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Alec D. Gallimore is the Robert J. Vlasic Dean of Engineering, the Richard F.
and Eleanor A. Towner Professor of Engineering and an Arthur F. Thurnau
Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University
of
Michigan. From 2011 to 2016, Gallimore served first as the associate dean for
research and graduate education and then as the associate dean for academic
affairs at Michigan Engineering. Alec served as an associate dean at U-M’s
Graduate School from 2005 to 2011. He is a leader in the field of advanced
spacecraft propulsion and heads a laboratory that is developing the plasma
drive system that may ultimately propel humans to Mars. He received his
B.S. degree in aeronautical engineering at Rensselaer, and his M.A. and Ph.D.
degrees in aerospace engineering with a focus on plasma physics at Princeton.
He is the author of over 360 publications and has graduated 40 Ph.D. students
and 14 master’s studentsHe co-directs the Plasmadynamics and Electric Propulsion
Laboratory and is on the faculty of the Applied Physics program at Michigan.
His primary research interests include the development of advanced
spacecraft propulsion systems (electric propulsion) and the optical, laser,
microwave and probe plasma diagnostics necessary to understand and
advance this technology. He is the author of more than 360 technical papers
on advanced spacecraft propulsion and plasma physics. He has graduated 40
Ph.D. students and 14 master’s students, and serves on a number of advisory
and governance boards for government entities, corporations and academic
institutions. He is a fellow of the American Institute for Aeronautics and
Astronautics and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.

College of Engineering
Room 2464, Lurie Engineering Center
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2102
734-647-7010
alec.gallimore@umich.edu