Advising Information
Academic Advisors assist students with course selection/progression planning and lift advisement holds. Faculty Advising Fellows play a complementary role by helping students explore and connect with opportunities in their major.
Who is my advisor?
To identify your advisor, log in to Self Service Carolina and click “Student Information” then “Student Profile.” Your advisor’s name is listed under “Primary Advisor.”
Make an appointment
Need to meet with your advisor? See your advisor's availability and schedule your
appointment online in EAB Navigate.
Academic Advisors advise on course selection and progression planning. They connect students to resources for student success, and provide and refer students to information on career and professional development opportunities. Students meet with their Academic Advisor at least once per semester to be cleared for registration.
| Faculty/Staff | Name | Title | Secondary Title | Phone | Keywords | Tags | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | Boyd, Brittany | Undergraduate Academic Advisor | 803-777-4177 | bboyd08@sc.edu | Academic Affairs,Undergraduate Advising | ||
| Staff | Brillhart, Allison | Undergraduate Academic Advisor | 803-777-0265 | am142@mailbox.sc.edu | Advisor, advising, student affairs, student services | Academic Affairs,Undergraduate Advising | |
| Staff | Holmes, Moeshia | Undergraduate Academic Advisor | 803-777-4177 | moeshia@mailbox.sc.edu | Moeshia Holmes, USC, Molinaroli College | Academic Affairs,Undergraduate Advising | |
| Staff | Keefe, Ryanne | Undergraduate Academic Advisor | 803-777-4177 | rmkeefe@sc.edu | Keefe, CEC student services | Undergraduate Advising,Academic Affairs | |
| Staff | Lyle, Najja J. | Undergraduate Academic Advisor | 803-777-4177 | lylen@mailbox.sc.edu | Academic advisor | Academic Affairs,Undergraduate Advising | |
| Staff | Martin, Erik | Undergraduate Academic Advisor | (803) 576-6335 | emmartin@mailbox.sc.edu | Erik Martin, CEC Student Services | Undergraduate Advising,Academic Affairs | |
| Staff | McMillion, Sam | Undergraduate Academic Advisor | 803-777-4177 | ss20@email.sc.edu | Undergraduate Advising,Academic Affairs | ||
| Staff | Mujica , Wanda | Undergraduate Academic Advisor | 803-777-4177 | wmujica@sc.edu | Mujica, CEC Advisor | Academic Affairs,Undergraduate Advising | |
| Staff | Pierce, Lisa | Undergraduate Academic Advisor | 803-777-4177 | pierce9@cec.sc.edu | Academic Affairs,Undergraduate Advising | ||
| Staff | Prater, Shane T. | Undergraduate Academic Advisor | 803-576-5683 | praterst@mailbox.sc.edu | Academic Affairs,Undergraduate Advising | ||
| Staff | Snelson, Kate | Undergraduate Academic Advisor | 803-777-4177 | ksnelson@mailbox.sc.edu | CEC Advisor, Snelson | Undergraduate Advising,Academic Affairs | |
| Staff | Turner, Carrie | Undergraduate Academic Advisor | 803-777-4177 | carriebt@mailbox.sc.edu | CEC Advisor, Turner | Undergraduate Advising,Academic Affairs | |
| Staff | Winterfeldt, Andrew | Undergraduate Academic Advisor | 803-777-0247 | winterfa@mailbox.sc.edu | advising, advisor, uofsc | Undergraduate Advising,Academic Affairs |
Faculty Advising Fellows answer career-related questions that go beyond the knowledge of Academic Advisors. They help students explore and connect with their fields of study and professional development opportunities through faculty-led programming. Students may want to contact an Advising Fellow for information about undergraduate research, graduate school, or advice on selecting major electives for specific career aspirations.
- Silke Henrich (Head Advising Fellow): Internships, Study Abroad
- James Blanchette: Research, Graduate School, Biomolecular
- Richard Goodwin: Academic/Curriculum Questions, Petition Consult, BME Concentrations, Pre-Professional Advising
- Michael R Gower: Student Chapters, BMES, Biomaterials
- Shekhar Patel: Pre-med, Medical School
- Chris Williams (Head Advising Fellow): Undergraduate Research, Concentrations/Minors, Graduate School, Other topics
- Ed Gatzke: Study Abroad, Concentrations/Minors, Graduate School
- Ivelisse Ortiz-Hernandez: Co-ops, Internships
- Melissa Moss: (Department Chair) Student Chapters, Graduation with Leadership Distinction, Graduate School
- Juan Caicedo: (Department Chair) Graduation with Leadership Distinction
- Sarah Gassman: (Graduate Director) Accelerated Graduate Program
- Joe Flora: Professional Preparation (e.g. FE, PE, etc)
- Robert Mullen: Professional Preparation (e.g. FE, PE, etc), Study Abroad
- Charlie Pierce: Graduation with Leadership Distinction, Student Chapters
- Inthuorn Sasanakul: Student Chapters, Study Abroad
Any Advising Fellow can be contacted regarding cluster selection, undergraduate research, graduate school, internships and fellowships.
