JOHN HURTADO has been named interim vice chancellor and dean of the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University as well as interim agency director of the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station. Hurtado joined the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M in 2001 and serves as deputy director and chief technology officer for the Bush Combat Development Complex and professor of aerospace engineering. He holds a master’s and doctorate in aerospace engineering from Texas A&M.