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Dear Dr. Olevsky,<br>
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Congratulations on the new new appointment as the Associate Dean of
Graduate Studies and Research. I am sure under your leadership we
can significantly improve our graduate programs and enhance our
research endeavors. <br>
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Best regards,<br>
Ashkan<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/10/16 4:06 PM, Monte Mehrabadi
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and Staff:</font></div>
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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. <br>
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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. <br>
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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:</div>
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<div class="gmail_signature"><font color="#000000">1. Managing
and growing the Joint Doctoral Program (JDP) and other
existing graduate programs and developing new graduate
programs.</font></div>
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<div class="gmail_signature"><font color="#000000">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.</font></div>
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<div class="gmail_signature"><font color="#000000">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.</font></div>
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<div class="gmail_signature"><font color="#000000">4. Ensuring
responsible research conduct and research s</font>afety.</div>
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<div class="gmail_signature"><font color="#000000">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.</font></div>
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<div class="gmail_signature"><font color="#000000">6. Managing
data collection and reporting for collegiate research and
graduate programs.</font></div>
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<div class="gmail_signature"><font color="#000000">7.
Coordinating with Department Chairs the scheduling of
graduate courses, the resolution of course conflicts, and
the allocation of assigned time for research.</font></div>
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<div class="gmail_signature"><font color="#000000">8. Working
with the College Curriculum Committee and reviewing
graduate curriculum proposals.</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">Please join me in wishing Eugene well
in his new role as Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and
Research in the College of Engineering.</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">Thanks,</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">Monte</font></div>
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