External Advisory Committee
The External Advisory Committee (EAC) consists of industry and government professionals who hold responsible engineering positions in industry or government laboratories. One of the most useful functions of the advisory committee is to provide dialogue between students and practitioners of the profession. The committee structure provides a means for faculty to learn about technical, business, and philosophical trends taking place in industry. Similarly, the committee provides a format in which the department can inform industry about current thinking in academia. EAC meetings are held on campus twice each year.
Branch Chief, GNC Autonomous Flight Systems
NASA Johnson Space Center
jack.brazzel@nasa.gov
Term: Spring 2018 - Fall 2020
Bell Textron
Achavez@bellflight.com
Term: Fall 2019 – Spring 2022
Senior Vice President, Corporate Development
Millennium Engineering and Integration Company
ddeans@meicompany.com
Term: Spring 2019 – Fall 2021
Autonomous Systems Technology Lead
Air Force Research Laboratory
Kirtland AFB, NM
richard.erwin@us.af.mil
Term: Fall 2018 - Spring 2021
Vice President Offshore and Subsea
Schlumberger
jacobson2@slb.com
Term: Spring 2020 – Fall 2022
Principal
Stress Engineering Services, Inc.
daniel.kluk@stress.com
Term: Fall 2019 – Spring 2022
Associate Center Director, Research and Technology
NASA Ames Research Center
david.korsmeyer@nasa.gov
Term: Spring 2015 – Fall 2020
Senior Manager, AI Technologies
The Boeing Company
chad.a.mcfarland@boeing.com
Term: Spring 2019 – Fall 2021
President
Firefly Aerospace
tom@fireflyspace.com
Term: Fall 2017 - Spring 2020
Vice President, F-16 and F-2 Programs
Lockheed Martin
susan.ouzts@lmco.com
Term: Spring 2018 - Fall 2020
Principal Member of Technical Staff
Sandia National Laboratories
lmphinn@sandia.gov
Term: Spring 2020 – Fall 2022
Emeritus EAC Member
Manager, Proliferation Detection R&D
Department 5753
Sandia National Laboratories
Albuquerque, NM
rob.tachau@gmail.com
Term: Emeritus, Fall 2002 – Present
Section Head, Computational Physics
ExxonMobil Research and Engineering
laurent.white@exxonmobil.com
Term: Spring 2020 – Fall 2022
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