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MAE Operations
 

Amy Ricks
amy.ricks@uci.edu
Phone: (949) 824-1817

Responsible for strategic initiatives, administrative operations, and management of department financial, personnel, student affairs, teaching, and research support infrastructure operations with the Department Chair

Academic Personnel 
 

Belinda Bennett 

belindab@uci.edu
Phone: (949) 824-4998

Remote days: Monday, Tuesday
Manages academic personnel review cycle process for MAE Department senate files, to include maintaining academic personnel (AP) files, preparing and processing all senate faculty merit, promotion, and appointment files. Coordinates academic recruitments, handles all academic personnel paperwork and items related to all Senate actions including coordination of summer salaries, course buyouts, sabbaticals, joint appointments, outside professional activities process, and all department electronic voting process.

Payroll  
 

Nicole Butteling 

npierce1@uci.edu
Phone: (949) 824-5469

Remote days: Friday
The primary department payroll contact and expert as the payroll system (UCPath) transaction initiator, working closely with the CAO, AP Analyst, and School Dean’s office to ensure that all paperwork and system transactions are timely and accurate.  

Project Design, Educational Facilities, Safety 

Derek Irwin

dmirwin@uci.edu
Phone: (949) 824-6227

Responsible for coordinating all aspects of the MAE Teaching Laboratories including equipment repair, set-up for experiments, construction, and alterations to laboratory space. Operates as the Equipment Coordinator which includes responsibility for the management, maintenance, repair, and relocation of department equipment. Designated POC for certain MAE projects and spaces, for LHAT and EH&S as needed. Responsible for the construction and repair of equipment used in research laboratories, and for the arrangement and configuration of computer systems used in laboratory teaching and research.

Project Design, Educational Facilities, Safety 

Moses Choi 

mosessc@uci.edu
Phone: (949) 824-6227

Provides technical training and support for hands-on engineering education, including project-based and laboratory courses. Assists with project planning, space usage, plans for laboratories and capabilities. Assists with prototypes and equipment. Serves as consultant on design and development activities and the engineering design process. Advises undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, visiting scholars and fee-based users in the safe and appropriate fabrication, operation, and maintenance of equipment, hardware, and facilities. Provides technical consultation for the procurement of equipment and training. Oversees TAs and student assistants responsible for project-based learning, senior design projects, and laboratory classes. Designated POC for certain MAE projects and spaces, for LHAT and EH&S as needed.

Graduate Student Affairs, Advising 

Maryam Rezaee

rezaeem1@uci.edu
Phone: (949) 824-7984

Remote days: Tuesday, Thursday
Involves a wide range of graduate student services duties and responsibilities for MAE. Partners with the Department faculty Graduate Advisor in providing support for academic advising, recruitment, admissions, financial aid, visa / immigration matters, graduate seminar attendance, the evaluation and awarding of fellowships and block grant funds, student orientation and events, career counseling and related programs.

Administrative Operations 
 

Vanessa Curry

curryv@uci.edu
Phone: (949) 824-4430

Remote days: Tuesday, Thursday
Provides extensive analytical support for MAE projects. Oversees administrative and financial activity for designated courses, and project courses, including project design throughout the academic year. Responsible for all department events (to include the graduate seminar) and purchasing/reimbursements. Provides a wide range of financial support to the department which includes course material cost analysis and reconciliation, KFS account analysis, journal entries and fund transfer, reconciliation and approvals; supporting fiscal closing actions account audit and clean-ups and other finance system related transactions.

Front Desk, Reception 
 

Amanda Velasquez 

amandav4@uci.edu
Phone: (949) 824-5406

Front desk receptionist and first point of contact in person and by telephone for MAE. Responsible for providing administrative and clerical Support for the office and department. Responsible for all front desk functions, including MAE conference rooms reservations and upkeep of rooms; receiving, logging, distributing packages and mail; handling all key requests, including key deposits, key inventory, key database maintenance; maintaining faculty office hours list, faculty information and faculty listing. Also responsible for office and kitchen supply inventory and purchase, office equipment maintenance, building repair requests.

Curriculum Support 
 

Magaly Montanez 

montanem@uci.edu
Phone: (949) 824-3722

Remote days: M-F
Student project group support