As dean of the College of Engineering, and  Vice Chancellor of Engineering and National Laboratories for the Texas A&M University System, Dr. M. Katherine Banks leads one of the largest engineering schools in the country, with more than 16,900 students and 500 faculty. Banks is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers. She has received numerous awards including the American Society of Civil Engineers Petersen Outstanding Woman of the Year Award and the American Association of University Women Fellowship. Banks previously headed the School of Civil Engineering at Purdue University. She received her Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the University of Florida, Master of Science in Engineering from the University of North Carolina, and Doctorate of Philosophy in civil and environmental engineering from Duke University.

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