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.

Charles Hutchins

Co-Founder Manufacturing Data Systems (retired)

Manufacturing Data Systems

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

David Miller

Product Manager

Meta

Justin E. Mirro

Chairman & CEO Kensington

Capital Partners, LLC

John Federspiel

Director, Starlink Product Engineering

SpaceX

Tom Shih

Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Purdue University

Randy Visintainer

Director for Autonomous Vehicles

Ford Motor Company

Katherine Vozar

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

Thomas J. Danilek

Principal, Stillwater Interests

General Paul Kern

Senior Counselor

The Cohen Group

Paul D. Rogers

Director, RDECOM-Tank Automotive

SFAE-GCS

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