Department Listservs
All department listservs, including but not limited to those beginning with “mae-", are moderated listservs. Posting to these listservs is limited to department faculty and staff and is only for departmental business, as determined by the department. Questions about whether a posting relates to departmental business may be appealed to the department chair, whose decision will be final.
Leadership
Stefan Llewellyn Smith
Department Chair
Email: mae-chair-l@ucsd.edu
Phone: 858-822-3475
Ceci Ozkan
Chief Administrative Officer
Email: cozkan@ucsd.edu
Phone: 858-534-0112
Department Staff
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Student Affairs
Student Affairs
Located on the first floor of EBU II
Hours of Operation:
Monday - Friday
9:00am - 11:30am and 1:30pm - 3:30 pmAppointments: MAE Undergraduate | MAE Graduate
Student Affairs Questions:
Topic Email Graduate Academic Advising mae-gradadvising@ucsd.edu Graduate Admissions mae-gradadmissions@ucsd.edu Graduate Financial Support mae-finsupport@ucsd.edu Program in MATS Advising mats-advising@ucsd.edu Undergraduate Academic Advising Current undergraduate students should submit all questions through the VAC. Those who are not currently undergraduate students at UCSD can submit questions to mae-ugradadm@ucsd.edu. Room Reservations ebu2rooms@ucsd.edu 
Akemi Alpaslan
Director of Student Affairs
Email: aalpaslan@ucsd.edu
Phone: 858-534-0897
Jeffrey Cardinez
MAE MS Program Coordinator
Email: jcardinez@ucsd.edu
Phone: 858-534-0726
Krista Meinke
MAE PhD Program Coordinator
Email: kmeinke@ucsd.edu
Phone: 858-822-6870
Brittany Norris
MAE Financial Support & PhD Admissions Coordinator
Email: bnnorris@ucsd.edu
Phone: 858-246-3607
Tiffany Jones
MAE/MATS Instructional Support Coordinator
Email: tij003@ucsd.edu
Phone: 858-246-1246
Chad Baldwin
Undergraduate Advisor (last names A-L)
Email: chbaldwin@ucsd.edu
Phone: 858-534-0114
Nadia Espinoza
Undergraduate Advisor (last names M-Z)
Email: nlespinoza@ucsd.edu
Phone: 858-822-2035
Taylor Nelson
MATS Lead / Financial Support & Admissions Coordinator
Email: t3nelson@ucsd.edu
Phone: 858-534-7715
Catherine Ingco
MATS Graduate Program Coordinator
Email: cingco@ucsd.edu
Phone: 858-534-4387
Regina Ready
Intake Advisor
Email: rready@ucsd.edu
Phone: 858-246-2018
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Business Affairs
Business Affairs
Located on the first floor of EBU II
Hours of Operation:
Monday - Friday
7:30am - 4:00pm
Closed 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Zach Dake
Director of Financial Affairs
Email: zdake@ucsd.edu
Phone: 858-224-3073
Samantha Drumb
Executive Assistant to the Dept Chair & Business Office Assistant
Specialization:
- Biomechanics & Medical Devices
Email: sdrumb@ucsd.edu
Phone: 858-633-7099
Cathleen Schangali
Academic Personnel HR Analyst
Faculty: Last names A-K
Email: cschangali@ucsd.edu
Phone: 858-247-1763
Katia Todorova
Academic Personnel HR Analyst
Faculty Last names L-Z
Email: ektodorova@ucsd.edu
Phone: 858.522.9153
Tyler Andrews
Staff HR Coordinator
Email: tcandrews@ucsd.edu
Phone: 858-534-0113
Jake Blair
Business Office Assistant
Specialization:
- Fluids & Combustion
- Energy
Email: j1blair@ucsd.edu
Phone: 858-534-6029
James Hennessy
Business Office Assistant
Specialization:
- Dynamic Systems & Controls
Email: jahennessy@ucsd.edu
Phone: 858-401-6936
Roxanne Vanderheiden
Business Office Assistant
Specialization:
- Mechanics & Materials
Email: rvanderheiden@ucsd.edu
Phone: 858-534-3980
Joe Burson
Research Administrator
Email: joburson@ucsd.edu
Phone: 858-246-3444
Alli Imamura
Research Administrator
Email: alimamura@ucsd.edu
Phone: (808) 778-9182
Robert Kato
Research Administrator
Email: rokato@ucsd.edu
Phone: (619) 630-8704
Estella Mercado
Research Administrator
Email: esmercado@ucsd.edu
Phone: 858-246-3565
Benjamin Murphy Pineda
Research Administrator
Email: bfmurphypineda@ucsd.edu
Phone: 858-534-2287
Katie Hamilton
Communications Specialist
Email: kahamilton@ucsd.edu
Phone: N/A
- Educational Labs
Educational Labs
Ed Pogue
Educational Labs Manager
Email: epogue@ucsd.edu
Phone: 858-534-9718
Chris Cassidy
Design Studio Supervisor
Email: ccassidy@ucsd.edu
Phone: 858-534-1470
TBD
Machine Shop Manager
Email: TBD
Phone: TBD
Steve Mercsak
Mechanician
Email: smercsak@ucsd.edu
Phone: 858-534-2415
Paul Arcoleo
R&D Engineer
Email: farcoleo@ucsd.edu
Phone:
Hussain Ashour
R&D Engineer
Email: hashour@ucsd.edu
Phone: N/A
TBD
R&D Engineer
Email: TBD
Phone: TBD
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