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Texas Southern University has been welcomed as the latest member of the HBCU Council of Engineering Deans. During a recent council meeting, TSU presented its engineering programs, which were accredited by ABET in September 2022, including civil engineering and electrical engineering. (Photo: Courtesy of Texas Southern University)
The HBCU Council of Engineering Deans, chaired by Joyce T. Shirazi, dean of the School of Engineering, Architecture, and Aviation at Hampton University, unanimously voted to accept TSU as the 16th member of the council.
TSU currently has over 300 students enrolled in its engineering programs, which fall under the College of Science, Engineering, and Technology. Wei Wayne Li, professor and acting dean of the college, as well as interim chair of the computer science department at Texas Southern University, is the acting dean.
The Council of Engineering Deans of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
ALABAMA A&M UNIVERSITY Dr. Zhengtao (Z.T.) Deng, Dean, College of Engineering, Technology and Physical Sciences Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department
FLORIDA A&M -FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY Suvranu De, Sc.D., Dean, College of Engineering
HAMPTON UNIVERSITY Dr. Joyce T. Shirazi, Dean, School of Engineering, Architecture, and Aviation
HOWARD UNIVERSITY John M. M. Anderson, Dean, College of Engineering and Architecture
JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY Dr. Wilbur Waters, Dean, College of Science, Engineering, and Technology
MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Oscar Barton, Jr., Ph.D., Dean, Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. School of Engineering
NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY Dr. Michael Keeve, Professor of Mathematics Dean, College of Science, Engineering, and Technology
NORTH CAROLINA A&T UNIVERSITY Stephanie Luster-Teasley, Ph.D., Interim Dean, College of Engineering Professor, Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering
PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY Dr. Pamela Holland Obiomon, Dean and Professor, Roy G. Perry College of Engineering
TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY Lin Li, Ph.D., Professor of Civil Engineering & Interim Dean
TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY Wei Wayne Li, Professor and Acting Dean, College of Science, Engineering, and Technology Interim Chair of Computer Science Department
TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY Heshmat Aglan, Ph.D., Dean and Professor, College of Engineering
UNIVERSITY of the DISTRICT of COLUMBIA Dr. Devdas Shetty, Dean, School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE Dr. Derrek B. Dunn, Dean, School of Business and Technology Chairperson of the Department of Technology
VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY Dr. Dawit Haile, Dean, College of Engineering and Technology