The mission of the External Advisory Board is to guide the Mechanical Engineering Department with a vision and to provide insight for improving the department’s service to all its constituencies and stakeholders, including students, alumni, faculty, industry and the community. The EAB provides guidance and necessary support to the department in the assessment of the curriculum, both existing and proposed, and evaluation of student outcomes. It also provides the department with future trends and employment needs in the industry.
EAB Board Members:
- Adam Avis
R&D Principal Engineer
Pepsico/Frito Lay - Aaran Barnes
Design Engineer
Bell Flight - Helicopter - Thomas Ford
Manager, Manufacturing Engineering
PACCAR Division, Peterbilt Denton - Kyle Gilliam
Design Engineer
Peterbilt Motors Company - Jim Griffin, Ph.D.
Director Research and Development
Emerson Automation Solutions - Michael Grim
President and CEO
Grim Energy Management Strategies, LLC - Anil Kumar, Ph.D.
President and CEO
OMAK Technologies LLC - Sarah Peña
US Sales Productivity Lead
Schneider Electric - Mitty Plummer, Ph.D.
Retired - Associate Professor
ETEC - University of North Texas - Ganesh Rao
Global Director
UL LLC. - Carlos Peña Sanchez
Senior Design Engineer
Peterbilt Motors Company - Chris Reed P.E.
Principal Engineer
Halliburton - Bryan Seitz
Principle Sustainability Engineer
PepsiCo / Frito-Lay North America - Albert Smith
Engineering Manager
Wilson Fluid Power Solutions - Archie Wright EIT
Certification Engineer II
Recaro Aircraft Seating - Allan Zhong, Ph.D.
Technology Manager, Innovations
Halliburton