Dr. Shreekanth (Shreek) Mandayam is the Vice President for Research at Texas State University. Dr. Mandayam leads the Division of Research (which includes the offices of Research Operations, Sponsored Programs, Research Development, and Innovation & Commercialization) university-level research centers, the Science, Technology, and Advanced Research (STAR) Park, and serves as the university’s liaison to The Texas State University System’s Office of Governmental Relations.

Dr. Mandayam holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Bangalore University in India and an M.S. and Ph.D. Degree in Electrical Engineering from Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. Dr. Mandayam is joining Texas State from Rowan University in New Jersey, where he has served in various leadership roles, including Vice President for Research, Executive Director of the South Jersey Technology Park, and Chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Dr. Mandayam is tenured Professor of Electrical Engineering and an active scholar whose research expertise is in the area of advanced visualization and virtual reality. He research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, NASA, U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Department of Energy, Elekta Corporation, Medtronic, and others. Dr. Mandayam has authored over 90 publications in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings and has advised 30 master’s and doctoral students.

Dr. Mandayam is a Senior Member of the IEEE and a member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). He was the Student Activities Chair for IEEE-Region 2 (Eastern United States) from 2004-2008. He served on the Research & Development Council of New Jersey (2012-2018), the Scientific Advisory Council of the University City Science Center (2012-2018), the Vice President of Conferences for the IEEE Systems Council (2015-2016), Vice President for Publications (2011-2012) and Vice President of Finance (2009-2010) for the IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Society.