The Materials Science & Engineering administrative office is located in Roberts Hall 302.
Front desk
The front desk staff handle incoming mail, receive packages, provide copying services, distribute video projectors, and provide general office services. We are happy to answer questions about advising, paychecks, rules and regulations, mail, and supplies.
Office hours: 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. (noon) and 1:00-5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday
Administrative staff
Bichtien Thach,
Assistant to the Chair
302E Roberts Hall
(206) 543-2615
lilies@uw.edu
Chair's calendar, department seminars, academic personnel, building keys, newsletter, photos.
Dawn Counts,
Fiscal/Administrative Coordinator
302 Roberts Hall
(206) 543-2079
dawnc@uw.edu
Coordinates purchase orders and packages, travel, budgets, paychecks, and petty cash; provides front desk support.
Donald Obcena,
Financial Analyst
302 Roberts Hall
(206) 685-8032
dobcena@uw.edu
Manages state and grant budgets, travel expenses, and supply reimbursements.
Omar Cruz,
Grants Manager
302 Roberts Hall
(206) 543-1935
omarcruz@uw.edu
Manages state and grant budgets and reimbursements for travel expenses and supplies.
Winnie Lin,
Payroll Manager and Grants Manager
302 Roberts Hall
206 685-8032
wsl@uw.edu
Manages state and grant budgets and reimbursements for travel expenses and supplies.
Advising staff
Undergraduate Academic Advising
askmse@uw.edu
Schedule an appointment
Undergraduate students' contact for admission, recruiting, student progress, schedule and curriculum advising, graduation, registration, and university services. Curriculum and policy development; course scheduling, scholarships and awards; MSE social media, community college outreach, alumni outreach, and events. Primary contact for MatCamp.
Karen Wetterhahn,
Graduate Program Adviser
302B Roberts Hall
206-543-2740
karenlw@uw.edu
Schedule an appointment
Graduate students' primary contact for admission, recruiting, student progress, schedule and curriculum advising, graduation, registration, and university services; MSE social media; course evaluations lead; alumni outreach.
Administrative faculty
Lilo Pozzo,
Interim Department Chair
Boeing-Roundhill Professor for Excellence in Engineering
dpozzo@u.washington.edu
302F Roberts Hall
(206) 685-8536
Guozhong Cao,
Graduate Program Coordinator, Boeing-Steiner Professor
302M Roberts Hall
(206) 543-2303
gzcao@uw.edu
Oversees the admission, advising and counseling of grad students and the appointment of each student's advisory committee
Lucien Brush,
Associate Chair, Undergraduate Program Coordinator, Associate Professor
331 Roberts
(206) 543-7161
brush@uw.edu
Dwayne Arola,
Director, Applied Masters Program (AMP), Associate Professor
333 Roberts Hall
(206) 685-8158
darola@uw.edu
Technical staff
Tatyana Galenko,
MSE Lab Manager
156 Mueller
206-221-2678
tgalenko@uw.edu
Manages all department lab operations (except EMC). Provides training for lab instrumentation as well as management and maintenance. Junior lab instructor. Provides some support and consultation for research labs. Lab safety officer.
Sean Krewson,
MSE Lab Technician
skrewson@uw.edu
206-685-7290
Assists Lab Manager in all lab operations and supports lab safety. Manages MSE machine shop & composite lab. Serves as the contact for Physical Inventory.
MSE Web updates,
Manages web content development and maintenance, trains staff and faculty to edit website and update Trumba calendar.
Request a web update or training
Giving
Anne Fitzmaurice Adams,
Senior Director, Individual Giving
(206) 685-3041
afa9@uw.edu
Manages gifts to the department.