• What Is the CEE Faculty Advising Process? Many academic programs assign freshmen to advisors, faculty who will remain in that capacity as the student proceeds through the program. This fixed reference point is a benefit to many students who have questions throughout the year. We have chosen to assign freshmen to a group of faculty advisors, providing a fixed group of advisors for the same group of students over the entire time that they are in the degree program. Each advising cohort has a faculty member from each research area (structures, transportation, and water/environmental). Your faculty advisors will continue to advise you as long as you are in our UG programs.

• Who Are Your 2012-2013 Faculty Advisors? Your cohort of faculty advisors is determined by your year in your academic program. There are different faculty cohorts for "Freshmen", "Sophomores", and "Juniors", and "Seniors". Freshmen include students taking typical freshmen classes, primarily first year math and science courses as well as courses such as EECS 10, regardless of the total number of UCI credit hours completed to date. Freshmen are planning on taking sophomore courses in the next academic year. If you are a freshman, please see FAQs. Sophomores include students taking typical sophomore classes, including second year math courses as well as courses such as CEE30, 81A-B, 20, and 11, regardless of the total number of UCI credit hours completed. Sophomores are planning on taking junior courses in the next academic year. You will be part of the winter quarter advising process and will attend a group session designated for "Sophomores". Juniors include CE students taking courses such as CEE121, 150, 170, 130, 151A, 171, and 110, and EnE students taking courses such as 150, 170, 130, 110, 160, and 162. You are planning on taking senior courses in the next academic year. You will be part of the winter quarter advising process and must attend a group session designated for "Juniors". Seniors include students who are taking the CEE181 Senior Design course sequence as well as specialization and engineering electives. Seniors who are graduating at the end of the current academic year are not required to complete the formal advising process. However, if you are planning to take any courses to fulfill degree requirements in the next academic year, then you must complete the advising process this year. There is no formal group advising process for seniors; only the individual advising process must be fulfilled. You must contact one of your faculty advisors and schedule a meeting. It is recommended that transfer students (from outside of UCI or from other UCI degree programs) attend a freshmen group session in the fall quarter of their first year in the program and then complete the appropriate Sophomore, Junior, or Senior requirements in the winter and in subsequent years.

• 2012-13 Freshmen Faculty Advisors [Class of 2016]

Professor Ayman Mosallam Area: Structural Engineering Office: EG 4149 / Tel: 949-824-3369 <mosallam@uci.edu>	Professor Wenlong Jin Area: Transportation Systems Engineering Office: AIRB 4038 / Tel: 949-824-1672 <wjin@uci.edu>
Professor Soroosh Sorooshian (on leave F'12) Area: Water Resources & Environmental Engineering Office: EH 5th / Tel: 949-824-8825 <soroosh@uci.edu>	Professor Stan Grant Area: Environmental Engineering & Water Resources Office: ET 644C / Tel: 949-824-8277 <sbgrant@uci.edu>
Professor Kristen Davis Area: Environmental Engineering & Water Resources Office: tbd / Tel: 949-824-tbd <kadavis@uci.edu>

• 2012-13 Sophomore Faculty Advisors [Class of 2015]

Professor Farzin Zareian Area: Structural Engineering Office: EG 4141 / Tel: 949-824-9866 <zareian@uci.edu>	Professor Jean-Daniel Saphores Area: Transportation Systems Engineering Office: AIRB 4028 / Tel: 949-824-7334 <saphores@uci.edu>
Professor Russ Detwiler Area: Water Resources & Environmental Engineering Office: ET 844C / Tel: 949-824-7152 <detwiler@uci.edu>	Professor Sunny Jiang Area: Environmental Engineering & Water Resources Office: ET 716E / Tel: 949-824-5527 <sjiang@uci.edu>
Professor Stephen Ritchie Area: Transportation Systems Engineering Office: AIRB 4014 / Tel: 949-824-4214 <sritchie@uci.edu>

• 2012-13 Junior Faculty Advisors [Class of 2014]

Professor Jann Yang (on leave W'13) Area: Structural Engineering Office: EG 4135 / Tel: 949-824-4246 <jnyang@uci.edu>	Professor Will Recker Area: Transportation Systems Engineering Office: AIRB 4074 / Tel: 949-824-5642 <wwrecker@uci.edu>
Professor Amir Aghakouchak Area: Water Resources & Environmental Engineering Office: ET 506A / Tel: 949-824-9350 <amir.a@uci.edu>	Professor Betty Olson Area: Environmental Engineering & Water Resources Office: ET 844 / Tel: 949-824-5281 <bholson@uci.edu>
Professor Lizhi Sun Area: Structural Engineering Office: EG 4137 / Tel: 949-824-8670 <lsun@uci.edu>

