2/10/2025 Jackson Brunner
Written by Jackson Brunner
Nancy Sottos, department head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at The Grainger College of Engineering, will serve a new five-year term. The February 2025 news follows a five-year review, according to a notice from Dean and Grainger Distinguished Chair in Engineering Rashid Bashir.
“Prof. Sottos is widely regarded as an effective leader who has consistently enhanced the department’s excellence across the board,” Bashir noted. “The review committee enthusiastically recommended (her) reappointment based on her dedicated service and accomplishments.”
Professor Jeff Shamma, who serves as department head of the Department of Industrial and Systems Enterprise Engineering, led the review committee that came to this decision.
Bashir asked everyone to continue supporting Sottos in her efforts “leading (the Department of Materials Science and Engineering) as a world leader in research and education."
llinois Grainger Engineering Affiliations
Nancy Sottos is an Illinois Grainger Engineering professor of materials science and engineering and serves as department head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. She also serves as a Center for Advanced Study professor and holds a Swanlund Endowed Chair appointment.