The incoming dean of the Graduate School, J. David McDonald, announces the selection of Abu Masud as associate dean and Kamesh Namaduri as assisant dean. Masud is a professor of industrial and manufacturing engineering. Namaduri is associate professor of electrical and computer engineering. Masud and Namaduri will step into their positions in the Graduate School beginning in the new fiscal year, but in the interim will work with the leadership staff of the Graduate School as part of a transition team to prepare for the departure of the current dean and associate dean, Susan Kovar and David Eichhorn, respectively.