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Standing Committees
2025-2026
Proposes college-wide policies and serves as reinstatement committee.
- Shannon Casebeer (ARE/CNS)
- Daniel Flippo (BAE)
- M. Helal Uddin (CHE)
- Krishna Ghimire (CE)
- Joshua Weese (CS)
- Garrett Peterson (ECE)
- Chih-Hang “John” Wu (IMSE)
- Liang-Wu Cai (MNE)
- Andy Fund, Ex-Officio (DO)
- Olga Heim, Ex-Officio (DO)
Proposes college-wide advising policies and coordinates advising activities.
- Kyle Larson (ARE)
- Ed Brokesh (BAE)
- Charles Carlson (BME)
- Sigifredo Castro Diaz (CHE)
- Ralph Hadjor (CE)
- David Invergo (CS)
- Crystal Strauss (ECE)
- Madline Mathis (CHE, IMSE)
- Kumar Dubey (IMSE)
- Amy Brox (MNE)
- Olga Heim, Ex-Officio (DO)
Promotes participation in ASEE activities and serves as the college liaison with ASEE Headquarters.
- Steve Warren (ECE)
Provides direction and advice regarding the engineering scholarship program and distribution of engineering scholarships.
- Keith Hohn (DO)
- Pam McGlynn (DO)
- Craig Wanklyn (DO)
Provides faculty input relative to university and college planning charges which require faculty involvement, i.e., college reorganization, strategic planning, program discontinuance, and financial exigency. Faculty are generally appointed for a three-year term. Appointment years are displayed (terms begin in August and end in June of the third year).
- Andrew Sneed (ARE/CNS) (2026)
- Zifei Liu (BAE) (2026)
- Ryan Hansen (CHE) (2026)
- Won Min Park (CHE - spring 2026)
- Prathap Parameswaran (CE) (2027)
- Lior Shamir (CS) (2026)
- Don Gruenbacher (ECE) (2028)
- Shuting Lei (IMSE) (2027)
- Mo Hosni (MNE) (2027)
- Kimberly Kramer (FSCOUP) (2024)
- Keith Hohn, Ex-Officio (Exec. Comm.)
Deals with all aspects of program assessment and accreditation issues and maintains close communications with liaison committees.
- Keith Hohn, Chair (DO)
- Kyle Larson (ARE)
- Jim Goddard (ARE/CNS)
- Ed Brokesh (ATM)
- Lisa Wilken (BAE)
- Steve Warren (BME)
- Andrew Duncan (CHE)
- Krishna Ghimire (CE)
- Joshua Weese (CS)
- Samee U. Khan (EE & CMPEN)
- Trisha Moore (ENVE)
- Shing Chang (IMSE)
- Malgorzata Rys (IMSE)
- Kevin Wanklyn (MNE)
Receives programs’ course and curricula proposals, suggests modifications (if necessary), approves proposals, and forwards them for college faculty deliberation.
- James Goddard, Chair (ARE/CNS)
- Lisa Wilken (BAE)
- Trisha Moore (ENVE)
- Andrew Duncan (CHE)
- Krishna Ghimire (CE)
- Joshua Weese (CS)
- Garrett Peterson (ECE)
- Meng Zhang (IMSE)
- Kevin Wanklyn (MNE)
- Jamie Clark, Ex-Officio (DO)
- Andy Fund, Ex-Officio (DO)
Serves in the absence of department head.
- Jim Goddard (ARE/CNS)
- Lisa Wilken (BAE)
- Placidus Amama (CHE)
- Prathap Parameswaran (CE)
- Mitch Neilsen (CS)
- Andrew Rys (ECE)
- Malgorzata Rys (IMSE)
- Amir Bahadori (MNE)
- Maggie Belanger (CHSR)
- VACANT (EXT)
Meet on a regular basis to deal with issues that relate to the mission of the college and to provide effective communication among the department heads and the college administration.
- Brad Kramer (DO)
- Keith Hohn, Chair (DO)
- Stacy Hutchinson (DO)
- Katie Loughmiller (ARE/CNS)
- Mark Wilkins (BAE)
- Jennifer Anthony (CHE)
- Christopher Jones (CE)
- Dan Andresen (CS)
- Samee Khan (ECE)
- Shing Chang (IMSE)
- Steve Eckels (MNE)
- David Carter (KIES)
- Blase Leven (CHSR)
- Jeff Tucker (TDI)
- Andy Fund (DO)
- Craig Wanklyn (DO)
- Amy Betz (DO)
- Kelsie Jones (DO)
- Jenna Brown (DO)
- Chassy Nichols, Ex-Officio (DO)
Elected members of Faculty Senate who provide a college voice in the establishment of university policies and in the formulation of procedures for their interpretation.
