José R. Sánchez, Ph.D.

Dean, College of Engineering and Sciences

Introduction

Sánchez leads an academic college offering 19 undergraduate and master’s programs that rigorously prepare students for careers in competitive STEM fields.

Previous Roles

Sánchez most recently served at Merrimack College in North Andover, Massachusetts, where he held positions as dean and professor of the School of Science and Engineering and founding dean of the School of Engineering and Computational Sciences. His accomplishments included securing transformative gifts to establish endowed professorships and research initiatives, significant expansion of sponsored research, the addition of several market-responsive undergraduate and master’s programs, and expanded external partnerships with industry and government leaders.

Sánchez held previous Engineering leadership and faculty roles at Wentworth Institute of Technology, University of Indianapolis and Bradley University. He has also served as a program evaluator with the American Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) accrediting body since 2020.

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Additional PNW Focus Areas

Sánchez leads PNW’s ABET- accredited and nationally recognized School of Engineering. He also oversees the distinguished scholarship and research initiatives advanced by PNW’s Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation (CIVS), the Integrative Physiology and Health Sciences Center, the Center for Crime and Forensics, the Water Institute, the Energy Efficiency and Reliability Center, and the Center for High Energy Physics.