Industrial Advisory Board

Objective

The Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) of the Mechanical Engineering department is a valuable resource for the Whitacre College of Engineering, providing strategic planning, program development insights, and unique industry perspectives to the Department Chair. IAB Board members serve as ambassadors for the Mechanical Engineering department and are essential to forging alliances between students and Whitacre College of Engineering administration.

Members

Billy Clark	BiSN	Member since Fall 2023
Jennifer Cox	High Pressure Systems Manager, Boeing	Member since Fall 2022
Ruslan Filyukov	Reservoir Engineer, Formentera Partners	Member since Spring 2016
Rusty Freelen	Project Engineer Sr Staff, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics	Member since Fall 2014
Kelvin Gryder	Operations Manager, Wind Xcel Energy	Member since Spring 2021
Scott T. Hancock	Special Tooling Lead Engineer, CNS Pantex Plan	Member since Spring 2018
Wade Jansa	Project Manager/Senior Mechanical Engineer, Burns & McDonnell	Member since Fall 2020
Matt Johnson	Phillips 66	Member since Fall 2023
Lesley Loper	Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, Chief Engineer, F35 Production	Member since Fall 2020
Hannah McKernan	Lockheed Martin Rotary Mission Systems, Transmission Design Engineer	Member since Spring 2021
William Moler	Tallgrass Energy (Ret)	Member since Spring 2023
Brianne Siefert	Xcel Energy	Member since Fall 2023
Noah Tevis	General Counsel – Intellectual Property, Bell Textron	Member since Fall 2022
Chelsea Weir	Business Decision Analyst, LyondellBasell	Member since Spring 2022
Kyle Wolfe	Operations Engineer, Midstream Operations Company, Phillips 66	Member since Fall 2020
Preston Abadie	Graduate Student Liaison, Texas Tech University
Jessica Bradski	Undergraduate Student Liaison, Texas Tech University
Dr. Song Kong	Department Chair