# Robin Coger

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**Robin N. Coger** is an American biomedical engineer and academic administrator, formerly the provost and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs at [East Carolina University](/source/East_Carolina_University). Her research as a biomedical engineer has focused on [artificial organs](/source/Artificial_organ) and particularly on [liver support systems](/source/Liver_support_system).[1]

## Education and career

Coger majored in [mechanical engineering](/source/Mechanical_engineering) at [Cornell University](/source/Cornell_University), graduating in 1988. She went to the [University of California, Berkeley](/source/University_of_California,_Berkeley) for graduate study in mechanical engineering, earning a master's degree in 1990 and completing her doctorate there in 1993.[2]

She was a postdoctoral researcher at the [Harvard Medical School](/source/Harvard_Medical_School) and [Massachusetts General Hospital](/source/Massachusetts_General_Hospital) before joining the faculty at the [University of North Carolina at Charlotte](/source/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Charlotte) in 1996. At the University of North Carolina, she founded the Center for Biomedical Engineering Science, and served as interim department chair.[3] In 2011, she moved to [North Carolina A&T State University](/source/North_Carolina_A%26T_State_University) to become dean of engineering and professor of mechanical engineering. In 2022 she moved again, to her most recent administrative position as provost and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs at [East Carolina University](/source/East_Carolina_University).[3]

Coger has chaired the Council of Engineering Deans of Historically Black Colleges and Universities.[4] She is also a member of the Board of Directors of FIRST, a youth robotics community delivering robotics competitions throughout the world.[5]

## Recognition

Coger was named an [ASME Fellow](/source/ASME_Fellow) and a Fellow of the [American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering](/source/American_Institute_for_Medical_and_Biological_Engineering) "for significant contributions in building biomedical engineering programs, and in the fields of liver tissue engineering and biopreservation", both in 2010.[6][7]

In 2019, she was featured on the cover of *US Black Engineer* magazine, which called her "a true visionary leader", and highlighted the college she headed as the country's "top producer of Black engineers".[4] Dr. Coger is also a 2024 ASME Dedicated Service Awardee, which honors "unusual dedicated voluntary service to the Society marked by outstanding performance, demonstrated effective leadership, prolonged and committed service, devotion, enthusiasm and faithfulness". [8]

## References

1. ["Dr. Robin Coger begins tenure as provost"](https://www.reflector.com/dr-robin-coger-begins-tenure-as-provost/article_befb467d-5bbb-53a0-832e-78c16c7b8106.html), *[The Daily Reflector](/source/The_Daily_Reflector)*, July 16, 2022

1. ["Robin Coger"](http://projects.vassar.edu/sefdirectory/web/profiles/e1000178.html), *Directory of Science and Engineering Faculty in Selected Institutions of Higher Education*, Vassar College, August 23, 2000, retrieved 2022-10-09

1. ["Robin N. Coger named Provost"](https://news.ecu.edu/2021/12/02/robin-n-coger-named-provost/), *ECU News Services*, East Carolina University, December 2, 2021, retrieved 2022-10-09

1. ["Dr. Robin N. Coger: An Engineering Visionary and Innovator"](https://www.blackengineer.com/news/dr-robin-coger-engineering-visionary-and-innovator/), *US Black Engineer*, April 8, 2019, retrieved 2022-10-09

1. ["FIRST, Meet the Leaders Behind the Mission"](https://www.firstinspires.org/about/leadership/), retrieved 2025-12-02

1. ["Fellows"](https://www.asme.org/getmedia/356e1810-c2f4-41d8-80c2-f5de20f64442/fellows-all-updated-2022.pdf), American Society of Mechanical Engineers, retrieved 2022-10-09

1. ["Robin Coger, Ph.D."](https://aimbe.org/college-of-fellows/COF-1161/), *College of Fellows*, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, retrieved 2022-10-09

1. ["The American Society of Mechanical Engineers Dedicated Service Award"](https://www.asme.org/about-asme/honors-awards/service-awards/dedicated-service-award/), ASME, retrieved 2025-09-24

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