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
Program Manager
Bowman Engineering Consultants

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

Breanne Hanson
Sr. Engineer
The Brandt Companies, LLC

Adam Johnson
Principal
Walter P. Moore

Patrice Melançon
Watershed Engineering Department Manager
San Antonio River Authority

Jason Mirabal
Principal
MFH

Jorge Morales
Director for Watershed Protection
City of Austin

Jeff Nagy
Vice President Operations Manager, Austin
Halff

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