When John Walz steps into the role of leadership at the University of Kentucky College of Engineering, manufacturers will be waiting eagerly for him to help them overcome the issue they cite as their most troublesome: the development — ASAP — of qualified, highly skilled talent (see also: Inside the Manufacturing Skills Gap).

And UK’s new engineering dean will be making a transition from an institution that offered no opportunities to integrate engineering and medical research to one where these disciplines, as well as others, have been in collaboration for decades.

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