Katherine Banks

Margaret Katherine Banks is an American engineer, currently Vice Chancellor of Engineering for The Texas A&M University System[1] and Dean of the Texas A&M University College of Engineering. She is an Elected Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers, was elected in 2014 to the National Academy of Engineering, and was formerly the Jack and Kay Hockema Professor at Purdue University.[2][3] Her research interests include applied microbial systems, biofilm processes, wastewater treatment and reuse, and phytoremediation bioremediation.[4][5] She received her Ph.D. in 1989 from Duke University.[4]

At Texas A&M, she helped establish the EnMed program (led by Roderic Pettigrew, Ph.D., M.D.), an innovative engineering medical school option created by Texas A&M University and Houston Methodist Hospital, designed to educate a new kind of physician who will create transformational technology for health care.

On February 13, 2019, she was named to the Board of Directors of Halliburton .

Education

Dr. Banks 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.

Awards

Dr. Banks is the recipient of the American Society of Civil Engineers Petersen Outstanding Woman of the Year Award, American Society of Civil Engineers Rudolph Hering Medal, Purdue Faculty Scholar Award, Sloan Foundation Mentoring Fellowship and the American Association of University Women Fellowship.[6]

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References
  1. March 23, Blank |; 2019 (2019-03-23). "America Makes to Open 2nd Satellite Center in Texas". Business Journal Daily. Retrieved 2019-03-27.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. "M. Katherine Banks". tamu.edu. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
  3. "M. Katherine Banks". tamu.edu. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
  4. "Banks, M. Katherine". engineering.tamu.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-29.
  5. Banks, M. K.; Schwab, A. P.; Henderson, Carlos (January 2006). "Leaching and reduction of chromium in soil as affected by soil organic content and plants". Chemosphere. 62 (2): 255–264. Bibcode:2006Chmsp..62..255B. doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.05.020. ISSN 0045-6535. PMID 16000212.
  6. A, Texas; Engineering, M. University College of; Tamu, 3127; Station, College; Tx 77843-3127. "Meet the Dean". engineering.tamu.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-30.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)


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