Administration
Governance
The Articles of Governance set out the principles and procedures to be used in the School of Engineering Science. The document is supplementary to the policies and procedures established for Simon Fraser University and the Faculty of Applied Sciences. In the case of conflict between the principles set out here and those established at higher levels, the latter take precedence.
ENSC Committee Structures & Administrative Roles
Administrative Roles
| Director | Michael Sjoerdsma |
| Associate Director | Atousa Hajshirmohammadi |
| IEEE Student Branch Counsellor | Craig Scratchley |
| IEEE Vancouver Section Representative | Ivan Bajić |
| ASME Branch Student Advisor | Shahram Payandeh |
| Academic Integrity Advisor | Daniel Lee |
| J.L. Wighton Professor for Engineering Development | Andrew Rawicz |
| J.L. Wighton Professor of Laboratory Studies | Ash Parameswaran |
Committee Structures
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Faculty Meeting
Discusses issues and approves a variety of recommendations related to the activities of the School. (ensc-faculty@sfu.ca)
| Chair (Director) | Michael Sjoerdsma |
| Members | All faculty members |
| Attendee | Manager, Academic & Administrative Services, Tessa MacKinnon (nv) |
| Attendee | Confidential Assistant to the Director, Paul England (nv) |
ENSC Executive Committee
Discusses issues and sets policies related to the functioning of the School. (ensc-exec@sfu.ca)
| Chair (Director) | Michael Sjoerdsma |
| Member (Associate Director) | Atousa Hajshirmohammadi |
| Member (UCC Chair) | Ash Parameswaran |
| Member (GPC Chair) | Faisal Beg |
| Member | Parvaneh Saeedi |
| Attendee | Manager, Academic & Administrative Services, Tessa MacKinnon (nv) |
| Attendee | Confidential Assistant to the Director, Paul England (nv) |
Tenure and Promotion Committee
Conducts reviews regarding salary, renewal, tenure and promotion. (ensc-tpc-2023@sfu.ca)
| Chair (Director) | Michael Sjoerdsma |
| Member (Professor) | Ivan Bajić |
| Member (Professor) | Faisal Beg |
| Member (Professor) | Rodney Vaughan |
| Member (Assistant Professor) | Zhenman Fang |
| Member (Teaching Faculty) | Atousa Hajshirmohammadi |
| Alternate Professor | Shahram Payandeh |
| Member (External) | Xing-Dong Yang |
| Attendee | Confidential Assistant to the Director, Paul England (nv) |
| Attendee | FAS Senior Advisor, Academic Affairs, Jen Leone (nv) |
ENSC Tenure, Promotion, and Salary Review Criteria: ENSC TPC criteria
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (UCC)
Develops and monitors the undergraduate curriculum and other related academic issues. Handles student requests and appeals. (ensc-ucc@sfu.ca)
| Chair | Ash Parameswaran (Electronics) |
| Member | Michael Sjoerdsma (T-Comm & Ex-Officio as Director) |
| Member | TBA (Computer Engineering) |
| Member | Lucky One (Eng-Physics/Comp-Eng/Electronics) |
| Member | Shahram Payendeh (Systems) |
| Member | Daniel Lee (Electronics Communication) |
| Member | Andrew Rawicz (Biomed) |
| Member | Wallace Lee (ESSS VP Academic) |
| Attendee | Tessa MacKinnon (Manager, Academic & Administrative Services – nv) |
| Attendee | Debbie Newberry (Undergraduate Program Assistant – nv) |
| Attendee | Drew Jenkins (FAS Co-op – nv) |
| Attendee | Sarah Payne (FAS UCC Team – nv) |
Graduate Program Committee (GPC)
Develops and monitors the graduate curriculum and other related academic issues, handles student requests and appeals, reviews scholarship applications, and allocates teaching assistantships. (ensc-gpc@sfu.ca)
| Chair | Faisal Beg |
| Associate Chair | Pierre Lane |
| Member | Ivan Bajić |
| Member | Shahram Payandeh |
| Member | Michael Adachi |
| Member (Grad Student Rep) | TBA |
| Attendee | Recording Secretary, Graduate Program Asst. (nv) |
Option Heads Committee
This committee gives input to the Director on broad issues of importance concerning academic and administrative matters in the School (ensc-optionheads@sfu.ca)
| Chair (Director) | Michael Sjoerdsma |
| Member (Engineering Physics) | Glenn Chapman |
| Member (Electronics) | Ash Parameswaran |
| Member (Systems) | Shahram Payandeh |
| Member (Computer Engineering) | Lesley Shannon |
| Member (Communications) | Rodney Vaughan |
| Member (Biomed) | Andrew Rawicz |
