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.
2021 - 2022 Members
Michael Ahern
Principal
Pivot Engineers, PLLC
Christine Alemany
CEO
Trailblaze Growth Advisors
Mike Arellano
Austin District Deputy Engineer
TXDOT
Jessica Baker
Executive Vice President
Halff Associates
Richard Ballou
Principal
L.A. Fuess Partners
Curtis Brown
Rimkus Consulting Group, Inc.
Chairman of the Board
Justin Carpenter
Commercial Manager
Benthic
Becky Carroll
Vice President
Pape-Dawson
Justin Carpenter
Commercial Manager
Benthic
Jerry Crawford
Vice President and General Manager
Turner Construction
Andy Creel
OSP Engineer Lead
Google LLC
Cristina Criado
CEO/President
Criado Associates
Elaine Darby
Principal Engineer
Anchor QEA
Rachael Keish
CEO
Anchor QEA, LLC
Steve Leverette
President
Leverette Offshore LLC
Tanya Luthi
Structural Engineer
Fast + Epp Structural Engineers
Amanda Masino
Associate Professor of Biology
Huston-Tillotson University
Pat McCelvey
Oil and Gas Advisor
Llanite, LLC
George McGlamery
Senior Commercial Consultant
Exxon Mobil Global Service Company
Patrice Melancon
Watershed Engineering Department Manager
San Antonio River Authority
Jorge Morales
Director for Watershed Protection
City of Austin
Jonathan Pool
Principal
MJ2Consulting, PLLC
Siddharth Rajmohan
Area Managing Partner
Central and North Texas Environmental Resources Management
Seth Russell
Texas Construction Attorney
Andrews Myers
Scott Sevigny
Principal
Shah Smith & Associates
Elizabeth Slyziuk
Principal
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Steve Smith (Chair)
Vice President
Trinity Industries, Inc.
Ben Wylie
President
Wylie Engineering
