BLACKSBURG, Va., May 4 -- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University issued the following news release:
Belinda Sturm has been appointed department head of the Charles E. Via, Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, effective July 25.
Sturm will come to Virginia Tech from the University of Kansas, where she serves as director of the Kansas National Science Foundation Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) and is the Ross McKinney Endowed Professor of Environmental Engineering.
"We are excited to welcome Belinda to Virginia Tech," said David Knight, interim dean of the College of Engineering. "Her exceptional record leading complex organizations, building and supporting interdisciplinary tea...