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- Education Systems & Design
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- Assistant Professor
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- Teaching Assistant Professor
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- Systems Support Specialist, Sr. ( IT )
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- Online Academic Success Advisor
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- Teaching Associate Professor
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- Associate Director, Academic Services
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Allison was raised in Tempe, Arizona and is a graduate of ASU's Master of Counseling program. She worked in community mental health for two years before returning to ASU as an undergraduate academic advisor in the School of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering. In her free time, Allison enjoys cooking, volunteering, and spending time outdoors.
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- Postdoctoral Research Scholar
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- Project Manager, Center for Accelerating Operational Efficiency
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- Assistant Professor
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- Manager of Undergraduate Academic Advising
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- Co - Associate Director, School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence
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- Professor, Director, SenSIP Center / Research Interests
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- Professor
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- Interim Director and Professor / the Polytechnic School
- Vice Dean for Strategic Advancement
- Vice Dean of Strategic Advancement / the Polytechnic School ( Interim Director
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- Academic Success Advising Coordinator - Retention Coordinator
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- Communications Specialist
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- Member of the Executive Committee
- Sundt Professor of Alternative Delivery Methods and Sustainable Development, Undergraduate / Graduate Program Chair for Construction Management
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- Assistant Director / Post - Award & Finance
April MacCleary, Assistant Director/Post-award & Finance, april.maccleary@asu.edu, 480-965-8144
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- Manager, Graduate Advising
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- Associate
- Services Coordinator
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- Assistant Professor
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- Business Operations Manager
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- Assistant Research Technologist
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- Online Academic Success Advisor
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- Graduate Program Chair, Computer Science and Engineering / Research
- Professor
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- Endowed Professor of on Semiconductor / Research Interests
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- Student Services Coordinator
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- Research Advancement Manager
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- Member of the Executive Committee
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- Professor, Assistant Dean / Research Interests
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- System Support Analyst IT
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- Human Resources Specialist
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- Student Services Coordinator
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- Academic Success Advising Coordinator
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- Academic Success Advising Coordinator
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- Academic Success Advising Coordinator
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- Undergraduate Program Chair, Chemical Engineering / Research Interests
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- Assistant Director / Environmental and Resource Management
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- Member of the Technological Entrepreneurship and Management Team
- Graduate Program Chair
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- Associate Professor
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- Teaching Associate Professor
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- Associate Instructional Professional
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- Assistant Professor
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Christian Arenz wants to harness the yet untapped powers of quantum computing, an emerging field that sits at the intersection of computer science, physics and engineering.
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- Professor
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- Director
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- Academic Success Advisor Coordinator
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- Research Advancement Administrator - Pre - Award
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- Online Academic Success Advisor
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- Associate Professor
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- Assistant Director, Academic Services
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- Student Services Coordinator
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- Regents Professor Emeritus
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- Director
- Director of Strategic Marketing and Communications
Craig Smith, Director of Strategic Marketing and Communications | craigsmith@asu.edu | 480-727-0145
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- Academic Success Advising Coordinator
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- Business Operations Specialist / Business and Research
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- Business Operations Manager Senior
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- Member of the Executive Committee
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- Motorola Professor in Radio Frequency and Mixed Signal / Research
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- Assistant Research Scientist ( FSC )
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- Research Advancement Administrator
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- Professor, Associate Director / Research Interests
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- Systems Support Specialist
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- Undergraduate Program Chair, Chemical Engineering / Research Interests
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- Executive Director / Development
- Interim Director
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- Associate
- Research Scientist
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- Business Ops Specialist Sr / Business and Research
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- Distinguished Professor of Biosignatures Discovery
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- Business Operations Specialist Senior
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- Director Engineering Technical Services
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- Chairman of Undergraduate Manufacturing Programs
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- Academic Success Advisor
- Academic Success Advisor Focus ASU Online Campus Graduate Advisingemail ( 480 ) XXX - XXXXTempe Campus, OFFICE Mailcode 6106
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- Member of the Executive Committee
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- Project Coordinator, NSF Research Traineeship ( NRT ) Program
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- Business Operations Specialist Senior
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- Professor
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Dr. Daniel Frank is a Lecturer at Arizona State University's Polytechnic campus. He earned his PhD in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Florida. As a graduate student, he helped his university's robotics teams win two international autonomous boat competitions. He helped found the Desert WAVE (Women in Autonomous Vehicle Engineering) robotics team and serves as their mentor. He has been involved in many community-focused engineering initiatives throughout his career. For over a decade, he has been working with Native American communities in AZ, NM, and OK to promote engineering education. He has also served as a mentor for FIRST Robotics teams where, in addition to teaching high school students about robotics, he has also introduced these students to assistive technology projects that allow students to see how learning engineering skills and concepts can help directly improve someone's life.