- Jose Vidal (Undergraduate Director): Programming, Software Development, Web Development
- Marco Valtorta: (Graduate Director): Accelerated Graduate Programs, AI, Programming languages
- Forest Agostinelli: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Analysis
- Jason Bakos: Computer Engineering
- Stephen Fenner: Quantum Computing, Computing Theory
- Pooyan Jamshidi: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Software Engineering
- Rasha Karakchi: Computer Engineering
- Srihari Nelakuditi: Wireless Networking, Mobile Computing
- Christian O’Reilly: Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering/Sciences, Scientific Programming
- Portia Plante: Software Engineering, Human-Computer Interaction
- Yiannis Rekleitis: Robotics
- Biplav Srivastava: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Analysis
- Sanjib Sur: Computer Engineering
- Yan Tong: Computer Vision, Image Processing, Machine Learning
- Homay Valafar: (Department Chair) Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Computational Medicine
- Ramtin Zand: Computer Engineering
- Grigory Simin (Head Advising Fellow, Undergraduate Director): Undergraduate Curriculum, Career Choices, Microelectronics, Semiconductor Devices
- Mohammod Ali: (Department Chair) : RF/Microwave Circuits, Wireless Communications, Integrated Systems
- Adel Nasiri: Career Choices, Energy Systems
- Jed Lyons (Senior Associate Dean): Academic and Curriculum Questions
- Sharon Gumina: (Head Advising Fellow) Database Systems, Networking, Network Security
- Jorge Crichigno: Networking, Cyber Security, Military Cyber Operations
- Travis Dalton: Web Design
- Tony Dillon: Internship and Full-time Opportunities, Career Development
- John Gerdes: (Undergraduate Director) Transfer Issues, General Program Overview, Web Design, Programming, Project Management, Masters Degrees, Mainframe Systems/Linux on Mainframe, Cloud Computing
- Patrick Wright Networking, Cyber Operations, Organizational Management, Programming
- Frank Chen: (Undergraduate Director) General Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Manufacturing
- Wout De Backer: Aerospace Engineering, Composite Manufacturing
- Austin Downey: Dynamics and Controls, Infrastructure, Robotics, Data Science
- Tanvir Farouk: (Graduate Director) Thermal Fluid Sciences
- Andrew Gross: General Mechanical Engineering, Solid Mechanics, Mechanical Properties of Materials
- Xinyu Huang: General Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics, Composites, Energy Systems
- Stanley Ling: General Mechanical Engineering, Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics
- Jamil Khan: General Mechanical Engineering, Thermal Fluids, Heat Transfer
- Travis Knight: (Department Chair) Nuclear Engineering, Risk Assessment, Space Nuclear Power
- Dongkyu Lee: Energy Systems, Thermodynamics, Additive Manufacturing
- Cyrus Riahi-Nezhad: Fluid Mechanics, Thermal Science, Separation Science
- David Rocheleau: General Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Design, Entrepreneurship
- Nikos Vitzilaios: Robotics, Mechatronics, Autonomous Systems, Controls
- Yi Wang: Multiphysics and Multiscale System Engineering, Computational and Data-enabled Science and Engineering
- Sang Hee Won: (Aerospace Engineering Program Director) Aerospace Engineering, Combustion, Propulsion.
- Lucy Yu: (Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) General Mechanical Engineering, Applied Dynamics
Registering for Classes
Your registration time ticket indicates the earliest time that you can register for classes for the next semester. To view a time ticket:
- Login to Self Service Carolina at my.sc.edu.
- Navigate to the Student tab.
- Click the Student Profile box.
- Click “Registration Notices” in the upper right corner of the profile.
- View the time ticket time.
Directly register for classes using Self Service Carolina’s registration function, or with the Schedule Planner add-on. Need help? Registration tutorials are available.
Advising and Registration Toolbox
Additional advising resources, maintained by the University Advising Center, provide information and how-to videos on major change advising, accessing advising tools, using Self Service Carolina to view your transcript or DegreeWorks degree audit, and a whole lot more.
Check your account daily leading up to registration to ensure no holds have been placed on your account. Holds are displayed in the upper right corner of your student profile in Self Service Carolina.
If you’re experiencing trouble registering for a specific class, consider these common registration hiccups.
Engineering and Computing classes have a department designator of AESP, BMEN, CSCE, ECIV, ECHE, ELCT, ITEC, EMCH, or ENCP.
- Prerequisite and corequisite overrides for MCEC classes may be petitioned to the department offering the class using the appropriate department form.
- All other override requests for MCEC classes may be submitted to MCEC Student Services via email to StudentServices@cec.sc.edu for review and consideration.
Non-CEC classes have processes and contacts that vary by college.