Warnock named associate dean for academic affairs
December 22, 2014
STARKVILLE, Miss. – A biomedical engineering researcher now leads the Bagley College of Engineering’s undergraduate and outreach-related activities.
James Warnock was named associate dean for academic affairs at the beginning of the month. He has held the role in an interim capacity since Royce Bowden left the position last year to become engineering dean at Wichita State.
“James has a strong record of teaching, research and service to Mississippi State University,” interim dean Jason Keith said. “We have been proud of his successes as a faculty member and are excited about his vision to improve the educational experience for our students.”
As associate dean, Warnock plans to focus on increasing retention and graduation rates for engineering undergraduates and continuing to develop the international programs in the Bagley College. He said programs like the Engineering First-Year Experience will help immerse students in their majors form the beginning and help them be successful in their college careers.
“We have a great team, including Dr. Jean Mohammadi-Aragh and Robert Green, who are developing events and programs, like the Future Cities competition, to really help first-year students get excited about engineering,” Warnock said. “We want them to feel like they’re Bulldog Engineers from the first day they set foot on campus.”
Now a tenured associate professor, Warnock joined the Bagley College in 2005 as an assistant professor in biomedical engineering. Since that time he has been an active researcher in novel therapeutic strategies to treat cardiovascular disease.
Warnock has earned international attention for his work in advancing the field of engineering education. He serves as adjunct director of training and instruction for ABET, the engineering college accreditation board. In this role he supports the planning, production and execution of the organization’s professional-development programming and directs all activities related to educational offerings and workshop-facilitator training.
As a faculty member, Warnock has been honored with State Pride and Excellence in Teaching awards at Mississippi State. He has also participated in the invitation-only National Academy of Engineering Frontiers of Engineering Education Symposium.
Warnock holds a bachelor’s degree in biological science from the University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom. He earned a master’s in biochemical engineering and a doctorate in chemical engineering from the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, before completing a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
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By: Susan Lassetter