Carleton University Interim President and Vice-Chancellor Jerry Tomberlin and Provost L. Pauline Rankin have announced that Dr. Larry Kostiuk’s appointment as Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Design (FED) has been renewed for a five-year term, ending June 30, 2029.
“Larry’s creative leadership and accomplishments throughout his term as Dean have been pivotal to enhancing the outstanding reputation of Carleton’s Faculty of Engineering and Design,” said Provost Rankin, who chaired the renewal advisory committee. “Thank you to the members of the renewal advisory committee for their dedication to this process and please join me in congratulating Larry on his well-deserved reappointment.”
In his first term as Dean of FED, Dr. Kostiuk was instrumental in overseeing a substantial expansion of the faculty complement in FED. He also led the launch of the Engineering Design Centre, a 25,000 square-foot collaborative space dedicated to undergraduate students, and the Women in Engineering and IT (WiE&IT) Program, which aims to address the gender gap in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines.
Prior to his initial appointment as Dean of FED in 2019, Dr. Kostiuk served as Associate Vice-President (Research) after a transformative decade as Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Alberta. While in the Office of the Vice-President (Research), he also led Future Energy Systems, a $75-million research initiative launched by the University of Alberta under the Government of Canada’s Canada First Research Excellence Fund.
Dr. Kostiuk holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Calgary, a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Alberta and a PhD in Engineering from the University of Cambridge. After obtaining his PhD, Kostiuk completed Postdoctoral Fellowships at the University of Cambridge and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, Calif., where he returned to work on special projects as an invited scholar.
“It has been a great privilege to serve as Dean of Engineering and Design for the last five years,” said Kostiuk. “Not everything goes as planned when the middle years were spent in the shadow of COVID. I am very proud of all the staff, students, and academics, especially those just launching their careers at Carleton during these times, in achieving success in our transformative endeavours to grow our reputation as a research and educational institution. I am excited to work with everyone to continue to build on our accomplishments, and thank Carleton for this renewed opportunity.”