Dr. Stephen P. DeWeerth has been appointed as the new Associate Dean for Research & Innovation in the Dean’s Office of the College of Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology effective July 1, 2013. Dr. DeWeerth is professor and founding chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Khalifa University of Science, Technology, and Research in Abu Dhabi and professor in the Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech/Emory University.

As associate dean, he will focus on enabling engineering faculty members to develop and sustain excellence in scholarship and research, as well as to create an environment in which innovation, entrepreneurship, and public service are fundamental characteristics of CoE graduates. “We look forward to having Steve join the dean’s office in the College of Engineering (CoE),” said CoE Dean Gary May. “He will help stimulate cutting-edge, transformative research and facilitate its translation into practice as well as implement the research components of the new College of Engineering strategic plan.”

 DeWeerth will coordinate and prioritize a research agenda for the College of Engineering and its stakeholders as well as act as a focal point to establish and maintain CoE leadership in research commercialization. "I am excited to return to Georgia Tech and to take the Associate Dean position,” said DeWeerth.  “I look forward to working with Dean May and his team, with the CoE faculty, and with the Georgia Tech leadership to promote and enhance our outstanding research and innovation."  

DeWeerth received his Ph.D. in Computation and Neural Systems and his M.S. in Computer Science from the California Institute of Technology. DeWeerth is co-founder and scientific advisor for Axion BioSystems. He is a Fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a Fellow in the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. DeWeerth holds several patents, has received more than $20m in research grants, and is on the IEEE EMBS Technical Committee on Neuroengineering.