Kapil R. Dandekar (IEEE S’95-M’01-SM’07, AIMBE F’23) is Interim Dean of Drexel Engineering, the E. Warren Colehower Chair Professor and faculty member in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), and the director of the Drexel Wireless Systems Laboratory (DWSL). He is also an affiliated faculty member in Drexel’s College of Computing and Informatics (CCI) as well as the School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems. From 2019 to 2024, Dandekar served as inaugural Associate Dean for Enrollment Management and Graduate Education, a new role that streamlined all undergraduate, graduate and international enrollment efforts, and strengthened collaborations with University enrollment management and communications. As AD, he provided academic leadership in the creation of several interdisciplinary graduate certificate and MS programs across department and college boundaries, with various external stakeholders in industry and government. Prior to that, he served as the college’s Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies. In this role and as a researcher, he was a prolific leader and collaborator in interdisciplinary research projects for government and industrial research sponsors, and was recognized for these efforts with research and innovation awards from the college and university. He launched the Drexel implementation of the Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) program aimed to provide research opportunities for undergraduate students.
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