Administrative Staff
Note that most staff phones are not being answered while COVID-19 work at home is in effect. Email is the best way to contact most AME staff members.
Gilberto Acosta
Research Administrator
Office: OHE 400E
Tel. (213) 821-3018
Fax. (213) 740-8071
Email: acostagi@usc.edu
Jorge Castilla
Business Manager
Office: OHE 400C
Tel. (213) 740-5324
Fax. (213) 740-8071
Email: castilla@usc.edu
William Colvin
Senior Instructional Lab Tech
Office: BHE 301
Tel. (213) 740-4304
Fax. (213) 740-7774
Email: wcolvin@usc.edu
Chrissy Franks Sayed
Director, AME Student Affairs
Office: OHE 500F
Tel. (213) 740-5353
Fax. (213) 740-8071
Email: cfranks@usc.edu
Regina Gongoll
Research Administrator
Office: OHE 400E
Tel. (213) 821‑6508
Fax. (213) 740-8071
Email: gongoll@usc.edu
Alec Kanyuck
Lab Manager, Research Engineer
USC Center for Advanced Manufacturing
Email: kanyuck@usc.edu
Kim Klotz
Research Administrator
Office: OHE 400E
Tel. (213) 740-5146
Fax. (213) 740-8071
Email: kklotz@usc.edu
Silvana Martinez-Vargas
Budget/Business Technician
Office: OHE 500B
Tel. (213) 740-4303
Fax. (213) 740-7774
Email: smv@usc.edu
Dennis Plocher
Research Engineer
Office: OHE 430N
Tel. (213) 740-7190
Fax. (213) 740-7774
Email: plocher@usc.edu
Susan Sath
Assistant Director, AME Student Affairs
Office: OHE 500D
Tel. (213) 740-1735
Fax. (213) 740-7774
Email: sath@usc.edu
Aniruddha Vijaykumar Shembekar
Project Specialist
Office: Center for Advanced Manufacturing
Lauren Terazawa
Assistant Director, AME Student Affairs
Office: OHE 500C
Tel. (213) 821-3105
Fax. (213) 740-7774
Email: terazawa@usc.edu
Jeffrey Vargas
Instructional Lab Tech, Senior
Office: BHE 301
Tel. (213) 740-4304
Fax. (213) 740-7774
Email: vargasje@usc.edu
Tessa Yao
Administrative Assistant II
Office: OHE 400A
Tel. (213) 740-8762
Fax. (213) 740-8071
Email: tessayao@usc.edu
Rodney Yates
Instructional Lab Tech III
Office: BHE 310
Tel. (213) 821-2139
Fax. (213) 740-7774
Email: rodneyya@usc.edu
Published on March 15th, 2017
Last updated on July 20th, 2021