Department Staff & Advisory Board
Staff
Administrative Staff:
Kaela Berry
Administrative Assistant II
Marketing strategies and public relations; department Newsletter, postcards, mailings and letters; event coordination; David Wilson Affiliates alumni support group and the CEE Board of Advisors; photographer; staff support for ABET; APT dossiers; manages and updates bulletin boards in KAP.
Office: KAP210 | Tel: (213) 740-0040 | Fax: (213) 744-1426
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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
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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
Recognition Of 30 Years of Service At USC
Office: KAP 210B | Tel: (213) 740-0606 | Fax: (213) 744-1426
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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
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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
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Alexis Matthews
CEE Graduate Advisor
Advises graduate students; processes student petitions for d-clearance, course pre-requisite waivers, approval of transfer coursework, etc.; attends student advising meetings, university student services coordinators’ meetings, and school-wide meetings; coordinates and plans events for masters and doctoral students
Office: KAP 214 | Tel: (213) 740-0573
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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
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Erick Joel Hernandez
Environmental Instructional Lab Technician
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
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Research Scientist (Staff) for Dr. Roger Ghanem
Office: KAP 130 | Tel: (213) 740-9165
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Jianqiang Wei
Postdoctoral Scholar
Dr. Wei works with Dr. Bora Gencturk pursuing research in the area of high-performance and durable construction materials.
Office: KAP 230D
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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
Lewis P. Cornell, P.E.
AECOM
Vice President
California District Operations Manager
University of Pittsburgh, BS Civil Engineering ’92
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