Staff

Angie Beggs
Administrative Manager I
MRDC 3503 - 404-894-1746

Administrative Support to the Co-Chair * Coordinate Communicatons * Manage Departmental Website

Susan Bowman
Academic Advising Manager
LOVE 297 - 404.894.8414

Advise graduate students regarding all academic related processes and paperwork; monitor student progress * Manage Grad Office and support staff; work with Graduate Committee * Monitor & award graduate scholarships with Graduate Coordinator * Recruitment of  prospective graduate students * Coordinate exit surveys * Graduate Handbook updates

Roosevelt Bryant
Building Manager
Love 181 - 404-385-4364
James Cagle
Computer Systems ManagerResearch Scientist II
Love 178 - 404.894.3454

Provide hardware and software computer support * Oversee computing capability and the connectivity for those systems to the resources on the network * Assist in the selection and configuration of new computers; maintain functionality of desk
computers and computer lab * Support x-ray lab, used for research and instructional purposes * First tier support for OIT accounts, services & software.

Sheri Calhoun-Mayes
Financial Administrative II
MRDC 3511 - 404-894-2816

Issue/process all PO's * Review and key bi-weekly time documents * Process travel * Process all check reimbursements and foundation reimbursements * Process fellowship payments * Backup for Accountant II

Rusty Edwards
Assistant Director, Financial Operations
MRDC 3507 - 404.894.5791

Manage state and sponsored budgets * Prepare Original budgets * Prepare monthly budget amendments * Contact person and liaison for department * Develop, modify, and update financial ledgers and forms * Supervise Financial Staff * Generate various financial reports * Approve and reconcile GTF projects * Monitor deliverables * Responsible for record management * Monitor sponsored proposals

Jasmin Frett-Hodge
Financial Manager I
MRDC 3512 - 404.894.5792

Monthly reconciling of all sponsored projects * Prepare proposal budgets, forms, assist with cost share and proposal routing * Prepare budget revisions, cost transfers and SPD changes * Assist PI's with budgeting existing projects and projections * Act as a back-up to Financial Manager and Accountants * Develop and maintain spreadsheets, prepare various financial reports as needed * Provide financial and administrative support for BEAM center

Patricia Glore
Academic  Program Coordinator I
LOVE 292 - 404.894.2493

Faculty Support (Sanders, Carter, Johnson, Summers, Alamgir, Yushin, Gerhardt, Garmestani) * Primary Assistant and Coordinator of all grad student events * Registration, degree petitions and acquiring space * Grad Visa Renewal * Audit Monitoring, Degree Audits of all MSE grad students * Grad Handbook Updates * Grade Changes and submissions * Grad Recruitment Logistic * Record Keeping/logistics for qualifying exam * Coordinator for Grad Career Services * Recruitment Support and Assistance

Kevin Green
IT Support Prof II
LOVE 180 - 404-894-2851

First tier support of daily IT operations * Software upgrades, disk back-up, utility maintenance, repairs, technical and network support, testing of new equipment * Web updates and modifications * Research and procurement of IT and AV related equipment

John A Holthaus
Facilities Manager Senior
Love 271 - 404-894-6763

Ensure maintenance of facilities: UG labs, equipment, water chillers, classrooms and video/camera operations * Maintain inventory of labs, gas cylinders * Coordinate building repairs and additions * Review gas orders and place orders * Maintain master sheets for Capital Assets and conduct on-line tagging for MSE * Assistant lab safety advisor, RTK Coordinator * Conduct tagging for new equipment; Maintain master inventory list of equipment * Main Capital Assets inventory * Phone issues * Event set up * Buzzcard access to buildings * Laboratory Space issues

Sarah Johnson
Academic Program Coordinator I
Love Bldg. Room #290 - 404.894.2430

UG Recruitment Lead, Continuance of current recruitment activities, planning and implementation of new recruitment activities * Coordinator of Facebook and Twitter accounts * FASET * Scholarship Coordinator * Student Advisory Group Coordinator * SURF/GIFT & ASM Coordinator * Mentoring Program * Meet with prospective UG students

