Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education

The Office of the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education has primary responsibilities for the education of the College of Engineering's undergraduate students, including the oversight of assessment, curriculum development, first-year courses, interdisciplinary programs, international programs, team projects technical communications, and the College's cross disciplinary programs, including the international engineering minor, multidisciplinary design minor. In addition, oversight is provided to CRLT-North, the Academic Multicultural Initiatives, MEPO, WIE, and the Office of Engineering Outreach and Engagement.

 The following units, as well as the Director of Academic Programs, Lorelle Meadows, report to the Associate Dean:

• International Programs in Engineering (Dr. Amy Conger and Professor Volker Sick)
• Technical Communications (Professor Leslie Olsen)
• Wilson Student Team Project Center (Associate Professor Pete Washabaugh)
• Center for Research on Learning and Teaching North (Dr. Cynthia Finelli)
• Multidisciplinary Design (Professor Brian Gilchrist)
• Academic Multicultural Initiatives (Robert Scott)
• Multicultural Engineering Programs Office (Derrick Scott)
• Women in Science and Engineering (Dr. Cinda Davis)
• Office of Engineering Outreach and Engagement (Mary Beth Damm)

James Paul Holloway 
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences
1261 LEC/2102
Email: hagar@umich.edu
Phone: (734) 647-7150
Fax:       (734) 647-7126

 

 

                                                   

Lorelle A. Meadows
Academic Programs Director
Academic Programs
2466 LEC/2102
Email: lmeadows@umich.edu
Phone: (734) 764-2244 
Fax:       (734) 647-7126

 

 

 

Linda C. Peterson
Assistant to the Associate Dean
Undergraduate Education
1261 LEC/2102
Email: lindapet@umich.edu
Phone: (734) 647-7150
Fax:       (734) 647-7126

 

 

 

Jessica Boria Brakora
Multidisciplinary Design Projects Coordinator
Multidisciplinary Design Minor
1432 LEC/2102
Email: jboria@umich.edu
Phone: (734) 763-7421
Fax:       (734) 647-7126

 

 

 

 

Brian E. Gilchrist
Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Atmospheric, Oceanic & Space Sciences
Director, Multidisciplinary Design Program
2240 EECS Building/2102
Email: gilchrst@umich.edu
Phone: (734) 763-6230
Fax:       (734) 647-2106

 

 

 

Leigh McGrath
Unit Administrator
1420 LEC/2102
Email:lmlasm@umich.edu
Phone: (734) 615-4981
Fax:       (734) 647-7126

 

 

 

 

Sharon Sansoterra
Coordinator, First-Year Program
1422 LEC/2102
Email:sharonsa@umich.edu
Phone: (734) 647-7114
Fax:       (734) 647-7126