In 2000, Paul A. Fleury was appointed Dean. The department received renewed university investment beginning in the same year, when Yale President Richard Levin announced a $500 million capital investment in sciences and engineering at Yale.
Paul A. Fleury became the dean of the department in 2000. Simultaneously, the department began to benefit from renewed university investments as Yale President Richard Levin made a $500 million capital investment in sciences and engineering for Yale that year.