Advisory Board for the Department of Chemical Engineering
Professional support from our advisory board is an invaluable asset to the Department. The experience, expertise, and advice provided by these individuals affords a tremendous advantage not only to faculty and students, but to the businesses as well. These professionals collectively bring a wealth of knowledge to the table, providing dialogue and direction to help faculty in planning and implementing programs to assure that the Department remains in the forefront of engineering education to provide a strong foundation on which students can build their professional careers.
Co-Chairs
- Russell Parise
Sr. Product Manager, Ultra Clean Holdings Inc. - Andrew Schmitt
Site Manager, BASF Corporation
Members
- Barath Baburao
Barnhart Engineers & Constructors - Donnie Blaylock
Associate Director, Dow Chemical U S A - Stephen Desirey
Retired - Christy Drewry
Safety Basis/Safety System Oversight Engineer, National Nuclear Security Administration - Jacob Green
Territory Manager, NDI Office Furniture - David Kirby
Manager Global Product Engineering Foam Team, Tempur Sealy International - Daniel Klingenberg
Process Improvement Engineer, Eastman Chemical Company - Barbara Knutson
Professor, University of Kentucky - Phaneendra Kondapi
DigiTide.ai - Charles Koudelka
Facility Safety Engineer, B&W Y-12 LLC - Parker Lusk
Water Treatment Consultant, Nashville Chemicals
- Julian Lyons
Y-12 - Reed Mullins
Senior Director, Y-12 Production Operations, Consolidated Nuclear Security LLC - Michael Parkes
Process Engineering Manager, EverZinc - Nemoy Rau
Stealth Mode Dental Co/Veterinary Co.; US Biometrix - John Richardson
Director of Technology, SunCoke Energy - Ty Sather
Process Engineer, Process Engineering Associates LLC - Julia Shell
Olin Corporation - Jeffrey Siirola
Retired, Eastman Chemical Company - Jim Stonecipher
Chief Operating Officer, ADVANO - Spencer Tidwell
Group Leader-CE Process Engineering, Eastman Chemical Company
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