Friday, February 12, 2016
SCHOOL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
FACULTY ADMINISTRATIVE & COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS (2015-2016)
FACULTY ADVISORY
 Serve as focal point for faculty participation and input
with respect to governorship of school—its vision,
philosophy, and policies, and provide this feedback to
the school chair. [Chair to be elected by committee]
Continuing: Garmestani (14–16),
Lin (14–16), Singh(14–16), ZL Wang
(14–16); Kumar (15-17);
Srinivasarao (15-17); Y.Wang (1417); Russo (15-17). Staff: Mayo
GRADUATE PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
 Administer graduate (MS and Ph.D) programs in MSE
including recruitment, admission, qualifiers, and plan
and prepare program assessment documents
Singh (Chair), Gerhardt, Gokhale,
Jacob, Lin, Liu (ex-officio),
Muhlstein, Russo, Sanders, Tsukruk,
Srinivasarao, Vogel, Wang-Y
Staff: Bowman & Nelson
Singh and Liu
 Teaching Assignments and review financial support
UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
 Administer B.S. program in MSE including undergraduate
recruitment, student advising/scheduling, transfer
credit, minor, and plan and prepare ABET and other
assessment documents
 Undergraduate Advisors.
 Undergraduate Student Mentoring
COURSE SCHEDULING
REAPPOINTMENT, PROMOTION, AND TENURE
 MSE RPT committee responsible for RPT evaluation
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CoE RPT Assistant to Associate – MSE Representative
CoE RPT Associate to Full – MSE Representative
CoE Research Promotion – MSE Rep
CoE Regents – MSE Rep
Institute RPT – MSE Representative
Institute Regents
Cook (Chair), Alamgir, Garmestani,
Gokhale, Jang, Losego, Qin, Realff,
Shofner, Sanders, Singh, Speyer, Liu
(ex-officio), Staff: Washington,
Manchester, Johnson
Freshman: Shirley Manchester
Others: Cook, Garmestani,
Gerhardt, Jacob, Jang, Jayaraman,
Kumar, Losego, Muhlstein, Qin,
Realff, Sanders, Shofner, Singh,
Srinivasarao, Thadhani, Vogel,
Wang-Y, Yao
Mary Lynn Realff (Chair)
Liu (Chair), Cook, and Singh,
Staff: Washington
Tsukruk (Chair), Gerhardt, Kumar,
Singh, Speyer, Vogel, Yao, Wang-Y.
Staff: Beggs
Jacob, 2015-16
Srinivasarao, 2014–16
None at this time
None at this time
None at this time
None at this time
Friday, February 12, 2016
STRATEGIC PLAN IMPLEMENTATION
 Develop and prioritize strategies for implementation of
strategic plan, define and track measures, and
recommend changes
FACULTY RECRUITMENT & SEARCH
 Solicit faculty input for hiring in critical areas, Advertise
and solicit applications, review resumes, identify and
invite candidates for campus interviews, collect
evaluations present results to faculty
ENTREPRENEURESHIP AND INDUSTRY RELATIONS
 entrepreneurship opportunities, best practices, COI
management, and student innovation competitions
 Establish/assist with methods of interactions with
industry to facilitate executive seminars, faculty research
collaborations, undergraduate design projects,
assistance with potential recruits, etc.
FACULTY & STAFF AWARDS
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Identify internal (GT) and external professional society
awards and fellow nominations for faculty and staff,
assist with nominations, and preparation of nomination
packages
Vogel (Chair), Alamgir, Jayaraman,
Kumar, Li, Lin, McDowell, Milam,
Muhlstein, Realff, Russo, Speyer,
Wong; Ex-officio - Singh, Cook, Liu,
Staff: Barnes
Milam (Chair), Kumar, Lin,
Reynolds, Russo, Shofner, Yao
Staff: Kitchings
Speyer (Chair), Jayaraman, Kumar,
Yushin,
Jacob (Chair), Kumar, Realff,
Shofner, Vogel, Yushin, Y.Wang
Staff: Whitner-Bason
Wang, Z. (chair), Tsukruk (GT faculty
awards), Z.L. Wang (ACS), Gokhale
(ASM&TMS), Jacob (ASME),
Jayaraman (SPIE), Realff (GT-WLC),
Srinivasarao (APS), Tsukruk (MRS),
Gerhardt (ACerS), Mayo (GT Staff)
Staff: Barnes
FACULTY DEVELOPMENT AND MENTORING
 Develop and coordinate opportunities for faculty
interactions, strategies for connecting junior and senior
faculty on collaborative activities, mentoring plans for
junior faculty and assistance with RPT packages
SEMINARS AND PRITCHETT LECTURE
 Pritchett Lecture
 MSE: Development of annual seminar program,
administration of student seminar program
