The CEMS Administrative and Management staff are organized into functional teams.

Please find below two different presentations of our organization: the first presentation includes tables with contacts by functional area. The second is a listing of teams with individual emails.

Contacts by Functional Area and Request

Purchases, Reimbursements, and Travel

 

  PHYSICS
  MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS
  COMPUTER SCIENCE
  COMPLEX SYSTEMS

  MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
  ELECTRICAL & BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
  CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
  TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH CENTER
  NASA SPACE GRANT CONSORTIUM

ANY PURCHASING REQUEST

CEMS Business Team

ANY TRAVEL REQUEST

CEMS Travel

FACULTY/STAFF TRAVEL AUTHORIZATION AND PLANNING

Jane Madden

Gabriel Smestad

GRADUATE STUDENT TRAVEL AUTHORIZATION AND PLANNING

Penni FrenchCoco Hall

FACULTY/STAFF TRAVEL & EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENTS

Jane Madden

Gabriel Smestad

GRADUATE STUDENT TRAVEL & EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENTS

Penni FrenchCoco Hall

RESEARCH & EVENT PARTICIPANT PAYMENTS

Jane Madden, Penni French

Gabriel Smestad, Coco Hall

OFFICE SUPPLIES PURCHASING

Brianna BellevilleBrianna Belleville

SMALL (<$10K) eQUIPMENT PURCHASING (INCLUDING COMPUTERS)

Jane Madden

Gabriel Smestad

LARGE (>$10K) EQUIPMENT PURCHASING

 Emily Cummings

CONSULTING AND CONTRACT SERVICES REVIEW (INCLUDING SOFTWARE/TECH REVIEW)

Emily Cummings

PURCARD APPLICATION

Jane Madden

Gabriel Smestad

PURCARD ALLOCATION QUESTIONS

Jane Madden, Pattie McNattGabriel Smestad, Pattie McNatt

PURCARD REVIEW

Pattie McNatt

 

Recruiting, Hiring, and Payroll

 

  PHYSICS
  MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS
  COMPUTER SCIENCE
  COMPLEX SYSTEMS

  MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
  ELECTRICAL & BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
  CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
  TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH CENTER
  NASA SPACE GRANT CONSORTIUM

ANY REQUEST

CEMS HR Team

GRADUATE STUDENT FUNDING REQUESTS (INCLUDING CHANGES)

Penni French

Coco Hall

undergraduate research assistant hiring

Penni FrenchCoco Hall

UNDERGRADUATE teaching assistant and grader HIRING

Jess Romanelli

TEMPORARY EMPLOYEE HIRING

Jess Romanelli

RPT QUESTIONS AND FORMS

Jacob Leopold

FACULTY AND STAFF RECRUITMENTS

Katie Abbott

LEAVES

Katie Abbott

OTHER INQUIRIES

Jess RomanelliKatie Abbott

 

Operations and Event Support

 

  PHYSICS
  MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS
  COMPUTER SCIENCE
  COMPLEX SYSTEMS

  MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
  ELECTRICAL & BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
  CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
  TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH CENTER
  NASA SPACE GRANT CONSORTIUM

ANY REQUEST

CEMS Department and Program Support Team

PRINTER AND COPIER HELP

Brianna Belleville

Jennifer Main

SUPPLIES ORDERING (PAPER, PENS, BINDERS, BOOKS, ETC)

Brianna Belleville

Jennifer Main

ROOM RESERVATIONS

Brianna Belleville

Jennifer Main

SMALL EVENT SCHEDULING (<40 ATTENDEES)

Brianna Belleville

Jennifer Main

LARGE EVENT SCHEDULING (>40 ATTENDEES)

Jennifer Main

RESEARCH SEMINARS AND EVENTS (ANY SIZE)

Penni FrenchCoco Hall

CATERING REQUESTS (FOOD ONLY)

Brianna Belleville

Jennifer Main

SPACE AND WORK ORDERS

Brianna Belleville

Jennifer Main

CATCARD / KEY REQUESTS

Gretchen Schissel

PHONE / INTERNET REQUESTS

Brianna Belleville

Jennifer Main

 

Curriculum and Course Support

 

  PHYSICS
  MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS
  COMPUTER SCIENCE
  COMPLEX SYSTEMS

  MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
  ELECTRICAL & BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
  CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
  TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH CENTER
  NASA SPACE GRANT CONSORTIUM

