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ME Advisory Board

The purpose of the External Advisory Committee is to provide guidance on the many facets of mechanical engineering, ME technology, ME education and training, employment, and outcome assessment. In particular, the committee will meet each year in the fall and spring semesters to:

  • discuss current directions in ME and ME technology.
  • provide suggestions and guidance for new programs and course offerings.
  • address new methods for course and program delivery.
  • identify sources of potential employment of graduates.
  • provide assessment and feedback to the department on the level of quality of the graduates
  • .

The members of the External Advisory Committee are engineers from academia as well as industry and government agencies who normally serve a three-year term. Longer terms are allowed and will be discussed on an individual basis.

Members

Dr. Farshid M. Asl
Goldman Sachs
1 New York Plaza, 40th Floor
New York, NY 10004
Dr. Haim Bau
Professor
University of Pennsylvania
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
and Applied Mechanics
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6315
Ms. Coleen Burke
Director, Advanced Systems
Business Development, Strategy & Ops.
The Boeing Company
5301 Bolas Avenue
MC H012-B450
Huntington Beach, CA 92647-2099
Mr. Thomas Cassin
President
Materials Sciences Corporation
135 Rock Road
Horsham, PA 19044
Dr. Richard Coyle
Alcatel-Lucent
Reliability Engineering
600-700 Mountain Avenue
Room 1E-247
Murray Hill, NJ 07974-0636
Mr. Christos E. Dantos
76 Harmony Hill Road
Granby, CT 06035
Mr. Vincent D’Imperio, P.E.
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
Mail Stop A6421
7201 Hamilton Blvd.
Allentown, PA 18195
Mr. Sudhakar Goverdhanam
Chief Executive Officer
PRIME Technology Group, Inc.
588 North Gulph Road, Suite 3B
King of Prussia, PA 19406
Dr. Yogesh Jaluria
Rutgers, The State Univ. of New Jersey
98 Brett Road
Piscataway, NJ 08854-8058
Mr. John Karpowicz
Director of Engineering
Boehringer Laboratories, Inc.
P.O. Box 910
Norristown, PA 19404
Dr. Bahgat Sammakia
SUNY at Binghamton
Director of the IEEC
Room EB-C4
Binghamton, NY 13901
Mr. Steven J. Spear
The Boeing Company
P.O. Box 16858 MC P23-15
Philadelphia, PA 18914
Mr. Manny Torres
Division Manager and Assistant Vice President
Science Applications Intl. Corp.
Aerospace & Defense Sciences Div.
1150 First Ave., Suite 400
King of Prussia, PA 19406-1341
Dr. Kon-Well Wang
William E. Diefenderfer Chaired Prof.
in Mechanical Engineering
Director, Structural Dynamics and Controls Lab
The Pennsylvania State University
157E Hammond Building
University Park, PA 16802