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Office of the Dean

Directs all administrative and academic activities for the college.

Address: 456 ZEC
Mail Stop: 2346

Dean’s Office

Matthew Mench

Matthew Mench

Dean | Profile

Lindsay Hammill

Lindsay Hammill

 Sr. Director, Corporate Partnerships & Economic Development

Morgan Kramer

Morgan Kramer

Administrative Specialist

Amanda Middleton

Amanda Middleton

Special Programs Coordinator

Savannah Miller

Savannah Miller

Administrative & Events Specialist

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Robert Taylor Jr.

Administrative Specialist

Carrie Zitzman

Carrie Zitzman

Executive Assistant

Office of Academic and Student Affairs

Provides leadership and direction for the college’s students and their concerns, including information and guidance regarding the college’s undergraduate and graduate degree programs and activities. Also oversees advising, scholarships, outreach and engagement, international programs, diversity programs, and the college’s engineering fundamentals and honors programs.

Address: 456 ZEC
Mail Stop: 2346

Academic and Student Affairs

Michael Danquah

Michael Danquah

Associate Dean

Daniel Webb

Daniel Webb

Scholarship Specialist

Office of Student Success

Provides personal, professional, and academic support to students in the Tickle College of Engineering as they engage in creative and innovative academic pursuits.

Office of Student Success

Anne Skutnik

Anne Skutnik

Director of Student Success

Ashlyn Bryant

Ashlyn Bryant

Student Success Recruiter

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Courtney Wahlen

Student Success Coordinator

Women in Engineering Program

From outreach to the advancement of women in engineering, the Women in Engineering Program provides young girls and women with connections to resources, support, mentoring, and engaging academic and professional programs to define their possibilities within engineering.

Women in Engineering Program

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Hannah Olberding

Director

Engineering Advising Office

Provides holistic academic program planning services to undergraduate students, and manages orientation activities and materials for the college.

Address: 160 ZEC
Mail Stop: 2312

Engineering Advising Office

Main Advising Office

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Margaret Russell

Director

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Carol Bastianelli

Administrative Specialist

Katie Burford

Kate Burford

Senior Advisor

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Lisa Byrd

Associate Director

Brittany Hiller

Brittany Hiller

Advisor

James Hughes

Advisor

Departmental Advisors

Noah Blacker

Advisor | Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

Sonja Burk

Sonja Burk

Student Success Advisor | Department of Biosystems Engineering

  • Office Address: 108 Biosystems Engineering & Soil Sciences Building
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Calleb Capshaw

Calleb Capshaw

Advisor | Department of Nuclear Engineering

Kerri Cline

Kerri Cline

Senior Advisor | Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

JeNai Davis

JeNai Davis

Senior Advisor | Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Rachel Duncan

Rachel Duncan

Senior Advisor | Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering

Roger Gray

Roger Gray

Senior Advisor | Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, & Biomedical Engineering

Jennifer Hartwig

Jennifer Hartwig

Senior Advisor | Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, & Biomedical Engineering

Devon Keith

Devon Keith

Advisor | Civil & Environmental Engineering

Steven Kistler

Steven Kistler

Advisor | Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

Joanna Rathbone

Joanna Rathbone

Master Advisor | Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

Mike Taylor

Mike Taylor

Master Advisor | Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

Jake Working

Jacob Working

Senior Advisor | Department of Materials Science & Engineering

Office of Engineering Communications

Promotes the people and activities of the college and its departments to all audiences through a variety of print and digital pieces and platforms, recruitment, marketing, strategic communications planning, media relations, and social media efforts.

Address: 456 ZEC
Mail Stop: 2346

Engineering Communications

Melissa Callahan

Melissa Callahan

Director

Wes Baldwin

Wes Baldwin

Graphic Designer

Courtney Dyke

Courtney Dyke

Digital Content Specialist

Izzie Gall

Izzie Gall

Writer

Andrew Gallaher

Andy Gallaher

Assistant Director

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Caleb Howell

Social Media

Carin Medford

Carin Medford

Project Manager

Carly Norman

Carly Norman

Digital Content Specialist

Rhiannon Potkey

Rhiannon Potkey

Senior Writer

Brittney VanDeventer

Brittney VanDeventer

Web Designer-Developer

Kathy Williams

Kathy Williams

Project Manager

Office of Engineering Development

Initiates, coordinates, and implements philanthropy to support and enhance college initiatives including scholarships, recruiting and retaining students, sustaining outstanding research, and continuing to improve the college’s technology and infrastructure.

Address: 456 ZEC
Mail Stop: 2346

Engineering Development

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Blake Hudson

Interim Executive Director of Development

Michelle Geller

Michelle Geller

Interim Assistant Vice Chancellor | Advancement

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Adlai Hurt, PhD, CFRE

Senior Director

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Amy Johnston

Director of Development II

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Kathleen Kim-Baker

Director of Stewardship

Ali Martin

Ali Martin

Development Assistant

Stephanie Eastman Vozar

Stephanie Eastman Vozar

Director of Corporate Philanthropy

Dwight Hutchins Engineering Diversity Programs

Enables the successful recruitment, retention, graduation, and professional advancement of students from underrepresented and underserved populations (UUP) including historically underrepresented populations (HUP), women, and first-generation engineering students.

Address: 162 ZEC
Mail Stop: 2314

Dwight Hutchins Engineering Diversity Programs

Jeremy Kirk

Jeremy Kirk

Assistant Dean for Access and Engagement

Travis Griffin

Travis Griffin

Fred D. Brown, Jr. Director

Caitlin Moore

Caitlin Moore

Associate Director

Gabrielle Richards

Gabrielle Richards

Administrative Specialist

First-Year Programs

Cook Grand Challenge Honors Program

Provides greater intellectual challenges and broader educational experiences for qualified undergraduate students through service-learning, research, global experiences, entrepreneurship, and interdisciplinary coursework to prepare them to become highly competitive graduates and be more successful in addressing the challenges of the twenty-first century.

