Industrial Advisory Board

Our industrial advisory board (IAB) provides valuable input on our curriculum and helps focus initiatives that the department undertakes to improve our relationship with industry as well as provide our students with a world-class education.

Our IAB brings expertise from a variety of industry stakeholders. IAB members attend an annual meeting to learn about developments in the department and provide strategic guidance.

Alumni are key figures on our industrial advisory board, helping us to keep abreast of and adapt to the needs of industry. Their contributions to our department have created many scholarship opportunities for our future engineers, and have allowed us to greatly improve our facilities and the learning opportunities for future generations.

NameAffilationIndustry Represented
Allen, BillTexas InstrumentsElectronics, Materials
Cummings, GuinFlextronics, Formerly ATK/Orbital (26 yrs)Electronics, Aerospace
Chamberlain, DianeBaystarPolyethylene, Polymers
Downs, MelindaNorthrop-GrumannMaterials, Aerospace
Espinosa, StaceyIndependent Consultant (formerly Mars Wrigley, Ferrara, P&G)Food, Consumer Products
Goff, BlakeSeattle GeneticsBiotech
Henriksen, TaraAmerican Chemistry CouncilChemical, Safety, Accident Investigations
Hobbs, LanceWilliamsNatural Gas
Homma, MikeGap EngineeringChemical/Petroleum
Hy, SunnyTesla IncBatteries, Materials
Job, JasonJob Industrial ServicesEngineering Services
Larson, TinaRecursion PharmaPharmaceutics
McAnany, LauraAsh Grove CementCement, Mineral Processing
Nexhip, ColinNewmont GoldcorpMinerals
Nielson, KurtExxonMobilPetroleum
Nordlund, RichardCommerce CRGFinance, Commercial Real Estate
Oblad, BruceIndependent ConsultantChemical/Petroleum
Russell, RickMerit SensorMedical Devices
Scott, AnnaIntelElectronics
Spinti, MarkWL GoreMaterials
Stubblefield, MichaelAvantorBiotech, Chemical, Pharmaceuticals
Tyler, ChrisCargillChemical
Williams, JohnEPSUtility, Fuels, Engineering Servces