The External Advisory Committee (EAC) is comprised of leaders in academia and industry who support excellence in engineering education. The committee meets twice a year to provide counsel and help the department achieve its strategic goals. 

Committee members assist in promoting academic excellence, recruiting quality students, fostering professional and peer recognition of faculty, and interacting with the student-faculty-administrative-alumni community.

Specifically, the objectives of the External Advisory Committees are to advise the department of the professional requirements of private enterprise, providing a forum in which teaching, research, professional development, and academic excellence can be discussed. They also assist in developing effective programs for recruiting outstanding undergraduate and graduate students, and they further aid the department in approved fund-raising programs.

2023 - 2024 Members 

Jorge Morales, EAC Chair
Director for Watershed Protection
City of Austin

Sandra Akmansoy
Principal/Dallas Lead
ARUP

Mike Arellano
Austin District Deputy District Engineer
TXDOT

Scott Armstrong
Principal/Structural Engineer
Salas O’Brien

Jessica Baker Daily
CEO
Halff Associates

Nour Bouhou
Vice President
ASLPM

Curtis Brown
Chairman of the Board
Rimkus Consulting

Becky Carroll
Vice President
Pape-Dawson

Andrea Cheng
Commissioner
Chicago Department of Water Management

Andy Creel
CEO
Just Right Engineering

Cristina Criado
CEO/President
Criado Associates

Caleb Duncan
President
L.A. Fuess

Melissa Evers
V.P. of Software and Advanced Technology Group
Intel

Brenda Guerra
Director of Transportation Operations
TxDOT

Breanne Hanson
Sr. Engineer
The Brandt Companies, LLC

Adam Johnson
Principal
Walter P. Moore

Steve Leverette
President
Leverette Offshore LLC

Patrice Melançon
Watershed Engineering Department Manager
San Antonio River Authority

Jason Mirabal
Principal
MFH

Jeff Nagy
Deputy Operations Manager
Halff Associates

Jonathan Poole
Principal
MJ2 Consulting, PLLC

Celeste Quiralte
Environmental Lawyer
ExxonMobil

Siddarth Rajmohan
Area Managing Partner
Central and North Texas Environmental Resources Management

Seth Russell
Texas Construction Attorney
Andrews Myers

Matt Russell
CTO
Austin Energy

Elizabeth Slyziuk
Associate Principal
Page

Steve Smith
Vice President
Trinity Industries, Inc.

Matt Swinton
Sr. V.P., District Manager
Kiewit

Alison Wood
Associate Professor of Sustainability
Olin College