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<\/a> in 1980.\u00a0 After earning his doctorate, Dr. Pattipati was employed by Alphatech, Inc., Burlington, MA, from 1980-86. He serves as a Director of Aptima Inc. of Woburn, MA. In his expanded role, Dr. Pattipati will provide leadership and vision in the development of advanced technologies and processes, the enhancement of graduate and undergraduate education, and the elevation of UConn\u2019s visibility and reputation for excellence in systems engineering.<\/p>\nHe has published 20 book chapters and over 350 scholarly journal and conference papers.\u00a0 Dr. Pattipati\u2019s research interests include the areas of distributed planning, diagnosis and prognosis techniques for complex systems, agile organizations for dynamic and uncertain environments, multi-object tracking, and multi-user detection in wireless communications. \u00a0He has received numerous honors, including the NASA Space Act Award in 2008 and 2002; the UConn School of Engineering Outstanding Teaching Award in 2005; the UConn AAUP Research Excellence Award in 2003; the Barry Carlton Award for the Best AES Transactions Paper of 2000 (co-recipient); and the A.P. Sage Award for Best SMC Transactions Paper in Parts A, B and C of 1999. \u00a0He is an elected Fellow of IEEE and of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering.<\/p>\n
Dr. Cetegen<\/strong> is the Department Head and a professor of Mechanical Engineering. He received his Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology in 1982 and, worked as a research scientist and\u00a0group leader at Energy and Environmental Research Corporation in Irvine, CA and later as a research fellow at the University of California, Irvine. In his expanded role, Dr. Cetegen will provide leadership and vision in the development of advanced technologies and processes, the enhancement of graduate and undergraduate education, and the elevation of UConn\u2019s visibility and reputation for excellence in thermal fluids engineering.\u00a0 Dr. Cetegen was instrumental in establishing the Pratt & Whitney Center of Excellence at UConn.<\/p>\n