Academic Chairs
Yafeng Yin, Associate Department Chair of Graduate Programs
Room 2120 GGB
Professor Yafeng Yin oversees all graduate programs (PhD, MSE, and MEng) in CEE. He is available to meet to discuss many topics related to current student issues. Please email him at yafeng@umich.edu to request an appointment.
Krista Rule Wigginton, Master’s Program Chair
Room 181 EWRE
Associate Professor Krista Wigginton oversees all graduate programs (PhD, MSE and MEng) in CEE. She is available to meet to discuss many topics related to current student issues. Please email her at kwigg@umich.edu to request an appointment.
Student Services
Matt Blank, Student Services Manager
Room 2166 GGB
Matt oversees all aspects of graduate and undergraduate student services in CEE. He also processes GSI, GSRA, and lecturer appointments, manages our student services related budgets, and handles student organization funding requests.
Katie Crawford, DEI Coordinator
Room 2166 GGB
Katie co-leads the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Committee, interacts with all DEI sub-committees and support students in one-on-one consultation. She provides support for strategic planning, implementing, and evaluating initiatives outlined in the CEE DEI Committee Roadmap, with particular emphasis on programs that primarily enhance DEI for students, faculty and staff.
Susan Kaiser, Undergraduate Coordinator
Room 2166 GGB
Susan is primarily responsible for all undergraduate student services in CEE, including the schedule of classes. She helps students register for classes and supports the faculty program advisors with the undergraduate advising mission of the department. She also assists with the continuing re-accreditation of our undergraduate degree programs.
Anne Speigle, Senior Graduate Coordinator
Room 2166 GGB
Anne provides administrative and programmatic support to CEE’s Graduate programs. This includes responding to prospective and current students, faculty, and staff in Civil & Environmental Engineering. She also provides overall program administration, recruitment and admissions, records and enrollment, advising and curricular issues, financial aid and career services for CEE.
