Graduate Advising

Getting Started as a Graduate Student

All graduate students at FAU are advised by faculty or staff in the student’s home department/degree program. See the list below and contact the person related to your chosen degree program. Students work with their advisor(s) to create and submit a formal Plan of Study to the Graduate College’s Degree Completion office no later than half-way through their required coursework. Students and their advisor will continue to work together to revise and finalize their Plan of Study prior to the beginning of the term in which they intend to graduate.

See Degree Completion Steps for Graduate Students

 

Graduate Advisors

 

Artificial Intelligence

  • Sree Ranjani Rajendran, Ph.D., Faculty Advisor- EE 434, srajedran@fau.edu  
  • Tayler Kung, MSW, Assistant Director Graduate Student Services- EE 403, tkung@fau.edu   (facilitates EECS department forms, CPT, OPT RCLs, forms 10, 11, 16, etc.).  

Biomedical Engineering

  • Mahsa Ranji, Ph.D. Professor and BME Associate Chair, Engineering East 315, 561.297.0089, mranji@fau.edu 

Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering

  • Masoud Jahandar Lashaki, Ph.D., Engineering West 216, mjahandarlashaki@fau.edu 
  • Digna Mejia, Assistant Director for Academics and Community Engagement, EG 231A, 561.297.2042, dmejia1@fau.edu 

Computer Engineering

  • Sree Ranjani Rajendran, PhD., Faculty Advisor- EE 434, srajedran@fau.edu 
  • Tayler Kung, MSW, Assistant Director Graduate Student Services- EE 403, tkung@fau.edu   (facilitates EECS department forms, CPT, OPT, RCLs, forms 10, 11, 16, etc.).  

Computer Science

  • Safak Kayikci, Ph.D., Faculty Advisor for student Z numbers ending in ‘0-4’- EE 521, skayikci@fau.edu   
  • Chang-Hwan Lee, Ph.D., Faculty Advisor for student Z numbers ending in ‘5-8’- EE 521, changwanlee@fau.edu 
  • Dingding Wang, Ph.D., Faculty Advisor for student Z numbers ending in ‘9’- EE 510, wangd@fau.edu 
  • Jean Mangiaracina, Graduate Program Specialist, eecs@fau.edu  (facilitates EECS department forms, CPT, OPT, RCLs, Ph.D. forms 10, 11, 16, etc.).

Data Science and Analytics

  • Sareh Taebi, Ph.D., Faculty Advisor- EE 510,  staebi@fau.edu 
  • Dr. Juan Yepes, Ph.D., Faculty Advisor- EE 412, jyepes@fau.edu   
  • Jean Mangiaracina, Graduate Program Specialist, eecs@fau.edu  (facilitates EECS department forms, CPT, OPT, RCLs, Ph.D. forms 10, 11, 16, etc.).

Electrical Engineering

  • Valentine Aalo, PhD., Faculty Advisor- EE 415, aalo@fau.edu 
  • Tayler Kung, MSW, Assistant Director Graduate Student Services- EE 403, tkung@fau.edu   (facilitates EECS department forms, CPT, OPT, RCLs, forms 10, 11, 16, etc.).  

Information Technology and Management

  • Ankur Agarwal, Ph.D., Faculty Advisor- EE 515, aagarwa2@fau.edu 
  • Tayler Kung, MSW, Assistant Director Graduate Student Services- EE 403, tkung@fau.edu   (facilitates EECS department forms, CPT, OPT, RCLs, forms 10, 11, 16, etc.).  

Mechanical and Ocean Engineering

  • Francisco Presuel-Moreno, Ph.D., ST 239, 954.924.7236- EW 104, (561)297-3559, fpresuel@fau.edu 
  • Anastasia Calnick, Assistant Director,  Academic Programs- EW 102, (561)297-6446, acalnick@fau.edu