External Advisory Committee

The Mechanical Engineering External Advisory Committee (EAC) is a group of dedicated industry representatives and corporate partners, who actively support the strategic objectives and goals of the Mechanical Engineering department at The University of Texas at Austin. In turn, they provide the department with valuable input concerning current and future trends in industry, resources for research and development, industry interfaces and exchanges, recruitment opportunities and departmental promotion.

Overview

• The External Advisory Committee provides a means for the faculty to learn more about the technical, business and professional needs of industry and government.
• The External Advisory Committee (EAC) provides a direct path of communication between the suppliers of trained engineering professionals and the customers for these professionals.

Why the EAC?

• The Cockrell School of Engineering seeks to continually improve the quality of teaching, research, and management of their operations.
• One important method to aid in this improvement is to seek the advice and consultation of professionals in industry, government, and academia.
• The formal venue for this endeavor at the department level is the formation of a departmental External Advisory Committee (EAC) for each academic department in the Cockrell School of Engineering.
• The EAC acts as a formal conduit between graduate and undergraduate students filtering comments related to curriculum and university operating procedures.
• Similarly, the EAC can provide to students their perspectives on the needs, trends, and opportunities in industry, business and government.

EAC Vision Statement

• The EAC actively assists the Mechanical Engineering department in the education of superior students prepared to meet the needs of industry. As stakeholders of the process, the EAC will provide written feedback on the curriculum and the progress of the Strategic Plan implementation. The EAC members will be recognized as Ambassadors of the ME Department in the community of engineers and Texas Exes.

EAC Primary Objectives

• To promote teaching excellence at both the undergraduate and graduate level.
• To promote excellence in graduate student and faculty research.
• To assist in the recruitment of outstanding undergraduate and graduate students.
• To advise the faculty and the undergraduate and graduate students of the professional skills expected of BS, MS and PhD graduates hired in industry, business, and government.
• To assist the department in interactions with the Dean, interactions with the University administration, appropriate fund-raising, and promotional activities.
• To assist the department in providing public service to the State of Texas and its citizens.

Mechanical Engineering External Advisory Committee

Our Mission Statement is:
The Mechanical Engineering Department's External Advisory Committee comprised of interested alumni and corporate partners, will actively support the strategic objective, the goals and the mission of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. This will be accomplished primarily as follows:

• By providing, causing to be provided, or assisting in obtaining, necessary resources for the Department and/ or Chair— both financial and intellectual.
• By providing current industry interfaces that encourage two-way exchanges of ideas, concepts and best practices.
• By being role models for all stakeholders in the Mechanical Engineering Department, to The University of Texas at Austin, the State of Texas and the world at large.

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