Alberto M. Cuitiño was named the eighth Dean of the School of Engineering at Rutgers University on March 2023, overseeing the School’s seven academic departments, five research centers, and administrative, budget, and student services offices.

The School is comprised of more than 150 full-time faculty, 100 staff members, nearly 4,000 undergraduates, and 1,000 graduate students. Over 60 million of the annual budget of 145+ million is generated via research grants and contracts. As Interim Dean since July 2022, he has welcomed the largest first-year engineering class in its history; initiated several full-time faculty searches that resulted in several talented and diverse hires; continued to secure funded research in today’s most innovative fields of study; and identified and advanced strategic initiatives including the establishment of translational program on pharmaceutical manufacturing and professional and executive master’s degree programs in engineering.

As a champion of both the School and Rutgers, Dean Cuitiño has also reinvigorated the School’s relationship with alums and donors and imagined new ways that supporters can impact students. He previously served as professor and Chair of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. He led that department to add several new full-time faculty members, establish a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering and a Master of Engineering degree and international 3+2 and 4+1 programs, and develop graduate certificates in advanced manufacturing, robotics and automation, space, additive manufacturing, and business innovation. He was the Rutgers site leader in establishing the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Research Center for Structured Organic Particulate Systems (ERC-SOPS). A Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, he joined the School of Engineering in 1993.

As Dean, he will continue serving as Distinguished Professor in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.