Our external advisory comprises leaders from aerospace and related industries and government labs. They meet with department faculty and students on a regular basis.

Mr. Juan Carlos Ortiz (Committee Chair)
Managing Director
Aernnova Engineering US, Inc.

Ms. Karen Albrecht
Engineering Site Director
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co

Mr. Mark Anderson
Director
The Boeing Company
Phantom Works-Flight Sciences Technology

Mr. Paul R. Adams
Sr VP Operations and Engineering
Pratt & Whitney

Mr. Richard Auhll
Chairman, BoD
Surgical Eye Expeditions

Dr. Siva S. Banda
Chief Scientist, Air Vehicles Directorate
Air Force Research Laboratory
AFRL/RB

Mr. Jim B. DeBoer
JSOW C-1 Deputy Lead Engineer
Aerodynamics Department, GNC Center

Mr. Jeff Hamstra
Sr. Fellow
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company

Mr. Eric Krieg
Design Fellow Discipline Lead
Product Lifecycle Management Chief Architect
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne

Mr. John LaFond
AC Comm. Co-Chair & Dir Ford/UM Prog

Mr. Kevin Michaels
Vice President
ICF SH&E

Mr. Kenneth M Rosen
Principal Partner
Aero-Science Technology Associates, LLC

Mr. Sri Srinath
Product Manager
Lg. Wheel Loaders
Caterpillar, Inc.

Mr. S. Pete Worden (NASA Liaison)
Center Director
Ames Research Center