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Meet Your Academic Advisor

The Office of Undergraduate Student Services and Advising is the home of the professional advising team and we are here to help you. If you have any questions do not hesitate to reach out to us as we are happy to assist. 

In SEAS, the primary advisor for all first year students is the professional advisor and the primary advisor for every sophomore, junior, and senior is their major-specific faculty advisor. For more information including how to contact your primary advisor, please review the information below.

Office of Undergraduate Student Services and Advising

The Office of Undergraduate Student Services and Advising is open Monday - Friday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm ET with the exception of University holidays. The office location is Science and Engineering Hall Suite 2500 (2nd Floor) and you can check-in at the Student Services Front Desk. 

Contact us: [email protected] or by phone at 202-994-6158

Visit us: Science & Engineering Hall - Suite 2500

Utilizing Your Professional Advisor

The SEAS Professional Advising team is available via email and phone as well as individual virtual and in-person appointments. In addition, your Professional Advisor will host group advising sessions and workshops throughout the year. 

We utilize a variety of virtual meeting tools including Zoom, Webex or Google Meet as well in person meeting spaces in Science and Engineering Hall (SEH) Suite 2500 to meet with students. Please consult your professional advisor’s online appointment calendar to find when they are available and whether the format would be virtual or in-person. 

Additionally, there are a variety of ways to communicate with your professional advisor including:

Ways to Meet and Communicate

If you would like to request a call back from a professional advisor, please submit this form and someone from the advising team will get back to you within one business day. Note: during busy times, if we are able to resolve your inquiry you may receive a response via email in lieu of a phone call.

Meet the Undergraduate Advising and Student Services Team

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London Faust

Assistant Director for Academic Advising

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Advises: All current and prospective students in Applied Science + Technology, Biomedical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Systems Engineering, and select Engineering- Undecided students.

Schedule an appointment with London

 

 

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Lars Hansen

Advising and Student Services Assistant

Pronouns: He/Him/His

Responsibilities include: Providing administrative support and triage advising for students majoring in biomedical engineering, electrical engineering, systems engineering, and computer science (last name L-Z) as well as staff the student services front desk.

For all inquiries email Lars

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Ganesh Rajasekar

Advising and Student Services Assistant

Pronouns: He/Him/His

Responsibilities include: Providing administrative support and triage advising for students majoring in civil engineering, computer engineering, mechanical engineering, and computer science (last name A-K) as well as staff the student services front desk.

For all inquiries email Ganesh

 

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Rebecca Turley

Student Success Coach

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Responsibilities include: Providing success coaching and outreach for advising for students majoring in civil engineering, computer engineering, mechanical engineering, and computer science (last name A-K).

For all inquiries email Rebecca

 

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Ella Farida

Student Success Coach

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Responsibilities include: Providing success coaching and outreach for students majoring in biomedical engineering, electrical engineering, systems engineering, and computer science (last name L-Z).

For all inquiries email Ella

 

Faculty Advisors by Major

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Professor Hyeong-Ah Choi
SEH 5850
202-994-5916
[email protected]

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Professor Kinga Dobolyi
SEH 4655
202-994-4109
[email protected]

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Professor Joe Goldfrank
SEH 4675
[email protected] 

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Professor Robert Pless
SEH 4000C
202-994-6779
[email protected]

 

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Professor Xiaodong Qu
SEH 4560
[email protected]

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Professor James Taylor
SEH 4665
[email protected]

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Professor Poorvi Vora
SEH 4610
202-994-1864
[email protected]

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Professor Tim Wood
SEH 4580
[email protected]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Contacting your Faculty Advisor

Your faculty advisor is available to meet with you throughout the academic year, and the best way to schedule this appointment is to contact them via email. Additionally, many faculty advisors will have regularly scheduled office hours so do not hesitate to ask them if this is the case. Lastly, some questions may be easily discussed over email, so you are welcome to reach out to them via email as well

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800 22nd Street NW
3000 Science & Engineering Hall
Washington, DC 20052


Phone: 202-994-6749
[email protected]