External Advisory Council
The External Advisory Council [EAC] is a group of industry representatives and corporate leaders who meet every semester on campus to advise and support the department in best preparing chemical engineering students to enter a competitive workforce.
Spring
Key Objectives
- Update faculty about technical, business and professional needs of industry and government
- Improve research by presenting current and future industry trends
- Advise the department of the latest professional skills expected of graduates
- Listen to direct feedback from students about curriculum and university operating procedures to best inform and guide department leaders
- Assist recruitment of outstanding undergraduate and graduate students
- Contribute networking, training and employment opportunities for students and recent graduates
- Help obtain necessary resources, both financial and intellectual, to meet department needs
- Provide corporate checks and balances for the department’s management of operations
Current Members
| Name | Position and Company |
| Guillermo Antonio Ameer | Professor – Northwestern University |
| Angela Archon | Board of Directors – Switch, Inc.; CommonSpirit Health |
| Sean Arnold | Group Vice President - C3 AI |
| Stephanie Bryant | Professor, Director, Materials Science & Engineering Program - University of Colorado - Boulder |
| Manny Cano | Team Lead, Process Development - Shell |
| Jason Cheung - Chair | Distinguished Scientist, Analytical Research & Development – Merck |
| Luis Cirihal | President, Refining Technologies - W. R. Grace & Co. |
| Toni Crawford | Former Senior Manager, Engineering Standards – Enterprise Products |
| Javier Cuellar | Director, Energy Trading – BASF |
| Tejuana Edmond | Vice President, Plastic Additives Americas - BASF |
| Corley Hutton | Director, Strategy & Solution Management – Emerson Process Management |
| Raj Krishnan | Partner and Managing Director – Accenture |
| Amanda Lewis | Senior Director, Quality Operations - Moderna PCV |
| Kimberly Markiewicz | Vice President of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion – DuPont |
| Patrick Nonhof | Co-founder & Managing Partner – Provenance Consulting |
| Bill Preston | President and CEO – KP Engineering |
| Shravanthi Reddy | CEO – ClearSight |
| Juny Sridhara | President – Archimedes Finance |
| Bradley Warsen | Executive Director, Cell Therapy - Bristol Myers Squibb |
| David Woods | Global Intermediates Planning Manager - ExxonMobil |
Meetings
Last meeting: November 2-3, 2023
Next meeting: April 2024 - TBD
Location: CPE Building
