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Emir José Macari
Dean College of Engineering and Computer Science, California State University, Sacramento
Previously Dean Macari was dean of the College of Science, Mathematics and Technology at the University of Texas at Brownsville. Prior to that, he served as the program director for the Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology at the National Science Foundation. He spent five years as the chair and Bingham C. Stewart Distinguished Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Louisiana State University. At the Georgia Institute of Technology he taught both engineering and public policy and at the University of Puerto Rico he was a professor and director of Civil Infrastructure Research Center. He has also worked as a civil engineer in private industry and has been a fellow at NASA. Emir Macari holds both a doctorate and a master’s degree in civil engineering geomechanics from the University of Colorado. He has a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering geomechanics from Virginia Tech University.