Dennis Assanis
Dennis Assanis | |
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Dionissios Nikolaou Assanis | |
Official portrait in 2022 | |
| 6th Chancellor of the University of California, Santa Barbara | |
| Assumed office September 1, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Henry T. Yang David Marshall (interim) |
| 28th President of the University of Delaware | |
| In office June 6, 2016 – June 30, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Patrick T. Harker Nancy Targett (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Laura Carlson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Spouse | Eleni Assanis |
| Education | Newcastle University (BS) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MS, MS, PhD, MS) |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mechanical engineering Ocean engineering |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | A computer simulation of the turbocharged turbo-compounded diesel engine system for studies of low heat rejection engine performance (1986) |
| Doctoral advisor | John B. Heywood |
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Dionissios "Dennis" Nikolaou Assanis is a Greek-American mechanical engineer, currently serving as the 6th chancellor of the University of California, Santa Barbara since September 2025.
He served as the 28th president of the University of Delaware from June 2016 to June 2025 and as provost of the State University of New York at Stony Brook from 2011 to 2016.