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The Office of the Provost is committed to promoting academic excellence at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. The Interim Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Ghassan Kridli, is responsible for:

• Curriculum and academic programs, including global learning, digital education, and learning assessment
• Teaching and student success
• Research and the Mardigian Library
• Faculty resources
• Enrollment management, including financial aid and scholarships
• Internships and career services
• Student affairs

About our Interim Provost and Chief Academic Officer

Ghassan T. Kridli is the Interim Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, University of Michigan-Dearborn. His research focuses on the application of fundamental engineering knowledge in the design and manufacture of sheet metal products of lightweight alloys. Ghassan’s research has significant industrial applicability and includes mechanical and metallurgical characterization of light alloys coupled with numerical models for predicting the material formability.

Ghassan’s experience includes significant work in program assessment for continuous improvement and in curriculum development. His work involves developing strategies for student success as well as exploring effective pedagogical practices in engineering education. Ghassan is collaborating with other STEM faculty at 51ÊÓƵ-Dearborn to develop educational programs to prepare K-12 teachers to present engineering in an integrated STEM curriculum.

Ghassan received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Miami in 1986 and 1988, respectively, and his Ph.D. from the University of Missouri in 1997. Since then he has been a faculty member in the Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering department at the University of Michigan-Dearborn.