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EVANSVILLE — Richard Deer, an engineer, entrepreneur and University of Evansville alumnus, has been named director of UE’s new Center for Innovation Engineering.
The program is part of UE’s College of Engineering and Computer Science, and university of officials say it aims to instill an entrepreneurial mindset in engineering students.
Deer has founded and operated a number of small businesses over the past 25 years. He most recently led a group of technology infrastructure companies in the Southwest, according to UE.
He has collaborated in product design and development with partners in Qatar, Czech Republic, India, and South Korea as well as the United States.
“I look forward to adding value gained from my experience in a number of private ventures to an already robust and feature-rich educational experience here at UE,” Deer said.
Deer graduated from UE in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in Engineering Management. I