Academic Advisement

VASE Advisors

The office of Viterbi Admission and Student Engagement (VASE) provides services and resources to help students in the successful pursuit of their graduate degrees. All engineering graduate students are welcome to stop by the VASE office to discuss their academics and student life.

Meet with a VASE Master's Advisor

*Drop-in Advising available:
Monday - Thursday : 10:00 am - 12:00 pm (PST)

*Regarding Drop-ins 5/18:
Please note that due to end-of-year events, we will not be holding drop-ins on 5/18. Our drop-ins will resume on Monday 5/22/2023. Please feel free to email masters@vase.usc.edu should you have any questions.

Academic Department Advisors

Advisement on course registration/planning is provided by your academic department advisors and research advisement is provided by faculty in the respective academic departments.

Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering

Astronautical Engineering

Biomedical Engineering

Chemical Engineering & Materials Science

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Computer Science / Data Science

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Industrial & Systems Engineering

Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering

Department Advisor(s)
Advisor Name(s)	Lauren Terazawa Zoe Ashmead
Email	amegrad@usc.edu
Website	Click here for more Info
Advising
Drop-in Advising	No
By-Appointment	E-mail department for calendly link.
Additional Information	Advisement meetings are being held via Zoom and in-person (OHE 500) by appointment. Students may email amegrad@usc.edu to request an appointment or request Susan and Lauren's Calendly link.
Degree Requirements
Curriculum	Click here for more Info

Astronautical Engineering

Department Advisor(s)
Advisor Name(s)	Luis Saballos (ASTE MS program and SAE MS program)
Email	lsaballo@usc.edu
Advising
Drop-in Advising	Drop-in advising through email or phone call only. Not in person.
By-Appointment	By email and Luis calendly
Additional Information	ZOOM online appointments available Monday - Friday In-Person: Luis Saballos: Monday - Wednesday, Location OHE 500Q
Degree Requirements
Curriculum	Click here for more Info

Biomedical Engineering

Department Advisor(s)
Advisor Name(s)	William Yang
Email	yangwill@usc.edu
Website	Click here for more Info
Advising
Drop-in Advising	Mondays to Fridays, 10AM to 4PM (In-person)
By-Appointment	Mondays to Friday, 10AM to 4PM (In-person or virtual)
Additional Information	Students may email, call-in, and walk-in to schedule an advising appointment.
Degree Requirements
Curriculum	Click here for more Info

Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

Department Advisor(s)
Advisor Name(s)	TBD
Email	mfdinfo@usc.edu
Advising
By-Appointment	TBD
Additional Information	For general questions please email mfdinfo@usc.edu
Degree Requirements
Curriculum	Click here for more Info

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Department Advisor(s)
Advisor Name(s)	Christine Hsieh Emily Millard
Email	cee.advise@usc.edu
Website	Click here for more Info
Advising
Drop-In Advising	Yes
By-Appointment	E-mail advisor directly.
Additional Information	Weekly Office hours are generally available - students are emailed the schedule each week w/ a zoom link
Degree Requirements
Curriculum	Click here for more info

Computer Science & Data Science

Department Advisor(s)
Advisor Name(s)	Flor Martinez Idania Takimoto Norma Perry Steve Pham Sabrina Rodriguez Alexandra Slakter Kimberly Serrano Minsun Kim
Email	CSCI: vsd-csms@usc.edu DSCI: vsd-dsms@usc.edu
Website	Click here for more Info
Advising
By-Appointment	by appointment only through myviterbi.usc.edu
Degree Requirements
Curriculum	Click here for more Info

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Department Advisor(s)
Advisor Name(s)	Gabby Garcia Samantha Graves Jaime Zelada Patty Rinehart
Email	ece.studentservices@usc.edu
Website	Click here for more Info
Advising
Drop-in Advising	Tuesdays from 2pm-4pm and Fridays from 10am-12pm (Virtual Drop-In)
By-Appointment	E-mail advisor directly.
Additional Information	Student Service Office (EEB 102) is open 9-5pm M-F for immediate assistance. Last Name (Family Name) begins with: A – J, your Academic Advisor is Patty Rinehart, ptrinida@usc.edu K – L, your Academic Advisor is Gabby Garcia, garc635@usc.edu M – T, your Academic Advisor is Jaime Zelada, zelada@usc.edu U – Z, your Academic Advisor is Samantha Graves, smgraves@usc.edu
Degree Requirements
Curriculum	Click here for more Info

