Mechanical and Materials Engineering External Advisory Board
Mission Statement
The mission of the MME EAB is to support the continuous improvement and evolution of the MME program both from an education and research perspective.
Goal
The goal of the EAB is to achieve mutual, high-value faculty/industry collaboration by connecting each faculty member with EAB members and their networks. Each EAB member facilitates the achievement of this goal by seeking out and developing a relationship with at least one faculty member where this mutual benefit can be achieved.
Engagement
The Mechanical and Materials Engineering (MME) Department External Advisory Board (EAB) consists of up to 30 representatives from industry engaging with the department on industry research activities and curriculum needs. The MME EAB also engages with faculty on ABET Accreditation activities for the Mechanical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering Technology undergraduate degree programs provided by MME. Everything the EAB does is in support of MME and aligned with department and college directions
Board Members
Director, Systems Engineering and Simulation Consulting Practice CIMdata
Email: donaldtolle@gmail.com
Phone: (513) 295-3641 (mobile)
Staff Engineer, Emerging Systems Engineering, GE Aviation
Email: christopher.kroger@ge.com
Phone: (513) 618-5288 (office); (513) 233-1595 (mobile)
Chris' LinkedIn Profile
Software Industry Contractor
Retired Vice President, Strategic Marketing, Siemens PLM Software
Email: wcarrelli@hotmail.com
Phone: (513) 295-1894 (mobile)
Interests: My personal interests are in golf and in playing guitar and piano as well as trying to keep up with my grandkids. I am a graduate of U.C. in Aerospace Engineering and I have worked in the PLM market for over 40 years in various capacities from engineering to sales and marketing. I was the executive in charge of marketing for SDRC prior to being acquired by EDS in 2001 and have been a part of the Siemens strategy team since 2007.
Senior Associate, Medical Devices and Drug Delivery
Email: mark.burchnall@stress.com
Phone: (513) 336-6701 (office); (513) 478-4715 (mobile)
Retired CEO, Dorsey-Alexander, Inc. and Cincinnati Controls Inc.
Email: JFCalder@aol.com
Phone: (513) 478-7775 (mobile)
John's LinkedIn Profile
Interests: John currently serves on the UC CEAS Dean’s Advisory Council and has served as the Vice Chair of the Michigan Tech Fund Board of Directors. John recently set up a scholarship which supports under privileged students from the Upper Peninsula and Minnesota to attend MTU. John and Joan have also established the ME-EM Calder Systems and Controls Laboratory. John is active with the Boy Scouts as a Citizenship merit badge counselor and advisor. In the past he was a Webelo’s leader, Cub Master, and Committee Chair of both the local Pack and Troop. He is an avid hunter and gardener, and enjoys fishing. John and Joan have two children and live in Cincinnati, OH.
Vice President Continuous Improvement & Program Management, 80 Acres Farm
Email: debra.evans@eafarms.com
Phone: (513) 602-8030 (mobile)
Debra's LinkedIn Profile
Siemens PLM Software
Email: robert.haubrock@siemens.com
Belcan Corporation
Email: jfhill@belcan.com
Phone: 513.479.5588
Executive Vice President, Kinetic Vision
Jeremy's LinkedIn Profile
Interests: Jeremy Jarrett is the Vice President of Kinetic Vision, located in Evendale Ohio. Kinetic Vision is a commercial research and development lab and repeat recipient of the Cincinnati Enquirer Top Workplaces award. When asked about Kinetic Vision, Jeremy's reply is, "we are a team of curious and creative people who are passionate about using technology to help our clients and our community".
Procter & Gamble (Retired)
Email: koehleah@ucmail.uc.edu
Phone: (513) 884-7994 (mobile)
Art's LinkedIn Profile
Managing Director, HNP
Email: chuck.libourel@hellonewproducts.com
Phone: (513) 378-6901 (mobile)
Chuck's LinkedIn Profile
Interests: Education: BSMET – Metropolitan State University of Denver w/emphasis on Energy Mechanics; Career expertise: Industrial automation systems; Business expertise: New product development across a broad spectrum of markets, products, technologies, materials, mfg processes, distribution channels, and supply chains.
Engineering Fellow, Research and Development, Ethicon, a Johnson & Johnson Company
Email: jmesserl@its.jnj.com
Phone: (513) 503-7349 (mobile)
Energy Harbor
Email: splymale@energyharbor.com
Phone: (419) 707-2240 (mobile)
Scott's LinkedIn Profile
Chief Solutions Architect
Email: mohsen.rezayat@siemens.com
Vice President / Baby Care Process and Engineering, Procter & Gamble
Email: schneider.u.2@pg.com
Phone: (513) 238-2044
Technology Leader of Global Baby Care Modeling & Simulation, Procter & Gamble
Email: stenger.d.2@pg.com
Phone: (513) 945-0258 (office)
Doug's LinkedIn Profile
Scientist
7500 Innovation Way
Mason, Ohio 45040
Email: Nansheng.Tang@L3Harris.com
Phone: (513) 909-5477 (mobile)
Nansheng's LinkedIn Profile
Interests: Off work, I am a classical music and sports disciple. Other topics of interest to me include economics, finance, humanity, and education. My professional career, in parallel, has spanned a broad swath of technical and operational areas ranging from fundamental research in optical materials and devices, to the design and manufacture of industrial lasers and 3D printers, and sensors and sensor components from ultraviolet to infrared in which my professional interest remains.
Senior Vice President, Kinetic Vision
Email: jtopich@kinetic-vision.com
Patent Attorney, Bose McKinney & Evans LLP
Email: dyerkeson@boselaw.com
Phone: (317) 684-5110
Douglas' LinkedIn Profile
Faculty Representatives
Department Head of Mechanical and Materials Engineering; Herman Schneider Professor
Email: sunyg@ucmail.uc.edu
Phone: (513) 556-7620
Research Interests: multiphase flows and heat/mass transfer; machine learning and data-driven methods; thermal management with phase change; complex fluids and interfacial phenomena; transport phenomena in additive manufacturing; and multi-scale modeling with applications in energy systems and advanced manufacturing.
Professor, Department Mechanical and Materials Engineering; Faculty-Representative
Email: manglirm@ucmail.uc.edu
Phone: (513) 556-5704
Assistant Professor, Department Mechanical and Materials Engineering; Faculty-Representative
Email: xu2yf@ucmail.uc.edu
Phone: (513) 556-2755
Associate Professor Educator, Department Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Email: aimee.frame@uc.edu
Phone: (513) 556-4380
Research Interests: Dynamics, controls, mechanics, education pedagogy, and student advising.
Associate Professor Educator, Department Mechanical and Materials Engineering;
Email: elgafya@ucmail.uc.edu
Phone: (513) 556-4015
Research Interests: Nanocomposites (solid & liquid), advanced materials, and new generation of superior carbon foams for thermal management and energy conversion/storage systems, health monitoring structure.
Facilitator
Principal, Legume Technologies
Leadership Committee
Email: paul.vollbracht@legumetech.com
Phone: (513) 382-5964 (mobile)
Additional Contact Info: Paul's LinkedIn Profile
Interests: As facilitator for the Mechanical and Materials Engineering External Advisory Board (MME EAB) I strive to enable the EAB to provide high value to MME Faculty, Staff, and Students. My company, Legume Technologies, is developer and advocate for the Legume Method enabling the creation of webBooks for organizing and presenting information and developing ideas.