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