Committees
EXECUTIVE/ADVISORY COMMITTEES
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President-elect is elected for a two year term by Speed Faculty, serves as President-elect and Recording Secretary for one year, and then serves as President for one additional year. Other members are elected to two year staggered terms by the faculties of their respective departments.
Name Term Representing (+) Tom Rockaway 01/01/18-12/31/19 President Tom Rockaway 01/01/18-12/31/19 President-Elect Hermann Frieboes 01/01/18-12/31/19 BE Ibrahim Imam 01/01/18-12/31/19 CSE Nageshwar Bhaskar 01/01/18-12/31/19 CEE Jerry Willing 01/01/18-12/31/19 CHE Hongxiang Li 01/01/18-12/31/19 ECE Angela Thompson 01/01/19-12/31/20 EF Jason Saleem 01/01/19-12/31/20 IE Sundar Atre 01/01/19-12/31/20 ME Charge: See Bylaws, Article IV and Appendix 2.
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Members consist of the Dean, an Associate or Assistant Dean appointed by the Dean, all Department Chairs, the President of the Faculty Council, and the Chair of the Student Council.
Name Term Representing (+) Gail DePuy Dean J.P. Mohsen (or alternate as appointed by Dean) Office of Dean Ayman El-Baz BE Wei Zhang CSE Zhihui Sun CEE Joel Fried CHE Bruce Alphenaar ECE Patricia A. S. Ralston EF Suraj M. Alexander IE Kevin Murphy ME Tom Rockaway 01/01/19-12/31/19 Faculty Council Kat Hanson 07/01/19-06/30/20 Student Council Charge: See Bylaws, Article VI and Appendix 3.
BYLAWS COMMITTEES
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Each academic department nominates, if possible, two persons at the rank of Professor with tenure. The entire Speed voting faculty then elects one of those nominees to represent each constituency for three-year staggered terms. The Associate Dean for Administration Planning and Faculty Affairs shall serve as an ex-officio (non-voting) member but will not participate in promotion and tenure reviews or periodic career reviews.
Name Term Representing Guruprasad Giridharan 07/01/18-06/30/21 BE Eric Rouchka 07/01/17-06/30/20 CSE Mark French 07/01/19-06/30/22 CEE Tom Starr 07/01/19-06/30/22 CHE Jacek Zurada 07/01/19-06/30/22 ECE Larry Tyler 07/01/18-06/30/21 EF Kevin Gue + 07/01/17-06/30/20 IE Sundar Atre 07/01/18-06/30/21 ME JP Mohsen – Assoc. Dean (Ex-Officio) Charge: See Bylaws, Appendix 5, Section 1.A.
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Four faculty members from four different departments are selected by the Speed Faculty to serve staggered three-year terms. Three student members are selected for one-year terms by the Student Council – two from the undergraduate / MEng programs and one from the MS / PhD programs. The Associate Dean for Academic Affairs serves as a non-voting, ex-officio member.
Name Term Representing Young Kim (CEE) 07/01/18-06/30/21 Faculty (+) Jim Watters (CHE) 07/01/18-06/30/21 Faculty Jim Lewis (EF) 07/01/17-06/30/19 Faculty Martin O’Toole (BE) 07/01/16-06/30/19 Faculty Luke Malone 07/01/19-06/30/20 Students (BS/MEng) Zachary Long 07/01/19-06/30/20 Students (BS/MEng) Sonia Calero-Barney 07/01/19-06/30/20 Students (MS/PhD) Gail DePuy – Assoc. Dean (Ex-Officio) Natalie Oliner – Staff (non-voting) Charge: See Bylaws, Appendix 5, Section 1.B.
STANDING COMMITTEES
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Each academic department is represented by one faculty member, selected by the department, for three-year staggered terms. One student member is selected for a one-year term by the Student Council. The Associate Dean for Academic Affairs serves as a non-voting, ex-officio member.
Name Term Representing Guruprasad Giridharan 07/01/18-06/30/21 BE (+) Ibrahim Imam 07/01/17-06/30/20 CSE Mark French 07/01/19-06/30/22 CEE Sean Fu 07/01/19-06/30/22 CHE Jacek Zurada 07/01/18-06/30/21 ECE Jim Lewis 07/01/18-06/30/21 EF Arsalan Paleshi 07/01/18-06/30/21 IE Ellen Brehob 07/01/19-06/30/22 ME TBD 07/01/19-06/30/20 Students Gail DePuy – Assoc. Dean (Ex-Officio) Charge: See Bylaws, Appendix 5, Section 2.A.
