The External Advisory Board for the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECpE) is a board of industry experts, as well as alumni of the department, who advise the department on ways to improve and ensure that our degree programs continue to excel and meet the needs of employers in industry and academia.
External Advisory Board Members 2011-12
BOARD CHAIR
- Bruce Trump, Staff Technologist, Texas Instruments Inc.
BOARD MEMBERS
- Bill Boswell, Senior Director, Global Partner Marketing, Siemens Product Lifecycle, Management Software Inc.
- Rob Bowen, Senior Engineering Manager, ASIC & FPGA Design – Security Applications, Government Systems, Rockwell Collins
- Mitchell Corbett, Software Systems and Support Manager, Engineering Field Automation group, Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc.
- Ryan Hammond, Software Engineer, Cybersecurity, Boeing Research and Technology
- Hamid Elahi, General Manager – Energy Consulting, GE Energy
- Sam Ellis, Program Director, InfoSphere Streams Development, IBM; IBM Campus Relationship Manager with Iowa State University
- Bob Erger, Staff Software Engineer, Schneider Electric
- Shawn Hanson, Principal Test Manager, Microsoft Business Division, Microsoft, Inc.
- John Kenkel, Design Engineering Team Leader, Garmin International, Inc.
- David J. Lilja, Louis John Schnell Professor and Department Head, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota
- Daniel L. Mineck, Retired, Alliant Energy Corporation
- Nicholas J. Multari, Senior Manager, Trusted Cyber Technology, Boeing Research and Technology
- Albert (Bert) Nelson, Managing Director, Zenergy Power, Inc.
- V.R. Ramanan, Executive Consulting R&D Scientist, U.S. Corporate Research Center, ABB, Inc.
- Ren Russie, Director, Quality Assurance, St. Paul Operations, Boston Scientific Corporation, CRV Rhythm