Department Staff & Advisory Board
Staff
Administrative Staff:
Christine Hsieh
Associate Director, CEE Graduate Student Services
Advises graduate students on academics and career and monitors academic progress; Participates on accreditation committees and program assessments; Manages masters and doctoral programs and the PhD database; Assists PhD students with paperwork; Assigns Teaching Assistants.
Office: KAP 214B | Tel: (213) 740-0573 | Email: christih@usc.edu
Susan Huang
Budget Analyst / Research Administrator
Proposal preparation; budget development; account management including expenditure auditing, reconciliation and closeout; research assistant payroll.
Office: KAP 228 | Tel: (213) 821-2905 |
Fax: (213) 744-1426 Email: susanhua@usc.edu
Tessie Jamanila
Department Business Manager
Coordinates department activities; chair support; faculty affairs; account management, human resources; database collection and reporting; internal systems and procedures; space; facilities and security; department events coordinator
Recognitions of 30 years of service at USC.
Office: KAP 210B | Tel: (213) 740-0606 |
Fax: (213) 744-1426 | Email: jamanila@usc.edu
Jake Kirchner
Budget Analyst / Research Administrator
Proposal preparation; budget development; account management; expenditure auditing; reconciliation; closeout; research assistant payroll.
Office: KAP 218 | Tel: (213) 740-0604 |
Fax: (213) 744-1426 | Email: akirchne@usc.edu
Maria Mallari
Budget Analyst / Research Administrator
Proposal preparation; budget development; account management; expenditure auditing; reconciliation; closeout; research assistant payroll.
Office: KAP 215 | Tel: (213) 740-0894 |
Fax: (213) 744-1426 | Email: mmallari@usc.edu
Salina Palacios
Administrative Assistant II
CEE website content; Chair calendar; CEE Newsletters; Distinguished Lecture Series; Department events; Dossier preparation; Faculty search; and other activities in support of the Department Chair.
Office: KAP 210 | Tel: (213) 740-0040 | Fax: (213) 744-1426 Email: salinapa@usc.edu
Geraldine Perry
Director, CEE Undergraduate Student Services
Advise undergraduate students; counsel undergraduate students; plan and organize CEE student-related events; David Wilson Affiliates alumni support group; course and curriculum development; course and program quality assessment; ABET review and accreditation
Office: KAP 214 | Tel: (213) 740-0589 |
Fax: (213) 744-1426 | Email: glorenzo@usc.edu
Vangie Reyes
Budget Business Technician
Manages Chair calendar; Account management; Expense reimbursements; Reserves conference room; Plans department events and seminars; Manages the front desk
Office: KAP 210 | Tel: (213) 740-0603 |
Fax: (213) 744-1426 | Email: epreyes@usc.edu
Research and Lab Staff:
Nathaniel Fennell
Research Lab Technician
Office: KAP B32 | Tel: (213) 740-0599
Email: nfennell@usc.edu
Erick Joel Hernandez
Environmental Laboratory Coordinator
The environmental and geotechnical engineering laboratories; sets up and maintains labs and equipment; troubleshoots, repairs, and refurbishes instruments.
Office: BHE 219 | Tel: (213) 740-4243/6024 Email: erickjh@usc.edu
Michael Johnson
Structural Laboratory Coordinator
Office: KAP B32 | Tel: (213) 740-0599 Email: mj_779@usc.edu
Loujaine Mehrez
Research Scientist (Staff)
for Dr. Roger Ghanem
Office: KAP 130 | Tel: (213) 740-9165
Email: lmehrez@usc.edu
Farzid Hosseini Seyyed
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Office: KAP 225 | Tel: (213) 740-0603
Email: seyyedfh@usc.edu
Ruda Zhang
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Office: KAP 130 | Tel: (213) 740-0603
Email: rudazhan@usc.edu
Board of Advisors
On November 7th, 2013, the new members of the CEE Advisory Board were introduced to Dean Yortsos, CEE Department Chair, faculty, staff, students, and staff of Viterbi advancement. The agenda included a presentation on the Department’s strategic plan and ENE program, research presentations by new hires and faculty, presentations by undergraduate, masters, and Ph.D. students, ABET presentation by Dr. Wellford, FCCHR presentation by Dr. JJ Lee, and an open discussion with Dr. Soibelman and the following board members:
Sonny Hassan Astani
Astani Enterprises
CEO
USC MS Industrial & Systems Engineering ’78
Brandon Blaylock
AIRMALL USA
CEO and President
USC, BS Civil Engineering ’79
USC, MS Petroleum Engineering ‘83
UCLA, MBA
Patrick Chraghchian
American General Design
President
USC BS ’84 Civil Engineering
Patrick Reed Fuscoe
Fuscoe Engineering, Inc.
President and CEO
USC, BS Civil Engineering ’72
John Hanula, AIA
MWH Global
Senior Vice President
University of Tennessee-Knoxville,
BA Architecture ’83; MS Civil Engineering
George L. Pla
Cordoba Corporation
President & CEO
USC, MPA Public Administration ’74
Stephen C. Schrank
Rancho Mission Viejo
Retired Executive Vice President
USC, BS Civil Engineering ‘69
USC, MBA Business Administration ‘74
Southwestern University, JD
Steven Sellinger
Envent Corporation
President
USC, BS Petroleum; MS Civil/Environmental Engineering
David Howard Siemek
BNSF Railway Enterprise Architect, Enterprise Architecture and Emerging Technologies
Walter H. Singer
Advanced Chemical Transport
President
USC, BS Civil Engineering ’82 California State University San Francisco, MBA
Peter Wilson Trelenberg
Exxon Mobil
Corporation Manager, Environmental Policy &
Planning University of Wisconsin-Madison, BS Civil & Environmental Engineering ’80
Ching Wei
C2G International
CEO
USC BS ’93 Industrial & Systems Engineering