Following a national search, Georgia Tech selected a current employee to serve as the next dean of the College of Engineering.

Gary May, the current chair of electrical and computer engineering, becomes dean July 1. He replaces Don Giddens, who is retiring.

Tech's engineering program is the largest in the country and enrolls nearly 60 percent of the students who attend the institute.

May graduated from Tech and returned as an assistant professor in 1991. He has served in his current position since 2005.