Awards

  • Evaluate award nominations submitted to the EPAC
  • Prepare guide/schedule of annual award nominations
  • Draft memoranda recognizing outgoing EPAC Members, EPAC Chairperson, and CPO upon the expiration of appointments
  • Develop draft example award write-ups for engineers' supervisors to assist them in submitting award nominations

    Meets: As necessary
    Chair: LT QuynhNhu Nguyen
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Career Development

  • Develop resources to promote the professional development of PHS engineers and architects by addressing issues such as: billets, CVs, promotions, performance evaluations, pay and allowances, leadership development, and training
  • Plan and organize career development seminars
  • Publish information on engineer career opportunities
  • Manage the PHS Engineer and Architect Welcome Program

Meets: 3rd Monday at 3:30 pm ET
Chair: LCDR Nathan Epling
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Deployment Readiness Preparedness

  • Assist and promote the effective use of engineers in response to emergencies affecting public health
  • Inform PHS engineers about and assist with emergency response training opportunities and deployment processes
  • Coordinate the EPAC representation to the Commissioned Corps Readiness Force
  • Promote coordination among related disciplines and Agencies to ensure a multi-disciplinary approach to public health emergency response

    Meets: 1st Wednesday at 2 pm ET
    Chair: CDR Ken Sun
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Information

  • Manage the PHS Engineer web site
  • Develop and publish quarterly EPAC newsletter
  • Maintain engineer directory
  • Promote EPAC activities through information distribution

    2nd Monday at 11 am ET
    Chair: CAPT Eric Shih
    Tel: 240-453-6085
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Mentoring

  • Enhance career and leadership development by promoting and increasing participation among junior and senior engineers in mentoring programs
  • Recruitment of mentors and protégés for participation in the program
  • Pairing of mentor/protégé teams and assignment of an advisor to the team
  • Coordinating evaluations from program participants
  • Revision of the program based upon participants’ evaluations
  • Updating the Mentoring Program handbook and web site
  • Serving as an educational and advisory resource to program participants
  • Advising the EPAC on matters related to the Mentoring Program

    Meets: Meeting times are posted on the committee webpage
    For more information visit the mentoring webpage
    Chair: LCDR Nazmul Hassan
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Public Health Engineering Practice

  • Provide leadership for PHS engineers to identify and disseminate best public health engineering practice
  • Present public health engineering practice issues, with analysis, information and possible solutions to the Engineer Professional Advisory Committee

    Meets: 2nd Thursday at 2 PM EST
    Chair: CAPT Steve Raynor
    Tel: 301-443-1415 
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Recruitment & Retention

  • Assist with COSTEP issues
  • Coordinate special pay and incentives
  • Career Opportunities Pamphlet update
  • Identify Agency recruiting contacts
  • Coordinate and advise Agency (or PHS) recruiting contacts on engineer-specific information needed for effective recruitment

    Meets: 1st Tuesday at 1 pm ET
    Chair: LCDR Kimberly Love
    Tel 301-796-6081
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Rules

  • Review of EPAC member nominations and apportion of EPAC voting seats
  • Update the Engineer Bylaws as necessary
  • Conduct a tri-annual reevaluation of the EPAC Charter

    Meets: As necessary
    Chair: CDR Ramsey Hawasly
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Special Events

  • Advise the EPAC on matters related to planning and implementing the Category Day Agenda
  • Develop Category Day Agenda, including identifying appropriate speakers
  • Develop and distribute publicity flyers to PHS engineers and the public Publish the Category Day program booklet
  • Coordinate Category Day program with the COF Conference Planning Committee
  • Manage Category Day activities during the symposium
  • Complete all after-action items to ensure all presenters are properly recognized and honorariums or other expenses paid by COF

Meets: 2nd and 4th Tuesday at 2 pm ET
Chair: LT Kurt Kesteloot
Tel: 402-661-171
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