College of Engineering

Chemical Engineering

 

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ChemE Staff

Main Office

WANDA PRONG, Assistant to the Chairman
DEVOTA MADRANO, Academic Counselor
JOANNE TALL , Program Assistant

Business Office

MICHELLE BLANCHETTE, Administrator
KAREN YONEDA, Fiscal Specialist

Support Office

DIANE RONSANO , Program Coordinator

Computing Office

REX PHILLIPS , Computer Support Analyst

Instumentation Shop

ARNE BIERMANS, Research Engineer

Machine Shop

DAVID GERY, Engineering Technician

 

WANDA PRONG, Assistant to the Chairman
(206) 543-2250
prong@cheme.washington.edu

Services provided: Chairman's calendar & correspondence Faculty & visiting appointments: Faculty meeting agendas & minutes Faculty search coordination Gifts oversight Graduate student research choices Office management Promotion & tenure coordination Publications Special events Surveys & questionnaires Visa requests (J-1 and H-1B) Web Liason

 

DEVOTA MADRANO, Academic Counselor
(206) 543-2252 madrano@cheme.washington.edu

Services Provided:

• Undergraduates:
  • Advising
  • Admissions
  • Applications
  • Entry codes
  • Graduation
  • Rankings
  • Records
  • Scholarships
• Graduate students
  • Admissions
  • Advising
  • Committees
  • Exams
  • RA & TA assignment letters
  • Rankings
  • Records
• Class Lists
• Entry Codes
• Grade Sheets
• Quarterly Time Schedule
• Recruiter contact

 

JOANNE TALL, Program Assistant
(206) 543-2250
jtall@u.washington.edu

Services Provided: Alumni records & address changes Assist the Assistant to the Chairman Conference room reservation Directory information for Benson Hall Faculty support (assist with urgencies) FAX advice & distribution Gift processing & records Library (Department) Lost and found Mailing services box assignments distribution express mail advice Maintain equipment & supplies (BNS 105) Reception

 

MICHELLE BLANCHETTE, Administrator
(206) 685-8364
catlady@u.washington.edu

Services Provided:

• Building security & maintenance
• Financial Management:
  • Budget oversight
  • Grant proposals
  • Payroll
  • Endowments
• Health & safety issues
• Personnel management
• Troubleshooting

 

KAREN YONEDA, Fiscal Specialist
(206) 543-4645
kyoneda@u.washington.edu

Services Provided:

• Budget reconciliation/reporting
• Equipment inventory
• Key check-out
• Locker assignments
• Purchasing policies & procedures
• Travel policies & procedures

 

DIANE RONSANO , Program Coordinator
(206) 543-2754
dianer26@u.washington.edu

Services Provided:

• Academic support
  • Course instructor/TA evaluation packets
  • Faculty effort certification reports
  • Faculty workload database
• Outside professional work forms
• Textbook orders
• Faculty support (secretarial)
• Grad admission inquiries
• Grant proposal coordination
• Maintain equipment & supplies (BNS 303)
• Newsletter (internal)
• Seminars series coordination

 

REX PHILLIPS , Computer Support Analyst
(206)543-3227
sysadmin@cheme.washington.edu

Services Provided:

• Installation and maintenance of (both software and hardware)
  • Departmental Servers (E-Mail, Web, File, Firewall, Domain, Application, and Backup)
  • Instructional PC Workstations (UOPS)
  • Staff & Faculty Desktop Machines
  • Benson Hall Ethernet Infrastructure
  • Undergraduate Computer Lab (BNS 125)
  • Graduate Computer Lab (BNS B-17)
• Purchase computer equipment & supplies
• Minor equipment repair
• Daily back-up of faculty & staff computers
• Work with departmental computer committee formulating future computing strategies, managing computing budgets, and creating computer funding proposals
• On call for information & advice

ARNE BIERMANS, Research Engineer
(206) 543-4364
arne@u.washington.edu

Services Provided:

• Graduate research, UG labs & special projects
  • Construction
  • Consulting
  • Design
  • Maintenance
• Shop Administration (electronics)

DAVID GERY, Engineering Technician
(206) 543-1625
mark2@u.washington.edu

Services Provided:

• Design, fabrication, modification, and repair of research apparatus and undergraduate laboratory equipment