The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga has announced the appointment of Mina Sartipi as interim vice chancellor for research.
Currently serving as the executive director of the UTC Research Institute and as the founding director of the Center for Urban Informatics and Progress, Sartipi is a professor in the university’s department of computer science and engineering. She holds a joint faculty appointment with Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
“Mina is a highly respected faculty member in our College of Engineering and Computer Science and research leader with deep institutional knowledge and a strong record of translating research into real-world impact,” UTC Chancellor Lori Mann Bruce said.
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