Robert Altenkirch became president of the University of Alabama in Huntsville in October 2011, following a nine-year stint as president of New Jersey Institute of Technology. Since the mid-1970s, Altenkirch has been a professor and administrator in the field of mechanical engineering, his work including studies on flames in low gravity for space shuttle missions.
Robert Altenkirch
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