[Staff] Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research

[Christopher Paolini]

Greetings Prof. Olevsky,

Congratulations on your new and well deserved appointment as Associate
Dean for Graduate Studies and Research.  Your dedication to the College
is inspiring to us all.  I wish you many years of great achievement!

Best,

Chris

Monte Mehrabadi <mehrabadi at sdsu.edu> wrote:

> 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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