Andrea Welker

Andrea Welker, PhD., PE, ENV SP, F.ASCE is the Dean of the School of Engineering and a Professor of Civil Engineering at The College of New Jersey. She obtained her BS and MS in Civil Engineering from Drexel University, worked at Gannett Fleming in Pittsburgh, PA, and obtained her PhD in Civil Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin. She is a licensed professional engineer in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and an Envision Sustainability professional. She was promoted to Professor in 2013 and assumed the role of Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Engineering in 2016 at Villanova University. In July 2022, she joined The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) as the Dean of the School of Engineering.

Dr. Welker is very active in the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). In October she hosted the ASEE Middle Atlantic Section at TCNJ. In addition, she has served as the Secretary and Treasurer, Freshman Director, Midterm Director, Senior Director, Program Chair, and Chair of the Civil Engineering Division of the American Society for Engineering Education. She is currently serving as the Civil Engineering Division’s liaison to the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) as part of the Committee on Education. Dr. Welker is involved in the Engineering for One Planet (EOP) initiative spearheaded by The Lemelson Foundation. At her prior institution she led the effort to weave sustainability concepts throughout the curriculum as a pilot institution grantee. She is an active member of the EOP network and has served as an EOP minigrant program mentor.

As Dean of the School of Engineering at TCNJ, Dr. Welker led the effort to streamline the curriculum by reducing the number of required units. Under her leadership, the School has developed new mission, vision, and values statements and adopted a new strategic plan. Dr. Welker is the Principal Investigator of an NSF EPIIC grant, which seeks to expand TCNJ’s capacity for external partnerships and develop internal structures to support these activities.