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ECE Graduate Advisor: Prof. Leonard F. Franklin Register.
The ECE Graduate Advisor serves as an intermediary between students and the Deans in the Graduate School, and attends to some routine, and almost all non-routine, academic and non-academic matters and/or problems students may experience in the course of their graduate studies.
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The Graduate Coordinators administer routine operations of the graduate program and serve as partners and intermediaries with and between the faculty, the ECE Track Advisors, the Graduate Advisor, the ECE GSC Chair, and sometimes the Graduate School Deans. Graduate Coordinators usually have the most up-to-date information about administrative matters and policies, and are available to discuss any problems and concerns and to provide advice, direction, and resources. Barry handles admissions and everything associated with applying for admission, including changing academic tracks; funding awards for new students; coordination of fellowship awards and fellowship requirements; information about the graduate period of the BSEEBSE/MSE Integrated degree program; applications to earn the master’s degrees; transfer of courses toward the master’s degree; and other matters. Melanie handles matters concerning registration and late registration; late adds and drops; changes of grading basis (to/from letter grade or credit/no credit); Curricular Practical Training (CPT) for international students; leaves of absence forms prior to the semester(s) of leave; applications to earn the master’s degrees; transfer of courses toward the master’s degree; advancement to doctoral candidacy; candidacy evaluations; progress reviews; doctoral defenses; and other matters.
ECE Human Resources Representative: Laura PAlora N. FloresJones
lauraalora.pjones@austin.flores@austin.utexas.edu
Laura The HR Representative assists students with Graduate Research Assistantships (GRAs); Teaching Assistantships (TAs); Graduate Assistantships, etc.; student employment paperwork such as applying for an SSN; time sheets; and other employment matters. She also assists visiting scholars, researchers and postdocs. International students must enter Laura P. Flores’ name and email address in myIO for purposes of Financial Verification related to extensions of stay. In addition, students applying for extensions of stay should send an email to Laura to inform her that they are applying for an extension of stay, and include their name, EID, and the name and email address of their supervising professor.
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