The State University of New York’s Polytechnic Institute (SUNY POLY) has named Abdullah Eroglu G’99, G’04 as the dean of the College of Engineering. Eroglu earned his master’s and doctoral degrees in electrical engineering from the College of Engineering and Computer Science.

Eroglu comes to SUNY Poly from UMass Boston, where he was the department of engineering chair. In that role, Eroglu led the development of new academic programs, including online programs and certificates and initiated strategic industry partnerships. Since 2018, he has also served as an ABET program evaluator for engineering programs.

Before his academic career, Eroglu spent over eight years in the semiconductor industry as a lead senior radio frequency (RF) design engineer at MKS Instruments, ENI Products in Rochester. He also held positions as a faculty fellow in the fusion energy division of Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee and as a visiting scholar at the University of Gavle, Sweden.

Eroglu is a prolific researcher with more than 160 journal and conference papers, six books, and five patents. He has secured over $23 million in extramural funding as PI and co-PI from federal agencies, including the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Department of Transportation, and National Science Foundation as well as from industry. His research expertise includes RF/microwave/THz circuit design, RF amplifiers and topologies, RF metrology, anisotropic and gyrotropic materials, and metamaterial devices and sensors. Eroglu serves on the editorial boards of several journals and has received numerous awards for his research accomplishments.