Michigan Technological University has appointed two new Robbins Chairs in Sustainability: Terry Sharik, dean of the School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, and Guy Meadows, director of the Great Lakes Research Center. Sharik will hold the Robbins Chair in Sustainable Resources, and Meadows, the Robbins Chair in Sustainable Marine Engineering.
David Shonnard and Craig Friedrich will continue for a second five-year term as Robbins Chair in Sustainable Materials and Robbins Chair in Sustainable Manufacturing respectively. Research Professor Rolf Peterson will be rotating out.
Both Sharik and Meadows already hold leadership positions at Michigan Tech in the key strategic area of sustainability. Sharik . . .