Michael McQuade will become vice-president for research at Carnegie Mellon in January 2019 after six years as a trustee for the university.
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) appointed one of its trustees, Michael McQuade (pictured), to the newly-created position of vice-president for research yesterday.
McQuade will report directly to Farnam Jahanian, president of CMU, when he starts the job in January 2019.
The role is analogous to the former position of vice-provost for research previously held by Gary Fedder, who stood down to focus on academic and managerial appointments in CMU’s College of Engineering, Robotics Institute and Manufacturing Futures Initiative.
McQuade will look…