M3100Q - 404-385-3049
Shirley Manchester
Academic Advisor II
Love 296 - 404.894.2850

Advisement of UG Freshman * Academic Advisement Holds * Senior Exit Surveys * Commencement Coordinator * Degree Petitions * Banner, Degree Works & GT Reports *Change of Majors *FASET ("Familiarization and Adaptation to the Surroundings and Environs of Tech,") Coordinator * Career Services Liaison and Placement (UGrad)

Karen H. Mayo
Assistant Director, Administrative Operations
LOVE 285 - 404.894.5823

Provide support to the School Chair * Coordinate activities of the Chair’s office * Manage hiring processes of permanent and temporary personnel * Process J-1 and H1B visa requests * Coordination of Reappointment/Promotion/Tenure (RPT) and Periodic Peer Review (PPR) processes * Supervise administrative, academic, & communications support staff and activities * Office space assignments

Mary Z. McEneaney
Director of Development
MRDC 4320 - 404.894.6345

Major gift fundraiser * Develop and enhance relationships with alumni and corporations * Work with Chairs and faculty to enhance corporate relationships * Work with Central Development to enhance alumni and corporate relationships * Steward gifts to School

 
Bill Miller
IT Support Professional Manager
LOVE 172 - 404-894-3287

Manages MSE computer support personnel * Provide hardware and software computer support for faculty/staff/students. * Oversee computing capability and the connectivity for those systems to the resources on the network. * Assist in the selection and configuration of new computers; maintain functionality of desk computers. * Administers MSE specific servers and databases. * Creates and maintains MSE systems, databases and services (mseforms, etc). * Assists in maintaining main & secondary mse websites. * First tier support for OIT accounts, services & software.

Teresa Nelson
Academic Program Coordinator I
LOVE 298 - 404.385.6315

Provide support to graduate program * Coordinate application  process graduate applications, offer letters; maintain application database and prepare spreadsheets for faculty review * Prepare I-20 forms; liaison with Grad Admissions * Compile reports and statistics for OATS, Academic Program Review, Grad Committeeb* Coordinate PKU/GT joint Ph.D. program; exchange students, and all other international initiatives * Graduate safety seminar coordinator * Curriculum updates * Assist with Graduate Recruitment

Hope Payne
Administrative Professional III
MRDC 3501 - 404.894.0496

Provide admin support to MRDC faculty;  (Beckham, Bucknall, Carr, Cook, Jacob, Jayaraman
Realff, Shofner, Srinivasarao, Thio, Y.Wang, Yao, Kumar) * Receptionist for MRDC Bldg. & assist administrative manager * Order office supplies (MRDC Bldg.) * Provide support to the development officer * Distribute mail, send and receive packages for MRDC

Linda D. Roberson
Financial Administrative III
MRDC 3502 - 404.894.4182

Purchasing: issue/process  PO's * Process travel * Redistribution of pcard charges * Process all check reimbursements and foundation reimbursements * Prepare budget revisions and cost transfers * Backup for proposal preparation

Renita Washington
Academic Advising Manager
Love 294 - 404.894.2852

Management of Staff and academic processes in the UG office * Oversee UG Recruitment activities * Assessment and reports/ABET * Statistics * Recruitment Management, Planning and Assistance * Class Scheduling * Retention * WEI Coordination * Textbook Ordering * ACM transcript monitoring * BS/MS (MSE) Program * PTFE Program duties until all PTFE students are through the system: BS/MS Application processing (PTFE); maintain files/forms

La Juana Whitner-Bason
Administrative Professional III
Love 284 - 404-385-7303

Faculty Administrative Support to faculty; assist with conferences, organize MSE community events * Coordinate travel, classroom preparation support  (Godkhale, Jang, Li, Singh, Speyer, Vogel, Liu, Gall, Cochran, Thadhani, Muhlstein) * Coordinate MSE Faculty Recruiting process * Conference room scheduling * Love Bldg Receptionist * Distribute mail, receive packages and notify purchaser, send packages for Love Bldg * Order and Maintain supplies * Key issuances

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771 Ferst Drive
J. Erskine Love Building
Atlanta, GA 30332-0245
Phone: 404.894.2888
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