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External Advisory Board

The External Advisory Board of the School of Materials Science and Engineering serves as a sounding board to advise the Chair in policy matters in accordance with the expertise represented by the board members and their knowledge of the management of businesses and institutions of higher education. It assists in facilitating the highest quality of engineering education, and promoting and advancing the best interests of the School among alumni, and individuals and organizations in business and industry. The board also actively assists the Chair of the School in securing financial support, particularly from alumni, business, and industry.

MSE at Georgia Tech is grateful to have the following esteemed industry and academic leaders serve on our External Advisory Board.

Sarah (Spring) F. Beasley

MatE '92, MS Int. Log. ‘15

Director of Service Engineering
Boeing

Gene Berdichevsky

Co-founder and CEO
Sila Nanotechnologies Inc.

G. L. (Roy) Bowen, III

President
Georgia Association of Manufacturers

Timothy J. Bunning

Chief Scientist
Air Force Research Laboratory

William Clyburn

CerE '89

Principal
Clyburn Consulting

George Corbin

Senior Executive Vice President
Head of Research, Development,Technology
Solvay Advanced Polymers

Fleurette Fitch

Chem '93, CHE '98

Director of Corporate Quality - Commercial Division
Shaw Industries Inc.

Bryan Haynes

Director, Global Enterprise
Global Nonwovens Research & Engineering
Kimberly-Clark Corporation

Keith Hearon

MSE '09

(EAB Chair)
Founding CEO
Poly6 Technologies

Tami Mace

MS Poly '03

Materials Scientist, Program Leader
Surgical R&D
EcoLab Inc.

Devesh Mathur

Director Research & Development Novelis Global Research and Technology Center

Caitlin Meree

PFE ’11, PhD MSE ’15

Research Specialist
Safety and Graphics Business Lab

Angela Mitchell

PTCh '04

Senior Engineer, R&D
Avanos Medical

Tom Rosenmayer

Vice President, Development
Silpara Technologies

Susan B. Sinnott

Head and Professor
Department of Materials Science & Engineering
Professor, Department of Chemistry
The Pennsylvania State University

Larry Thomson

MSE ‘00

Director Boeing Research & Technology Materials and Processes BCA – Twin Aisle Program Support

Phil Williams

Text '70

(Vice Chair)
Managing Principal
3 & L Advisors, LLC

Emeritus Members

Jennifer P. Bailey

CerE '70, MS CerE '71

BSAF (Retired)

David Bowden

MS '78, Ph.D. Chem '82

Technical Fellow
Boeing Company (Retired)

Fran Brantley

Text ‘64

Vice President (Retired)
J&J Industries

Lee Bryan

Global Director of Product Supply
Tencate Geosynthetics, North America

Gary Foote

President
Domo Engineering Plastics

Michael L. Fulbright,

Text ‘72

President and CEO (Retired)
JPS Industries, Inc.

Michael Ginn

MS CerE ‘80

President
Ginn Mineral Technology, Inc.

Parmeet Grover

MS MetE '93

Senior Partner and Managing Director
The Boston Consulting Group

Kurt Jacobus

ME ‘93

Chairman, President and CEO
MedShape, Inc.

Sandra H. Magnus

Ph.D. CerE '96

Former Astronaut and
Executive Director
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Jeffrey A. Martin

TE '82

President and CEO
Yulex Corporation

Geoffrey P. Morris

PE, CerE '82

Materials/3M Oral Care
Scientific Affairs Manager
3M (Retired)

Yancy W. Riddle

MS MSE ’98, Ph.D. MSE ‘01

Chief Operations Officer
Lief Labs

Herb Upton

MGT ‘93

Director
Specialty Products Division
Shaw Industries Group

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