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- Assistant Professor
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- Academic Success Advising Coordinator
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- Research Advancement Administrator
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- Manager, Academic Advising
Elizabeth Sowell joined the ECEE advising team in 2012. She has worked in the Fulton Schools of Engineering in student services and advising since 2007 and has advised both undergraduate and graduate students. She earned her master's degree in Religious Studies from Claremont Graduate University. She enjoys helping students reach their educational goals at ASU.
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- Academic Success Advising Coordinator
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- Research Advancement Administrator, Senior
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- Associate Research Technologist
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- Business Operations Specialist
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- Business Operations Specialist
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- Assistant Professor
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- Academic Success Advising Coordinator
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- Professor
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- Program Chair, Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management
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- Associate Professor
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- Online Academic Success Coordinator
Gia was born in New York, raised in Southern California and has resided in Arizona since 2004. Gia holds a bachelor's degree in organizational leadership and business and a master's degree in higher education with an emphasis on adult learners. She worked as an account manager in corporate travel management for 14 years before beginning work in education, her lifelong passion, in 2006. Gia enjoys working in higher education because it allows her to share her many years of corporate experience in tandem with educational theory to support her students, many of whom are non-traditional students. Gia lives in Tempe with her proud Sun Devil alum husband Tim, and in their free time they enjoy global travel, live music, outdoor activities and exploring all that Arizona has to offer.
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- Business Operations Manager
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- Business Operations Specialist
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- Member of the Executive Committee
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- Associate Research Scientist / Engineering Programs
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- School Director
- Director and Professor / School of Biological and Health Systems
- School Director and Professor / Research
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- Member of the Executive Committee
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- Professor
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- Academic and Student
- Academic and Student Affairs
- Chairman of Electrical
- Convocation Professional Ethics Ceremony Fulton Schools Career Center Student Achievements Graduate Programs
- Founder and CEO of Fulton Homes
- Research
- Support Services / Business Administration Engineering Technical Services Event Planning Guide Faculty Hiring Guide Infrastructure and Lab Safety Learning and Teaching Hub Marketing and Communications
Fulton Schools contacts - a "contacts by category" page on the Engineering website that also contains the physical and mailing address for the Fulton Schools
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- Assistant Professor
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- Associate Professor
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As a graduate advisor, I advise and counsel ECEE graduate students (with last name A-H) regarding academics. I was born and raised in the State of Michigan and loved the fall season experiences there. In 2012, my wife and I decided to move to Arizona to be part of the ASU community. Before joining the ECEE team in June 2022, I worked as a social worker for the State of Arizona for six years. I am happy to be here as a Graduate Success Advisor to assist students toward their academic goals. In my free time, I enjoy spending time with my family, watching baseball, hockey and college football.
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- Associate Professor
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- Professor and Vice Dean / Program Chair, Computer Science and
- Vice Dean of Academic and Student Affairs
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- Associate Program Chair, Computer Systems Engineering / Associate Teaching Professor
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- Director of Engineering Projects in Community Service
- Director of EPICS
Jared Schoepf is the Director of Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) at Arizona State University. Jared received his PhD in Chemical Engineering at ASU, developing a tiered approach to rapidly detect nanomaterials in the environment and consumer products. Jared has been a lecturer of EPICS since 2017, mentoring over 300 teams. He teaches EPICS, introduction to engineering and Chemical Engineering (Past: Senior ChE Capstone, Junior ChE lab, Sr ChE lab, & Introduction to Chemical Processes). He has founded 2 starts ups and has 3 patents for water purification, removal of trash from stormwater, and Dial's antibacterial liquid hand soap formula (if you have washed your hands with Dial, that's my formula). He has a passion for teaching and mentoring students, aiming to help each student achieve their goals. In his free time Jared loves to go hiking, backpacking, and snowboarding.
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- Business Operations Specialist
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- Member of the Technological Entrepreneurship and Management Team
- Undergraduate Program Chair
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- Research Advancement Specialist
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- Academic Success Advisor, Senior
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- Research Admin
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- Assistant Professor
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- Associate School Director
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- Associate Professor
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- Associate Professor
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- Manager, Communications and Lead Photographer
Jessica Hochreiter, Manager, Communications and Lead Photographer | jessica.hochreiter@asu.edu | 480-727-9406
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- Online Academic Success Advisor
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- Associate Director
- Associate Director, Research Administration
Joelina is the Associate Director, Research Administration​ for the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering. Her primary responsibility is to assist faculty and researchers in the development, preparation, and submission of sponsored project proposals to various federal and non-federal agencies as well as provide analytical and financial oversight of sponsored awards. She serves as a consultant to management on policies, plans and objectives. She interacts with senior internal and external personnel on significant technical matters. She represents the organization in providing solutions to difficult and technical issues associated with sponsored projects. She interacts with faculty and staff across the seven schools of Engineering to provide support and effective management of sponsored projects.
