External Advisory Board | Mechanical Engineering

The ME External Advisory Board — Left to right (standing): Chuck Gulash, Randy Visintainer, Laura Wojcik, Davor Hrovat, Roberta Zal, Paul Nuyen, Doug Smith
Left to right (seated): Tom Shih, Michael Korybalski, Ellen Arruda, Charles Hutchins, David Cole

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.

Carla J. Bailo

President and CEO

Center for Automotive Research

Walter Bryzik

Emeritus Professor

Wayne State University

Mechanical Engineering Department

David E. Cole

Chairman, Auto Harvest

Chairman Emeritus, Center for Automotive Research

Thomas J. Danilek

Principal, Stillwater Interests

Charles Gulash

Senior Executive Engineer

Toyota Technical Center

Davor Hrovat

Henry Ford Technical Fellow – Controls

Ford Research and Innovation Center

Charles Hutchins

Co-Founder Manufacturing Data Systems

General Paul Kern

Senior Counselor

The Cohen Group

Michael E. Korybalski

EAB Chair

Co-Founder Mechanical Dynamics

Roger McCarthy

Principal, McCarthy Engineering

Paul Nuyen

Vice President- Everett Operations

Paul D. Rogers

Director, RDECOM-Tank Automotive

SFAE-GCS

Tom Shih

Professor and Head

School of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Purdue University

Doug Smith

President and COO

Roush Industries, Inc.

J. Gary Smyth

Executive Director Global Research & Development

General Motors Company

Stephanie LaCrosse Taira

Entrepreneur / Consultant

TrueCar, Inc.

Randy Visintainer

Director for Autonomous Vehicles

Ford Motor Company

Laura A. Wojcik, P.E.

President and Principal Consultant, L.A.

Wojcik & Associates, LLC.

Alan R. Woodliff

Director of Industry Relations, MForesight

University of Michigan

Roberta Zald, P.E.

Senior Program Engineering Manager

Gudel, Inc.