External Advisory Board (EAB)
MATE's External Advisory Board (EAB) is composed of representatives from industries, entrepreneurships, and education. The sectors our EAB members represent include aerospace, biomedical engineering, design, education, microelectronics, non-profits, and sustainable/renewable energy. Many members are also MATE alumni.
EAB members help keep us up to date on current and future needs our students will face when they start their careers. They provide advice and counsel in such matters as curriculum and long-term planning for needs our graduates can be better prepared to address. EAB members also share their expertise with our students and offer informal mentoring when they come to campus twice a year for board meetings.
Please note that we are still building this table of information about our EAB members.
| Board Members | title | Company | sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Guerrero | Design Engineer |
SRAM LLC |
|
| Alan Brown | Director Metallic Materials | Aerojet Rocketdyne | Aerospace |
| Alan Pelton | CTO | G Rau | |
| Bill Bellows | Associate Fellow and Lead | Aerojet Rocketdyne | Aerospace |
| Brad Roberts | Senior Vice President | Xinova | Investing |
| Darin Grandfield | Superintendent of Operations and Technical Services | Phillips 66 | Energy |
| David F. Taggart | VP Products | Ironridge, Inc. | Solar |
| Drew Felker | CEO | Trutech Energy | Energy |
| Greg Vilioria | Assistant Facility Director | Nichols Research | |
| Joseph Wright | Materials Engineer | US Government | Aerospace |
| Juan Cepeda-Rizo | Lead Thermal Engineer | Jet Propulsion Laboratory - NASA | Aerospace |
| Lisa Ballou | Staff Engineer and Business Manager | Nitinol Devices and Components | |
| Matthew Anderson | Materials Engineer | Chevron | Energy |
| Melody Golobic | Materials Engineer | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | |
| Penny Iwanasa | Senior Staff Engineer | Intel Corporation | Semiconductors/Microelectronics |
| Ronnie Pierce | Manager of Facility and Inventory Planning | USS-Posco Industries | Manufacturing |
| Scott Harmel | Vice President, Operations | AGIGA Tech | |
| Scott Miner | Department Coordinator/Welding Technology | Las Positas College | Education |
| Steve Tunick | Senior Manager, Engineering | Raytheon Company | |
