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Advisory Board – AB

The College of Engineering Advisory Board, an active participatory voice since 1980, brings the involvement of key government, industry, and academia representatives into the development of the college?s strategy. This board meets twice a year.

  • Provides external feedback on areas of curriculum improvement to better prepare our students
  • Develops long-term strategy plans
  • Solicits funding to upgrade and support our research and instructional laboratories, supports on-going research, scholarships and chaired professorships
  • Supports career placement
  • Participates in Industry Days

Board members and industry represented:

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Chairman of the Board
John E. Major
Founder and President
MTSG
Prakash C. Agarwal
CEO, President, Co-Founder
iKoa Corporation
Prith Banerjee
Senior Vice President of Research and Director, HP Labs Worldwide
Hewlett Packard Company
John E. Banta
CEO & Managing Director
Illinois Ventures, LLC
Joseph B. Barrett
Senior Director Business Development
Baxter Healthcare Corporation
Hardik Bhatt
Chief Information Officer Innovation and Technology (DoIT)
City of Chicago
Christopher B. Burke
President & CEO
Christopher Burke Engineering, Ltd.
Mihai Caratas
Technical Consultant Global Engineering Services
Abbott Laboratories
Dennis DeMoss
Senior V.P.
Sargent & Lundy
Philip Gilchrist
Vice President of Converged Computing
Motorola, Inc.
Robert Hamilton Jr.
President
ITW Automotive Components
Phil Hanegraaf
Vice President
HNTB Corporation
John Hardin
President & Chief Operating Officer
La-Co Industries, Inc.
Robert Hauck
Global General Manager, Office of the Chief Engineer
GE Healthcare
Richard S. Hill
Chairman & CEO
Novellus Systems, Inc.
Audrone Karalius
V.P., Sustainability, Environment and Safety
Sara Lee Corporation
Muthiah Kasi
COO & Executive Vice President
Alfred Benesch & Company
Tony Kobrinetz
Vice President, Technology & Operations
PCTEL
Rick Lasko
Cost Manager, Lower Powertrain Business Unit Advanced Systems Division
Caterpillar, Inc.
Amreesh Modi
Executive Vice President and CTO
NAVTEQ
Rafiq Mohammadi
Chief Technology & Strategy Officer
Autonomy iManage
Glenn Neland
 Former Sr VP, Dell, Worldwide Procurement
& Global Customer Experience
Kenneth E. Nelson
CEO/Chairman of the Board
Clark Dietz, Inc.
Dianne O'Keefe
District One Regional Engineer
Illinois Department of Transportation
Ralph Pini
President and CEO
Paratek Microwaves, Inc.
Lei Zhang Schlitz
Vice President, Research & Development
Illinois Tool Works, Inc.
Mark P. Slivinski
Strategy Lead, Advanced Security Systems
Raytheon Missile Systems
David Taylor
Mgr. Global Engineering Assurance
Abbott Laboratories
William D. Unger
Partner Emeritus
Mayfield Fund
Dennis Vaccaro
Senior Technical Advisor
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Peter L. Wexler
Vice President of Engineering
Spidercloud Wireless, Inc.
William O. White
Vice President, Advanced Technology
USG Building Systems
Bruce Scott Widmann
Consulting Engineer
Northrop Grumman Corporation
David Zavattero
Deputy Director, IT & Planning and Traffic Engineering
Chicago Office of Emergency Mgmt. & Communications

 
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