• 2012-13 Senior Faculty Advisors [Class of 2013]

Professor Masanobu Shinozuka Area: Structural Engineering Office: EG 4150 / Tel: 949-824-9379 <shino@uci.edu>	Professor Jayakrishnan Area: Transportation Systems Engineering Office: AIRB 4055 / Tel: 949-824-2172 <rjayakri@uci.edu>
Professor Jasper Vrugt Area: Water Resources & Environmental Engineering Office: ET 844E / Tel: 949-824-4515 <jasper@uci.edu>	Professor Bill Cooper Area: Environmental Engineering & Water Resources Office: ET 305 / Tel: 949-824-5620 <wcooper@uci.edu>
Professor Anne Lemnitzer Area: Structural and Geotechnical Engineering Office: EG 4149 / Tel: 949-824-8133 <lemnitzer@uci.edu>

• How Does the CEE Faculty Advising Process Work? There are two components to the process: group advising and individual advising: Group Advising provides students an overview of campus, school, department, and degree program policies, programs, and opportunities. Scheduled sessions will include a summary of the degree programs, an overview of the ABET accreditation process, and information on program changes, research and professional opportunities, graduate school, and achieving professional engineering registration. Individual Advising sessions provide each student the opportunity to meet with a CEE faculty member to discuss career paths, research opportunities, and a variety of other topics related to civil and environmental engineering. Each student will select a faculty member from the advising cohort and will schedule a meeting. You must meet with an advisor immediately after group advising; otherwise, a hold will be placed on your registration for the following quarter.

• When Are The Advising Sessions Scheduled? Group Advising; You do not need to register for a group advising session, but you must attend one. The Group Sessions for 2012-2013 are: Freshmen and Transfers: Week 1 of Fall Quarter ( FAQs and Schedule ) Sophomores and Juniors: Sophomore 1: Wednesday, January 16th, 11:30-12:30 pm, MDEA Sophomore 2: Thursday, January 24th, 12:00- 1:00 pm, MDEA Junior 1: Wednesday, January 16th, 1:00-2:00 pm, MDEA Junior 2: Thursday, January 24th, 1:30-2:30 pm, MDEA Seniors and 5th Years: No group advising All sessions will be held in McDonnell Douglas Engineering Auditorium (MDEA). Individual or Small Group Advising: sign-up sheets for individual faculty advising will be provided at the end of each Group Advising session. Sign-up sheets will be posted outside the main CEE department office in EG 4128 after the group sessions are over. You can choose an advisor from your faculty cohort based on area of expertise (listed on the sign up sheet) or whatever fits your schedule. Take advantage of meeting a faculty member to discuss career options, undergraduate research opportunities, and aspects of the program not covered in the group session. Remember: You must meet with a faculty advisor for individual or small group advising during winter quarter.

• Is This Process Mandatory? Yes. You are required to complete this process each and every year. Faculty advising is required of our degree program accreditation and, more importantly, it provides channels for communication with program faculty. It complements, not replaces, advising from counselors in the HSSOE undergrad office (with whom you should also meet annually). As long as you will be continuing with courses at UCI in the next quarter, you must fulfill the advising requirement. If you are planning on transferring to a different major but have not yet completed the transfer, then you still must attend the CEE advising process or a hold will be placed on your registration. If you are planning on transferring into CEE, you are encouraged to participate.

• What If I Miss a Group Session? If you miss the group session, you must contact either the CE or the EnE UG Advisor. You will likely need to schedule a meeting as well as to review and summarize the group advising slide presentation. Fulfilling this requirement will prevent a hold from being placed on your next quarter registration.

• What If I've Already Met with an HSSOE Counselor? You should meet with an HSSOE UG Counselor every year, but this does not replace the requirement to complete the faculty advising process. If your degree program Plan of Study (developed with and filed in the HSSOE UG Office) is not up to date, then you should arrange to meet with a counselor prior to participating in the faculty advising process.

• Where Can I View the Group Advising Slides? The freshmen; sophomore; and junior group advising slides will be posted after group sessions are completed.