Electrical Engineering Advisory Council

The Advisory Council is a group of industry executives who are either engineers or have an interest in the engineering profession. They foster direct professional communication between industry, engineering firms, government agencies, and UNO's College of Engineering. This unique collaboration between faculty and industry serves to strengthen the College of Engineering.

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Mission

The EE Advisory Board is intended to provide a mechanism for Department Leaders and Industry Representatives to collaborate on issues of importance to the Department. This includes direct support for the EE Department Mission by:

1. Ensuring the mission is appropriate both from an institution and industry view.
2. Providing the department access to effective industry techniques, process and expertise.
3. Ensuring that students are as prepared as possible for careers in industry.
4. Supporting departmental accreditation and certification efforts.
5. Validating that processes are in place to ensure the mission remains current and relevant.

Responsibilities

Attendance

Board members are asked to attend and actively participate in Board meetings approximately every other month. Meetings are generally scheduled for approximately one hour and there are often requests for members to take on action items requiring effort outside the meeting schedule. Since all of the Board members typically have full time responsibilities, there will be occasions when members may not be able to attend Board meetings. In these situations, members can elect to send a representative or an alternate familiar with Board activities and responsibilities.

Division of Membership

The Board membership will typically include the EE Department Chair, one to two ad hoc members of the EE department, a non-voting IEEE Student Chapter representative and 8-10 industry representatives. An industry representative generally serves as the Chairman of the Advisory Board for a term of 2 years. The Chairman is responsible for meeting schedules and logistics, publishing meeting minutes and tracking action items, maintenance of the Advisory Board handbook and other activities in support of the Board's Mission.

Objectives

1. Assist the EE Department in maintaining a general focus on design courses in the EE program. In particular, assist in developing and sponsoring industry related senior design (CAPSTONE) courses during each semester.
2. Assist the EE department in the implementation of a Computer Engineering (CpE) concentration as part of the EE program.
3. Participate in industry surveys to ensure that the EE program remains aligned with the needs of regional industries.
4. Provide advice and oversight related to the processes of continually reviewing the EE program to ensure it remains aligned with the needs of the students, industry and the community.
5. Participate in the assessment of equipment used to support laboratory and other courses. Where appropriate, advise or assist in the provisioning of equipment needed to address and identified improvement opportunities.

List of Members
Dr. Anwer Bashi	EE Advisory Council Chair - Computrols, Inc.
Mr. Richard Baumgartner	URS Corporation
Mr. Stephen D. Bourg	Crescent Consultants
Dr. Edit Bourgeois	Assoc. Dean, College of Engr., Prof. Electrical Engineering UNO
Mr. Michael R. Brown	Sensus Metering Systems, Inc.
Mr. Steve Campbell	Yokogawa
Mr. Bobby Chandler	Penta Corporation
Dr. Dimitrios Charalampidis	Electrical Engineering, Univ. of New Orleans, Department Chair
Mr. Salvatore Coco IV	MS Benbow & Associates
Mr. Darryl d’Aquin	CommTech Industries
Mr. Garrett P. Fried	Waldemar S. Nelson and Co., Inc.
Mr. David Gravseth	SPAWAR, New Orleans
Mr. Edwin Herasymiuk	Gulf X-Ray Services, Inc.
Mr. Charles Ledet	Digicourse, Inc.
Mr. Steven J. Liggio, P.E.	Point Eight Power, Inc.
Mr. Doug Mader	Entergy Services, Inc.
Mr. Robert Mejia, P.E.	Keystone Engineering, Inc.
Mr. Riley Parker, P.E.	Shell Exploration and Production Company
Mr. Gene Stafford	Powertronics System, Inc.
Mr. Daniel Toups	AT&T
Mr. Gregory Williamson	IEEE UNO Student Branch Chair
Mr. Kenneth M. Wright, P.E.	MS Benbow and Assoc.