Warren DeVries

After serving as lecturer at UW–Madison for two years, DeVries became an assistant professor at the University of Michigan until 1982.^[2] Upon joining the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute that year, DeVries was promoted to associate professor.^[2] DeVries was appointed to a full professorship in 1994,^[2] and left RPI in 1996 for Iowa State University, where he was chair of the mechanical engineering department until 2002.^[1][2] DeVries moved from Iowa State to the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in 2006, to serve as dean of engineering and information technology.^[3] He stepped down from the deanship in 2014,^[4] and retained a professorship until retiring with emeritus status in 2018.^[2]

DeVries was elected a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1997.^[5][6] The ASME elevated DeVries to honorary membership in 2014.^[4][7]