{"id":248424,"date":"2026-04-27T16:29:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T16:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/248424\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T16:29:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T16:29:07","slug":"fiu-taps-recognized-resilience-scholar-to-lead-its-college-of-engineering-and-computing-fiu-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/248424\/","title":{"rendered":"FIU taps recognized resilience scholar to lead its College of Engineering and Computing | FIU News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nationally recognized authority in coastal engineering and resilience\u00a0Jack Puleo<\/a>\u00a0has been appointed dean of Florida International University’s\u00a0College of Engineering and Computing.<\/a><\/p>\n

Puleo joined FIU in December 2025 and will continue to serve as associate vice president of research for Strategic Initiatives in Coastal Engineering and Resilience in the\u00a0Office of Research and Economic Development (ORED).<\/a><\/p>\n

Puleo brings an extensive record of scholarship, federal service and academic leadership to the role. His research on coastal processes, hydrodynamics and sediment transport has advanced the national understanding of nearshore dynamics, wave run-up and nature-based shoreline resilience. He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed journal articles and secured more than $30 million in sponsored research support across more than 65 projects funded by major federal agencies.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe FIU College of Engineering and Computing sits at a remarkable intersection of disciplines: coastal resilience, cybersecurity, AI, quantum science, biomedical engineering,\u201d Puleo said. \u201cIt is a genuine honor to serve as dean, and I look forward to working alongside our faculty, staff, students and partners to push that work further.\u201d<\/p>\n

Puleo has already begun to engage industry and government on the potential for undergraduate and graduate degree programs in coastal engineering and resilience at FIU.<\/p>\n

\u201cJack Puleo is a nationally recognized scholar and proven academic leader whose work in coastal engineering and resilience aligns seamlessly with our mission and Florida\u2019s unique needs,\u201d said Elizabeth M. Bejar, provost, executive vice president and chief operating officer. \u201cHis record of impactful research, commitment to student success and experience leading complex, interdisciplinary initiatives position him to advance the College of Engineering and Computing\u2019s momentum and elevate its role in addressing the most pressing challenges facing our communities and the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

FIU’s College of Engineering and Computing is home to the\u00a0Knight Foundation School of Computing and Information Sciences<\/a>, one of the largest computing schools in the nation, and the\u00a0Wall of Wind<\/a>, a unique wind testing facility capable of simulating Category 5 hurricane conditions. The college’s research enterprise includes strong collaborations with units such as\u00a0FIU’s Institute of Environment<\/a>\u00a0on coastal and stormwater challenges and the\u00a0Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine<\/a>\u00a0on cardiovascular, biomedical and neural engineering breakthroughs.<\/p>\n

Prior to joining FIU, Puleo served as chair of the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering at the University of Delaware, where he also directed the Center for Applied Coastal Research. His national service includes appointments as a special government employee for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Board of Coastal Engineering Research and as a member of the USCRP Decadal Steering Committee on Coastal Processes.<\/p>\n

Puleo earned bachelor’s degrees from Humboldt State University and a master’s degree from Oregon State University. He spent six years as a research oceanographer at the Naval Research Laboratory before completing his Ph.D. at the University of Florida.<\/p>\n

Puleo succeeds In\u00e9s Triay, who served as interim dean since October 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nationally recognized authority in coastal engineering and resilience\u00a0Jack Puleo\u00a0has been appointed dean of Florida International University’s\u00a0College of Engineering…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248425,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":["post-248424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}