Texas A&M University-Victoria

About the speaker: 

Dr. Jim Nelson is the Associate Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs for the Texas A&M University System. Since late April, he has served as the TAMUS liaison for the transition of UHV into the A&M System traveling to Victoria for 2-3 days weekly to get to know the campus and community. He is spearheading efforts to bring agriculture and engineering programs to Texas A&M University-Victoria over the coming years.

Dr. Nelson joined the faculty of the University of Texas at Tyler in 2005, becoming the founding chairman of the Department of Civil Engineering and Dean of Engineering. Prior to that, Dr. Nelson worked in industry and had a varied academic experience, including stints at Texas A&M University at Galveston and Texas A&M University.

He received a Bachelor of Civil Engineering from the University of Dayton and a Master’s and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Houston.

Dr. Nelson is married and has a daughter, a graduate of the University of Texas at Tyler.

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