Engineering Senate

[From Art. 1 in the Clark School's Plan of Organization (Sep. 16, 2022):]
The Engineering Senate is an integral part of the Clark School's system of governance. Its powers are limited so as to not contravene those delegated by the President to the Dean of the School.

The Engineering Senate considers any matter of concern to the School including, but not limited to, educational, budgetary, and personnel matters; School-community matters; long range plans; facilities; and faculty, staff and student affairs.

The Senate advises the Dean, President, Chancellor, or Board of Regents as it deems appropriate.

 

News & Events

Engineering Assembly and Engineering Senate Meeting – Fall Term | 2023

The Engineering Assembly and Engineering Senate Meeting will take place from 9am-11am on Tuesday, December 12.  (Place TBD)

Engineering Senate Meeting – Fall Term | 2023

The next Engineering Senate meeting will take place on Fri October 20; time and place to be finalized.

FAC Meeting – Fall Term | 2023

A FAC meeting took place on Friday, Sep 15, at noon. The agenda was:

  1. Welcome
  2. Approval of meeting of Feb 13, 2023 FAC meeting.
  3. Approval of candidacies for membership in D&I standing committee.
  4. Preliminary discussion of "Approval of unit's Plans of Organization."
  5. Special order of the day: Consider possible amendments to the College Plan.
  6. Adjournment

Minutes of the meeting to be posted soon.

Senate Leadership

André Tits

Senate Chair

Yang Tao

Senate Chair Elect

Natasha Andrade

Senate's Immediate Past Chair

Senators

Christine Hartzell

Aerospace

Christoph Brehm

Aerospace

Ben Silbaugh

Aerospace

Yang Tao

Bioengineering

Beatrice Kondo

Bioengineering

Panagiotis Dimitrakopoulos

Chemical & Biomolecular

Xianfeng (Terry) Yang

Civil & Environmental

Mark Austin

Civil & Environmental

Marya Anderson

Civil & Environmental

John Baras

Electrical & Computer

Kevin Daniels

Electrical & Computer

Romel (Mel) Gomez

Electrical & Computer

Yavuz Oruc

Electrical & Computer

Danilo Romero

Electrical & Computer

William Hawkins

Electrical & Computer

Fernando Raffan-Montoya

Fire Protection

Luz Martinez-Miranda

Materials Science & Engineering

Ray Phaneuf

Materials Science & Engineering

Alex Kozen

Materials Science & Engineering

Hosam Fathy

Mechanical

Nikhil Chopra

Mechanical

Johan Larsson

Mechanical

Eleonora Tubaldi

Mechanical

Steven Mitchell

Mechanical

Yunho Hwang

Mechanical

Carol Espy Wilson

Institute for Systems Research

Thomas Murphy

Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics

Pam Lloyd

Exempt Staff

Kerri Poppler James

Exempt Staff

Ali Siddiqi

Undergraduate Students

Ankit Verghese

Undergraduate Students

Jehnae Jasmine Linkins

Graduate Students

Brett Setera

Graduate Students

Amrit Singh Bedi

At Large , PTK

Darren Eric Pierre

At Large , PTK

Plan & Bylaws

Plan of Organization [PDF]
Bylaws of the Engineering Senate [PDF]

Other Reference Materials

Clark School Documents

  • Clark School Strategic Plan [PDF] (2020)
  • APT Policy [PDF] (June 8, 2015)
  • APT Checklist [PDF]
  • PTK Appointment Promotion Policy [PDF] (2015)
  • PTK Titles [PDF] (November 17, 2018)

UMD Documents

  • UMD Strategic Plan [PDF] (May 2008)
  • Plan of Organization for Shared Governance [PDF] (March 9, 2015)
  • UMD Code on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion [PDF] (July 18, 2012)
  • PTK Appointment Guidelines [PDF] (May 4, 2015)
  • II-100A [PDF] (February 20, 2017)
  • Best Practices Checklist [PDF]

 

FAC

 

[From Art. 8.3.4 in Clark School's Plan of Organization (Sep. 16, 2022):]
FAC (the Engineering Senate's Executive Committee) assists in implementing the actions of the Engineering Senate and serves as a channel through which any member of the School community may introduce matters for the Engineering Senate's consideration.

 

FAC Chair

André Tits

Institute for Systems Research

FAC Members

Christine Hartzell

Aerospace

Beatrice Kondo

Bioengineering

Kerri Poppler James

Exempt Staff

Brett Setera

Graduate Students

Johan Larsson

Mechanical

Ali Siddiqi

Undergraduate Students

FAC Members - Ex Officio, Voting

Yang Tao

Senate Chair Elect

FAC Members - Ex Officio, Non-Voting

Sheron Williams

Senate's Executive Secretary

Natasha Andrade

Senate's Immediate Past Chair

Samuel Graham Jr.

Dean of Engineering

FAC Parliamentarian - Ex Officio, Non-Voting

Patrick O'Shea

Electrical & Computer


 

D&I Committee

 

[From Art. 6.1.2 in the Bylaws of the Engineering Senate (May 10, 2021):]
The Diversity-and-Inclusion Committee carries out its responsibilities as detailed in Art. 1 Section E of the (July 18, 2012) University of Maryland Code on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, in particular, to foster better human interaction among all individuals and groups on the Campus, to advise in the development of positive and creative human relations programs, to advise in the prevention and eradication of all forms of discrimination prohibited by that Code, and to make regular assessments of the state of human relations within the purview of this Campus.

 

Committee Chair

Darren Eric Pierre

Committee Members

Adam Klager

Brian Roun

Jemma Wood

Kartikey Rohit Prajapati

Richard Lee Blanton

Xianfeng (Terry) Yang

Kristin E. Little


 

Nominations and Awards Committee

 

[From Art. 6.2.2 in the Bylaws of the Engineering Senate (May 10, 2021):]
The Nominations and Awards Committee identifies and recruits individuals for service on Engineering Senate committees; assembles slates of candidates for approval by the Engineering Senate to populate FAC and other standing committees of the Engineering Senate; evaluates nominations for the annual awards given by the School for teaching, research and service; and works with the office of the Dean to create, eliminate, or modify awards.

 

Committee Chair

Hosam Fathy

Committee Members

Emilee Yuan

Dimitrios Goulias

Ciara Diaz

Alex Beyer

Matthew Weiss