
External Advisory Committee
External Advisory Committee (EAC) members are dedicated industry leaders and corporate partners who work to advance the mission of the Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering. They provide guidance on industry and education and serve as ambassadors for the department beyond the University.
Committee Members
(*UT Alumnus)
Jason Cooper*
CEO, Advanced Nuclear
GE Vernova
Jason.Cooper@gevernova.com
Cara Courtney
Mechanical Senior Engineer
Emerging Technologies
Dell Technologies
cara.courtney@dell.com
Binz DeWalch*
Chairman and CEO
DeWalch Technologies, Inc.
bdewalch@DeWalch.com
Amanda Dodd*
Senior Manager, Computational Science and Analysis
Sandia National Laboratories
ajbarra@sandia.gov
Oded Doron*
VP of Engineering
X-energy
odoron@x-energy.com
Ashley Durand*
SpaceX (retired)
ashleybrowning@utexas.edu
Karl Fisher*
Executive Director
Applied Research Laboratories (ARL:UT)
UT Austin
kfisher@arlut.utexas.edu
Ginny Garriques*
Chief Engineer – Pipelines, Offshore, and Infrastructure
Subsurface & Subsea
ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering
ginny.garriques@exxonmobil.com
Julio C. Guerrero*
Founder and CEO
Cambridge Research and Technology LLC
jguerrero@crativ1.com
Bunker M. Hill*
Senior Technical Advisor
Downhole Emerging Technologies
bunkerhill@gmail.com
Fang Lu*
Senior Machine Learning Manager
Apple
lufang05@gmail.com
Jeff Miers*
Director, Partners & Alliances, Energy & Utilities
Amazon Web Services
jmaws@amazon.com
Steve Mills*
Mechanical Engineer
Meta Platforms
stevem@meta.com
David Rigby*
Senior Manager, Space and Missile Systems
The Boeing Company
David.A.Rigby2@Boeing.com
Vivek Sakhrani*
Chief Product Support
Atlas AI
viveksakhrani@gmail.com
Elliott Short*
Senior Engineering Fellow
Raytheon
eshort@raytheon.com
Greg Smith*
NASA Flight Operations, Lander/Surface Integration
NASA
greg.n.smith@nasa.gov
Kari Stanley*
Senior Program Manager, Space
Lockheed Martin
kari.o.stanley@lmco.com
Peter Weaver
FE Team Lead, Engineering Supervisor
Chevron
PeterWeaver@chevron.com
Mark Williamson
Operations Director
Ironwood Capital Partners
Mark@ironwoodca.com
