External Advisory Board

Left to right (standing): David Miller, Justin E. Mirro, Andy Micallef, Jim Isaacson, Katherine Avery Vozar, Jeff Makarewicz, Laura A. Wojcik Left to right (seated): Carla J. Bailo, Tom Shih, Ellen Arruda, Roberta Zald, Randy Visintainer

Mechanical Engineering EAB group portrait taken in GG Brown Building on 11-2-2018

Nearly twenty distinguished friends and alumni of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, from industry, academia and government, comprise the ME External Advisory Board (EAB). The EAB is a valuable resource to the ME chair and the Department as a whole in shaping and meeting strategic goals. The EAB members meet on campus twice every year to discuss departmental vision, strategies and issues and provide advice to the chair.

Laurine Apollini

General Manager

Apollini Vineyards

Laine Chan

Mathieu Davis

John Federspiel

Director, Starlink Product Engineering

SpaceX

Charles Hutchins

Co-Founder Manufacturing Data Systems (retired)

Manufacturing Data Systems

Karl Iagnemma

Jim Isaacson

Vice President of Quality and Engineering

Alucent Biomedical, Inc

Jeff Makarewicz

Group Vice President

Toyota Motor North America R&D

Andy Micallef

Executive Vice President, Global Operations

NXP Semiconductors

Justin E. Mirro

Chairman & CEO Kensington

Capital Partners, LLC

Sheri Sheppard

Tom Shih

Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Purdue University

Laurie Transou

Randy Visintainer

Director for Autonomous Vehicles

Ford Motor Company

Katherine Vozar

Marissa West

Laura A. Wojcik, P.E.

President and Principal Consultant

L.A. Wojcik & Associates, LLC.

Emeritus EAB Members

Carla J. Bailo

President and CEO

Center for Automotive Research

David Miller

Product Manager

Meta

J. Gary Smyth

Executive Director Global Research & Development (retired)

General Motors Company

Roberta Zald, P.E.

Technical Product Marketing Consultant
Senior Program Manager (Retired)

Gudel