AME Staff

Business Affairs

Jorge Castilla

Business Manager
Office: OHE 400C
Tel. (213) 740-5324
Fax. (213) 740-8071
Email: castilla@usc.edu

Jorge Castilla joined the Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Department in January of 2009 as the Department Business Manager. Prior to 2009, he was the Payroll/Personnel Analyst at the Viterbi Business Affairs Office and the Administrative Services Coordinator at the Integrated Media Systems Center (IMSC). At the Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Department, Jorge oversees faculty affairs, student affairs, and the daily financial operations of the department. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from USC and a master’s degree in Public Administration from Cal State University Dominguez Hills. When he is not keeping busy helping the faculty, staff and students make AME one of the best academic programs in the Viterbi School of Engineering and at USC, you can find him traveling to different parts of the world and attending live concerts and sporting events.

Student Services

Chrissy Franks Sayed

Director, AME Student Affairs
Office: OHE 500F
Tel. (213) 740-5353
Fax. (213) 740-8071
Email: cfranks@usc.edu

Chrissy Franks Sayed oversees the student affairs office in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering. AME Student Affairs serves approximately 1,000 undergraduate, master’s and Ph.D. students and coordinates projects and events including Ph.D. admission, new student orientation, retention efforts and reporting, academic advisement and degree progress, course enrollment management, class scheduling and curriculum proposals.

Chrissy earned her M.Ed. in educational counseling from the USC Rossier School of Education and has over 14 years of experience working in higher education and non-profit organizations. In her free time, Chrissy enjoys hiking, swimming and spending time with her family and two dogs.

Susan Sath

Assistant Director, AME Student Affairs
Office: OHE 500D
Tel. (213) 740-1735
Fax. (213) 740-7774
Email: sath@usc.edu

Susan advises undergraduate and master's students on course planning, campus resources and university policies. She also coordinates department events and projects related to AME's undergraduate student population (i.e. orientation, course enrollment management, retention reports, awards ceremony). Susan graduated from UCLA with a M.Ed. in student affairs and B.A. in economics. During her free time, she enjoys biking, hiking, crafting, watching her favorite TV shows and playing board games.

Lauren Terazawa

Assistant Director, AME Student Affairs
Office: OHE 500C
Tel. (213) 821-3105
Fax. (213) 740-7774
Email: terazawa@usc.edu

Lauren Terazawa advises undergraduate and master's students on course planning, campus resources, and university policies. She also coordinates department events and projects related to AME's Master’s student population (i.e. new student orientation, course enrollment management, applications to graduate, awards ceremony).

Lauren graduated from USC with a B.A. in English Literature and Narrative Studies, and an M.Ed. in Postsecondary Administration and Student Affairs. In her free time, Lauren enjoys reading, traveling, and spending time with friends and family.

AME Staff

Business Affairs

Jorge Castilla

Silvana Martinez-Vargas

Student Services

Chrissy Franks Sayed

Susan Sath

Lauren Terazawa

Research Administrators

Instructional Lab Technicians

Center for Advanced Manufacturing Staff

Research Engineer

Administrative Assistant

Administrative Assistant