People

Advisory Board

MEAB Group

The Mechanical Engineering Advisory Board (MEAB) was formed in the spring of 2000 to be an active partner in the process of determining program direction and continuous improvement. The department began a set of bi-annual meetings which included a combination of faculty presentations on the curriculum, other academic matters, tours of the laboratories and facilities, and closed meetings with students.

The goal of the MEAB is to help the faculty with the process of revising and achieving the program objectives and outcomes on a continuous basis. MEAB members consist of leaders in industry and government with experience in mechanical engineering and related disciplines.

Members

Ralph Bosek

Chief Operating Officer Retired

Shawn Best

Owner -

Product development and prototyping; Scalable manufacturing; Engineering for consumer, medical, and industrial products; Startup consulting and business scaling; Strategic growth and innovation access; Mentorship and systems implementation for sustainable growth

Michael Denninger

PE

Sebastian Dewhurst

CEO & Director of Business Development - Business Development

Commercialization of new technologies; Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) applications in aerospace, automotive, and power generation; Enterprise software development and deployment; Excel-based pricing and underwriting models in insurance, financial services, and manufacturing; Strategic technology sales and customer engagement; 
Academic instruction in mathematics, fluid mechanics, and thermodynamics; Business development and technology transfer in university research settings

Robert Garcia

Retired

Mechanical engineering and HVAC systems; Leadership in building systems and energy solutions (Trane, Johnson Controls); 
District cooling and chilled water systems; Engineering management and operations; Aviation promotion and aircraft restoration; Longstanding advisory experience in academic鈥搃ndustry partnerships

Jason Heffelmire

VP | Director of Florida Operations -

Jennifer McCarthy

Motion Control Account Manager -

Kenji Plennert

Senior Associate, Practice Leader -

Engineering, design, and project management for electric power utilities.  Specifically in transmission and distribution design

Joe Register

Chief Engineer -

Paul Steif

Retired

Steve Voras

Senior Engineer -

Steve Weber

Engineer -

 J.B. Wright

Director, Manufacturing Engineering -

Hector Guzman

Design Engineering Manager -