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Each academic department is represented by its departmental Director of Graduate Studies. One student member is selected for a one-year term by the Student Council. The Associate Dean for Academic Affairs serves as a non-voting, ex-officio member.
Name Term Representing Gina Bertocci – BE (+) Mehmed Kantardzic – CSE Nageshar Bhaskar – CEE Eric Berson – CHE John Naber – ECE Lihui Bai – IE Peter Quesada – ME TBD 07/01/19-06/30/20 Students Gail DePuy – Assoc. Dean (Ex-Officio) Charge: See Bylaws, Appendix 5, Section 2.B.
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Each Research Area Faculty Group is represented by one faculty member selected by faculty members who identify as part of the group. One ad hoc member is selected by the Dean and serves as chair of the committee. The Associate Dean for Research serves as a non-voting, ex-officio member.
Name Term Representing Kevin Gue (IE) – Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Olfa Nasraoui (CSE) – Cyber Enabled Discovery Tom Rockaway (CEE) – Energy and Sustainability Gina Bertocci (BE) – Engineering Human Health (+) Patricia Ralston (EF) – Engineering Education Bob Cohn (ECE) – Material Science and Engineering Kevin Walsh – Assoc. Dean (Ex-Officio) Charge: See Bylaws, Appendix 5, Section 2.C.
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Each academic department is represented by one faculty member, selected by the department, for two-year staggered terms. One staff member is selected by the Dean for a two-year term. One student is selected by the Student Council for a one-year term. One student for each of the Speed School RSOs with a diversity focus are selected by the RSO for a one-year term (these include, but are not limited to, the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), the Society of Women Engineers (SWE), and the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)). The Director of Student Success also serves as a voting member of the committee.
Name Term Representing Karen Bertocci 07/01/17-06/30/19 BE Adrian Lauf 07/01/17-06/30/19 CSE Omid Ghasemi Fare 07/01/17-06/30/19 CEE Delania Amos 07/01/17-06/30/19 CHE Karla Welch 07/01/17-06/30/19 ECE (+)Mara Broering 07/01/18-06/30/20 EF Ki-Hwan Bae 07/01/16-06/30/18 IE Stuart Williams 07/01/15-06/30/18 ME Heidi Neal – Dir. of Student Success (Ex-Officio) Natalie Oliner 07/01/17-06/30/19 Speed School Staff Katrina Hanson 07/01/18-06/30/19 Student Council Joey Breckenridge 07/01/18-06/30/19 NSBE Katie Kalbfleisch 07/01/18-06/30/19 SWE Sydney Fogo 07/01/18-06/30/19 SHPE Charge: See Bylaws, Appendix 5, Section 2.D.
UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES
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Nominations made by Speed faculty. Members serve three-year terms.
Name Term Olfa Nasraoui 09/01/17-08/31/20 Roger Bradshaw 09/01/18-08/31/21 Jacek Zurada 09/01/16-08/31/19 J.P. Mohsen 09/01/16-08/31/19 -
Nominations made by Speed faculty. Members serve three-year terms.
Name Term Thomas Berfield 07/01/16-06/30/19 Roman Yampolskiy 07/01/17-06/30/20 Guruprasad A. Giridharan 07/01/16-06/30/19 -
Nominations made by Speed faculty. Members serve three-year terms.
NAME TERM Mark French 07/01/17-06/30/20 Jim Lewis 07/01/18-06/30/21 -
Nominations made by Speed graduate faculty. Members serve three-year terms.
Name Term Dan Popa 07/01/18-06/30/21 Jerry Willing 07/01/18-06/30/21 -
Nominations/elections made by Speed graduate faculty. Members serve three-year terms.
Name Term Roman Yampolskiy 07/01/18-06/30/21 Kevin Walsh (alternate) 07/01/15-06/30/18 -
Members are appointed by the Dean or Research Dean of each school. Members serve three-year terms and may be invited to continue by the EVPR.
Name Term Bruce Alphenaar 01/01/18-12/31/21 Gina Bertocci 01/01/18-12/31/21 Robert Cohn 01/01/18-12/31/21 -
Members serve three-year terms.
Name Term Expiration Kari Donahue 2020 Heidi Neal 2020 Wendy Metcalf 2019