College of Engineering

Advisory Council for Engineering

	Barry Beck, Chair Vice President, I.C. Thomasson Associates, Inc. ’87 B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Tennessee Tech
	Robert F. (Bob) Alvey Vice Chair Owner, Alvey Consulting Retired, Global QA Manager Proctor & Gamble, Duracell Personal Power ’77 B.S. Electrical Engineering, Tennessee Tech ’79 M.S. Electrical Engineering, Tennessee Tech
	Audrey R. Copeland President & CEO National Asphalt Pavement Association ’79 B.S. Civil Engineering, Tennessee Tech ’01 M.S. Civil Engineering, Tennessee Tech ’07 Ph.D. Civil Engineering, Vanderbilt
	Adedeji (Deji) Badiru, Ph.D. Dean and Professor, Graduate School of Engineering and Management Air Force Institute of Technology ’79 B.S., Industrial Engineering, Tennessee Tech ’81 M.S., Mathematics, Tennessee Tech ’82 M.S., Industrial Engineering, Tennessee Tech ’94 Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, University of Central Florida
	David Bible, P.E. Senior Associate, Stantech Consulting Services, Inc. ’87 B.S., Civil Engineering, Tennessee Tech
	Kong Chen, Ph.D. Senior Investigator and Co-Director, Metabolic Clinical Research Unit National Institutes of Health ’93 B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Tennessee Tech ’97 Ph.D., Biomedical/Medical Engineering, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine ’00 MSCI, Clinical Investigation, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
	Clayton Clem, P.E. Vice President, Electric Systems Projects, Tennessee Valley Authority ’79 B.S., Civil Engineering, Tennessee Tech ’85 M.S. Civil Engineering, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga
	Christy H. Drewry Authorization Basis Engineer Nuclear Safety and Engineering National Nuclear Safety Administration Production Office ‘08 B.S. Chemical Engineering, Tennessee Tech
	Terry Farris Sr. Director, Global Quality Nike Air Nike, Inc. ’97 B.S. Industrial Engineering, Tennessee Tech ’03 MBA, Indiana Wesleyan University
	Mary Anne Koltowich Project Manager, Part-Time, BWX Technologies ’77 B.S., Civil Engineering
	John C. Lowry President & CEO, Lowry Technical Associates, Inc. Retired Engineering Director Proctor & Gamble ’69 B.S. Industrial Technology, Tennessee Tech University ’80 MBA, University of Montana Chair, Advisory Board for Manufacturing & Engineering Technology
	Jill Moffitt Senior Software Engineering Manager, International Programs. and Cookeville Site Manager - SAIC ’02 B.S. Management Information Systems, University of Iowa Henry B. Tippie College of Business ’13 MBA, Western Illinois University Chair, Advisory Board for Computer Science
	Mary Patterson Retired, Executive, IBM ’68 B.S., Mathematics, Tennessee Tech Past Chair, Advisory Council for Engineering
	Chris Privon Retired, Hewlett-Packard Company ’79 B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Tennessee Tech ‘83 MBA, University of Virginia, Darden School of Business ’18 MA, Theology, University of Notre Dame Past Chair, Advisory Council for Engineering
	Keron Privon ’80 B.S. Industrial Engineering
	Mark Self CEO, Philadelphia Mixing Solutions ’79 B.S. Civil Engineering
	Elizabeth Surface Retired, President Ross Bryan Associates, Inc. ’78 B.S. Civil Engineering, Vanderbilt
	David W. Swindle, Jr. Consultant ’76 B.S. Engineering Science, Tennessee Tech ’79 M.S. Nuclear Science and Engineering, Virginia Tech ‘81 MBA, University of Tennessee – Knoxville
	Stephen Whitley Independent Executive Committee Member, New York State Reliability Council ’70 B.S., Electrical Engineering
	Phil Wilbourn Principal Consultant, Business Management Consultants, Inc. ’66 B.S., Civil Engineering, Tennessee Tech

Ex-Officio Members/Department Board Chairs

	Jonathan Callies Director, Electrification Systems Division, DENSO Manufacturing Tennessee, Inc. ’89 B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Tennessee Tech ’91 MBA, Vanderbilt University – Owen Graduate School of Management Co-Chair, Advisory Board for Mechanical Engineering, Tennessee Tech
	Steve Carter Technical Director, Instrumentation & Applications Kulite Semiconductor Products, Inc. ’85 B.S., Electrical Engineering, Tennessee Tech ’94 M.S., Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of Tennessee Space Institute Co-Chair, Advisory Board Electrical & Computer Engineering, Tennessee Tech
	Chester Little, Ph.D., PE Associate Professor – Engineering Physics, Austin Peay State University ’79 B.S., Chemical Engineering & Chemistry ’85 M.S., Physical Science, University of Houston-Clear Lake ’90 Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin Co-Chair, Advisory Board for Chemical Engineering, Tennessee Tech
	Savannah Long Threat Engineer Dynetics ’15 B.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tennessee Tech Electrical and Computer Engineering
	John C. Lowry President & CEO, Lowry Technical Associates, Inc. Retired Engineering Director Proctor & Gamble ’69 B.S. Industrial Technology, Tennessee Tech University ’80 MBA, University of Montana Chair, Advisory Board for Manufacturing & Engineering Technology
	Arnold Lumsdaine, Ph.D. Senior, R&D Engineer, Oak Ridge National Laboratory ‘89 B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan ’91 M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan ’95 Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan Co-Chair Advisory Board for Mechanical Engineering, Tennessee Tech
	Jill Moffitt Senior Software Engineering Manager, International Programs. and Cookeville Site Manager - SAIC ’02 B.S. Management Information Systems, University of Iowa Henry B. Tippie College of Business ’13 MBA, Western Illinois University Chair, Advisory Board for Computer Science
	Carl Sandlin President, Cws Drilling Operations Services ’71 B.S., Chemical Engineering, Tennessee Tech ’72 M.S. Chemical Engineering, Georgia Tech Chair, Advisory Board for Chemical Engineering
	Kimberly Williams Director of Operations, Kohler Kitchen and Bath ’94 B.S., Industrial Technology ’03 M.S. Manufacturing Management, Kettering University Chair, Advisory Board for Manufacturing and Engineering Technology
	David Wright Principal Specialist, Carpenter Wright Engineers, a Division of Bennett & Pless ’80 B.S., Civil Engineering, Tennessee Tech ’82 M.S., Structural Engineering, University of Texas Chair, Advisory Board for Civil & Environmental Engineering, Tennessee Tech

Emeriti, Advisory Council for Engineering

	Alice Cannella, P.E., Emeritus Retired, Director of Wastewater Utility, City of Chattanooga ’72 B.S., Sociology, Tennessee Tech ’75 B.S., Fine Arts, Middle Tennessee State University ’78 B.S., Civil Engineering, Tennessee Tech ‘13 M.S., Engineering Management, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga
	Tommy Chisholm, Emeritus Retired, Vice President, Secretary, Association General Council, Southern Company Services, Inc. ’63 B.S., Civil Engineering, Tennessee Tech ’84 MBA, Georgia Tech ’69 JD, Cumberland School of Law, Stamford University Past Chair, Advisory Council for Engineering
	Tom Hudson, Emeritus Retired, Matteson-Hudson Construction Company ’73 BME, Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology ’75 MBA, University of Virginia
	Lem L. McSpadden, Emeritus Retired, Senior Property Inspector, EnviroTENN ’71 B.S., Industrial Technology

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