Date in parenthesis indicates year senator goes off Faculty Senate and an asterisk (*) indicates they are not eligible for reelection.
- Placidus Amama (2028)
- Amir Bahadori (2026)
- Julia Keen (Caucus Chair, 2028*)
- Kimberly Kramer (2026)
- Prathap Parameswaren (2028)
- Kevin Wanklyn (2027*)
- Steve Warren (2027*)
The Graduate Council is the chief legislative and policy formulating body of the University Graduate Faculty. The elected members of the Graduate Council provide a college voice in these matters.
- Ursula Emery-McClure (ARE/CNS)
- Aleksey Sheshukov (BAE)
- Torben Amtoft (CS)
- Mingjun Wei (MNE)
Is responsible for developing and communicating a clear vision for the college’s safety program, establishing broad safety goals for departments to attain and evaluating the college’s progress toward meeting those goals.
- Keith Hohn (DO)
- Stacy Hutchinson (DO)
- Jongchul Song (ARE/CNS)
- Oliver Schmitz (BAE)
- David Threewit (CHE)
- Cliff Temple (CE)
- Seth Galitzer (CS)
- Benjamin Thurlow (ECE)
- David Carter (EXT)
- Malgorzata Rys (IMSE)
- Kevin Myren (MNE)
- Matt Campbell (IER)
- Blase Leven (CHSR)
- Eric Figge (DO)
- Stacy Hutchinson (DO)
- Bill Zhang (ARE/CNS)
- Aleksey Sheshukov (BAE)
- Placidus Amama (CHE)
- Hayder Rasheed (CE)
- Torben Amtoft (CS)
- Don Gruenbacher (ECE)
- Jessica Heier Stamm (IMSE)
- Mingjun Wei (MNE)
Determines selection of recipients for several collegewide awards, identifies potential nominees for university awards, and committee members encourage an active award nomination process in their departments.
- Julia Keen (ARE/CNS)
- Mark Wilkins (BAE)
- Ryan Hansen (CHE)
- Bin Liu (CHE, spring 2026)
- Hayder Rasheed (CE)
- Hande McGinty (CS)
- Anil Pahwa (ECE)
- Suprem Das (IMSE)
- Melanie Derby (MNE)
- Keith Hohn, Ex-Officio (DO)
Proposes recommendations for the enhancement of the university and college honors programs and committee members serve as the honors advisors in their respective departments.
- Kyle Larson (ARE/CNS)
- Mark Wilkins (BAE)
- Placidus Amama (CHE)
- Christopher Jones (CE)
- Doina Caragea (CS)
- Will Hageman (ECE)
- John Wu (IMSE)
- Steven Eckels (MNE)
- Keith Hohn, Ex-Officio (DO)
- Paul Snider (DO)
- Jongchul Song (ARE/CNS)
- Vaishali Sharda (BAE)
- Davood Pourkargar (CHE)
- Prathap Parameswaran (CE)
- Lior Shamir (CS)
- Caterina Scoglio (ECE)
- Shing Chang (IMSE)
- Gurpreet Singh (MNE)
- Stacy Hutchinson, Ex Officio (DO)
- Brad Kramer, Chair (DO)
- Keith Hohn (DO)
- Stacy Hutchinson (DO)
- Katie Loughmiller (ARE/CNS)
- Mark Wilkins (BAE)
- Jennifer Anthony (CHE)
- Christopher Jones (CE)
- Dan Andresen (CS)
- Samee Khan (ECE)
- Shing Chang (IMSE)
- Steven Eckels (MNE)
Reviews candidates’ promotion/tenure materials, ascertains departmental procedures have been followed and makes recommendations to the dean.
- Ray Yunk (ARE/CNS)
- Ajay Sharda (BAE)
- Jim Edgar (CHE)
- Hayder Rasheed (CE)
- John Hatcliff (CS)
- Andrew Rys (ECE)
- Shuting Lei (IMSE)
- Gurpeet Singh (MNE)
- Stacy Hutchinson (DO)
- Kyle Larson (ARE/CNS)
- Trisha Moore (BAE)
- Bin Liu (CHE)
- Jeongdae Im (CE)
- Doina Caragea (CS)
- Xiaolong Guo (ECE)
- Meng “Peter” Zhang (IMSE)
- Douglas McGregor (MNE)