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Offices & Services

Primary academic and administrative offices

Student Affairs (including graduate admissions coordination)

The SEAS Student Affairs Office is primarily responsible for managing:

  • Student Advising and Course Planning
  • Faculty Teaching and Course Support
  • SEAS-based Student Groups and Activities
  • New Graduate Student Orientation
  • Recruitment (with FAS, GSAS)
  • Academic Coordination with the College, FAS, and GSAS
  • Graduate Admissions Coordination (with GSAS)

Contact
Assistant Dean for Academic Programs
Marie Dahleh, Ph.D.
Pierce Hall 111
(617) 495-1485

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Appointments

Faculty and Research Appointments supports Harvard's and SEAS's mission to find, develop, promote and retain the world's best scholars.

Contact
Director/Manager of Services for Faculty and Academic Research Staff
Martha Mooney
Pierce Hall 212A
(617) 495-5861

Communications

The SEAS Communications Office:

  • provides news and information about the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and its related programs to faculty members, students, staff, graduates, industry, government, and business professionals, the media, and the interested public through a wide array of print and online media;
  • interfaces with or supports (directly or indirectly) every functional unit at SEAS (through activities ranging from coordinating publicity and public relations to creating admissions materials); 
  • serves as a liaison to offices and departments throughout the University and works in coordination with the FAS Communications Office, the University News Office, and the Alumni Affairs and Development Office; and
  • works with the Trademark Office to enforce graphic identity and branding guidelines.

Contact
Communications Director
Michael Patrick Rutter
Pierce Hall 289
(617) 496-3815

Computing & IT

The SEAS Computing & IT Office (CIT) provides a wide range of service, from email to printing to research computing.

  • If you have an immediate need, please consult the help desk during business hours (Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.), call 495-9050; or at any time email help@seas.harvard.edu. You can also visit the help desk in person (Mawell-Dworkin G110, entry level floor) during business hours.
  • For assistance with crucial service outages outside of business hours, call the SEAS CIT off-hours mailbox at 617-495-2198.

Contacts
Associate Dean for Information Technology and CIO|
Joy Sircar
Maxwell Dworkin 327
617-496-4266

Director of Operations for Information Technology
Dave Gipstein
Cruft Hall 304
(617) 495-5780

External Relations

External Relations is a grouping of offices and functions all dedicated to building new and fostering existing relationships between SEAS and its varied constitutions such as alumni, teachers and K-12 students, industry partners, and corporate and other private foundations.

Office of Resource Development

The Office of Resource Development Manages fundraising and prospect management; facilitates Donor Engagement and Stewardship; oversees Corporate and Foundation Relations; and raises the SEAS Profile.

Contact
Associate Dean for Resource Development
Linda Fates
Pierce 214
(617) 495-0910

Industrial Partnerships Programs

The Industrial Partnerships Programs enables partnerships between SEAS faculty and industry professionals; conducts focused workshops on current findings and techniques (in areas such as nanoscience, materials science, bioengineering, computer science, and electrical engineering); and sponsors CTO lecture series.

Contact
Director of Industrial Partnerships and Community Outreach
Jennifer Casasanto
Pierce 216
(617) 495-1244

Corporate and Foundation Relations

Corporate and Foundation Relations generates support for institutional priorities by building and sustaining partnerships with major corporations and foundations; leverages the many affiliations Harvard's alumni and friends have with key corporations and foundations; coordinates work with many other offices throughout Harvard, including Sponsored Research, Career Services, and Technology Development.

Contact
Director for Corporate and Foundation Relations
Beatrix Henize
Cruft 314
(617) 384-9252

University Technology Transfer and Licensing

University Technology Transfer and Licensing makes the fruits of Harvard research more accessible outside the University; ensures that society benefits from Harvard innovations by fostering their swift, professional and effective development and commercialization.

Contact
Alan Gordon, Director of Business Development (617-384-5000). Note: OTD holds office hours on Tuesdays from 9am to 12 noon in Pierce 207B.

Community Programs

Community Programs coordinates educational programs for K-12 students and manages the Undergraduate Research Experience and Research Experience for Teachers programs; and offers public education.

Contact
Director of Educational Programs
Kathryn Hollar
Pierce 206A
(617) 496-7479

    Technology and Entrepreneurship Center at Harvard (TECH)

    Technology and Entrepreneurship Center at Harvard (TECH) helps faculty create and deliver innovation and entrepreneurship project courses, provides students with project support and sponsors, and advises student groups working to build the Harvard innovation community.