Address: 363 ZEC
Mail Stop: 2326

Cook Grand Challenge Honors Program

engage Engineering Fundamentals Program

Prepares first-year students with the fundamental knowledge needed to thrive as an engineering student through innovative, collaborative, team-based projects and experiences to find solutions to engineering problems.

Address: 260 ZEC
Mail Stop: 2326

engage Engineering Fundamentals Program

Kevin Kit

Kevin Kit

Director, Cook Grand Challenge Honors Program

Eric McCave

Erin McCave

Director, Lecturer, Research Assistant Professor

Michael Allen

Michael Allen

Academic Support Specialist III

Amy Biegalski

Amy Biegalski

Senior Lecturer

Richard Bennett

Richard Bennett

Professor

Betsy Chesnutt

Betsy Chesnutt

Lecturer

Andrew Espera

Andrew Espera

Lecturer

Laura Gelles

Laura Gelles

Lecturer

Nathan Hicks

Nathan Hicks

Lecturer and Research Assistant Professor

Cheryl Huskey

Cheryl Huskey

Administrative Specialist

Jessica Jeffers.

Jessica Jeffers

Honors Coordinator

Darren Maczka

Darren Maczka

Lecturer, Research Assistant Professor

Baker Martin

Baker Martin

Lecturer

Andrey Puretskiy

Andrey Puretskiy

Lecturer

Office of Engineering Professional Practice

Manages the college’s cooperative education (co-op) and internship programs to help undergraduate students find paid, structured, educationally relevant experiences with industry and government laboratory partners.

Address: 161A ZEC
Mail Stop: 2316

Engineering Professional Practice

Darrin Rhines

Director

Scott Cousino

Scott Cousino

Coordinator

Laura Rust

Administrative Specialist

Suzanne Sawicki

Suzanne Sawicki

Assistant Director

Office of Faculty Affairs and Engagement

Provides leadership and direction for the college’s tenure and promotion processes, faculty hiring, faculty mentoring and retention, the faculty annual review process, and peer reviews of teaching. Also assists the university with the selection and recruitment of Governor’s Chairs and the management of the faculty and staff awards processes for the college and campus.

Address: 456 ZEC
Mail Stop: 2346

Paul Frymier

Paul Frymier

Associate Dean | Profile

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Fatima Dione

Administrative Specialist

Office of Finance and Administration

Directs and coordinates all fiscal activities of the college and monitors and coordinates all human resources activities and certain facility improvements and capital equipment acquisition.

Address: 219 Perkins Hall
Mail Stop: 2010

Ami McBride

Ami McBride

Assistant Dean of Finance & Administration

Samantha Allen

Samantha Allen

Director of Finance & Administration

Ngen Bui

Ngan Bui

Financial Analyst

Gina Hale

Gina Hale

HR Consultant

Christina Sharp

Christina Sharp

HR Consultant

Linda Watson

Linda Watson

Business Manager

Jennifer Wynn

Jennifer Wynn

HR Manager

Laura Yoder

Laura Yoder

Associate Director of Finance & Administration

Heath Integrated Business and Engineering Program

Unites students and knowledge in two of UT’s outstanding academic colleges, the Tickle College of Engineering and Haslam College of Business.

Address:
Haslam College of Business Office | 269 Haslam Business Building
Tickle College of Engineering Office | 456F Zeanah Engineering Complex

Heath IBEP

Bob Buckner

Bob Buckner

Director of Heath IBEP

Heather Stellmach

Heather Stellmach

Coordinator

Integrated Engineering Design

Shapes the role of interdisciplinary student design and innovation projects, manages college resources and facilities for design projects, and serves as the outward-looking face of student design and project work for the college’s external partners.

Address: G178 ZEC
Mail Stop: 2317

Integrated Engineering Design

Keith Stanfill

Keith Stanfill

Edwards Assistant Dean | Profile

Thanh (Tommy) Duong

Thanh (Tom) Duong

Academic Support Specialist III

IT Support

Provides college administration and staff with desktop support for email, storage, printing, software, and remote desktop services.

Address: 456 ZEC
Mail Stop: 2346

Justin Forbes

Justin Forbes

IT Manager

  • Office Address: 457H ZEC
  • Phone: 865-974-9962
  • Email IT
Brandon Battles

Brandon Battles

Senior IT Technician

  • Office Address: 334A Ferris Hall
  • Phone: 865-974-6839
  • Email IT
Drew Schneider

Drew Schneider

IT Administrator

  • Office Address: 457B ZEC
  • Phone: 865-974-5948
  • Email IT

Engineering Research Office

A difference maker for accelerating and diversifying faculty funding success through providing research development and proposal support for a great variety of agencies and foundations. Also responsible for strategy, research advancement, resource allocation, and the administration of issues related to funding for facilities, research grants, and technology for the college.

Address: 456 ZEC
Mail Stop: 2346

Engineering Research Office

Bill Dunne

William M. Dunne

Associate Dean | Profile

Kiley Compton

Kiley Compton

Assistant Director

Drew Haswell

Drew Haswell

Research Consultant

Liz Herbert

Elizabeth Hebert

Research Coordinator

Sachiko Hurst

Sachiko Hurst

Data Analyst

Jada Huskey

Jada R. Huskey

Research Director | Proposal Support

Brad Kiser

Brad Kiser

Data Analyst

Missy McDonald

Missy McDonald

Research Coordinator | Proposal Support

Harry Richards

Harry Richards

Research & Proposal Development Coordinator