2025-2026 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.
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.
Priyank Kalla
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
Priyank Kalla
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
Marc Bodson
E-Learning Program Coordinator
Armin Tajalli
Graduate Student Recruitment Coordinator
Default MS Committees
Circuits
Darrin Young
PE Gaillardon
Armin Tajalli
Computer Engineering
Ken Stevens
PE Gaillardon
Neal Patwari
EM
Cindy Furse
David Schurig
Optics
Steve Blair
Rajesh Menon
Power & Control
Marc Bodson
Mostafa Ardakani
John Palmer
Robotics
Jacob George
Marc Bodson
Stephen Mascaro
Signals
Rong Rong Chen
Neda Nategh
Solid State/MEMS
Mike Scarpulla
Hanseup Kim
Heayoung Yoon
Undergraduate Committee
Angela Rasmussen
Chair
Amy Verkler
Undergraduate EE Transfer Coordinator
Priyank Kalla
Undergraduate CE Transfer Coordinator
Maddie Porter
Computer Engineering Academic Advisor
Doug Christensen
Curricular Development and Implementation Coordinator
Michaela Shelton
Electrical Engineering Academic Advisor
UAC Subcommittee
Chair
Habtamu Aycheh
Scholarship Coordinator
Raheel Bhutta
Graduation Coordinator
Fatemeh Mahalian
Curriculum Coordinator
Bob Knudsen
Budget Assistance
Student Success Committee
Darrin Young
Chair
Neil Cotter
Outreach/Recruitment Coordinator
Heayoung Yoon
Student Scholarships Coordinator
Mostafa Ardakani
Student Scholarships Coordinator
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
LuCinda Cole
Program Assistant
Liz Rowberry
Graduate Advising Coordinator
Michaela Shelton
Electrical Engineering Academic Advisor
Maddie Porter
Computer Engineering Academic Advisor
Chelsey Short
Administrative Manager
Bob Knudsen
Senior Accountant
Faculty Success Committee
Neda Nategh
Chair
Masood Parvania
Faculty Research Coordinator
Weilu Gao
Seminar Distinguished Lecture Management Coordinator
Behrouz Farhang
Faculty Awards, Development and Fellowship Coordinator
Massood Tabib-Azar
Faculty Awards, Development, Fellowship Coordinator
Jacob George
Faculty Teaching/Promotion Coordinator
LuCinda Cole
Program Assistant
Research Committee
Jamesina Simpson
Chair
Tolga Tasdizen
Associate Chair
PE Gaillardon
Associate Chair
Clinic & Senior Project Subcommittee
Weilu Gao
Interim Chair 2025-2026
Steve Blair
Associate Chair
Jon Davies
Operations Director
Bob Knudsen
Budgetary Needs
Requirements for all Committee Meetings:
Three- year vision
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What you hope to accomplish (define goals)
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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.
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