Michael Trick named dean of CMU-Q

Michael Trick, the Harry B and James H Higgins Professor of Operations Research at Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business, has been appointed dean of Carnegie Mellon in Qatar (CMU-Q), effective from September 1. Trick, a Tepper School of Business faculty member since 1989, has held numerous leadership positions within the school, including senior associate dean for faculty and research for the past three years. His interests focus on operations research and business analytics with a specialisation in computational methods in optimisation. “With his long and accomplished career as a scholar, educator and mentor, Michael Trick will bring exceptional vision to Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar, a valued partner in empowering our nation’s next generation of leaders, entrepreneurs, thinkers and problem solvers,” said HE Sheikha Hind bint Hamad al-Thani, vice-chairperson and CEO of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development. “As we proudly celebrate more than 20 years since the inception of Education City, I look forward to dean Trick’s contribution to its continued success as a hub for knowledge, innovation and research.”“Throughout his career as an internationally recognised scholar and leader, Michael Trick has demonstrated a deep appreciation for the value of a borderless education to advance human knowledge and the power of collaboration to motivate and inspire others,” added CMU interim president Farnam Jahanian. From 2011 to 2014, Trick provided strategic direction for the Tepper School’s educational mission as senior associate dean for education. He also has key roles on several university committees, including the University Research Council and the Faculty Committee on Diversity, Inclusion and Development. A fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, Trick is president of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies, an umbrella organisation of 50 operational research societies whose 51 members represent more than 30,000 academics, professionals and students in more than 45 countries. “CMU-Q plays an incredibly important role both to CMU and to the region,” Trick said. Trick will succeed Ilker Baybars, who stepped down as dean in June and will return to his duties as the George Leland Bach Chair of Operations Management in the Tepper School.