Staff Directory

Jeff Birt

Engineer I

Duties

Machining, 3D Printing; testbed development; project consultation.

Norma-Gene Cottrell

Academic Advisor

Duties

Advises and provides support to current and prospective students in ECE programs. Assists students with a variety of academic issues, non-academic issues, and refers students for addtional campus resources. Processes all undergraduate forms in and out of the advising office, sends welcome emails, and assigns advisors to students in JoeSS.

Katherine Franks

Department Chair Office Support Assistant IV

Duties

Support ECE department chair; ECE department course offerings and teaching schedules; faculty promotion and tenure; administrative support to Academy of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and ECE student hiring.

Yuri Go

Program/Project Support Coordinator

Duties

CEMC business management

EMC Laboratory finance, budget, travel authorizations, reimbursements, and voucher processing

CEMC project set-up and renewal

EMC administrative & meeting management

Bahar Gholinejad Pirbazari

Academic Advisor

Duties

Advises and provides support to current and prospective students in ECE programs and CSB program. Assists students with a variety of academic issues, non-academic issues, and refers students for additional campus resources. Processes all undergraduate forms in and out of the advising office, sends welcome emails, and assigns advisors to students in JoeSS.

Kevin Hasner

Sr. Electronics Technician

Duties

Maintain undergraduate labs; assist senior design students with projects and purchasing lab stock; purchasing inventory control; faculty purchasing; keys for department

Shiva Heydari

Senior Communications Assistant

Duties

Managing the ECE Department's website, social media, and MinerBytes Display Content Editor. produce the annual department newsletter, creating various print and digital media, and coordinating marketing campaigns. Collaborating with university marketing staff and assisting in the organization of events.

Cherie' Lewis

ECE Graduate Student Office Support Assistant IV

Duties

ECE Graduate Chair support & point of contact for all graduates.

Joni Matlock

Finance and Accounting Specialist

Duties

Manage department operating accounts and grants

Rhonda Sherman

Business Support Specialist II

Duties

Faculty and staff hiring and courtesy appointments; payroll

Jerry Tichenor

Research Technical Engineering

Duties

Maintain undergraduate labs; assist with faculty/graduate research projects; inventory control; lab stock purchasing; faculty purchasing; keys for department

Roger Younger

Supervisor IT

Duties

Provide assistance on microcontroller based projects to students; faculty and staff; Teach CpE5151 Digital Systems Design Lab and CpE5160 Embedded Systems Design as needed; provide assistance with computer engineering summer camps; maintain Microcontroller Lab (210 EECH); provide support as needed to computer engineering labs.