McNair Center Admin
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Director
Ed Egan: ed.egan@rice.edu, 617 415 8097, Office 230 Baker Hall 
Research Assistants
Spring Term 2016 Schedule
| Name | School | Year | M | Tu | W | Th | F | Rice Email | Phone | Join No. |
| Albert Nabiullin | SS | Sophomore | 2:30-4:30 | 11-12 | 2:30-5:30 | 11-12 | 1-5 | an22@rice.edu | 1 | |
| Carlin Cherry | SS | Freshman | 1-5 | 1-5 | 1-3 | cec14@rice.edu | 903 504 9287 | 2 | ||
| Rachel Garber | SS | Senior | 1-2:15;4-5:30 | 1-5 | 1-2:15;4-5:30 | 1-5 | 1-4 | rlg6@rice.edu | 3 | |
| Iris Huang | SS | Junior | 1-5 | 1-5 | 1-5 | xh12@rice.edu | 281 796 4360 | 4 | ||
| Komal Agarwal | SS | Senior | 12-5 | 12-5 | 12-5 | kka1@rice.edu | 281 768 0122 | 5 | ||
| Meghana Gaur | SS | Freshman | 2-5 | 2-5 | 2-5 | mg62@rice.edu | 512 739 7105 | 6 | ||
| Jackie Li | SS | Junior | 2:30-4:30 | 2:30-5:30 | 1-4 | Jackie.J.Li@rice.edu | 832 542 3112 | 7 | ||
| David Zhang | SS | Junior | 4-6 | 4-6 | 4-6 | 4-6 | yz53@rice.edu | 832 914 5004 | 8 | |
| Julia Wang | SS | Freshman | 1-5 | 1-5 | jw71@rice.edu | 408 396 2943 | 9 | |||
| Jason Isaacs | SS | Senior | 10-12 | 9-10:30 | 10-12 | 9-10:30 | 10-12 | jki1@rice.edu | 10 | |
| Alex Jiang | CS | Freshman | 12-5 | 12-5 | 1-6 | ayj3@rice.edu | 713 454 3948 | 11 | ||
| Leo Du | CS | Senior | 12-2:15; 4-6 | 1-4 | 12-2:15 | leo.du@rice.edu | 832 807 0265 | 12 | ||
| Kunal Shah | CS | Sophomore | 2-5 | 2-5 | 2-5 | ks45@rice.edu | 914 355 8653 | 13 | ||
| Sahil Patnayakuni | CS | Freshman | 1-5 | 1-5 | 1-5 | sp50@rice.edu | 256 529 8614 | 14 | ||
| Ben Baldazo | SS | Sophomore | 1-5:30 | 1-5:30 | bjb10@rice.edu | 512 966 5987 | 15 | |||
| Will Cleland | SS | Sophomore | 2:30-5:30 | 2:30-5:30 | 2:30-5:30 | wjc1@rice.edu | 913 800 1728 | 16 | ||
| Mallika Miglani | SS | Junior | 3-5 | 1-3 | mm73@rice.edu | 17 | ||||
| Ramee Saleh | SS | Freshman | 1-5 | 4-5:30 | 1-5 | trs6@rice.edu | 210 860 7626 | 18 | ||
| Claudio Sanchez-Nieto | SS | Freshman | 3-5 | 1-4 | 3-5 | cs64@rice.edu | 713 876 3409 | 19 | ||
| Harsh Upadhyay | CS | Grad | 3-4:30 | 3-5 | 4-6 | 3-5 | 4-6 | Harsh.Upadhyay@rice.edu | 832-926-8228 | 20 |
| Pedro Alvarez | SS | Sophomore | 1-4:30 | 1-4:30 | 1-4:30 | pja3@rice.edu | 847 287 1814 | 21 | ||
| Kranthi Kiran Pandiri | CS | 1st year MCS | 4-6 | 4-6 | 4-6 | 4-6 | 4-6 | kranthi@rice.edu | 346 401 3191 | 22 |
Email addresses
Director:
- ed.egan@rice.edu
Center:
- admin@mcnaircenter.org (goes to director's gmail)
- mcnair@rice.edu (goes to a dedicated Rice email box. Log in at https://webmail.mail.rice.edu/)
Researchers (copy and paste for distribution):
an22@rice.edu,cec14@rice.edu,rlg6@rice.edu,xh12@rice.edu,kka1@rice.edu,Meghana.Gaur@rice.edu, Jackie.J.Li@rice.edu,yz53@rice.edu,jw71@rice.edu,jki1@rice.edu,ayj3@rice.edu,leo.du@rice.edu, ks45@rice.edu,sp50@rice.edu,bjb10@rice.edu,wjc1@rice.edu,mm73@rice.edu,trs6@rice.edu, cs64@rice.edu,Harsh.Upadhyay@rice.edu, pja3@rice.edu,kranthi@rice.edu
Hiring Instructions
For those hired for pay:
- Log in to Esther and complete a SPAF (Student Personnel Action Form) - just search for it and it comes up pre-populated. Print out the completed form, sign it, and return it to Ed or to the finance office downstairs. Don't worry about completing the job title, rate, or other fields. This will be done for you.
- If you don't have an I-9 employment verification filed with Rice University, you'll need to get one. You'll have one if you've worked for Rice before. Otherwise, bring your passport (original, not a copy of the page) to the Baker Institute's finance team during regular business hours, and they will help you. If you can't find the finance office, ask Ed to be taken downstairs to see Giovanna or Christine, or ask the receptionist on the 1st floor for directions.
- If you haven't already set yourself up for direct deposit, you can do that through Esther.
- Complete your timesheets (available through Esther) every two weeks. These are now submitted electronically. They are checked by Ed and the Baker administration, so make sure that you complete them correctly. Do not report more than 20hrs of work in a given week.
Social Science Internship
Social science students with a declared major, who have not previously taken SOSC421, may take SOSC421 and gain 3 graded general degree credits for an internship with the McNair Center. The intern must work at least 10hrs a week for at least 8 weeks, and cannot receive other compensation for their efforts. Students selected for 3 credit internships must read the syllabus document, and complete the online intern agreement. The program is administrated by the Social Sciences Gateway office. As a part of the program the student must complete two one-page written descriptions of the internship and one self-evaluation. The center's director will provide two additional evaluations, and a grade.
More information is available from:
Login information
The Center's Twitter Account:
admin@mcnaircenter.org Password: 9million
Local Machines
Usernames and passwords for local machines are:
.\McNairCenterLocal 9million
Dropbox
The center's dropbox account is:
admin@mcnaircenter.org 9million
WRDS
mcnair 9Mil2015
SDC Platinum
The initials are mc
Hardware and software
Install TextPad from http://www.textpad.com (it's nag-ware with a free download and install).
Current projects
Albert Nabiullin: USPTO - Funding Mechanism, Patent Litigation
Carlin Cherry: researching topics related to the SBA, including a general understanding of the organization itself, borrowers and loan types, and SBA problems (data reporting, technological issues)
Rachel Garber:
Iris Huang:
Komal Agarwal: Houston Entrepreneurship Ecosystem
Meghana Gaur:
Jackie Li:
David Zhang:
Julia Wang:
Jason Isaacs:
Alex Jiang:
Leo Du:
Kunal Shah:
Sahil Patnayakuni:
Ben Baldazo: Researching Entrepreneurship in the Houston Area
Will Cleland:
Mallaka Miglani:
Ramee Saleh: Researching Entrepreneurship in the Houston Area
Claudio Sanchez-Nieto:
Harsh Upadhyay: Matcher Enhancements
