Meet the Dean

John Lach has served as Dean of GW’s School of Engineering and Applied Science since August 2019. He also served as GW's Interim Provost 2025-2026. Dean Lach joined GW Engineering from the University of Virginia, where he served as the director of cross-cutting initiatives at the university’s School of Engineering and Applied Science and as a professor of electrical and computer engineering in the Charles L. Brown Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He previously served as the chair of the department. He was the co-founder of the UVA Link Lab and was Associate Director for Translational Research for the NSF Engineering Research Center (ERC) for Advanced Self-Powered Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technologies (ASSIST).

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