Philippe M. Fauchet, dean of the School of Engineering; professor of electrical engineering
B.S., Faculte Polytechnique de Mons, 1978
M.S., Brown University, 1980
Ph.D., Stanford University, 1984
Fauchet comes to Vanderbilt from the University of Rochester, where he served as Distinguished Professor and Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering and director of the Energy Research Initiative. He is recognized as a world leader in nanomaterials and condensed matter physics as well as an expert in the chemistry, electrochemistry and photophysics of nanomaterials, in particular silicon-based systems.