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Engineering School Shared Governance

The academic governance of the School of Engineering (SoE) at UC Merced is administered through the following shared governance structure.

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee consists of the Dean of the School, ex-officio, and up to the larger of the number of undergraduate programs and seven (7) voting members of the faculty, a vice-chair, and a chair. The responsibility of the Executive Committee is to consult with and advise the dean on all aspects of the school’s academic administration, including budget and fiscal matters, faculty recruitment and mentoring, research, and student recruitment and success.

2025-26 Membership Roster

TBA, Chair | TBA, Vice Chair

  • Bioengineering (BIOE) - Joel Spencer (F25) | Arvind Gopinath (Sp26)
  • Chemical and Materials Engineering (CME) - Catherine Keske
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) - Abbas Ghassemi
  • Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) - Dong Li
  • Electrical Engineering (EE) - Eric Cheng
  • Management of Complex Systems (MCS) - LeRoy Westerling
  • Mechanical Engineering (ME) - Abel Chuang
  • Rakesh Goel, Dean (ex-officio member)

Department Chairs

2025-26 Chairs Roster

  • Bioengineering (BIOE) - Anand Subramaniam
  • Chemical and Materials Engineering (CME) - Kara McCloskey
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) - Marc Beutel
  • Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) - Florin Rusu
  • Electrical Engineering (EE) - Sarah Kurtz
  • Management of Complex Systems (MCS) -  LeRoy Westerling
  • Mechanical Engineering (ME) - Ashlie Martini

Graduate Program Chairs

2024-25 Program Chairs | 2025-26 Program Chairs: TBA

  • Bioengineering (BIOE) - Anand Subramaniam (aligned with Department Chair)
  • Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (EECS) - Ming-Hsuan Yang
  • Environmental Systems (ES) - Emily Moran
  • Materials and Biomaterials Science & Engineering (MBSE) - Sarah Kurtz
  • Mechanical Engineering (ME) - Ashlie Martini (aligned with Department Chair)
  • Management of Innovation, Sustainability and Technology (MCS/MIST) - John Abatzoglou

Associate Deans

  • Stefano Carpin, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs
  • Alejandro Gutiérrez, Associate Dean for Student Success

 

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