Steering Advisory Council 2012~2013

The Steering Advisory Council (SAC) advises and helps AAE in exploring and creating major opportunities in the aerospace arena that are timely and important at the national level, where Purdue's AAE can take a leadership role.

The current members of the SAC are shown below. We sincerely appreciate the efforts of the members of the SAC to take time from their busy schedules to assist us in our programs, and look forward to working with them in the future.

Paul R. Adams Senior Vice President of Engineering & Technology • Pratt & Whitney Guest Member
Douglas L. Bowers(BSAAE'72) Director, Propulsion Directorate • AFRL/RZ • United States Air Force Research Laboratory US Department of Defense Liaison for Purdue
Natalie W. Crawford Senior Fellow • RAND Corporation
Darryl W. Davis (BSAAE'78) President • Phantom Works • Boeing Integrated Defense Systems
William H. Gerstenmaier (BSAAE'77) Associate Administrator • Human Exploration and Operations • NASA
Thomas L. Maxwell (BSAAE'69) General Manager • Military Systems and Design Integration • GE Aircraft Engines
Alton D. Romig, Jr. Vice President and General Manager • Skunk Works • Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company
Munir Sindir Director of Engineering Technical Disciplines • United Technologies Corporation • Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
Matt Szolwinski (BSAAE '93, MSAAE '95, Ph.D. '98) Manager • GEnx Systems Engineering • GE Aviation
Tom Vice (BS '86) Corporate VP and President • Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems• Northrop Grumman Corporation
Dennis Warner (BS '73, MSME '76) President and CEO • Rolls-Royce North American Inc. • Aero Engine Control, North America
Sigmar Wittig Professor • Karlsruh Institute of Technology Member of the Board of Presidents • the Technical University System of the State of Niederachse — Association of Universities of Hannover, Braunscheig, and Clausthal