Mike Gosz is currently Associate Provost for Undergraduate Affairs of Illinois Institute of Technology where he is responsible for educational services and academic resources for undergraduate students. An associate professor in the Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering Department, Mike has been on the faculty of IIT since 1996.

Professor Gosz teaches a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate courses in the areas of solid mechanics and computational mechanics. He also regularly teaches short courses in the finite element method to practicing engineers from industry.

Mike Gosz graduated from Marquette University with a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering. He received an M.S. degree in 1989 and his Ph.D. in 1993, both in theoretical and applied mechanics, from Northwestern University.

Professor Gosz has over 30 technical publications in the areas of finite element methods, fracture mechanics, composite materials, and fluid structure interaction. He is also the author of the book, "Finite element method: applications in solids structures and heat transfer,"published by Taylor and Francis, CRC Press in 2005.

Professor Gosz received the IBM Faculty Development Award in 1994 from the T.J. Watson Research center in Yorktown Heights NY, the Ralph Barnett teaching award in 1998, and the University Excellence in Teaching Award in 2005. He is a member of ASME and the American Academy for Mechanics.