He will serve as the Interim Director of Undergraduate Programs
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Michael C. Hirschi, Professors Emeritus and former Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Programs in the College of Engineering, will now serve as the Interim Director
ofUndergraduate Programs in the Department of Industrial & Enterprise Systems Engineering.
Hirschi earned his PhD in Agricultural Engineering from the University of Kentucky in 1985, and went on to become a professor in the University of Illinois’ Agricultural Engineering Department. He also served as Assistant Director and Water Quality Program Coordinator for the University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service.
Hirschi has won several teaching awards, including the Teaching Excellence Award from the Department of Agricultural Engineering, the Senior Faculty Award for Excellence in Extension from the Department of Agricultural Engineering, and he was deemed an Honorary Knight of St. Pat by the College of Engineering.