University Undergraduate Curriculum Council
Meeting Minutes
Date: Monday, September 21, 2026
Location: Reaud Building, Room 202
Approval of September 2026 minutes
Attending:
Voting members: Lucy Tsado, Ian Lian, Judson LaGrone, Chun-Wei Yao, Millicent Musyoka, Donna Meeks, Jane Liu, Bradley Mayer, Melissa Riley, Elizabeth Casey.
Ex-Officio: Samuel Jator, Kyle Boudreaux, Andrea Stephenson, Gabriel Crosby, Elizabeth Casey, Mansour Karkoub
Proxy’s: Zachary Valdes for Poornima Gunasekaran
Executive Associate, Academic Affairs: Shelly Traxler
Guests: Abdelnasser Eldek
Absent:
Voting members: Xiao (Jerry) Zhang, Poornima Gunasekaran (designated a proxy)
Ex-Officio: David Short Wael Al-Sawai, Amy Wright, Alberto Marquez, Wendy Greenidge, Elizabeth Lea
Presiding: Samual Jator
Call to order 3:30 p.m.
Dr. Jator asked members to review the August minutes. A motion was made to accept the minutes. Motion seconded; motion passed to accept minutes.
The committee reviewed the item below. Dr. Eldek attended the meeting and discussed the New Course Proposal. The committee discussed edits they would like to see. Edits were made to the course description. The committee agreed there should be some additional work to the Student Learning Outcomes and pre-requisites. Andrea added notes for David and the committee will review the item in October.
New Course Proposal
ECEN 4399 – Electrical & Computer Engineering Practicum
The committee reviewed the course below. Minimal changes to the course. Change of pre-requisites. Motion was made to approve. Motion seconded, motion passed.
Course Change Request
MEEN 4313 – Thermal Systems Design
Meeting adjourned 3:50 p.m.