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Professor Gilbert “Rip” Collins was installed as a Dean’s Professor by Wendi Heinzelman, Dean of the Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Collins was bestowed this distinguished honor in a ceremony also attended by University President Richard Feldman and Dean of Arts, Sciences and Engineering, Gloria Culver, on Tuesday 29 January. Professor Collins joined the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering in the Summer of 2016, with secondary appointments in Physics and Astronomy and LLE. He has established a prominent research program on the physics and materials science of how high-energy densities alter the properties of materials, which has applications in high-strain-rate phenomena, planetary science, stellar evolution, and controlled fusion. Rip has led an expansive UR effort for the first-of-its-kind international curriculum on high energy density science, and has also been instrumental in attracting to UR prominent young scientists, enhancing diversity and national recognition.