Meet Your Academic Advisor

All GW Engineering students are assigned a primary advisor based on major. For all first-year students is a professional advisor and the primary advisor for every sophomore, junior, and senior is a faculty advisor.

Student Services Front Desk
The GW Engineering Student Services Front Desk is open Monday - Friday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm ET with the exception of University holidays.

Contact us via email at seasadvisingatgwu [dot] edu (seasadvising[at]gwu[dot]edu) or by phone at 202-994-6158

Visit us: Science & Engineering Hall - Suite 2500

OPEN ADVISING | Wednesdays | 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM 

Special note, open advising is only available during the fall and spring semester when class are in session. 

For more information including how to contact your primary advisor, please review the information below.

MEET THE UNDERGRADUATE ADVISING AND STUDENT SERVICES TEAM

The Undergraduate Advising and Student Services team is available via email and phone as well as individual virtual and in-person appointments.

In addition, when the university is open, if you would like to request a call back from one of the professional advisors, please submit this form and they or someone from the advising team will get back to you within one business day. Please 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.

  

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Elizabeth Cho

Academic Coordinator, Computer Science
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Advises: Computer Science Second Major and Minors

For more information about the CS minor or 2nd major, see the CS website.

csundergradatgwu [dot] edu (For an appointment email Elizabeth)

 

Rachel Arno

Rachel Arno

Student Services Specialist
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Responsibilities include: Form processing, assisting with graduation clearances, academic support, technology enhancements and general operations

seasadvisingatgwu [dot] edu (For all inquiries email Rachel)

 

Lars Hansen

Lars Hansen

Advising and Student Services Assistant
Pronouns: He/Him/His

seasadvisingatgwu [dot] edu (For all inquiries email Lars)

Ganesh Rajasekar

Ganesh Rajasekar

Advising and Student Services Assistant
Pronouns: He/Him/His

seasadvisingatgwu [dot] edu (For all inquiries email Ganesh)

 

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Rebecca Turley

Student Success Coach
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

seastutoringatgwu [dot] edu (For all inquiries email Rebecca)

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Ella Farida

Student Success Coach
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

seasadvisingatgwu [dot] edu (For all inquiries email Ella)

 

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

Biomedical Engineering
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Punit Prakash
 

Professor Punit Prakash
SEH 5600
punit [dot] prakashatgwu [dot] edu

Civil Engineering
Dr. Xitong Liu
 

Professor Xitong Liu
SEH 3520
202-994-4954
xitongliuatgwu [dot] edu (xitongliu[at]gwu[dot]edu)

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Yun Shen

 

Professor Yun Shen
SEH 3530
(202) 994-3193
yunshenatgwu [dot] edu

 

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Professor Zhengtian Xu
SEH 3510
202-994-0532
zhengtianatgwu [dot] edu (zhengtian[at]gwu[dot]edu)

 

 
Computer Science

 

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Dr. Hyeong-Ah Choi

 

Professor Hyeong-Ah Choi
SEH 5850
202-994-5916
hchoiatgwu [dot] edu (hchoi[at]gwu[dot]edu)

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Dr. Kinga Dobolyi

 

Professor Kinga Dobolyi
SEH 4655
202-994-4109
kingaatgwu [dot] edu (kinga[at]gwu[dot]edu)

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Joe Goldfrank

 

Professor Joe Goldfrank
SEH 4675
joe [dot] goldfrankatgwu [dot] edu (joe[dot]goldfrank[at]gwu[dot]edu) 

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Kasia Hitczenko

 

Kasia Hitczenko
SEH 5520
kasia [dot] hitczenkoatgwu [dot] edu (kasia[dot]hitczenko[at]gwu[dot]edu)

 

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Dr. Robert Pless

 

Professor Robert Pless
SEH 4000C
202-994-6779
plessatgwu [dot] edu (pless[at]gwu[dot]edu)

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Xiaodong Qu

 

Professor Xiaodong Qu
SEH 4560
x [dot] quatemail [dot] gwu [dot] edu (x[dot]qu[at]email[dot]gwu[dot]edu)

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Taylor

 

Professor James Taylor
SEH 4665
jrtatgwu [dot] edu (jrt[at]gwu[dot]edu)

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Professor Poorvi Vora
SEH 4610
202-994-1864
poorviatgwu [dot] edu (poorvi[at]gwu[dot]edu)

 

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Dr. Tim Wood
 

Professor Tim Wood
SEH 4580
timwoodatgwu [dot] edu (timwood[at]gwu[dot]edu)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electrical and Computer Engineering

 

Dr. Amir Aslani

 

Professor Amir Aslani
SEH 5050
202-994-2342
aaslaniatgwu [dot] edu (aaslani[at]gwu[dot]edu)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Engineering Management and Systems Engineering
Dr. Joost Santos

 

Professor Joost Santos
SEH 2830
202-994-1249
joostatgwu [dot] edu (joost[at]gwu[dot]edu)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Dr. Elias Balaras
 

Professor Elias Balaras
SEH 3870
202-994-3326
balarasatgwu [dot] edu (balaras[at]gwu[dot]edu)

Dr. Lorena Barba
 

Professor Lorena Barba
SEH 3620
202-994-3715

labarbaatgwu [dot] edu

Dr. Peng Wei
 

Professor Peng Wei
SEH 3600
202-994-0895
pweiatgwu [dot] edu (pwei[at]gwu[dot]edu)

Professor Charles Garris
 

Professor Charles Garris
SEH 4640
202-994-3646
garrisatgwu [dot] edu (garris[at]gwu[dot]edu)

Dr. Keidar
 

Professor Michael Keidar
SEH 3550
202-994-6929
keidaratgwu [dot] edu (keidar[at]gwu[dot]edu)

Dr. Saniya LeBlanc
 

Professor Saniya LeBlanc
SEH 3570
202-994-8436
sleblancatgwu [dot] edu (sleblanc[at]gwu[dot]edu)

Steven Shooter
 

Professor Steven Shooter
SEH 4620
steveshooteratgwu [dot] edu (steveshooter[at]gwu[dot]edu)

Dr. Taeyoung Lee
 

Professor Taeyoung Lee
SEH 3610
202-994-8710
tyleeatgwu [dot] edu (tylee[at]gwu[dot]edu)

Megan Leftwich
 

Professor Megan Leftwich
SEH 3880
202-994-9830
mleftwichatgwu [dot] edu (mleftwich[at]gwu[dot]edu)

Dr. Yongsheng Leng
 

Professor Yongsheng Leng
SEH 4660
202-994-5964
lengatgwu [dot] edu (leng[at]gwu[dot]edu)

Dr. Kausik Sarkar
 

Professor Kausik Sarkar
SEH 4550
202-994-2724
sarkaratgwu [dot] edu (sarkar[at]gwu[dot]edu)

 

Professor Yin-Lin Shen
SEH 3630
202-994-5995
yshenatgwu [dot] edu (yshen[at]gwu[dot]edu)

 
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Professor Lijie Grace Zhang
SEH 3590
202-994-2479
lgzhangatgwu [dot] edu (lgzhang[at]gwu[dot]edu)