Joelina received her Certification in Research Administration (CRA) in 2009 from the Research Administrators Certification Council (RACC). Joelina has been in the research administration field for 13 years. She joined ASU in 1999 and left for a brief period in 2010 to work as the Manager of the Sponsored Research Office for a non-profit Medical Research Institute in California. She returned to ASU in 2014.
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- Assistant Professor
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- Graduate Program Chair, Electrical
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- Professor
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- Co - Director
- School Director
- Interim Co - Director and Professor / School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence
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- Assistant Professor
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- Business Operations Specialist
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- Academic Personnel Specialist
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- Associate Professor
- Research Interests / Nuclear Engineering, Process Monitoring and Diagnostics, Sensor Fault Detection, Instrumentation Development, Radiation Effects on Electronics
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- Assistant Director of Research Advancement
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- Assistant Dir Business Services / Business and Research
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- Executive Administrative Support Specialist
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- Systems Support Analyst Sr ( IT )
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- Human Resources Specialist
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- Professor and Undergraduate Program Chair, Electrical Engineering / Research Interests
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- Director, PSERC / Advanced Energy
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- Graduate Program Coordinator for Construction Management
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- Special Events Manager ( See the Fulton Schools Event Planning Guide )
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- Business Operations Specialist
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- Dean and Professor
- Dean, Professor
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- Associate Professor
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- Manager, Content & Public Relations
- Media Inquiries
Lanelle Strawder, Manager, Content & Public Relations | lanelle.strawder@asu.edu | 480-727-5618
Laurel Passantino, Research Program Manager, laurel.passantino@asu.edu, 480-965-1154
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- Professor Emeritus
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- Academic Success Coordinator
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- Asst Dir Research Advancement
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- School Director
- Director and Professor
- School Director / Professor, Chemical
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- Emeritus Professor / Research Interests
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- Assistant Director of Information Technology
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- Project Coordinator, Center for Embedded Systems
Lisa ChristianProject Coordinator, Center for Embedded Systemslisa.christian@asu.edu (480) 965-5013 Tempe campus, CTRPT 203-21
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- Research Advancement Administrator
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- Business Operations Specialist
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- Systems Support Specialist ( IT )
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- Academic Success Advising Coordinator
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- Director / Business Administration
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- Manager, Graduate Academic Advisor
Lynn Pratte joined the ECEE advising team in 2014. Lynn oversees the Graduate Advising Team and works with students, staff, and faculty to ensure students are able to successfully complete their degrees.
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- Student Services Coordinator Associate
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- Graduate Program Chair, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering / Research Interests
- Professor
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- System Support Analyst IT
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- Professor, Vice Dean of Faculty Administration / Research Interests
- Vice Dean of Faculty Administration
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- Administrative Specialist
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- Systems Support Specialist ( IT )
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- Teaching Associate Professor
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- Exec Administration Support Specialist
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- Professor and Graduate Program Chair, Computer Engineering / Research
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- Assistant Research Technologist
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- Associate Director
- Professor, Associate Director / Research
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- Associate Professor
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- Business Operations Specialist
In 2003, Ira A. Fulton, founder and CEO of Fulton Homes, initiated an endowment of $50 million, establishing the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. Ira Fulton's generous endowment has expanded and improved every aspect of our mission and has driven our success. Learn more about the Fulton Schools history, and meet Ira A. Fulton, our namesake, benefactor and friend.
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- Manager, Undergraduate Advising
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- Research Advancement Administrator
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- Manager, Graduate Advising
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- Associate Professor
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- Student Services Coordinator
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- Systems Support Analyst Senior
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- Academic Success Advising Coordinator
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- Professor
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- Clinical Associate Professor / Aviation
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- Manager, Undergraduate IT Advising
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- Director, Student Recruitment
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- Assistant Professor
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- Assistant Professor
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- Research Advancement Administrator
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- Manager of Facilities Services
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- Coordinator
- Coordinator for Engineering Projects in Community Service
Nali Vélez is the Coordinator for Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) at Arizona State University. She graduated in May 2018 with a Bachelors in Community Advocacy and Social Policy from the Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions. During her undergraduate career, Nali focused on social services and community outreach with a research focus on cross-cultural psychology. She has served the Fulton Schools of Engineering as a full-time staff member since May 2018.
