Steering Advisory Council 2015-2016
The Steering Advisory Council (SAC), made up of leaders in the aerospace sector, advises and helps the College of Engineering and Purdue in exploring and creating opportunities in the aerospace enterprise that are timely and important at the national level, where academia, industry, and government can work together. This council is set up for the Dean of Engineering, and AAE is privileged to run the SAC on behalf of the dean. The SAC meets once a year. The current members of our SAC are listed below. We are extremely grateful to the efforts of our SAC members in serving the nation’s needs in the aerospace sector.
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Tim Cahill (BSAAE '87, MSAAE '88) Vice-President & General Manager • Strategic Defense Systems Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company |
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Natalie W. Crawford Senior Fellow • RAND Corporation Previously Vice President and Director of RAND Project Air Force |
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Darryl W. Davis (BSAAE '78) President • Phantom Works • Boeing Integrated Defense Systems |
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C. Douglas Ebersole (BSAAE '82) US Department of Defense Liaison for Purdue Executive Director • Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base |
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William H. Gerstenmaier (BSAAE '77) Associate Administrator • Human Exploration and Operations • NASA |
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Amy Hess (BSAAE '89) Executive Assistant Director • FBI Science & Technology Branch |
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Lt. General Jack Hudson Director • National Museum of the U.S. Air Force • United States Air Force |
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Jarrett Jones Vice President & Program Director • JSF LiftSystem Rolls-Royce North American Inc. |
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Dr. Stephen Morford Chief Engineer • Systems Analysis & Aerodynamics • Pratt & Whitney |
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Mark Pearson General Manager • Military Engines • GE Aviation |
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Dr. Alton D. Romig, Jr. Executive Officer • National Academy of Engineering |
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Dr. Robert L. Strickler (BS '60, MS '62, PhD ME '68) Retired • President • TRW ESS, Inc.; VP/GM • TRW EES; VP/GM • TRW S&M; GM • TRW ICBM Prime Integration |
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Dr. Matt Szolwinski (BSAAE '93, MSAAE '95, Ph.D. '98) Chief Engineer and Leader • GE9x Engineering • GE Aviation |
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Tom Vice (BS '86) Corporate VP and President • Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems • Northrop Grumman Corporation |
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Dr. 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 |
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