Administrative
William Orta
Director of Operations (Interim)
Director of Student Services
Brett Laugtug
Academic Personnel Analyst
Serves as the Academic HR Supervisor and Liaison for all matters of academic personnel management and administration for the ME Department. Assists the Department Chair, Manager, and Committees in formulating short- and long-range plans involving the academic personnel needs of the Department. Oversees and facilitates the academic personnel process for all academic titles including ladder rank faculty, adjunct appointments, emeritus, recall, professors of the graduate school, lecturers and joint appointments. Manages the faculty recruitment process. Coordinates and processes faculty summer salary appointments. Monitors award announcements, organizes material, and manages submissions for faculty awards. Contact for Human Capital Management (HCM) and APBears transactions for academic personnel.
Emily Higgins
Communications Specialist
Provides general administrative support for the department, and manages the department website, communications, and various events.
Facilities
Jairus Chappell
Facilities & Project Manager
Responsible for any facilities, lab, or office issues; safety issues; keys/card keys; use of the Etcheverry breezeway and/or roof top.
Financial
Sheila Caguiat
Financial Analyst
Responsible for all financial transactions for Mechanical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, and Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation which comprise the financial cluster. Performs BFS and BearBuy reviewer duties as appropriate. Insures that all documents are in compliance with Department, College and Campus policies and procedures. Analyzes and resolves non-routine accounting problems. Serves as primary liaison to department personnel, other campus departments and outside vendors. Researches and resolves all payroll problems.
Ana Preza-Gregg
Financial Analyst
Responsible for financial transactions for Mechanical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering and Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation. Performs reviewer duties as appropriate. Insures that all documents are in compliance with Department, College and Campus policies and procedures.
Information Technology
Student Services
William Orta
Director of Operations (Interim)
Director of Student Services
Yawo Dagbevi Akpawu
Assistant Director
Assistant Director of Student Services for Mechanical Engineering. Work closely with the Vice-Chair of Graduate Studies. Professional academic counselor in all areas of academic advising to current graduate students and applicants to our graduate program. Assist students in interpreting policies and procedures regarding the preliminary and qualifying exams and progress towards completion of their degrees.
Isabel Blanco
Assistant Director
Assistant Director of Student Services for the Mechanical Engineering Department. Work closely with the Vice-Chair of Instruction and the Vice-Chair of Graduate Studies. Responsible for course scheduling and the coordination of the GSI/Reader hiring. Serves as the primary graduate student services adviser and admissions processor for the M. Eng students/applicants. Advises prospective graduate students and assists with M.S., Ph.D. and bachelors student administrative tasks as needed.
Patrick Civello
Student Services & EDI Advisor
The Department of Mechanical Engineering Student Services Advisor (SSA) serves undergraduates and advises the Vice-Chair of Instruction in all aspects of the program, including curriculum planning and undergraduate student affairs. The SSA is an Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) advisor and collaborates with the Vice-Chair for EDI to plan, develop, and administer specialized programs designed to enhance student success. The SSA serves graduate students, and advises the Vice-Chair for Graduate Study and is the admissions processor for 5th year master students/applicants.
Karren Bautista Tanisaki
Student Services Advisor, Aerospace Engineering
Student Machine Shops
ETCHEVERRY SHOP
1166 Etcheverry Hall | 510-642-4006
Staff members in the Student Machine Shop provide safety training and technical guidance as well as machine operation instruction for the purpose of providing hands on experience which seeks to balance and compliment the strong theoretical education here at UC Berkeley.
Scott McCormick
R&D Engineer
Eric Dukatz
Principal Lab Mechanician
Katherine Hom
Principal Lab Mechanician
Alex Jordan
R&D Engineer II
HESSE SHOP
31 Hesse Hall | 510-642-3427
Ben Barron
R&D Engineer II
Tom Clark
R&D Engineer II
Michael Neufer
R&D Engineer II
Daniel Paragas
Principal Lab Mechanician