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- Member of the Executive Committee
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- Professor of Structural Materials
- Programs Chair
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- Manager Information Technology and Infrastructure
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- Assistant Professor
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- Student Services Coordinator Associate
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- Postdoctoral Research Scholar
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- Associate Professor
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Pavan Turaga
Professor
Joint appointment with the School of Arts, Media and Engineering
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- Graduate Program Chair, Materials Science and Engineering / Research Interests
- Professor
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- Member of the Executive Committee
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- Professor
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- Director and Professor / School of Sustainable
- Professor and Director of the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
- School Director
Ram Pendyala
Director and Professor
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
Ram.Pendyala@asu.edu
(480) 727-4587
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- Manager Graduate Admissions
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- Professor
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Robert LiKamWa
Associate Professor
Joint appointment with the School of Arts, Media and Engineering
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- Assistant Director, Academic Services
Robert earned a BA in Psychology from DePaul University in Chicago, IL in 2000 and a MS in Counseling and Student Personnel from Minnesota State University, Mankato in 2002. Being a college student can be one of the richest and most exciting times in life. Robert works here to help students connect to that excitement. When he's not working with students at ASU, Robert spends time with his family and enjoys hiking and biking in the desert.
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- Member of the Executive Committee
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- Emeritus Professor / Research Interests
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- Business Operations Specialist
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- Assistant Professor
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- Professor, Undergraduate / Graduate Program Chair for Construction Engineering / Research
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- Associate Director
- Associate Professor
- Graduate Program Chair
- Graduate Program Chair, Robotics and Autonomous Systems / Research
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- Motorola Professor in Wireless Communications / Research Interests
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- Director, Digital Immersion
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- Instrument Shop Supervisor
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- Student Services Coordinator
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- Executive Administrative Support Specialist
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- Business Operations Specialist
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- Business Operations Specialist
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- Member of the Executive Committee
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- Communications Specialist
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- Executive Administrative Support Specialist
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- Vice Dean for Research and Innovation
- Vice Dean for Research and Innovation / Research Services
Sridhar Seetharaman, Vice Dean for Research and Innovation, seetharaman@asu.
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- Program Chair, Software Engineering / Research
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- David and Darleen Ferry Professor of Electrical Engineering / Research
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- School Director
- Director and Professor / School of Electrical
- Professor, Director, School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering / Research Interests
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- Associate Director, Resource Planning and Management
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- Student Services Coordinator
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- Academic Success Advising Coordinator
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- Professor
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Suren Jayasuriya
Assistant Professor
Joint appointment with the School of Arts, Media and Engineering
Research Interests
Computational Imaging and Photography, Computer Vision, Sensors
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- Business Operations Manager
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- Manager, Undergraduate Advising
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- Assistant Professor
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- Business Operations Specialist
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- Research Advancement Administrator
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- Human Resources Specialist
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- Administrative Associate - PSERC
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- Co - Director, School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence and Professor / Co - Director, ASU - Mayo Center for Innovative Imaging
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- Academic Financial Specialist
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- School Director
- Interim Co - Director and Professor / School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence
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- Academic Personnel Specialist
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- Assistant Director of Academic Services
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- Communications Specialist
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- Academic Success Advisor - Undergraduate Academic Advisor
Tom joined the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering advising team after 7 years in higher education, most of which was spent as a financial aid advisor. He originally studied English education and served as a classroom teacher for two years before making the switch to serve post-secondary students.
Outside of work, Tom participates in community service with the Valley Alano club in Tempe and Friends for Life Animal Rescue in Gilbert. He is an avid reader and active in the online Goodreads community, where he does an annual reading challenge and shares book reviews. The fastest way to get him talking is to ask what book he has been reading lately.
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- Systems Support Specialist ( IT )
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- Academic Success Advisor, Sr. - Graduate Academic Advisor
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- Research Advancement Administrator
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- Professor, Undergraduate / Graduate Program Chair for Environmental Engineering / Research
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- Professor
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- Associate Professor
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- Assistant Professor
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- ASU Foundation Professor in Electric Power Systems
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- Member of the Executive Committee
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- Academic Success Advising Coordinator
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- Research Programs Director and Associate Professor
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- Human Resources Specialist
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- Chairman of the Executive Committee
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- Member of the Executive Committee
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- Assistant Professor
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- Regents Professor
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- Member of the Executive Committee
- Professor
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- Assistant Professor
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- Professor
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- Associate Professor
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- Academic Success Advisor Coordinator
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- Hopkins Professor, Associate Professor / Research