External Advisory Board
The External Advisory Board of the School of Materials Science and Engineering serves as a sounding board to advise the Chair in policy matters in accordance with the expertise represented by the board members and their knowledge of the management of businesses and institutions of higher education. It assists in facilitating the highest quality of engineering education, and promoting and advancing the best interests of the School among alumni, and individuals and organizations in business and industry. The board also actively assists the Chair of the School in securing financial support, particularly from alumni, business, and industry.
MSE at Georgia Tech is grateful to have the following esteemed industry and academic leaders serve on our External Advisory Board.
Sarah (Spring) F. Beasley
Director of Service Engineering
Boeing
Gene Berdichevsky
Co-founder and CEO
Sila Nanotechnologies Inc.
Dana Breed
Global R&D Director of Packaging and Sustainability
The Coca-Cola Company
Timothy J. Bunning
Chief Scientist
Air Force Research Laboratory
William Clyburn
Principal
Clyburn Consulting
George Corbin
Senior Executive Vice President
Head of Research, Development,Technology
Solvay Advanced Polymers
Fleurette Fitch
Director of Corporate Quality - Commercial Division
Shaw Industries Inc.
Bryan Haynes
Director, Global Enterprise
Global Nonwovens Research & Engineering
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Keith Hearon
(EAB Chair)
Founding CEO
Poly6 Technologies
Tami Mace
Materials Scientist, Program Leader
Surgical R&D
EcoLab Inc.
Devesh Mathur
Caitlin Meree
Research Specialist
Safety and Graphics Business Lab
Angela Mitchell
Senior Engineer, R&D
Avanos Medical
Tom Rosenmayer
Vice President, Development
Silpara Technologies
Susan B. Sinnott
Head and Professor
Department of Materials Science & Engineering
Professor, Department of Chemistry
The Pennsylvania State University
Larry Thomson
Director Boeing Research & Technology Materials and Processes BCA – Twin Aisle Program Support
Phil Williams
(Vice Chair)
Managing Principal
3 & L Advisors, LLC
Emeritus Members
Jennifer P. Bailey
BASF (Retired)
David Bowden
Technical Fellow
Boeing Company (Retired)
Fran Brantley
Vice President (Retired)
J&J Industries
Lee Bryan
Global Director of Product Supply
Tencate Geosynthetics, North America
Gary Foote
President
Domo Engineering Plastics
Michael L. Fulbright,
President and CEO (Retired)
JPS Industries, Inc.
Michael Ginn
President
Ginn Mineral Technology, Inc.
Parmeet Grover
Senior Partner and Managing Director
The Boston Consulting Group
Kurt Jacobus
Chairman, President and CEO
MedShape, Inc.
Sandra H. Magnus
Former Astronaut and
Executive Director
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Jeffrey A. Martin
President and CEO
Yulex Corporation
Geoffrey P. Morris
Materials/3M Oral Care
Scientific Affairs Manager
3M (Retired)
Yancy W. Riddle
Chief Operations Officer
Lief Labs
Herb Upton
Director
Specialty Products Division
Shaw Industries Group
