Abdel Bachri
Abdel Bachri, Ph.D., has been selected as the new dean of the College of Science & Engineering at Southern Arkansas University.
As interim dean, he played an important role in a number of initiatives, including the creation of a bachelor’s degree in public health and the effort to initiate Accreditation Board for Engineering & Technology (ABET) accreditation for the engineering program.
Bachri joined SAU in 2007. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Hassan II in Casablanca, Morocco, where he majored in physics. Bachri also received a master’s degree in high energy physics from the International Center of Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy, and a Ph.D. in theoretical particle physics from Oklahoma State University.
In the fall 2007, his first upper-level class had an enrollment of three students, and there were fewer than 10 physics and engineering majors at SAU.
“Within the first 12 months, and through a combination of grants, matching and solicited donations, I attracted in excess of $25,000 in instruments and lab equipment, and worked hard to recruit students and make sure they progressed into successful researchers or engineers,” Bachri said.
Now the college has more than 200 declared majors and six faculty members.
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