{"id":27,"date":"2025-02-25T09:20:38","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T14:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2025-07-21T09:13:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T13:13:54","slug":"leadership","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/about\/leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4383d167 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium)\">Leadership<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/05\/Kivanc-Ekici.jpg\" alt=\"Kivanc Ekici\" class=\"wp-image-216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/05\/Kivanc-Ekici.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/05\/Kivanc-Ekici-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"margin-bottom:0;padding-bottom:0\">Kivanc Ekici<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width:100%\"><div style=\"width: 15%;height: 10px;margin: 40px 0 px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-condensed-font-family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(1.352rem, 1.352rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 1.15), 2.2rem);font-style:italic;font-weight:400\">Department Head and John W. 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