Jaime Camelio, associate dean for research, innovation, and entrepreneurship at the University of Georgia College of Engineering, has been appointed as a program director for the National Science Foundation (NSF) Innovation Corps (I-Corps™) program under the Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP).

Camelio has served the UGA College of Engineering as associate dean since 2020. In this role, he has created programs that further the college’s strategic priorities while aligning those programs with UGA’s strategic plan. He has worked closely with faculty and school chairs to transform the college’s innovative leadership programs into national and international models for experiential learning in engineering. In addition, he has worked to fuse the college’s instruction and research with programs that promote leadership, entrepreneurship, and ethics.