2024-2025 Electrical and Computer Engineering

Committee & Individual Service Assignments

Hanseup Kim

Department Chair:

Oversees Associate Chairs and Overall Success of the Department

Jamesina Simpson

Associate Chair:

Oversees Research Committee, Graduate Committee, and Staff Success

PE Gaillardon

Associate Chair:

Oversees Undergraduate Committee, Senior Project and Clinic Committee, and Student Success Committee

Tolga Tasdizen

Associate Chair:

Oversees RPT, and Faculty Success Committee

David Schurig

ABET Director:

Responsible for overseeing all ABET requirements for EE and CE.  

Jon Davies

Lab Safety Director

Oversee and ensure Lab Safety in the Department

Rajesh Menon

RPT Director

The RPT Director oversees review processes, ensures adherence to policies, supports faculty development, and conducts 5-year reviews for tenured faculty per university guidelines.

Florian Solzbacher

Senior Advisor:

Assists Department Chair with high-level items by advising on previous departmental directions.

Rebecca Weldon

ABET Coordinator:

Assists ABET Director with coordination of information needed from UG and G program.

Mel Parkes

Safety Associate:

Assists Lab Safety Director with Operations/Logistics/Budgetary Needs

Angela Rasmussen

Director of Advising:

Oversees Academic Advising Operations

Marc Bodson

Senior Advisor:

Assists Department Chair with high-level items by advising on previous departmental directions.

Ken Stevens

Director of C.E. Program:

Oversees alignment and cohesiveness of CE program with ECE program.

Lars Laurentius

Lab Safety Coordinator

Assists Lab Safety Director with Logistics and Operations

Area Course Coordinators

Ken Stevens

Computer Engineering

Cynthia Furse

EM/OPTICS

Marc Bodson

POWER / CONTROL / ROBOTICS

Darrin Young

SOLID STATE / MEMS / CIRCUITS

Rong Rong Chen

SYSTEMS / SIGNAL PROCESSING / COMMUNICATIONS

Angela Rasmussen

INTRO COURSES.

Department Committees

Graduate Committee

Cindy Furse

Chair

Mike Scarpulla

Associate Chair

Liz Rowberry

Graduate Advising Coordinator

John Bolke

Advising Coordinator

Marc Bodson

E-Learning Program Coordinator

Yu Xiang

Handbook Management Coordinator

Default MS Committees

Circuits

Darrin Young

PE Gaillardon

Armin Tajalli

Computer Engineering

Ken Stevens

PE Gaillardon

Neal Patwari

EM

Cindy Furse

Benjamin Sanchez

David Schurig

Optics

Berardi Sensale-Rodriguez

Steve Blair

Rajesh Menon

Power & Control

Marc Bodson

Mostafa Ardakani

John Palmer

Robotics

Jacob George

Marc Bodson

Stephen Mascaro

Signals

Rong Rong Chen

Yu Xiang

Neda Nategh

Solid State/MEMS

Mike Scarpulla

Hanseup Kim

Heayoung Yoon

Undergraduate Committee

Angela Rasmussen

Chair

Amy Verkler

Admissions, Graduation, Transfer Coordinator

Ken Stevens

Admissions, Graduation, Transfer Coordinator

Maddie Porter

Computer Engineering Academic Advisor

Michael Bacon

Program Assistant

Doug Christensen

Curricular Development and Implementation Coordinator

Michaela Shelton

Electrical Engineering Academic Advisor

UAC Subcommittee

Berardi Sensale-Rodriguez

Chair

 

 

Habtamu Aycheh

Scholarship Coordinator

Raheel Bhutta

Graduation Coordinator

Fatemeh Mahalian

Curriculum Coordinator

John Bolke

Academic Advising Coordinator

Bob Knudsen

Budget Assistance

Student Success Committee

Mostafa Ardakani

Chair

John Palmer

Complaint/Dispute Management Coordinator 

Neil Cotter

Outreach/Recruitment Coordinator

Heayoung Yoon

Student Scholarships Coordinator

Rajesh Menon

Engineering Scholars Program Chair

Kai Fu

University Resources Management

Rong Rong Chen

Environment Management Coordinator

Carlos Mastrangelo

Complaint/Dispute Management Coordinator 

Morteza Fayazi

Student Research & Integrity Coordinator

LuCinda Cole

Program Assistant

Events Subcommittee

Becca Weldon

Administrative Officer & Assistant to the Chair

LuCinda Cole

Program Assistant

John Bolke

Academic Advising Coordinator

Liz Rowberry

Graduate Advising Coordinator

Michaela Shelton

Electrical Engineering Academic Advisor

Maddie Porter

Computer Engineering Academic Advisor

Marlee Jeppsen

Marketing Director

Holly Cox

Administrative Manager

Bob Knudsen

Senior Accountant

Michael Bacon

Program Assistant

Faculty Success Committee

Neda Nategh

Chair

Masood Parvania

Faculty Research Coordinator

Environment Management Coordinator

Weilu Gao

Seminar Distinguished Lecture Management Coordinator

Behrouz Farhang

Faculty Awards, Development and Fellowship Coordinator

Massood Tabib-Azar

Faculty Awards, Development, Fellowship Coordinator

LuCinda Cole

Program Assistant

Darrin Young

Faculty Teaching/Promotion Coordinator

 

Jacob George

2024-2025 Faculty Recruiting Coordinator

Events Subcommittee

Becca Weldon

Administrative Officer & Assistant to the Chair

Holly Cox

Administrative Manager

Bob Knudsen

Senior Accountant

LuCinda Cole

Program Assistant

Research Committee

Jamesina Simpson

Chair 

Tolga Tasdizen

Associate Chair

PE Gaillardon

Associate Chair

Michael Bacon

Program Assistant

Clinic & Senior Project Subcommittee

Mingxi Liu

Chair 

Steve Blair

Associate Chair

Jon Davies

Operations Director

Michael Bacon

Program Assistant

Bob Knudsen

Budgetary Needs

Requirements for all Committee Meetings: 

Three- year vision 

  • What you hope to accomplish (define goals) 

  • Develop annual plans with targets/goals that constitute success for each committee

Meeting minutes with responsibilities and action items with dates, record and report attendance, will be recorded and uploaded to Ubox by the program assistant. 

Reporting during committee chairs meetings to Chairs and Associate Chairs.

Sabbatical 24-25

Sabbatical 24-25

Leave 24-25

Leave 24-25