Alumna Wei Named Dean of Engineering at San Jose State

Belle Wei, an alumna and former Berkeley instructor, has been named dean of the College of Engineering at San Jose State University (SJSU). She is the first woman in that position at SJSU and the only Asian-American woman dean of a four-year accredited engineering school.

Wei joined SJSU’s faculty in 1987 and served as chair of electrical engineering for four years before becoming interim dean in 2002. She has been credited with elevating the standing of SJSU’s electrical and computer engineering departments, now among the top 10 national programs without Ph.D.s, according to U.S. News and World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges.”

A native of Taiwan, Wei joins the fewer than 20 women deans in 345 engineering schools nationwide.

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