Advisory Councils

Biomedical Engineering Advisory Council

Diane R. Bienek, Ph.D. American Dental Association Science & Research Institute
Barbara Bregman, Ph.D. Professor, Georgetown University, Dept. of Neuroscience, Washington, D.C.
Kevin Cleary, Ph.D. Technical Director, Bioengineering Initiative, The Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Children's National Health System, Washington, D.C.
Diane L. Damiano, Ph.D. Chief, Functional and Applied Biomechanics Section, NIH, Bethesda, MD
Joel B. Mylkebust, Ph.D. Deputy Director, Office of Science and Engineering Laboratories, FDA, Silver Spring, MD

Civil and Environmental Engineering Advisory Council

Dan Herrema, Ph.D. Vice-president, Limnotech, Washington, DC
Hamid Karimi, Ph.D. Deputy Director, Natural Resources Administration, Department of Energy & Environment, Government of the District of Columbia
Dennis McCahill, Ph.D. Retired
Daniel Murphy Assistant Superintendent at Architect of the Capitol, Washington, DC
Arash Parham Director, Clark Foundations, Bethesda, MD
Melissa Prelewicz Associate Executive Director, American Association of Engineering Societies, American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, VA
Jeffrey Seltzer Deputy Director, Natural Resources Administration, DOEE, Washington, DC
Heather Shinn Vice-president, Pearsons, Washington, DC
Scott Stewart Principal, SKandA Structural Engineers, Washington, DC
Gene VanDyck, Ph.D. Underground Technology Group, LLC, Herdon, VA
William (Bill) Whiting Vice-president, The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., Washington DC

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Advisory Council

Hamidzadeh Babak Associate Dean of Libraries for Digital Systems and Stewardship, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Ramesh Bhardawaj, Ph.D. Senior Software Technology Researcher, Naval Research Laboratories, Washington, D.C.
Tarek El- Ghazawi, Ph.D. Professor, IEEE Fellow, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
Jose R. Latimer, Ph.D. Executive for Homeland Protection Mission Area, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD
Chang-Tien Lu, Ph.D. Professor of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Arlington, VA
Jude Nitsche Principal, Nitsche and Associates LLC, Alexandria, VA
Lawrence Schuette, Ph.D. Lockheed Martin Company, VA
Scott E. Stickels CTO, Applied Physical Sciences Corporation, Arlington, VA
Harold Szu, Ph.D. Distinguished Retired Scientist, Night Vision Lab, Ft. Belvoir, VA

Mechanical Engineering Advisory Council

Tariq Alosh, JD Associate, Intellectual Property Litigation, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC
Terry DuBois, Ph.D. Sr. Research Engineer, US Army Communications, Electronics, Research, Development and Engineering Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
Jenna Gietl Engineer, Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division (NSWCCD), Bethesda, MD
Peter Herdic, Ph.D. Sr. Scientist, Naval Research Laboratories, Washington, DC
Don Marlowe Standards Administrator (Retired), Science and Health Communication, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, MD
Peter McKibbin IRAD/Special Projects Manager, Phoenix International Holdings, Inc., Largo, MD
Steven Russell, Ph.D. Project Manager, Ship Systems Engineering, Office of Naval Research, Arlington, VA
Jaclyn A. Schade Registered Patent Agent, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, McLean, VA
Stephen Wilson Deputy Director, Ship Signatures Department, NSWC Carderock, Bethesda, MD