Worcester Polytechnic Institute has appointed Rutland resident Arthur Heinricher as its new dean of undergraduate studies.
Heinricher has been at WPI for 16 years, most recently serving as its first associate dean for the first-year experience.
He joined the university in 1992 as a faculty member in the mathematical sciences department, where he now serves as a professor.
In his new position, Heinricher will oversee undergraduate education at WPI, helping to make changes to curriculum and program structure.
Heinricher has a bachelor of science degree in applied mathematics from the University of Missouri at St. Louis and a doctorate in mathematics from Carnegie Mellon University.
Before moving to WPI, he was an assistant professor at the University of Kentucky and a visiting assistant professor at the University of Tennessee.
