ECE Department Committees 2008-2010

Revised Fall 2009

Promotion and Tenure Committee

  • Ali Akansu (On Sabbatical Leave Fall 2009)
  • Nirwan Ansari
  • Yeheskel Bar-Ness
  • John Carpinelli
  • Timothy Chang (Interim Chair)
  • Roy Cornely
  • Atam Dhawan
  • Bernard Friedland
  • Haim Grebel
  • Richard Haddad
  • Alexander Haimovich
  • Jacob Klapper
  • Durgamadhab  Misra
  • Edip Niver
  • Jacob Savir
  • Kenneth Sohn (On Leave Fall 2009)
  • Yun Shi (Member, NJIT P&T Committee)
  • Marek Sosnowski
  • Leonid Tsybeskov
  • Gerald Whitman
  • Sotirios Ziavras
  • MengChu Zhou

Strategic Planning Committee

  • Stewart Personick (Chair)
  • Durga Misra, Chair, WG-1: Ph.D. Program and Student Enrollment
  • Nirwan Ansari, Chair, WG-2: M.S. Programs and Student Enrollment
  • Edwin Hou, Chair, WG-3, UG Programs and Student Enrollment
  • John Carpinelli, Chair, WG-4, UG Research Experience, Co-OP and Internship Programs
  • Haim Grebel, Chair, WG-5: Research Programs, Focus Areas and Faculty Hiring
  • Leonid Tsybeskov, Chair, WG-6: Industry Relations
  • Gerry Whitman, Chair, WG-7: Faculty and Staff Development ProgramsC.

UG Affairs and Curriculum Committee

  • Edwin Hou (Chair)
  • John Carpinelli
  • Roy Cornely
  • Walid Hubbi
  • Edip Niver
  • Leonid Tsybeskov
  • Gerald Whitman

Subcommittee: Honors Program

  • Edwin Hou (Chair)
  • Roy Cornely
  • Bernard Friedland
  • Alexander Haimovich

Subcommittee: ABET

  • Edwin Hou (Chair)
  • John Carpinelli
  • Richard Haddad
  • Walid Hubbi
  • Jacob Klapper
  • Marek Sosnowski

Subcommittee: Program and Curriculum Assessment: ABET

  • John Carpinelli
  • Edwin Hou
  • Shivon Boodhoo
  • Richard Haddad
  • Marek Sosnowski

Subcommittee: UG Laboratory Facilities

  • Marek Sosnowski (Chair)
  • Ali Abdi
  • Timothy Chang
  • Jie Hu
  • Walid Hubbi
  • Raquel Perez-Castillejos
  • Anthony Lambiase (Resource)

Subcommittee: UG Research Experience

  • John Carpinelli (Chair)
  • Bernard Friedland
  • Osvaldo Simeone
  • Durgamadhab Misra
  • Nirwan Ansari

Graduate Affairs and Curriculum Committee

  • Nirwan Ansari (Chair)
  • Alex Haimovich (CSM Area Coordinator)
  • Yanchao Zhang (CN Area Coordinator)
  • Marek Sosnowski (SSVE Area Coordinator)
  • Sotirios Ziavras (CA&S Area Coordinator)
  • MengChu Zhou (IS Area Coordinator)

Subcommittee: Seminars

  • Nirwan Ansari (Chair)
  • Hongya Ge
  • Tim Chang
  • Haim Grebel
  • Jie Hu
  • Yanchao Zhang
  • Jacinta Williams (Resource)

Subcommittee: Awards, Scholarships and Fellowships

  • Richard Haddad (Chair)
  • Tim Chang
  • Jie Hue
  • Edip Niver
  • Sotirios Ziavras

Subcommittee: Research

  • Haim Grebel (Chair)
  • Nirwan Ansari
  • Yeheskel Bar-Ness
  • Ali Akansu
  • Leonid Tsybeskov

External Affairs and Outreach Committee

  • Timothy Chang (Chair)
  • Roy Cornely
  • Atam Dhawan
  • Hongya Ge
  • Stewart Personick
  • MengChu Zhou

Subcommittee: UG Recruitment

  • Edwin Hou (Chair)
  • Ali Abdi
  • Atam Dhawan
  • Hongya Ge
  • Shivon Boodhoo (Resource)

Subcommittee: Graduate Recruitment

  • Tim Chang (Chair)
  • Nirwan Ansari
  • Atam Dhawan
  • Bernard Friedland
  • Osvaldo Simeone

Faculty and Staff Awards

  • MengChu Zhou (Chair)
  • Yanchao Zhang
  • Richard Haddad
  • Jacob Savir
  • Edip Niver

Faculty Council

  • Richard Haddad (Fall 2009)

PSA

  • Walid Hubbi

IEEE Student Advisor

  • Osvaldo Simeone

HKN Student Advisor

  • Jie Hu

Tau Beta Pi Student Advisor

  • Jie Hu

Library Liaison

  • Leonid Tsybeskov

Committee on Committees

  • Timothy Chang (Chair)
  • John Carpinelli
  • Nirwan Ansari
  • Osvaldo Simeone
  • Edip Niver
  • Richard Haddad

Faculty Search Committee

  • Nirwan Ansari (Chair)
  • Haim Grebel
  • Leonid Tsybeskov
  • Raquel Perez-Castillejos
  • Gerry Whitman
  • Yanchao Zhangi
  • Alex Haimovich
  • Timothy Chang (Resource)

Chair Search Committee

  • John Carpinelli (Chair)
  • Edwin Hou
  • Raquel Perez-Castillejos
  • MengChu Zhou
  • Sotirios Ziavras

NOTE: The Committee Chair is responsible for calling meetings periodically and also on the need-basis. The Committee Chair is required to submit a brief report annually for inclusion within the Annual Report.