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.

If you would like to contact the IAB or have interest in joining, please contact the Board at ttumeiab@gmail.com.

Members

Jenny Anderson	ExxonMobil	Member since Fall 2024
Jesus Bravo	SpaceX	Member Since Spring 2025
Billy Clark	Quidnet	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
John Granier	Element U.S. Space & Defense, Chief Engineer, Munitions & Energetics	Memeber since Spring 2024
Kelvin Gryder	Operations Manager, Wind Xcel Energy	Member since Spring 2021
Wade Jansa	Senior Mechanical Engineer, Burns & McDonnell	Member since Fall 2020
Matt Johnson	Midstrean Operations Asset Engineer, Phillips 66	Member since Fall 2023
Brianne Jole	Xcel Energy	Member since Fall 2023
Robert Kurima	Chevron	Member since Fall 2025
Jason Lax	Member at Baker Katz	Member since Fall 2024
Lesley Loper	F35 Chief Engineer, Flight Test, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics	Member since Fall 2020
Hannah McKernan	Transmission Design Engineer, Lockheed Martin Rotary Mission Systems	Member since Spring 2021
Joe Papp	CNS Pantex	Member Since Spring 2024
Joseph Papp	Senior Director, CNS Pantex	Member since Spring 2024
Noah Tevis	General Counsel – Intellectual Property, Bell Textron	Member since Fall 2022
Chelsea Weir	Product Marketing Manager, LyondellBasell	Member since Spring 2022
Kyle Wolfe IAB Chair	BPO Guyana Surf Futures Lead, ExxonMobil	Member since Fall 2020
Preston Abadie	Graduate Student Liaison, Texas Tech University
Logan Sanders	Undergraduate Student Liaison, Texas Tech University
Dr. Song Kong	Department Chair