[Staff] [Faculty] Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research

[Asfaw Beyene]

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Asfaw

On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 4:44 PM, Christopher Paolini <paolini at eon.sdsu.edu>
wrote:

>
> 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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