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Tennessee State University has announced a new dean of engineering will be in place this fall. Dr. S. Keith Hargrove Sr. has been appointed dean of the College of Engineering, Technology and Computer Science at Tennessee State University.
Hargrove, who served as chairperson of the Industrial, Manufacturing, and Information Engineering Department in the Clarence Mitchell Jr. School of Engineering at Morgan State University, Baltimore, takes over the reins from Dr. Lonnie Sharpe who was on collateral duty as interim dean and remains Tennessee State University Massie Chair of Excellence Professorship of Engineering in the Environmental Disciplines.
Dr. Hargrove formerly held the position as assistant to the dean and a tenured associate professor of mechanical engineering in the College of Engineering at Tuskegee University. He has served as president of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (Baltimore chapter), vice president and senior member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers in Baltimore, and is a member of "Black Professional Men" of Baltimore. Dr. Hargrove also served as the director of the NSF/RMS Morgan State University Reconfigurable Factory Test-Bed.
He holds a bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Tennessee State University and a master of science degree in engineering from the University of Missouri at Rolla. He holds a PhD in industrial engineering from the University of Iowa.
Dr. Hargrove also studied at the United States Military Academy at the University of Michigan and is a Harvard University Administrative Fellow. His research interests comprise statistical applications in manufacturing; manufacturing systems design; quality control; Six Sigma; and engineering education.
A recipient of the Outstanding Educator, Community Award in 2002 and the GEM Alumni Award for Mentoring, Dr. Hargrove is a senior member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers and an associate member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineering.
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