Area of Management (see Bio-sketches)

Administration

Jean LaFonta, Coordinator. Tel: (301) 405-6579. E-mail: jlafonta@isr.umd.edu
Jean' responsibilities are to provide development and support for SEIL under Dr. Baras' directions. He ensures grants and contracts management, proper inventories, adequate web support, etc. He helps prepare the SEIL budget, coordinates SEIL Lecture series, proposal submission process, purchasing, etc.

Technology

Trevor Vaughan, Lab Manager. Tel: (301) 405-6593. E-mail: tvoel@isr.umd.edu
SEIL lab manager, Trevor manages the technical aspect and part of the research implemented in the lab. As such, he ensures the best technological environment for researchers in both hardware and software. With two lab assistants, he provides technical support to all researchers and help them in their research endeavors. He suggests and implements upgrades and changes to keep SEIL a state-of-the-art research lab.

Anthony Moore, Lab Assistant.
Tony makes sure that the resources that the researchers are using are all functioning smoothly and addresses
problems that arise. In addition, he assists the lab manager in implementing web-based tools such as groupware applications and database programming for the lab. He provides any computer or technically-related assistance to the office personnel.

Nalini Bharatula, Programmer.
Nalini provides technical support for simulation tools such as OPNET, Satellite Tool Kit (STK) and MATLAB. She also interacts with the respective companies to seek tech support as well as for license related issues. She assists the lab manager in preparing demos to showcase the work (past and on-going) done by SEIL researchers.

Mohith Narayan, Student helper.
Mohith is helping Dr. Baras format conference papers with the help of LATEX. He also helps on many different administrative tasks.