[Staff] Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research

[Monte Mehrabadi]

To Engineering Faculty and Staff:

As I communicated to you earlier, due to the recent growth in enrollment
and increase in the number of new faculty joining the College, we need to
restructure and divide the duties of the position of the Associate Dean of
Engineering into the Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research and
the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies.

It is my pleasure to inform you that Dr. Eugene Olevsky, Distinguished
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and the current Director of the Joint
Doctoral Program has agreed to serve as the inaugural Associate Dean for
Graduate Studies and Research.  I would like to thank the faculty and staff
who provided their input and helped me throughout this process.

As the Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research, Dr. Olevsky will
be responsible for overseeing initiatives that support and enhance the
graduate programs and the research enterprise within the College of
Engineering including:

1. Managing and growing the Joint Doctoral Program (JDP) and other existing
graduate programs and developing new graduate programs.

2. Facilitating the organizational and institutional support for major
research initiatives and proposals, mentoring new faculty, reviewing
proposals, assisting faculty in identifying new research opportunities
especially those that are interdisciplinary.

3. Serving as liaison to the SDSU Research Foundation, managing grants and
contracts (approving the proposal routing forms, indirect costs, and cost
sharing), and research infrastructure.

4. Ensuring responsible research conduct and research safety.

5. Developing research collaborations with San Diego's robust local
engineering industry and governmental laboratories, overseeing the
College’s technology transfer and industrial research relations, and
approving requests for consultant or other service agreements.

6. Managing data collection and reporting for collegiate research and
graduate programs.

7. Coordinating with Department Chairs the scheduling of graduate courses,
the resolution of course conflicts, and the allocation of assigned time for
research.

8. Working with the College Curriculum Committee and reviewing graduate
curriculum proposals.


Please join me in wishing Eugene well in his new role as Associate Dean for
Graduate Studies and Research in the College of Engineering.

Thanks,

Monte
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