Margaret Katherine Banks to Lead Engineering Programs at Texas A&M

Margaret Katherine Banks was named vice chancellor for engineering and dean of the Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. The appointment is effective in January. She is currently the Jack and Kay Hockema Professor and head of the School of Civil Engineering at Purdue University.

Dr. Banks is a graduate of the University of Florida. She holds a master’s degree from the University of North Carolina and a Ph.D. in civil and environmental engineering from Duke University.