{"id":47345,"date":"2026-05-28T16:34:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T20:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webpublishing.oit.ncsu.edu\/ise-ncsu-edu\/?post_type=person&#038;p=47345"},"modified":"2026-05-28T16:34:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T20:34:45","slug":"lmartinv","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/webpublishing.oit.ncsu.edu\/ise-ncsu-edu\/people\/lmartinv\/","title":{"rendered":"Louis Martin-Vega"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Louis Martin-Vega<\/strong> has returned to his roots as an educator of industrial and systems engineering after being the dean of engineering at NC State University. He came to NC State in 2006 after spending five years as dean of engineering at the University of South Florida. He has also held several prestigious positions at NSF, including acting head of its Engineering Directorate and director of NSF\u2019s Division of Design, Manufacture and Industrial Innovation. 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