faculty research that resulted in new and increased funding.
Morse received her BS and MS in environmental engineering and PhD in civil engineering from Texas Tech University, where she served as a professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering in the Whitacre College of Engineering. She also served as associate dean of undergraduate studies and led the Engineering Opportunities Center. At Texas Tech, she received the two highest teaching honors, the Chancellor’s Council Distinguished Teaching Award and the President’s Excellence in Teaching Award.
An expert in water and wastewater treatment, specifically water reclamation systems, as well as a leader in engineering education and accreditation, Morse is a Fellow in the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), where she has also served as ASCE Committee on Accreditation chair, ASCE Education Summit Planning Committee member, and ASCE Member Application Review Committee member. Morse, an Environmental Engineering and Science Foundation (EESF) board member, is also heavily involved in ABET as an Executive Committee member for the Engineering Accreditation Commission and a program evaluator trainer and mentor.
“Audra Morse has added immeasurably to the research, practice, and educational activities at Tech in the last eight years as chair of CEGE,” said Michelle Scherer, dean of the College of Engineering. “She has helped create innovative, cross-disciplinary degrees including construction management, geospatial engineering, and the soon-to-be-launched ecological engineering.”
“I’m delighted that Audra is taking on this important leadership role and consider it a privilege to have the opportunity to work with her in her new position as the College of Engineering associate dean of academic affairs,” Scherer said.
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