Dean of the Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science | Portland State University

Before joining Portland State, Dr. Bull served as the Associate Dean for Research, Faculty Affairs and Graduate Studies in the School of Science and Engineering at Tulane University, where he held the John and Elsie Martinez Biomedical Engineering Chair, and was a Professor of Biomedical Engineering, and the Interim Chair of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences.

Prior to moving to Tulane, he was Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan. Professor Bull’s research program is focused on ultrasound and biofluid mechanics.

He is a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, and a Sequoyah Fellow of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society. Dr. Bull has a substantial history of working to improve racial equity and diversity.

His work in this area was recognized by the Raymond J. and Monica E. Schultz Outreach and Diversity Award from the University of Michigan. Dr. Bull is an enrolled member of the Delaware Tribe of Indians, and he is the first Native American Dean of Engineering in the country.