Board of Advisors
The University of Tennessee College of Engineering's Board of Advisors consists of high-level managerial and technical executives from government, education, business and industry. The Board of Advisors serves in an advisory capacity to the dean, administrative staff, department heads, faculty and students of the COE. Many of the BOA members are UT-COE alumni.
Executive Committee
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Mr. Edwin A. McDougle, P.E. Board Chair (BS/CE '69, MS/CE '75) Principal Ross Bryan Associates, Inc. Nashville, Tenn. |
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Mr. Howard E. Chambers (BS/ME '64) Vice-President, Program Management, Commercial Airplanes The Boeing Company Seattle, Wa. |
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Mr. Joseph C. Cook, Jr. (BS/IE '65) Founder & Principal Mountain Group Capital, LLC Nashville, Tenn.
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Dr. William L. Eversole Chair-Elect (BS/EE '73; Ph.D./EE, Southern Methodist University) CEO & President Bandspeed, Inc. Austin, Texas |
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Ms. Kimberly Scheibe Greene (BS/ES '88; MS/BioM '90, University of Alabama-Birmingham; MBA '96, Samford) Group President of Strategy & External Relations Tennessee Valley Authority Knoxville, Tenn. |
Members
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Mr. Terry K. Begley (BS/ChE '69, MS/EA '74) Vice President, Global Supply Chain, Chief Procurement Officer (retired) Eastman Chemical Company Kingsport, Tenn. |
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Dr. Victoria (Vicky) Brady (AB '79 (Bryn Mawr College), PhD '84 (University of Pennsylvania)) Technology Director DuPont Latin America E.I. DuPont de Nemours Wilmington, Del. |
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Dr. Anthony Buhl (BS/NE '63, MS/NE '64, PhD/NE '67) President/CEO EnergX, LLC Oak Ridge, Tenn. |
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Mr. Michael K. Carroll (BS/ME '80) CEO MK Technologies Corporation Knoxville, Tenn. |
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Mrs. Nancy C. Cole (BS/MetE '63, MS/MetE '88) Engineering Consultant Fernandina Beach, Fla.
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Dr. Wayne A. Coleman (BS/NE '63, MS/NE '65, Ph.D./NE '69) Corporate Vice President Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (retired) McLean, Va. |
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Mr. L. Michael Cuddy (BS/ME '67, MBA/Finance '72) President & CEO Technology 2020 Oak Ridge, Tenn.
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Dr. Mark E. Dean (BS/EE '79; MS/EE '82, Florida Atlantic University; Ph.D. '92, Stanford) IBM Fellow & Vice President Technical Strategy & World Wide Operations IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Yorktown Heights, N.Y. |
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Mr. Mark Deathridge (BS/ES '82) President/CEO, East Tennessee Mechanical Contractors Knoxville, Tenn. |
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Mr. Dennis A. Denihan (BS/ChE '72) Consultant Race Trac Petroleum, Inc. Atlanta, Ga. |
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Dr. Terry Douglass (BS/EE '63, MS/EE '66, PhD/EE '68) President, ProVision Health Care Knoxville, Tenn.
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Mr. Jim Downing (BS/CE '69, MS/EE '74) Chairman Barge Waggoner Sumner & Cannon, Inc. Nashville, Tenn. |
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Mr. Robert E. Dunn (BS/CE '73; MBA '75, Harvard Business School) Senior Vice President Prism Gas Systems, I,LP Bedford, Texas |
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Ms. Sharon Sirang Habibi (BS/Arch '75, MS/CE '77, EMBA '89) CEO/President Syscom Technologies Inc. Marietta, Ga. |
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Mr. John Howanitz (BS/Psychology-Criminal Justice '81, King's College, Wilkes-Barre) General Manager, Nuclear Security & Allied Governments Bechtel National, Inc. Frederick, Maryland |
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Dr. Michael W. Howard, P.E. (BS/EE '80; MS/BE '83, University of Pittsburgh; Ph.D./ES '96) President and Chief Executive Officer Electric Power Research Institute Charlotte, N.C. |
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Dr. Jeff Nichols (BA/Math '78, Ba/Chem '78 (Malone College), PhD '83 (Texas A & M University) Associate Laboratory Director Computing & Computer Science Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge, Tenn. |
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Mr. J. Parker Smith (BS/ME, North Carolina State University) Vice President and General Manager Worldwide Manufacturing Support Eastman Chemical Company Johnson City, Tenn. |
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Mr. J.D. "Spike" Tickle BS/IE '87, MBA '98 (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) Director, Strongwell Corporation Three Horse Investments, LLC Bristol, Va. |
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Mr. Eric Zeanah BS/IE '84 President/Owner American Accessories International Knoxville, Tenn. |