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Graduate Program Administration

Director of Graduate Programs

The Director of Graduate Programs is responsible for overseeing the graduate program, which includes everything from the admissions process through the completion of the student’s degree in the department. The director chairs the Graduate Committee, which recommends policy changes and implements new policies in the form of requirements, procedures, rules and guidelines. The director may serve as an intermediary should any conflict arise between a student and his/her advisor or committee. The director is also the authority on granting exceptions to departmental degree requirements.

Daniel L. Alge

  • Director, Graduate Programs, Biomedical Engineering
  • Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Daniel L. Alge

Co-directors of the Graduate Program

Co-directors are responsible for overseeing the Master of Engineering program, which includes assisting the director with the M.Eng. admission process, assisting students through the completion of their degree and managing the Summer Immersion Fellowship Program.

John C. Criscione

  • Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  • Stewart & Stevenson Professor II
  • Director, Bioinnovation Master’s of Engineering Program
John C. Criscione

John Hanks

  • Professor of Practice, Biomedical Engineering
John Hanks

Stormy Kretzschmar serves in a support role for the graduate program, working closely with the program directors. Responsibilities include processing applications and advising current students on degree requirements and tracking their academic progress. Students should contact Stormy Kretzschmar with academic/general questions. If questions require a more technical background and/or need a higher level of authority, students are advised to contact the Director of Graduate Programs with a copy to Stormy.

Stormy Kretzschmar

  • Academic Advisor III
  • Graduate Advisor
Stormy Kretzschmar