External Advisory Board
Composed of distinguished alumni and friends of the Department, the Mechanical Engineering External Advisory Board provides counsel to faculty, mentoring to students, volunteer leadership in experiential-learning programs, advocacy for the Department and vital connections to industry.
External Advisory Board members are appointed to a term of up to 3 years by the ME Department Chair. Upon completion of the term, a member may be reappointed at the discretion of the ME department Chair.
Current board members
| Name | Grad. Year | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| David Barr | Director, Boeing Programs, Hexcel | |
| Jon Bishay | Bardy Diagnostics | |
| Anders Brown | ’92 B.S., ’94 M.S. | President, Radius, Inc. |
| Steve Chisholm | ’86 B.S. | The Boeing Company |
| Stanley Gent | President and CEO, Seattle Steam Company | |
| Carl Hergart | Director of Advanced Powertrain, PACCAR | |
| Peter W. Janicki | ’89 M.S. | President and CEO, Janicki Industries, Inc. |
| Michael C. Kintner-Meyer | ’94 Ph.D. | Energy-Environment Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
| Paul Leonard | Principal, Leonard Consulting, LLC | |
| Tom Loutzenheiser | ’83 B.S. | Executive Vice President of Business Development, PRECO Electronics |
| Jill McCallum | President, Pacific Rim Aerospace Corporation | |
| Hamid Mortazavi | ’82 M.S., ’89 Ph.D. | Research Specialist, SEMS/Corporate Research Lab |
| Ron Prosser | ’70 B.S. | Chairman and CEO, Green Charge Networks |
| James M. Reichman | PACCAR, Inc. (retired) | |
| Donald Sandoval | ’91 M.S., ’95 Ph.D. | Senior Research Physicist, Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| Robert K. Schneider | ’71 B.S., ’73 M.S., ’76 MBA | President, D. Hittle & Associates, Inc. |
| K. Michael Sekins | ’81 Ph.D. | Director of Applications, Innovations Department, Ultrasound Division Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. |
| Fred Silverstein | ’72 M.D. | UW Clinical Professor of Medicine, Gastroenterology, and General Partner, Frazier & Co. (retired) |
| John T. Slattery | Vice Dean for Research and Graduate Education, UW School of Medicine | |
| Tim Stearns | ’90 B.A. | Senior Energy Policy Specialist, State Energy Office, Washington State Dept. of Commerce |
| Al Stephan | ’82 B.S. | CEO, Stratos Biosystems LLC |
| Tina Toburen | ’92 B.S., ’94 M.S. | T2E3 – Energy Efficiency Enterprises |
| Gil Wootton | ’89 B.S. | Accenture |
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