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.

Previous Events

Engineering Senate Meeting – Spring Term | 2024

The next Engineering Senate meeting will take place on Friday, March 8, from 2pm to 4pm, in 1146 A.V. Williams Building. 

ESEC Meeting – Spring Term | 2024

The ESEC meeting took place on Monday, Feb 19, from 1pm to 2pm in room AVW-2328. 

Engineering Assembly, Second Engineering Senate, and third ESEC Meeting – Fall Term | 2023

Tuesday, December 12, from 9am to 11am, in the Zupnik Lecture Hall, 1110 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building.  

Agenda | Minutes

Second ESEC Meeting – Fall Term | 2023

Friday, November 17, from 11am to noon, in AVW-2328.
Agenda | Minutes

First Engineering Senate Meeting – Fall Term | 2023

Friday, October 20, from 2pm to 4pm, in AVW-1146.
Agenda | Minutes

First ESEC Meeting – Fall Term | 2023

Friday, September 15, at noon, in the Lockheed Martin Suite Conference Room, 2203 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building
Agenda | Minutes

Engineering Community and Senate Transition Meeting | Spring Term 2023

Monday, May 12, 2023, from 9:00 to 10:00am.
Agenda | Minutes

Plan & Bylaws

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

Other Reference Materials

Clark School Documents

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

UMD Documents

  • Strategic Plan [PDF] (May 2008)
  • Plan of Organization for Shared Governance [PDF] (March 9, 2015)
  • Plan of Organization for Shared Governance - Article 11 Revision [PDF] (Current as of January 29, 2024)
  • Code on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion [PDF] (July 18, 2012)
  • PTK Appointment Guidelines [PDF] (May 4, 2015)
  • Policy & Procedures on Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure of Faculty [PDF] (February 20, 2017)
  • Best Practices in Shared Governance for Plans of Organization [PDF]
  • Workload Policy [PDF] (May 08, 2023)
  • Center and Insitute Review Policy [PDF] (April 27, 2021)

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

Amrit Singh Bedi

At Large , PTK

Darren Eric Pierre

At Large , PTK

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

Kerri Poppler James

Exempt Staff

Shannon Bate

Exempt Staff

Fernando Raffan-Montoya

Fire Protection

Jehnae Jasmine Linkins

Graduate Students

Brett Setera

Graduate Students

Thomas Murphy

Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics

Carol Espy Wilson

Institute for Systems Research

Amber Johnson

Materials Science & Engineering

Luz Martinez-Miranda

Materials Science & Engineering

Ray Phaneuf

Materials Science & Engineering

Hosam Fathy

Mechanical

Nikhil Chopra

Mechanical

Johan Larsson

Mechanical

Eleonora Tubaldi

Mechanical

Steven Mitchell

Mechanical

Yunho Hwang

Mechanical

Ali Siddiqi

Undergraduate Students

Ankit Verghese

Undergraduate Students

Meetings

December 13, 2022

Minutes

 

 


 

Engineering Senate Executive Committee

 

[From Art. 8.3.4 in Clark School's Plan of Organization (Sep. 16, 2022):]
ESEC (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.

 

ESEC Chair

André Tits

Institute for Systems Research

ESEC Members

Christine Hartzell

Aerospace

Beatrice Kondo

Bioengineering

Kerri Poppler James

Exempt Staff

Brett Setera

Graduate Students

Johan Larsson

Mechanical

Ali Siddiqi

Undergraduate Students

ESEC Members - Ex Officio, Voting

Yang Tao

Senate Chair Elect

ESEC Members - Ex Officio, Non-Voting

Sheron Williams

Senate's Executive Secretary

Natasha Andrade

Senate's Immediate Past Chair

Samuel Graham Jr.

Dean of Engineering

ESEC 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

At Large , PTK

Committee Members

Adam Klager

Brian Roun

Jemma Wood

Kartikey Rohit Prajapati

Richard Lee Blanton

Xianfeng (Terry) Yang

Civil & Environmental

Kristin E. Little

Electrical & Computer

Peter Sunderland

Fire Protection

Isabel Lloyd

Materials Science & Engineering

Ronald Jean

Non-Exempt Staff


 

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

Mechanical

Committee Members

Catherine Hamel

At Large , PTK

Kuan-Hung Lo

At Large , PTK

Dimitrios Goulias

Civil & Environmental

Ciara Diaz

Exempt Staff

Alex Beyer

Mechanical

Ambi Narula

Non-Exempt Staff

Nataly Romero

Undergraduate Students

Rakin Alim

Undergraduate Students