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
