A
Message from the Dean
By
Professor Stella W. Pang
Associate Dean for Graduate Education
University
of Michigan, College of Engineering
Interdisciplinary
Professional Programs (InterPro) is a unit within
the College of Engineering and it is jointly run
by faculty from a number of disciplines. InterPro
supports a number of interdisciplinary, professional
programs including the Automotive Engineering
Program, the Financial Engineering Program, the
Integrated Microsystems Program, the Pharmaceutical
Engineering Program, and Manufacturing Engineering (including the Program in Manufacturing and MEM-TMI).
The InterPro programs offer exciting possibilities
for students interested in building expertise
in a broad range of emerging and expanding industries.
Each
program maintains its governance structure such
as faculty councils and external advisory boards.
But administratively, they share staff and space
and report to the Associate Dean for Graduate
Education through a single Managing Director.
The InterPro Directors includes Professor Huei
Peng for Automotive Engineering, Professor Stephen
Pollock for Financial Engineering, Professor Yogesh
Gianchandani for Integrated Microsystems, Professor
Yavuz A. Bozer for MEM-TMI, Professor Henry Wang
for Pharmaceutical Engineering, and Professor
S. Jack Hu for Program in Manufacturing.
Besides
administrative efficiency, InterPro allows a community
of interdisciplinary, professional graduate students
to develop, enhance sharing of best practices
among the programs, and enhance cultivation of
new programs in areas of interest. More than 350 students are currently pursuing the Master
of Engineering, Master of Science, Doctor of Engineering,
or joint Master of Engineering/MBA degrees in
the six programs administered by InterPro.
We
look forward to seeing each program continue to
flourish within the InterPro structure.
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