Graduate Advisors & Coordinators
The Role of a Faculty Graduate Advisor
The Graduate Advisor serves as a prospective or current student’s first point of contact within the faculty of any given department or program. The Graduate Advisor typically serves as the admission committee chair, and thus answers questions from prospective students regarding research or course content. Graduate Advisors also serve current students in their given department or program by reviewing all requests (petitions, part-time status, leave of absence, etc.) and are particularly involved any time a current student would like to request an exception to policy.
The Role of the Graduate Coordinator
Each department has its own Graduate Coordinator. These staff members serve as your departmental contact for questions regarding funding and forms processing. They also provide exception memos and serve as a liaison with the Departmental Faculty Graduate Advisors and with the Graduate and Professional Studies office.
Biomedical Engineering
- Graduate Advisor: Michelle Digman
- Graduate Coordinator: Maggie Mulcare
- Department page
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Graduate Advisor: Ali Mohraz
- Graduate Coordinator: Elizabeth Randall
- Department page
Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Graduate Advisor: Russell Detwiler
- Graduate Coordinator: Angie Zuniga
- Department page
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
- Graduate Advisor (Ph.D.): Payam Heydari
- Graduate Advisor (M.S.): Syed Jafar
- Graduate Coordinator: Amy Pham
- Department page
Materials Science and Engineering
- Graduate Advisor: Daniel Mumm
- Graduate Coordinator: Desiree Rios
- Department page
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Graduate Advisor: Marc Madou
- Graduate Coordinator: Tenley Dunn
- Department page
Computational Science Joint Doctoral Program
- Program Director: Lee Swindlehurst
- Program Coordinator: Jean Bennett
- Program page
Engineering Management
- Program Director: John LaRue
- Program Coordinator: Jean Bennett
- Program page
Master of Embedded and Cyber Physical Systems
- Program Director: Rainer Doemer
- Program Coordinator: Briana Moreno
- Program page
Master of Engineering
- Program Director: Derek Dunn-Rankin
- Program Coordinator: Jean Bennett
- Program page
Materials and Manufacturing Technology School-Wide Concentration
- Program Director: Lorenzo Valdevit
- Program Coordinator: Mark Banderas
- Program page