Provost Jeffords is pleased to announce Dr. Joseph Bull as the new Dean of the Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science. Dr. Bull received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Northwestern University and currently serves as Associate Dean for Research in the School of Science and Engineering at Tulane University, where he holds the John and Elsie Martinez Biomedical Engineering Chair. He began his career at the University of Michigan, where he held various faculty and leadership positions between 2001-2016. In 2014, he was appointed as a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, and, among other honors, was named a Sequoyah Fellow of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society.
His research focuses on biofluid mechanics and ultrasound and includes theoretical and computational modeling as well as in vitro and in vivo experiments. Dr. Bull's work primarily centers on the cardiovascular and pulmonary systems, related biomedical devices, and edema, addressing fundamental biofluid mechanics problems that may enable new clinical therapies or diagnostics. His research impacts include areas of gas embolotherapy, tissue compression and intra-tissue flow, artificial lungs and dialysis, liquid ventilation, and biological microfluidic devices. He has been PI or Co-PI on $32,376,255 of research funding.
As a Native American faculty member (an enrolled member of the Delaware Tribe of Indians, a federally recognized tribe of the Lenape), and a first-generation college graduate, Dr. Bull has a substantial history of working to improve racial equity and diversity. His work in this area was recognized by his receiving the Raymond J. and Monica E. Schultz Outreach and Diversity Award from the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan in 2016. His many activities in support of DEI include: serving as faculty advisor for the American Indian and Engineering Society, serving on the Advisory Board for the University of Michigan ADVANCE project, being appointed to the Academic Advisory Council for the American Indian Science and Engineering Society, and serving on the Strategy for Tomorrow Steering Committee to lead Tulane’s 5-year plan to advance equity, diversity, inclusion, and anti-racism through University-wide actions.
Dr. Bull's appointment is the result of a robust and rigorous national search process conducted by Dean Cliff Allen, who chaired the search committee. The Provost would like to acknowledge and thank both Dean Allen and the search committee members listed below who assisted with this process. Dr. Joseph Bull officially starts his position on August 15.
Dean of the Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science Search Committee