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Industry Advisory Board

The Industry Advisory Board of the Mechanical Engineering Program provides input on academics, research, administration, outreach, advocacy, and development. The Board reviews the undergraduate curriculum and degree programs, program educational objectives, and program outcomes, and offers suggestions for change to keep them current. The Board evaluates the quality and scope of our research, its relationship to our programs, its relevancy and helps guide future directions. The Board recommends ways to build new relationships with industry and to strengthen those we have. The current members of the Advisory Board are:

mechanical engineering advisory board member

Bill Kirkwood

Senior Research and Development Engineer, MBARI

Brady Knowles 4

Brady Knowles

Diretor of I&A Product Design Engineering, Intuitive

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Robert Lathrop

President, Lathrop Product Development

Erik Levine

Erik Levine

Founder and CTO, Astro Cellular

Matt Long

Matt Long

Lockheed Martin Fellow, Lockheed Martin Space

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Joe Maly

Maly Satellite Consulting

Frank Pelkofer

Frank Pelkofer

Vice President, Spacecraft Production and Operations, Intuitive Machines

Steve Rodriggs

Steve Rodriggs

Project Manager, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company

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Mark Tan

Engineering Director, Lam Research

Ursula Vaughan

Ursula Vaughan

Director of Process Engineering, Instruments & Accessories, Intuitive

Claire K Wemp

Claire Wemp

Chair, Industry Advisory Board. Lead Application Engineer, Qnity

Thomas Wierzchon

Tom Wierzchon

Former Technical Director for Combat Mission Systems, BAE Systems