Tiedje
Dr. Thomas Tiedje is UVic’s incoming dean of engineering.
Currently a professor in the departments of physics and astronomy and electrical and computer engineering at UBC, Tiedje will begin his five-year term on Sept. 2.
“Research programs are one of the most important assets of a university,” says Tiedje. “They draw people and economic activity and create social benefits. Although relatively small and new compared to competing faculties at other universities, engineering at UVic has one of the strongest research programs for its size in Canada. We can take advantage of this to attract more outstanding graduate students and faculty, bring in new programs, and make the connection with undergraduate education.”
A fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the American Physical Society, Tiedje has received the BC Science Council Gold Medal, the UBC Killam Research Prize, the NSERC Steacie Fellowship and the Herzberg Medal of the Canadian Association of Physicists. Tiedje graduated from the University of Toronto and UBC, then moved to Exxon Research and Engineering Co., where he worked on photovoltaics and was group head of nanostructure materials from 1983 to 1987. In 1987 he joined UBC as an associate professor in physics and electrical engineering, where he was first director of the Advanced Materials and Process Engineering Lab and head of physics and astronomy. He has also been a visiting researcher in Germany and Japan.
During his time as dean he plans to continue his research on materials for light-emitting devices and looks forward to collaborating with people working in related areas at UVic.
UVic’s current dean of engineering, Dr. Michael Miller, has been on the engineering faculty since 1987 when he was named chair of the Department of Computer Science. He will complete his second five-year term as dean on June 30.
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