# Plan of Study and AEC

## Plan of Study (POS)

**Beginning in Spring 2022, all MAE grad students must file a preliminary POS with the department during the first semester of their program.**  The department has templates available [here](https://www.statler.wvu.edu/student-services/graduate-forms).

## **Advisory and Examining Committee**e (AEC)

For a PhD, an AEC must consist of at least 5 members (typically not more than 6). Dr. S will be the Committee Chair as your research advisor. From there, you can pick the remaining 4-5 AEC members from faculty throughout the University. The Statler college and the MMAE department have the following requirements for the 5-6 AEC members \[[x](http://catalog.wvu.edu/graduate/collegeofengineeringandmineralresources/#aec)]:

* At least one of the five members of the committee must be from outside the degree-granting department.
* A minimum of two members for M.S. and four member for Ph.D. committees must be members of the Statler College Graduate Faculty
  * A full PDF of the members is on the [Graduate Forms Page](https://www.statler.wvu.edu/student-services/graduate-forms)
  * This requirement includes both regular and associate appointments
* The majority of the members of the AEC must be **regular** members of the Statler College Graduate Faculty
* At least 3 members should be from MAE Department
  * This includes adjunct appointments

### Common Lab Committee Members

#### [Dr. Sergiy Yakovenko](https://medicine.hsc.wvu.edu/neuroscience/faculty-labs/sergiy-yakovenko-phd/)

* Adjunct Assistant Professor - Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
* Assistant Professor - Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute
* Associate Professor - Department of Neuroscience, Department of Human Performance - Exercise Physiology

Research Interests: human neuromechanics

#### [Dr. Valeriya Gritsenko ](https://directory.hsc.wvu.edu/Profile/35252)

* Adjunct Assistant Professor - Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  * Assistant graduate faculty in CBE (as of 2022)
* Assistant Professor - Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute
* Associate Professor - Department of Neuroscience, Department of Human Performance - Physical Therapy

#### [Dr. Yu Gu](https://yugu.faculty.wvu.edu/people/current-members/yu-gu)

* Associate Professor - Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 
* Adjunct Associate Professor - Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering