Industry Advisory Board

The Industry Advisory Board (IAB) for the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering serves as the advisory body and provides advice, feedback, and support to the department’s mission. The board provides assistance with ABET accreditation, curriculum enhancement, K-12 outreach, recruitment and retention, research and investment of resources. Board members are from the electrical and computer engineering industry and include both alumni and individuals who have vested interest in the success of the Electrical and Computer Engineering programs at Wichita State University. The ECE IAB has four working groups. 

  • Working Group on Strategic Guidance & Planning: This working group will provide advice and recommendation on policies and departmental strategic goals that would impact, student experince, industry expectations and research.
    • Members: Dr, Abu Asaduzamman, Dr. Al Tamimi, Ben McDavitt, Dan Biby and  Mckinley Bahr
  • Working Group on Workforce and Curriculum: This working group will assess the skills that industry needs and students are lacking and recommend curriculum changes. 
    • Members: Erik Seligman, Nicholus Cox, Nathan Welk, Dr. John Watkins, Dr. Arun Manoharan, Dr. Kyoungnae Lee and Manira Rani 

Advisory Board Members

 

Dr. Al Tamimi, P.E. - IAB Chair (MSEE '93)
Chief Operating Officer 
Sunflower Electric Power Corporation 

Ahmed Abdallah
Principal Test Engineer
Integra Technologies

Steve Adams, P.E.
Vice President
MKEC Engineering Consultants Inc.

Jed Bentz
VP Engineering
Electromech Technologies

Dan Biby, P.E.
SVP Energy and Manufacturing Markets
Professional Engineering Consultants

Nicholus Cox, P.E. (BSEE '16, MSEE '18)
Manager Distribution Systems Eng. 
OGE Eenrgy Group 

Bryan Edwards (BSEE '09)
Engineer, Electronics Development & Electromagnetic Effects
Textron Aviation

Rodger Graham
Retired
CHS Refinary 

Cody Hastings
Manager, Distribution Systems Engineering
Evergy

Dr. M. K. Jibbe (Ph.D. '82)
Technical Director
NetApp 

Bradley Johnson
Senior Principal II Systems Engineer
BAE Systems

Rye Kennedy, P.E.
President
Tacit Technologies, LLC.
 

Jens Lukoschat (BSCE '02)
Engineering Director, Avionics & Electrical Systems
Textron Aviation
jjlukoschat@txtav.com

Alex Mages (BSEE '16)
Engineering and Operations Manager
LP Technologies
alex.mages@lptech.com
Ben McDavitt 
Member Technical Staff
NetApp
Dr. Doug Melton (BSEE '87)
Program Director
Kern Family Foundation  
Tim Newlin
Engineering Lead
CNH Industrial

Alex Roberts
Manager, Software Engineering,
FUSE at AGCO Corporation

Sean Hamlin (BSEE '10)
ASIC Design Engineer
Keysight Technologies

Tyler Hawkinson (BSCE '21)
Software Engineer 
August Ritchie (BSCE '10)
Critical Problem Resolution Engineer
NetApp
Lynn Schroeder, P.E.
System Protection Engineer
Sunflower Electric Power Corporation 
Erik Seligman
Senior Product Engineering Architect
Cadence
Ann N Senethivisouk (BSCE '04)
Systems Engineer
Spirit AeroSystems
Jonathan Sesock
Director of Project Management
TEC Systems Group
Michael Severson
Sr. Staff Engineer - Avionics & Electrical
Bell Flight
Chad Stilwell, P.E. (BSEE '09)
ATC – Telecommunications
Burns and McDonnell

Jake Stoughton (BSEE '22)
Electromechanical Engineer
Ametek PDS

Kevin Thompson
OKC Electrical Engineering Manager
Boeing
Nnennaya Udochu (BSEE '13)
Staff Analog Engineer
Intel Corportation
Nathan Welk
Engineering Manager, Actuation and Position Sensors
Electromech Technologies
Jeremy Wharton, P.E. (BSEE '13)
Utility Operations Leader
Cargill
 

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