Industrial & Systems Engineering

Department Advisor(s)
Advisor Name(s)	Alex Luong (Analytics Program Only), David Ho (All other M.S. Programs)
Email	dho786@usc.edu (All other MS programs) ajluong@usc.edu (Analytics Program Only)
Website	Click here for more Info
Advising
Drop-in Advising	No
By-Appointment	For ALL programs but Analytics: Email or schedule an appointment: https://calendly.com/dho786/ise?month=2023-03 For Analytics Program only: Email or schedule an appointment here: https://calendly.com/isealexluong/15min
Additional Information	For Analytics Program only: Advisement meetings are being held via Zoom and in-person by appointment. Students may request an appointment using the Calendly link which is also in Alex's email signature
Degree Requirements
Curriculum	Click here for more Info

Note:

Financial Engineering and Green Technologies are housed
within the Electrical and Computer Engineering department.
Petroleum Engineering is housed within the Chemical
Engineering & Materials Science department.
System Architecting & Engineering is housed within the
Astronautical Engineering department.

Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering

Astronautical Engineering

Biomedical Engineering

Chemical Engineering & Materials Science

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Computer Science

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Industrial & Systems Engineering

Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering

Department Advisor(s)
Advisor Name(s)	Ellecia Williams
Email	elleciaw@usc.edu
Website	Click here for more Info
Advising
Drop-in Advising	No
By-Appointment	E-mail department for calendly link.
Additional Information	Advisement meetings are being held via Zoom and in-person (OHE 500) by appointment. Students may email ewilliams@usc.edu to request Ellecia's Calendly link or to set up an appointment via email.
Degree Requirements
Curriculum	Click here for more Info

Astronautical Engineering

Department Advisor(s)
Advisor Name(s)	Luis Saballos
Email	lsaballo@usc.edu
Advising
Drop-in Advising	Drop in advising through email or phone call only. Not in person.
By-Appointment	By email and calendly
Additional Information	Monday-Friday: ZOOM online appointments only Monday-Wednesday: in person and online zoom appointments available-OHE 500Q
Degree Requirements
Curriculum	Click here for more Info

Biomedical Engineering

Department Advisor(s)
Advisor Name(s)	William Yang
Email	yangwill@usc.edu
Website	Click here for more Info
Advising
Drop-in Advising	Mondays to Fridays, 10AM-4PM (In-person)
By-Appointment	Mondays to Fridays, 10AM-4PM (In-person or virtual)
Additional Information	Students may email, call-in, and walk-in to schedule an advising appointment.
Degree Requirements
Curriculum	Click here for more Info

Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

Department Advisor(s)
Advisor Name(s)
Email	TBD
Advising
By-Appointment	TBD
Additional Information	TBD
Degree Requirements
Curriculum	Click here for more Info

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Department Advisor(s)
Advisor Name(s)	Christine Hsieh
Email	christih@usc.edu
Website	Click here for more Info
Advising
By-Appointment	E-mail advisor directly.
Degree Requirements
Curriculum	Click here for more Info

Computer Science

Department Advisor(s)
Advisor Name(s)	TBD
Email	csdept@usc.edu
Website	Click here for more Info
Advising
By-Appointment	by appointment only through myviterbi.usc.edu
Degree Requirements
Curriculum	Click here for more Info

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Department Advisor(s)
Advisor Name(s)	Diane Demetras
Email	demetras@usc.edu
Website	Click here for more Info
Advising
Drop-in Advising	Thursdays from 10am-12pm PST (Virtual Drop-in)
By-Appointment	E-mail advisor directly.
Degree Requirements
Curriculum	Click here for more Info

Industrial & Systems Engineering

Department Advisor(s)
Advisor Name(s)	Shelly Lewis
Email
Website	Click here for more Info
Advising
Drop-in Advising	No
By-Appointment	Request appointment by email or calendly
Degree Requirements
Curriculum	Click here for more Info

Note:

Financial Engineering and Green Technologies is housed within the Electrical and Computer Engineering department.
Petroleum Engineering is housed within the Chemical Engineering & Materials Science department.
System Architecting & Engineering is housed within the Astronautical Engineering department.

Published on October 8th, 2021

Last updated on May 15th, 2023