Terry Martin Named Interim Dean of the College of Engineering

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The College of Engineering has appointed Terry Martin, professor of electrical engineering, as interim dean. The previous dean, Ashok Saxena, stepped down in June in order to take a new position as Vice Chancellor of Galgotias University, a new private, multidisciplinary research university near Delhi, India. The university plans to hire a new dean of engineering in the fall of 2013.

Martin joined the electrical engineering faculty in 1983 and has served as assistant and associate head of that department. Since 2003, he has served as associate dean at the College of Engineering, working closely with Saxena.

“I’ve been honored to serve as associate dean alongside Dr. Saxena for the past eight years," said Martin. "I have learned a lot from him and from my many years in the College of Engineering, and I’m excited to lead the college into this new chapter.”

Martin received a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree and doctorate in electrical engineering from the University of Arkansas. He has also worked for Reynolds Metals Company, where he served as a project engineer, process control engineer, and reduction supervisor at the Jones Mills Reduction Plant in Arkansas and as a research engineer at the Reduction Research Laboratory in Sheffield, Alabama. During this time, he worked on the design team that developed the first automated digital temperature controller for a ring-baking furnace for carbon anodes.

At the University of Arkansas, Martin has conducted research in the fields of control systems, digital signal processing, intelligent control, and power electronics. Martin has received several awards for his academic performance and has also been inducted into the Arkansas Academy of Electrical Engineers.