John L. Volakis has been appointed dean of FIU’s College of Engineering & Computing. Volakis comes to FIU with a distinguished career in academia, most recently serving as the Roy and Lois Chope chair and professor of electrical and computer engineering at The Ohio State University’s College of Engineering, a position he has held for 14 years. He also served as the director of the ElectroScience Laboratory (ESL) overseeing approximately 170 people, including 30 faculty members and researchers.