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.
External Advisory Board Members (current)
| Name | Company | City | MME connection | MME EAB service |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael John Anderson | TerraPower | Everett, WA | BS ME 2001 | 2026-present |
| John Bauer | TerraPower | Bellevue, WA | BS ME 2006 | 2026-present |
| Denise Brandon | Energy Northwest | Pasco, WA | BS EECS 2002 | 2026-present |
| Kip Findley | Colorado Sch. Mines | Golden, CO | Prev. MME faculty | 2024-present |
| Robert Gifford, Jr. | Micron | Boise, ID | BS ME 2001, MS ME 2004 | 2024-present |
| Jessi Hall (chair) | SEL | Pullman, WA | BS ME 2000 | 2020-present |
| Tyler Lenzi | Micron | Boise, ID | BS MSE 1995 | 2019-present |
| Seyi Onagoruwa | Boeing | Everett, WA | BS ME 1998, MS ME 2001, MS Eng Mgt 2004 | 2022-present |
| Jessica Parsons | Boeing | Snohomish, WA | BS ME 2009, MS MSE 2011, Exec MBA 2023 | 2026-present |
| Ryan Pitzer | Blue Origin | Seattle, WA | BS ME 2017 | 2024-present |
| Kimberly Priest | Starbucks | Seattle, WA | BS BiolSystEng 2000 | 2023-present |
| Lance G Stephens | Lance Stephens Consulting | Richland, WA | BS ME 1988 | 2026-present |
| Dave Stevens | PACCAR | Not applicable | BS ME | 2025-2028 |
| Marvin Warner | PNNL | Richland, WA | Not applicable | 2024-present |
| Ali Zbib | PNNL | Richland WA | BS MS ME MBA | 2025-2028 |
External Advisory Board Members (former)
| Name | Company | City | MME connection | MME EAB service |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Bahr | Purdue Univ. | West Lafayette, IN | Prev. MME faculty | 2020-2023 |
| Thomas M. Barlow | Lawrence Livermore National Lab | Livermore, CA | BS ME 1957 | Not applicable |
| Greg Bogen | Columbia Energy & Environmental Services | Richland, WA | BS ME 1993 | Not applicable |
| Scott Brandenburg | Thales Aerospace | Everett, WA | Not applicable | 2019-2022 |
| Kameron Bumb | Microsoft | Bellevue, WA | BS EE | 2021-2024 |
| Tod Byquist | Leostella | Federal Way, WA | BS ME 1987 | 2023-2024 |
| Jarrod Carter | Origin Forensics | Liberty Lake, WA | BS ME 1993 | Not applicable |
| Jeff Castleberry | Insitu, Inc | Hood River, OR | BS ME 1989 | Not applicable |
| William Chambers | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| David Danforth | PACCAR (rtd) | Kirkland, WA | BS AgEng 1982 | 2022-2025 |
| Trevor Devaney | Hi-Rel Laboratory | Spokane, WA | Not applicable | 2020-2023 |
| Cari Dorsh | A-Dec | McMinnville, OR | BS MSE 1996 | 2020-2023 |
| Sandy K. Fryer | Fryer Industr. | Orinaga, CA | BS ME 1969 | 1993-2023 |
| Ashish Gupta | Intel Corporation | Hillsboro, OR | Not applicable | 2018-2021 |
| Rocky Gutierrez | Boeing | Renton, WA | BS ME 1996, MS ETM 2019 | Not applicable |
| Jason Johnson | PACCAR | Anacortes, WA | Not applicable | 2020-2026 |
| Gene Jones | HP | Vancouver, WA | BS ME 1980 | Not applicable |
| Laura LH King | HP | Corvallis, OR | BS Phys Metall 1983 | Not applicable |
| Jerry Knoben | Microsoft (rtd) | Not applicable | BS MSE 1984 | 2019-2020 |
| Mathew J. Lyons | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| D Bruce Masson | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Jon McWhirter | TerraPower | Bellevue, WA | Not applicable | 2022-2025 |
| Nyle T. Miyamoto | Boeing | Everett, WA | MS ME 2001 | 2018-2021 |
| Jacob Montero | Kenworth | Kirkland, WA | BS ME 2005 | Not applicable |
| Randal J. Morrison | HP | Vancouver, WA | BS ME | Not applicable |
| Sreekant Narumanchi | NREL | Golden, CO | MS ME 1999 | 2021-2024 |
| Steve Near | Boeing | Seattle, WA | Not applicable | 2018-2025 |
| Phil Ohl | Vista Engineering Technologies | Richland, WA | BS MSE 1987, MS Eng Mgmnt 1992 | Not applicable |
| Sudarshan Rangaraj | Amazon | Seattle, WA | MS ME 1999 | 2018-2021 |
| Dave Rohrig | PNNL | Richland, WA | MS ME 2004 | 2019-2022 |
| John Sanchez | Amazon Lab126 | Palo Alto, CA | Not applicable | 2020-2023 |
| Jayram Sankar | Quintar | Santa Clara, CA | Prev. MME faculty | 2020-2023 |
| Eddie Schweitzer | SEL | Pullman, WA | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Eric Sorenson | Blue Origin | Kent, WA | BS MSE 1985 | 2019-2022 |
| Julia Soto | Intel | Hillsboro, OR | MS MSE 2004 | Not applicable |
| Elaine Thomas | Bradken Tacoma | Tacoma, WA | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Jason Tripard | Microsoft | Bellevue, WA | BS ME 1994 | 2019-2022 |
| Christy L. Turner | Sandia National Laboratories | Sandia, NM | BS ME 2001, MS MSE 2002 | Not applicable |
| Terry Waldron | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| John P. Whitlock | HP | Corvallis, OR | BS MSE | Not applicable |
| Bruce Wollstein | Intel (rtd) | Not applicable | BS ME 1985 | 2019-2020 |