Biomedical (BME) Option Committee
This committee looks into BME’s Curriculum revision, promotes the BME option, advises students on BME-related matters, and brings BME-related issues to the relevant committee (ensc-biomedical@sfu.ca)
| Chair | Andrew Rawicz |
| Member | Faisal Beg |
| Member | Ryan D’Arcy |
| Member | Bonnie Gray |
| Member | Parvaneh Saeedi |
| Member (Undergrad Student Rep) | TBA |
Computer Engineering (CE) Option Committee
Promotes the CE Option, advises students on matters related to CE, brings concerns and issues related to CE program to UCC or other relevant committees (ensc-comp@sfu.ca)
| Chair | Lesley Shannon |
| Chair | Zhenman Fang |
| Member | Lucky One |
| Member | Craig Scratchley |
| Member (Undergrad Student Rep) | TBA |
Electronics Engineering (EE) Option Committee
Promotes the EE Option through the following two sub-committees, advises students on matters related to CE, brings concerns and issues related to EE program to UCC or other relevant committees (ensc-electron@sfu.ca)
Chair: Ash Parameswaran
Microelectronics sub-committee (ensc-microelec@sfu.ca)
| Chair | Michael Adachi |
| Member | Ash Parameswaran |
| Member | Glenn Chapman |
| Member | Bonnie Gray |
Communications sub-committee (ensc-telecommun@sfu.ca)
| Chair | Rodney Vaughan |
| Member | Ljiljana Trajkovic |
| Member | Ivan Bajić |
| Member | Atousa Hajshirmohammadi |
| Member | Daniel Lee |
| Member | Jie Liang |
| Member | Bernhard Rabus |
Engineering Physics (EP) Option Committee
Promotes the EP option, advises students on matters related to EP, brings concerns and issues related to EP program to UCC or other relevant committees (ensc-phys@sfu.ca)
| Chair | Glenn Chapman |
| Member | Lucky One |
| Member | Marinko Sarunic |
| Member | Bonnie Gray |
| Member (Undergrad Rep) | TBA |
| Member (Physics Rep) | TBA |
System Engineering (SE) Option Committee
Promotes the EP option, advises students on matters related to EP, brings concerns and issues related to EP program to UCC or other relevant committees (ensc-phys@sfu.ca)
| Chair | Glenn Chapman |
| Member | Lucky One |
| Member | Marinko Sarunic |
| Member | Bonnie Gray |
| Member (Undergrad Rep) | TBA |
| Member (Physics Rep) | TBA |
Technical Communications Program Committee
Oversees the communications program and makes recommendations to the UCC (ensc-comm@sfu.ca)
| Chair | Michael Sjoerdsma |
| Member | Michael Hegedus |
| Member (Undergrad Student Rep) | TBA |
Lecturers' Committee
All continuing lecturers.
| Chair | Majid Shokoufi |
| Member | Atousa Hajshirmohammadi |
| Member | Michael Hegedus |
| Member | Shervin Jannesar |
| Member | Lucky One |
| Member | Craig Scratchley |
| Member | Michael Sjoerdsma |
ENSC Equity & Diversity Committee
| Chair | Parvaneh Saeedi |
| Member | Tanya Behrisch |
Teaching Labs Committee
Manages labs and computer facility for servicing courses and the School (ensc-labctte@sfu.ca)
| Chair | Lucky One |
| Member | Majid Shokoufi |
| Member (Staff Reps x2) | TBA |
| Member (Grad Student Rep) | TBA |
| Member (Undergrad Student Rep) | TBA |
Research Lab Space Committee
| Chair | Bonnie Gray |
| Member | Zhenman Fang |
| Member | Michael Adachi |
| Member | Parvaneh Saeedi |
Accreditation and Continual Improvement Committee
Seeks to rethink engineering education in the School using the CEAB attributes, the School’s indicator data, and advances in engineering education. Responsible for envisioning improvements to the ENSC curriculum in both the short- and long-term by collecting and analyzing attribute data and reporting these findings and the committee’s recommendations directly to the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (UCC).
| Chair | Michael Sjoerdsma |
| Member (Co-op) | TBA |
| Member (Advising) | TBA |
| Member (Alumni & Industry Rep) | Scott Logie |
| Member (member at large) | TBA |
Library Representative for Burnaby, School of Engineering Science
Liaises with Library; consults with colleagues, recommends book and serials acquisitions policy.
Ljiljana Trajkovic
Recruiting and High School Liaison with FAS Student Affairs
TBA
David Bensted Visiting Fellowship Adjudicating Committee
| Chair (ENSC Director) | Michael Sjoerdsma |
| Member (FAS Dean) | Eugene Fiume |
| Member | Rodney Vaughan |
| Member | Ivan Bajić |