(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.