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

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

Computer Science

  • Safak Kayikci, Ph.D., Faculty Advisor for student Z numbers ending in ‘0-3’- EE 521, skayikci@fau.edu   
  • Chang-Hwan Lee, Ph.D., Faculty Advisor for student Z numbers ending in ‘4-6’- EE 521, changhwanlee@fau.edu 
  • Dr. Velibor Adzic , Faculty Advisor for student Z numbers ending in ‘7-9’,   vadzic@fau.edu

Data Science and Analytics

  • Dr. Ana Aleksandric, Faculty Advisor for students Z numbers ending with'0-4',   aaleksandric@fau.edu
  • Dr. Juan Yepes, Ph.D., Faculty Advisor for students Z numbers ending with '5-9' ,- EE 412, jyepes@fau.edu   

Electrical Engineering

  • Valentine Aalo, PhD.,Faculty Advisor- EE 415, aalo@fau.edu 
  • EE PhD . students general guidance

Information Technology and Management

CE and CS PhD students general guidance

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 

GRADUATE PROGRAM ADMINISTRATORS 

  • Rebecca Greco-Petruzziello, Graduate Academic Services Coordinator EE 403, rpetruzziello@fau.edu (facilitates EECS department forms, CPT, OPT, RCLs forms, other graduate forms:  10, 11, 16, etc., and POSs)  
  • Tayler Kung, MSW, Assistant Director Graduate Student Services- EE 403, tkung@fau.edu (facilitates EECS department forms, CPT, OPT, RCLs forms, other graduate forms:  10, 11, 16, etc., and POSs)