INSTRUCTIONAL & INVENTION LABS AND EQUIPMENT
 Develop MSE invention labs and acquire equipment
 Tech Fee proposals, and equipment acquisition, and
upkeep/upgrade of instructional laboratories
Milam (Chair), Gerhardt, Kumar,
Liu, McDowell, Tsukruk, Vogel
Staff: Kitchings
Jacob (Chair), Garmestani, Cai, Jang,
Kacher, Kalidindi, Li, Lin, Losego,
Qin, Wang-ZL, Yushin
Staff: Angie Beggs (Pritchett)
Russo (Invention Lab chair), Yao
(Tech Fee chair), Kacher, Cook,
Garmestani, Losego, Muhlstein,
Shofner, Srinivasarao, Wang-Y,
Parachuru
Staff: Moss, Bryant
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INSTRUCTION & RESEARCH LABORATORY SAFETY
 Coordinate safety training for all students & researchers
in MSE, interact with students/researchers and campus
safety office to ensure best/safe lab practices, assist
with waste disposal and other lab safety operations
Parachuru (Chair), Moss, Bryant,
Staff: Nelson
SPACE AND FACILITIES
Liu (chair); Russo-MRDC, TsukrukMoSE, Singh-RBI, Muhlstein-BH
Staff: Moss, Bryant
 Conduct space inventory & policies for shared spaces for
labs and offices
FACULTY ADVISORS FOR STUDENT CHAPTERS
 Serve as faculty advisors for student chapters in
coordinating activities on campus and professional
society meetings in addition to identifying students for
respective student society awards.
MSE FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE TO INSTITUTE ACADEMIC
SENATE, FACULTY ASSEMBLY, & OTHER COMMITTEES
 MSE Rep Academic Senate & General Faculty Assembly
 MSE Rep for Library
 MSE Rep for GT Research Advisory Committee
 MSE Rep in General Faculty Assembly
 Inst. Undergrad Committee
 Inst. Grad Curriculum Committee & X-degree Committee
 Inst. Chemical & Environment Safety Committee
 Int. Research Faculty Senate
Singh (Joint Materials Societies),
Lin (ACS), Gerhardt (ACerS), Li
(MRS), Singh (ASM/TMS), Speyer
(Keramos), Yao (SPE),
Realff
Srinivasarao
Srinivasarao
Alamgir
Singh
Jayaraman
Shofner
Berta
Friday, February 12, 2016
MSE FACULTY COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
ALAMGIR:
Strategic Plan Implementation; UG Committee; Faculty Rep to Inst. Gen. Faculty
Assembly (2012-15)
BERTA:
Institute Research Faculty Senate (2014/15 – 2017/18)
CAI:
Seminars
COOK:
Assoc. Chair (UG), UG Comm.; Strategic Plan Implementation (ex-officio); UG Advisor;
Course Scheduling/Teaching Assignments; Instructional & Invention Labs/Equipment.
GABLE:
Strategic Plan Implementation & Communications
GARMESTANI: Undergrad Comm.; Faculty Advisory Comm (2014/15 – 2015/16); Seminars; Instructional
Labs/Equipment; UG Advisor
GERHARDT:
Graduate Comm.; Faculty Search; Faculty Development/Mentoring; Awards-ACerS; UG
Advisor; Faculty Advisor for AcerS; Exec Director for Res & Inst Collaborations, Office of
Institute Diversity
GOKHALE:
Undergrad Comm.; Faculty Search; Awards-TMS/ASM
JACOB:
Pritchett Lecture and Seminars; Entrepreneurship/Industry; Awards-ASME; UG Advisor
JANG:
Undergrad Comm.; UG Advisor; Seminar
JAYARAMAN: Strategic Plan Implementation; Entrepreneurship/Industry; Awards-SPIE); UG Advisor;
Inst. Graduate Curriculum Committee; X-Degree Committee
KACHER:
Seminar; Instru. & Invention Labs and Equipment
KALIDINDI:
Seminar
KUMAR:
Strategic Plan Imp; RPT Comm.; Faculty Development/Mentoring; Faculty Search;
Entrepreneurship/Industry; UG Advisor; Faculty Advisory Comm (2015-2017)
LI:
Strategic Plan Implementation; Seminars & Communications; Faculty Advisor - MRS
LIN:
Strategic Plan Implementation; Graduate Comm.; Faculty Advisory Comm (2014/15 –
2015/16); Faculty Search; Faculty Advisor - ACS; Seminars
LIU:
Associate Chair (Academics); Course Scheduling/Teaching Assignments; Strategic Plan
Implementation (ex-officio); Grad and Undergrad Comm (ex-officio); Faculty Search (exofficio); Entrepreneurship/Industry; Faculty Development & Mentoring; Space and
Facilities
LOSEGO:
Undergraduate Committee; Seminars; UG Advisor; Instruction & Inventional Labs/Equip
McDOWELL: Strategic Plan Implementation; Faculty Development/Mentoring;
IMAT, Exec. Director
MILAM:
Faculty Search Comm.; Strategic Plan Imp. & Communications; Faculty
Development/Mentoring; Responsible Conduct of Research Advisory Committee;
CoE/Inst. Review and Promotions Committee for Research Scientist and Eng.
