Ilya Avdeev has been named the new director of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Lubar Entrepreneurship Center (LEC).

Avdeev, an associate professor of mechanical engineering, previously served as the LEC’s director of innovation. He’ll continue leading the center’s mission of facilitating innovation and discovery for entrepreneurs, researchers and communities.

“The Lubar Entrepreneurship Center has been a key element in UWM’s innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem,” UWM Chancellor Mark Mone said, “and I am pleased to see Professor Avdeev continue this important work.”

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