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.
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
| Guillermo Antonio Ameer
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Professor – Northwestern University |
| Angela Archon
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Board of Directors – Switch, Inc.; CommonSpirit Health |
| Sean Arnold
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VP, Oil and Gas Sales – C3.ai |
| Jose Bayardo
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Senior Vice President and CFO – National Oilwell Varco |
| Jack Broodo
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Business President, Feedstocks and Energy – Dow Chemical |
| Manny Cano
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Shell |
| Jason Cheung
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Executive Director, Preformulation, Pharmeceutical Sciences – Merck |
| Toni Crawford
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Senior Manager, Engineering Standards – Enterprise Products |
| Javier Cuellar
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Director, Energy Trading – BASF |
| Daniel Horne
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LEAD Representative; Regional Sales Manager – Hach Company |
| Corley Hutton
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Director SQA and Strategic Planning, Process Systems and Solutions – Emerson Process Management |
| Justin Klug
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President – Capitolis |
| Raj Krishnan
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Partner and Managing Director – Accenture |
| Ryan Kudva – Chair
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Joint Interest Coordinator, US Production – ExxonMobil |
| Julie Lambert
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OCM Lead, ERP Transformation Project – Phillips 66 |
| Kimberly Markiewicz
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Vice President of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion – DuPont |
| Patrick Nonhof
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Co-founder & Managing Partner – Provenance Consulting |
| Bill Preston
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President and Chief Operating Officer – KP Engineering |
| Shravanthi Reddy
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CEO – ClearSight |
| Jeff Reilly
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Consultant |
| Juny Sridhara
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President – Archimedes Finance |
| Tom Yura | Chief Operating Officer – Cornerstone |
(Date in parentheses indicates year term ends)
| Last meeting | April 9, 2021 |
| Next meeting | TBA |
| Location | TBA |