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.
2024 - 2025 Members
Sandra Akmansoy, EAC Chair
Principal
RLB
MBA, EDHEC Business School, '01
MS, University of Texas at Austin, '97
BS, University of Texas at Austin, '96
Rolando Alvarado
Associate Principal/Mechanical Engineering Director
Page Southerland Page
Mike Arellano
Austin District Deputy District Engineer
TXDOT
Scott Armstrong
Principal/Structural Engineer
Salas O’Brien
Nour Bouhou
Vice President
ASLPM
Becky Carroll
Vice President
Pape-Dawson
Andrea Cheng
Principal Management Specialist
CDM Smith
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
Sandy Guzman
CEO
Austin Area Research Organization
Breanne Hanson
Sr. Engineer
The Brandt Companies, LLC
Adam Johnson
Principal
Walter P. Moore
Liana Kallivoka
Assistant Director
Austin Parks and Recreation Department
Patrice Melançon
Watershed Engineering Department Manager
San Antonio River Authority
Owner, CWG Consulting
Jason Mirabal
Principal
MFH
Jorge Morales
Director for Watershed Protection
City of Austin
Jeff Nagy
Vice President Operations Manager
Halff Associates
Celeste Quiralte
Environmental Lawyer
ExxonMobil
Travis Roby
CEO
Bayou Midstream
Matt Russell
CTO
Austin Energy
Hank Smith
Director
Atwell, LLC
Steve Smith
Vice President (Retired)
Trinity Industries, Inc.
Matt Swinton
Sr. V.P., District Manager
Kiewit
Alison Wood
Associate Professor of Sustainability
Olin College