ANY REQUEST

CEMS Academic Admin Team

SCHEDULE OF COURSES SUPPORT

Gretchen Schissel, Courtney GIles

ADVISING SUPPORT

CEMS Student Services

 

Facilities and Equipment

 

  PHYSICS
  MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS
  COMPUTER SCIENCE
  COMPLEX SYSTEMS

  MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
  ELECTRICAL & BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
  CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
  TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH CENTER
  NASA SPACE GRANT CONSORTIUM

ANY REQUEST

CEMS Lab Team

LAB PLANNING, LAB EQUIPMENT SERVICE

CEMS Lab Team

MACHINE SHOP / ADVANCED PROTOTYPING REQUEST

CEMS Shop

FABLAB / RAPID PROTOTYPING REQUEST

CEMS Fablab

GENERAL FACILITIES REQUEST

CEMS Department and Program Support Team

CHEMICAL ORDERING

Chemistry Order Form

LAB ACCESS

Gretchen Schissel, Jamie Catalan

 

Communications

Please contact Chris Dissinger for any communications related items whether it be website changes, new pages, large correspondences, or other publications.

Research Administration

For any pre-award (budget development, proposal development) requests or for formal, financial sponsor correspondences (budget changes, subcontract development).

  • Dean’s Office, Electrical & Biomedical Engineering, Civil & Environmental, and Transportation Research Center
    Please contact: Steph Glock
  • Computer ScienceMathematics & StatisticsPhysics
    Please contact: Amy Wilson
  • Mechanical Engineering
    Please contact: Rachel Drew


Please contact Sara Powell for any post-award (budget management, effort planning, effort changes) requests.

Please contact Penni French or Coco Hall for any research workshop, conference, site-visit requests. 

Contacts by Functional Team

GRADUATE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

Graduate student letter requests, Graduate student events, Temp grad requests, Graduate application fee waivers, Graduate student salary changes

Contacts: cems.research@uvm.edu  |  Penni French  |  Coco Hall  |  Jane Kimble

OPERATIONS AND EVENT SUPPORT

Room reservations, Event planning, Supply ordering, Copier/printer help, Phone requests, Work orders, Form approvals

Contacts: cemsadmins@uvm.edu  |  Brianna Belleville  |  Jennifer Main

HUMAN RESOURCES

UG hiring, Temp hiring, Payroll questions, Leaves, Faculty and staff recruitments

Contacts: cemshr@uvm.edu  |  Jess Romanelli  |  Katie Abbott  |  Jacob Leopold

BUSINESS

Purchases, Reimbursements, Travel, Consulting services, Purcard requests, Purcard allocations, Purcard problems, Budgeting, Budget reports, Senior Design Help

Contacts: CEMS.Business@uvm.edu  |  CEMS.Travel@uvm.edu  |  Emily Cummings  |  Jane Madden  |  Pattie McNatt  |  Gabriel Smestad  |  Monika Ursiny

ACADEMIC ADMIN

Schedule of courses, classroom requests, Brightspace, curriculum approvals, course evaluations, Catalogue edits, assessment, academic program data, academic advising

Contacts:  cemssoc@uvm.edu  | cems.student.services@uvm.edu  |  Gretchen Schissel  |  Courtney Giles   |    Priyantha Wijesinghe  |   Matthew Manz

FACILITIES

Any/all requests

Contacts:  cems.lab.help@uvm.edu  |  Jamie Catalan  |  Floyd Vilmont  |  Patrick Charron  |  Ken Mitchell  |  Josh Linker

COMMUNICATIONS

Any/all requests

Contacts: Chris Dissinger

RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION

For any pre-award (budget development, proposal development) requests or for formal, financial sponsor correspondences (budget changes, subcontract development).

  • Dean’s Office, Electrical & Biomedical Engineering, Civil & Environmental, and Transportation Research Center
    Please contact: Steph Glock
  • Computer ScienceMathematics & StatisticsPhysics
    Please contact: Amy Wilson
  • Mechanical Engineering
    Please contact: Rachel Drew

Post-award Requests (Budget Management, Budget Reporting, Effort Planning, Effort Management)

Contacts: Sara Powell

Research Support (Program Coordination, Site-visits, Workshop and Seminar planning and support, Program Reports)

Contacts: cems.research@uvm.edu  |  Penni French  |  Coco Hall