The Dean

Dr. Mickey R. Wilhelm was appointed the seventh dean of the J. B. Speed School of Engineering by the U of L Board of Trustees on May 13, 2004.

A member of U of L’s engineering faculty since 1975, Wilhelm served as acting dean from October 2003 until May 2004, associate dean of engineering from 1994 to 2003, director of programs for U of L’s Logistics and Distribution Institute from 2002 to 2004, and industrial engineering department chairman from 1986 to 1993.

A licensed professional engineer, Wilhelm also is a researcher and consultant in facilities planning and design, materials handling, systems analysis and industrial engineering. In the early 1970s he taught at The University of Alabama in Huntsville, where he earned his bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees and where, in March 2004, he received the Alumni of Achievement Award.

Wilhelm was a visiting faculty fellow at the Center for Economic Research at Tilburg University in the Netherlands during his 2001 sabbatical from U of L and was a summer research faculty fellow at the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. He was elected as a fellow of both the Institute of Industrial Engineers and the World Academy of Productivity Sciences. Wilhelm serves on the Kentucky State Board Licensure for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, and on the board of the Greater Louisville Inc. Logistics Network.

Wilhelm is an alumnus of the Leadership Louisville and the Bingham Fellows leadership development programs.

Duties and Responsibilities of the Dean (PDF)