President Susan Hockfield and Chancellor Phillip L. Clay have announced the appointment of Daniel Hastings, currently director of the MIT Engineering Systems Division, as dean for undergraduate education.

Hastings, professor of aeronautics and astronautics and engineering systems, will assume his new role on Jan. 1. He succeeds Robert Redwine, professor of physics, who served as dean from 2000 to 2005.

In making the announcement, Hockfield said, "I am delighted that Professor Hastings has agreed to take on this role, particularly at such an exciting time in the evolution of our undergraduate program. He brings both deep experience in teaching at MIT and national leadership in engineering and science to this important task."

Clay praised Redwine's "outstanding job of advancing the educational mission of MIT and of building the systems to support undergraduate education."

A version of this article appeared in MIT Tech Talk on December 7, 2005

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