MSE Business & Forms
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Academic Personnel, Human Resources, Payroll
Katherine Guerrero
krguerre@uci.edu
Phone: (949) 824-3786
Recruitment, hiring, retention, separation of senate and non-senate academic and staff personnel
Employee relations and Human Resources
Recruitment and onboarding management of all senate and non-senate positions
Senate and non-senate academic and staff personnel and payroll management
UC Path, payroll management and assistance; payroll reporting and reconciliation
Visa and visiting appointment coordination
Research, Facilities, Safety
Darryl Mack
dmack@uci.edu
Phone: (949) 824-7753
Design, development and assisted planning of laboratory and experimental facilities and equipment
High-level MSE laboratory management and research development
Department Safety Officer
Oversight of Department-owned laboratory classes and MSE spaces
Support/repair of laboratory personnel and equipment
Administrative Operations, Facilities
Viviana Saadalla
viviana.saadalla@uci.edu
Phone: (949) 824-1803
Infrastructure and process improvement
Administration and analysis
Responsible for the Department meeting, visitor, and event coordination
Department website maintenance, communications, social media
Manages MSE work order system, space, and key issuance operations
Provides general administrative operational support
Advanced Casting Research Center (ACRC)
Victor Cobar
vcobar@uci.edu
Responsible for maintaining and coordinating trainings and access to ACRC systems, trains users approved by Professor Apelian, maintains ACRC/P&W websites
Advanced Casting Research Center (ACRC)
Carl Soderhjelm
csoderhj@uci.edu
General oversight of ACRC operations. ACRC research on processing semi-solid and liquid metals, as well as incorporation of additive manufacturing into the aluminum die casting industry.