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Francis J. Doyle III

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Francis J. Doyle III
Provost, Brown University
Assumed office
July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01)
Preceded byRichard Locke
Personal details
Born1963 (age 60–61)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
SpouseDiana Rodriguez
Children3
EducationPrinceton University (BSE)
Cambridge University (MSc)
California Institute of Technology (PhD)
ProfessionCollege administrator, Academic

Francis "Frank" J. Doyle III (born 1963) is an American engineer and academic administrator. He is a professor of Engineering and provost of Brown University.

Biography

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Francis J. Doyle III was born in Philadelphia in 1963. His family moved to Newark, Delaware, when Francis was 2. His father worked as a chemical engineer.[1]

Doyle completed his undergraduate studies at Princeton University in 1985, receiving a B.S.E. in chemical engineering. He received a M.S. (C.P.G.S.) in chemical engineering from Cambridge University in 1986, and a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 1991.

Prior to his appointment at UCSB, Doyle was a professor in the department of chemical engineering at the University of Delaware (1997–2002),[2] and was a professor in the School of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University (1992–1997).[3] Between his graduate studies and his first academic appointment, he completed postdoctoral studies at the DuPont Company.

Doyle was dean of the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences from 2015 to 2023.[4][2]

In 2021, Doyle was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering for insights into natural biological control systems and innovative engineering of diabetes control devices.

Doyle began his tenure as 14th provost of Brown University in July 2023.[4]

Honors and recognition

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Doyle has received a number of honors throughout his career, including:

He has also held leadership positions in professional societies including the IEEE (as President of the Control Systems Society) and as Vice President of the International Federation for Automatic Control (IFAC), among others.

Personal life

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Frank is married to Diana Rodriguez, and they have 3 children.[3] In his free time, Frank enjoys racing sailboats, and has competed in a number of regattas during and since college, including the 2011 Transpac Race. His other hobby is refereeing soccer, and he is currently certified in several organizations including AYSO (National Referee), U.S Soccer (Grade 7 Referee), and NISOA.

References

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  1. ^ Staff, C. E. E. (2000-07-01). "Frank Doyle, III: Reflections From His Friends and Colleagues". Chemical Engineering Education. 34 (3): 192–197. ISSN 2165-6428.
  2. ^ a b "A new dean for SEAS". May 14, 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Incoming dean, rising School". June 17, 2015.
  4. ^ a b Clark, Brian (15 December 2022). "Accomplished engineer, academic leader Francis J. Doyle III appointed 14th provost of Brown University". Brown University. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Frank Doyle elected to the National Academy of Medicine". www.seas.harvard.edu. October 17, 2016.
  6. ^ "Premier Control Society Honors Frank Doyle | www.icb.ucsb.edu". www.icb.ucsb.edu.
  7. ^ "AAAS Members Elected as Fellows | AAAS - the World's Largest General Scientific Society". Archived from the original on 2018-09-13. Retrieved 2017-06-30.
  8. ^ "Fellow Directory - AIMBE".
  9. ^ "IFAC Fellows — IFAC · International Federation of Automatic Control". www.ifac-control.org.
  10. ^ "CSS IEEE Fellows | IEEE Control Systems Society". Archived from the original on 2017-07-22. Retrieved 2017-06-30.
  11. ^ "Call for Nominations". www.castdiv.org.
  12. ^ a b "Center for Control, Dynamical-Systems, and Computation (CCDC) | UC Santa Barbara - College of Engineering". Archived from the original on 2015-09-22. Retrieved 2017-06-30.
  13. ^ a b c "Professor Francis J. Doyle III : The Doyle Group".