(a) (1) The Director of the University of Maryland Energy Research Center, a University of Maryland faculty member, shall be the Director of the Institute.
(2) The Institute Director shall appoint an Associate Director who shall be a University of Maryland faculty member.
(b) The Institute Director, or the Institute Director’s designee, shall:
(1) attend all meetings of the Institute Board;
(2) act as secretary to the Institute Board;
(3) keep minutes of all proceedings of the Institute Board;
(4) approve all salaries, per diem payments, and allowable expenses of the Institute, its employees, and its consultants;
(5) approve any expenses incidental to the operation of the Institute; and
(6) perform the other duties the Institute Board directs in carrying out this part.