As announced today by the dean of the College of Engineering, Shankar Sastry, effective on December 1, 2015, ME Professor Roberto Horowitz will be stepping into the role of chair for the Department of Mechanical Engineering. The current chair, ME Professor David Dornfeld, will be moving to his role as the faculty director of the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation.
 
To read the official announcement from the College of Engineering, please click here.