Friday, February 12, 2016
MUHLSTEIN: Strategic Plan Implementation & Communications; Grad Comm.; Undergrad Advisor;
Space-BH; Instructional and Invention Labs & Equipment; Assoc. Dir., MPRL.
QIN:
Undergrad Comm.; UG Advisor; Seminars
PARACHURU: Safety; Instructional Labs/Equip;
REALFF:
Undergrad Comm.; Strategic Plan Implementation & Communications; Awards (GT WLC
rep); UG Advisor; Industry Relations, Undergrad Student mentoring program, Faculty
Rep to Inst. Academic Senate/Gen. Faculty Assembly (2012-15)
REYNOLDS:
Faculty Search; Georgia Tech Polymer Network; Equipment Budgeting Committee
RUSSO:
Graduate Committee; Strategic Plan Implementation & Communications; Space-MRDC;
Faculty Search; Instructional & Invent. Lab/Equipment ; Faculty Advisory Comm (20152017)
SANDERS:
Grad Comm.; Undergrad Comm.; UG Advisor
SHOFNER:
Undergrad Comm.; Faculty Search; Instructional Labs/Equipment; Industry Relations, UG
Advisor; Faculty Advisor for FE Exam; Institute Chemical and Environmental Safety
Committee, Associate Director, RBI.
SINGH:
Assoc Chair (Grad); Grad Comm.; UG Comm.; Course Scheduling; RPT; Faculty Advisory
Comm (2014/15 – 2015/16); Space – RBI; Strategic Plan & Communications (ex-officio);
UG Advisor; Fac. Advisor - Joint Materials Soc.; Fac. Advisor – ASM/TMS; Institute UGC
SPEYER:
Strategic Plan Implementation & Communications; RPT Comm; Undergrad Com.;
Entrepreneurship/Industry; Faculty Advisor - Keramos
SRINIVASARAO: Grad Committee; Instructional & Invent. Lab/Equipment; Awards-APS; UG Advisor;
Faculty Advisory Comm (2015-2017); Institute Library Committee; GT Research Advisory
Comm.; CoE RPT Assoc/Full (2014-16)
TSUKRUK:
Grad Comm.; RPT Comm.; Awards-MRS; Awards-GT Faculty Awards; Space – MoSE;
Faculty Development and Mentoring
VOGEL:
Grad. Comm.; RPT Comm., Strategic Plan Implementation & Communications; Industry
Relations; Faculty Development and Mentoring; UG Advisor; IMAT coordinator of shared
facilities; Materials Characterization Facility
WANG-Y:
Grad Comm.; UG Advisor; RPT; Industry Relations; Instruction and Invention
Labs/Equipment; Faculty Advisory Comm (2015-2017)
WANG-Z:
Faculty Advisory Comm (2014/15 – 2015/16); Awards; Awards-ACS; Seminars
WONG:
Strategic Plan Implementation & Communications
YAO:
RPT; Instructional Labs/Equipment (Tech Fee Proposal); Faculty Search; UG Advisor;
Faculty Advisor (SPE)
YUSHIN:
Entrepreneurship & Industry Relations; Seminars
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STAFF
BARNES:
Communications; Strategic Plan Implementation; Faculty Awards
BEGGS:
RPT Committee, MSE and Pritchett Seminars
BOWMAN:
Grad Committee
BRYANT
Space and Facilities, keys, Safety, Instructional Labs and Equipment
JOHNSON
Undergrad Committee - Recruiting
KITCHINGS:
Faculty Search; Faculty Development & Mentoring
MANCHESTER: Undergrad program Freshman Advisor
MAYO:
Faculty Meeting Minutes, Faculty Advisory Comm Liason; GT Staff Awards
MOSS:
Space and Facilities, Instructional Labs and Lab Equipment, Safety
NELSON:
Grad Committee – Recruiting; Instruction & Res. Lab. Safety
WASHINGTON: Undergrad Program; Course Scheduling/Teaching Assign
WHITNER-BASON: Pritchett-Lecture; Entrepreneurship/Industry