Dean Wichita State University, College of Engineering | Wichita, Kansas We are pleased to announce that Wichita State University has named Dr. Ali P. Gordon as the next dean of the College of Engineering. Dr. Gordon will begin his appointment on June 7, 2026.Dr. Gordon currently serves as a professor and the associate dean of graduate affairs at the University of Central Florida’s College of Engineering and Computer Science, a role he took as interim in 2018 before being appointed in 2019. During his tenure, Dr. Gordon has overseen over 30 graduate programs and 2,500 graduate students, and he architected the college’s strategic internationalization plan.As a researcher, Dr. Gordon’s focus is on durability modeling of structural materials, where he has secured more than $7 million in funding from agencies such as the National Science Foundation, Air Force Research Laboratory and NASA. Additionally, Gordon is an American Society of Mechanical Engineers Fellow, a four-time United States Air Force Summer Faculty Fellow and has coauthored over 150 peer-reviewed articles.Gordon received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Science in mathematics from Morehouse College.Jackie Mildner led this search with Robin Dougherty and Pamela Carty.
