School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Advisory Board

External Advisory Board (EAB) Role
The Advisory Board plays an integral part in the development of the school. Members:
- Bring industry perspective, provide input to the continuous evaluation of objectives and assessment of outcomes of the BSME and BSMSE curricula, and suggest changes for implementation, as needed.
- Assist the school in generating financial or in-kind resources for various strategic priorities from their companies or personal resources.
- Act as partners in the education process by maintaining active contact with the school during the academic year, and by visiting the Pullman campus at least twice a year (during the Advisory Board meetings).
- Promote the school at their company through the hiring of interns and full-time personnel and participation in WSU career fairs.
- Champion the school’s cause with university administrators and the state of Washington with regard to budgets, research programs, and faculty hiring.
- Vitalize the education process through participation in seminars, guest lectures, industry sabbaticals, collaborative research, and serving on student thesis committees.
Members Area
Documents for Members
(password required).
For access, please contact director@mme.wsu.edu.
External Advisory Board (EAB) Charter
2024-2026 Term
- Jessi Hall
Schweitzer Engineering Labs
Pullman, WA
WSU grad: BS 2000, ME - Jason Johnson
PACCAR
Seattle, WA
2023-2025 Term
- Tyler Lenzi
Micron Technology
Boise, ID
WSU grad: BS 1995, MSE - Tod Byquist
Leostella
Federal Way, WA
WSU grad: BS 1987, ME - Kim Priest
Starbucks
Seattle, WA
WSU grad
2022-2025 Term
- Steve Near
The Boeing Company
Seattle, WA - Jon McWhirter
Terrapower
Bellevue, WA - Seyi Onagoruwa
The Boeing Company
Everett, WA
WSU grad: BS/MS ME - David Danforth
PACCAR (retired)
2021-2024 Term
- Kameron Bumb
Microsoft
Bellevue, WA
WSU grad: BS, EE - Sreekant Narumanchi
NREL
Golden, CO
WSU grad: MS 1999, ME
2020-2023 Term
- David Bahr
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN - Cari Dorsh
A-Dec
WSU grad: MSE - Sandy K. Fryer
Fryer Industries, Inc.
Orinda, CA
WSU grad: BS 1969, ME - Jessi Hall
Schweitzer Engineering Labs
Pullman, WA
WSU grad: BS 2000, ME - Jason Johnson
PACCAR
Seattle, WA - Sankar Jayaram
Quintar, Inc.
Silicon Valley, CA - Trevor Devaney
Hi-Rel Laboratory
Spokane, WA - John Sanchez
Amazon Lab126
Palo Alto, CA
2019-2022 Term
- Scott Brandenburg
Thales Aerospace – US
Bellevue, WA - Tyler Lenzi
Micron Technology
Boise, ID
WSU grad: BS 1995, MSE - David Rohrig
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Richland, WA
WSU grad: MEM 2004 - Eric Sorenson
Blue Origin
Kent, WA
WSU grad: BS 1985, MSE - Jason Tripard
Microsoft Corporation
Bellevue, WA
WSU grad: BS 1994, ME
2018-2021 Term
- Ashish Gupta
Intel Corporation
Hillsboro, OR - Steve Near
The Boeing Company
Seattle, WA - Sudarshan Rangaraj
Amazon
Seattle, WA
WSU grad: MS 1999, ME - Nyle Miyamoto
Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Everett, WA
WSU grad: MEM 2001
MME Director’s Strategic Advisory Council (SAC)
SAC members are apppointed for 2-year terms and serve as trusted advisors to the MME Director on strategies and operations of the school, while also serving the functions of EAB members.
2019-2020
- Bruce Wollstein
Intel (retd.) - Jerry Knoben
Microsoft (retd.)