    Contact
    Executive Director, Technology & Entrepreneurship Center 
    Paul Bottino
    Pierce 212B
    (617) 496-3423

    Facilities

    The Facilities Office, located on the ground floor of Pierce Hall (Suite G2), is responsible for a wide array of activities that support everyday operations at SEAS. Primary activities and support include:

    • supporting the buildings and infrastructure of SEAS;
    • maintaining a clean, comfortable, and safe working environment;
    • ensuring that all facilities are in accord with university regulations;
    • tracking room reservations and key assignments;
    • supplying and arranging office furniture; and
    • planning office/laboratory renovations or other construction.

    Contact
    Director of Physical Resources
    Ed Jackson
    (617) 495-2840

    Finance

    Finance is comprised of several related offices under the auspices of the Associate Dean for Finance and Chief Financial Officer Harry Dumay.

    Contact
    Tanya Donnelli
    Executive Assistant
    Pierce 210
    (617) 496-4824

    Accounting

    Accounting aims to provide high-quality customer service to the SEAS community to ensure accurate recording of financial transactions. In addition, accounting staff assist with payroll, travel and reimbursements, access to financial systems, and the administration of funds from gifts, start-up, and university-sponsored research.

    Budget

    The goal of the Budget Office is to provide strong financial oversight and fiscal planning for SEAS.

    Contact
    Director of Budget and Planning
    Diane Harwood
    Pierce 215
    (617) 495-2859

    Procurement

    The Procurement Office is committed to providing high quality procurement services to the SEAS community utilizing best practices to obtain best value, performing in a fiscally responsible manner, with dedicated customer service and strong leadership.

    Contact
    Director of Procurement
    Susan Jones
    Pierce 222
    (617) 496-6970

    Research Administration

    The Research Administration Office provides comprehensive support to the SEAS scholarly community in the acquisition, administration, and management of externally sponsored research and programs. Our goal is to deliver high-quality customer service that will support the advancement of Harvard’s educational, research and public service missions.

    Contact
    Director of Research Administration
    Seedang Simonin
    Pierce 207B
    (617) 495-1634

    Human Resources

    The aim of the Human Resources Office is to support SEAS’ mission of excellence in teaching and research by providing service in all aspects of human resource management. Primary activities include:

    • Staff recruitment and retention
    • Gateway for employee benefits 
    • Employee and labor relations
    • Compensation
    • Performance management
    • Staff development and training

    Contact
    Director of Human Resources
    Steve Marley
    Pierce 223
    (617) 495-4586

    Gordon McKay Library

    The Gordon McKay Library provides information resources and services to support faculty research, graduate and undergraduate level instruction in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

    The Library is also home to the Blue Hill Observatory Collection (works in materials in atmospheric and earth sciences, climatology, geophysics, meteorology, and oceanography).

    The McKay and Blue Hill collection consists of 123,045 volumes, 270,000 microfiche, and currently subscribes to 604 print and 424 electronic journals.

    The Library also maintains collections of SEAS publications, PhD theses and undergraduate theses in applied mathematics, computer science and engineering science.

    Contact
    Head of Library
    Martha Wooster
    Pierce Hall, 3rd Floor
    (617) 495-2836
    email: library@seas.harvard.edu

    Safety Committee

    The SEAS/EPS/Physics Safety Committee has a membership of close to eighty people. This format reflects the philosophy that to provide an effective safety program, one must work from the ground up. The conducting of research in a safe manner begins at the bench.

    As such, the Committee is broadly based by design and has representation from all of our research and teaching facilities. This structure has been used since the Committee was formed in 1983.

    From the beginning it was felt that the Committee should police itself; inspect its own laboratories and provide its own training. One of the first initiatives was the writing of a safety manual.

    The Safety Committee continues to explore new ways that it can be effective make a positive influence on the teaching and research experiences of all those it serves.

    Contact
    Chairperson, Safety Committee
    Lenny Solomon
    Atmospheric Research Project
    12 Oxford Street
    Cambridge, MA 02138
    (617) 495-4215 (Voice)
    (617) 495-4902 (Fax)

    Scientific Shops

    The Scientific Instrument Shop

    Based at SEAS and located on the ground floor of the Engineering Sciences Laboratory, the Scientific Instrument Shop features:

    • all conventional lathes
    • mill machines
    • complete computer numerical control (CNC)
    • welding
    • silver soldering and grazing
    • high vacuum and low temperature work

    Contact
    Director of the Scientific Instrument Shop
    Louis DeFeo

    Electronics Shop

    The Electroncs Shop, located in Cruft 219, provides work space, tools, parts, and technical assistance for Physics/SEAS students and faculty who need to design and build custom electronic instruments.

    Contact
    Electronics Shop Manager & Instructor
    James B. MacArthur
    (617) 495-2868

    Teaching Labs

    Teaching Labs' mission is to support the educational mission of the school by providing students with hands-on experience using state-of-the-art technologies.

    Contact
    Director of Institutional Technology
    Anas Chalah
    Pierce G2A
    (617) 495-8991

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