Advisory Board
The ECE Department’s Advisory Board is a collection of highly-accomplished and respected individuals that serve the department in a variety of ways by providing strategic analysis and expert insight for the department head and faculty on existing and proposed educational, collaboration, outreach, and research activities.
The objective of the board is to assist the department in achieving its vision of being recognized as the national model for combining cutting-edge research, revolutionary educational approaches, and external partnerships in the advancement of electrical and computer engineering.
Current Advisory Board
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Thomas Drayer (Chair) , bioTechnical Director, Enterprise Discovery Operations, National Security Agency
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Rose Qingyang Hu , bioDepartment Head and Professor
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Scott Acton , bioChair, University of Virginia Charles L. Brown Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Duane Blackburn , bioScience & Technology Policy Analyst/Strategist, The MITRE Corporation
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Dave Bostedo , bioSpace Systems Engineering Director, BAE Systems
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Anil Chinthakindi , bioDirector, FE Automotive Quality, Micron Technology
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Alante Dancy , bioLead Aviation Systems Engineer, MITRE
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Jeff Dickhart , bioVice President and General Manager, Power Die Products at Wolfspeed
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Curtis Einnsmann , bioSoftware Development Engineer II, Amazon
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Pedro Espina , bioChief, United States Department of Defense
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Jeremy Ferrell , bioDirector of Engineering, VPT
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Michael Garris , bioSenior Principal AI and Autonomy Policy Analyst, MITRE Corporation
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Monther Hammoudeh , bioVice President - Transport Engineering and Operations, Windstream
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Benjamin Harvey , bioDirector of Data Science, Maxar Technologies
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Noel Heiks , bioCEO, Azultera
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Jamie Helmer , bioOperational Technology and Transformation, Norfolk Southern
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Ray Hensberger , bioGlobal Head of Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Amazon Web Services
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Associate Vice President for Research, Integrative Team Initiatives, Office of Research, University of Georgia Professor and Distinguished Faculty Scholar, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Georgia
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Mason McDaniel , bioDiplomacy and Law Solutions Director, SAIC
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Mark McVey , bioElectric Transmission Equipment & Technology Strategic Advisor, Dominion Energy Virginia
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Stephanie Palermo , bioVice President, Head of Executive Compensation and Talent Management, Capital One
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Raymond Sharp , bioDirector of Programs, Northrop Grumman
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Sheldon Thomas , bioSr. Director & Program Manager, RealmOne
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Christine Whiteside , bioAdvanced Packaging Development - Thermal Mechanical Manager, IBM
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Program Manager International Submarines, Lockheed Martin
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Sam Yakulis , bioPresident, Yakulis Labs
Past Members
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Adedoyin "Doyin" Adewodu , bioFounder/Principal, Infrastructure Solutions International (INFRASI)
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R.J. Balanga , bioGovernment Employee
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Michael Bear , bioTechnical Director I – Systems Engineering (Space Systems), BAE Systems
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Andrew Consiglio , bioFellow, Advanced Measurements, Pratt & Whitney
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Charles Dublin , bioVice President Of Product Management, Acquia
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Janet Farmer , bioConsulting Engineer, PE, Dominion Energy
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Lynne Hamilton-Jones , bioSenior Program Manager, Criterion Systems, Inc.
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Brian Huber , bioEngineering Manager, MICRON Technology
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Paige Kassalen , bioBusiness Operations Manager - Land Systems, Saab, Inc.
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Ting-Pui (Ivan) Lai , bioConsulting Engineer, Ciena Corporation
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Jeff McWhirt , bioSenior Manager - Reliability, Digital Realty
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Lt. Col. Michael Pochet , bioChief, Microelectronics & Embedded Systems Assurance - (MESA) Branch, Air Force Research Laboratory, United States Air Force