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Administrative

Garcia

Victoria Garcia

Director of Operations

6145 Etcheverry Hall
510-642-1339
vgarcia@berkeley.edu

The Director of Operations reports to the Chair and is the highest-ranking non-academic authority in the Department and is responsible for performing the highest level of administrative and policy analysis on a broad range of issues for the Chair. Independently responsible for the overall administration of the Department, the Director of Operations provides leadership and management direction within Mechanical Engineering. The Director of Operations is accountable for the following major areas of responsibility: Managerial Leadership, Strategic Planning, Budget & Finance, Academic Administration (including Student Services), Technical & Instructional Support (including IT), Human Resources & Administrative Management, Space & Facilities, and Special Programs.

Chin

Debra Chin

Academic Personnel Analyst

6137 Etcheverry Hall
510-642-5867
debramchin@berkeley.edu

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.

Higgins

Emily Higgins

Communications Specialist

6139 Etcheverry Hall
510-643-7984
emilyhiggins@berkeley.edu

Provides general administrative support for the department, and manages the department website, communications, and various events.

Paz-Viray

Irma Paz-Viray

Assistant to Department Chair
Main Office Administrator

6141 Etcheverry Hall
510-664-5400
ipv@berkeley.edu

Provides general administrative support for the department chair, and manages the department chair’s calendar. Responsible for event coordination, conference rooms/breezeway reservations, department visitor parking, ERSO Visiting Scholar requests, and card key checkout for conference room reservations.

Daniela Veneros

Daniela Veneros

Academic HR Analyst

6135 Etcheverry Hall
510-642-2370
veneros_d@berkeley.edu

Facilities

Reggie Madison

Reggie Madison

Facilities & Project Manager

6171 Etcheverry Hall
510-672-5319
rmadison007@berkeley.edu

Responsible for any facilities, lab, or office issues; safety issues; keys/card keys; use of the Etcheverry breezeway and/or roof top.

Financial

Caguiat

Sheila Caguiat

Financial Analyst

6195 Etcheverry Hall
510-642-3459
sheilapc@berkeley.edu

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.

Preza-Gregg

Ana Preza-Gregg

Financial Analyst

6195 Etcheverry Hall
510-664-7279
acpreza@berkeley.edu

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

Viray

Rene Viray

Information Systems Analyst IV

2113 Etcheverry Hall
510-643-0873
rene@me.berkeley.edu

Principal IT technical architect at the Mechanical Engineering Department, with the responsibility on the design, implementation, management and future technical direction of the department’s instructional and administrative computing environment.

Student Services

Office Location and Hours

6189 &  6193 Etcheverry Hall
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday: 9am – 12pm & 1pm – 4pm
Thursday: 1pm – 4pm only

William Orta

William Orta

Director of Student Services

6187 Etchevery Hall
510-642-5085
worta@berkeley.edu
Karren Bautista Tanisaki

Karren Bautista Tanisaki

Student Services Advisor, Aerospace Engineering

6175 Etcheverry Hall
510-643-8017
University of California, Berkeley
karren@berkeley.edu
Blanco

Isabel Blanco

Student Affairs Officer

6189 Etcheverry Hall
510-642-6780
miblanco@berkeley.edu

Assistant to 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.

Akpawu

Yawo Dagbevi Akpawu

Graduate Student Affairs Officer

6189 Etcheverry Hall
510-642-5084
yawo@me.berkeley.edu

Assistant to 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.

Frances Rones

Frances Rones

Curriculum Planner

6195 Etcheverry Hall
francesrd@berkeley.edu

Student Machine Shops

ELECTRONICS SHOP
31 Hesse Hall | 510-664-9107

Staff members in the Electronics Shop provide resources and guidance to ME students involved in project-based mechatronics classes.

Barron

Ben Barron

R&D Engineer II

babarron@berkeley.edu
Clark

Tom Clark

R&D Engineer II

tomclark@berkeley.edu

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.

McCormick

Scott McCormick

R&D Engineering Manager
(Etcheverry & Hesse Shops)

mccormick@berkeley.edu
Eric Dukatz

Eric Dukatz

Principal Lab Mechanician

efdukatz@berkeley.edu
Higginbotham

Jeff Higginbotham

Principal Lab Mechanician

jchiggin@berkeley.edu
Katherine Hom

Katherine Hom

Senior Lab Mechanician

khom@berkeley.edu
Jordan

Alex Jordan

Principal Lab Mechanician

alexjor@berkeley.edu
Lee

Dennis Lee

Principal Lab Mechanician

dennis.lee@berkeley.edu

HESSE SHOP
31 Hesse Hall | 510-642-3427

Neufer

Michael Neufer

Principal Lab Mechanician

neufer@me.berkeley.edu
Paragas

Daniel Paragas

Senior Lab Mechanician

paragas@berkeley.edu

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