Advisory Board

The Aerospace Engineering Advisory Board promotes the continuous improvement of the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University. Members serve on committees focusing on the undergraduate program, the graduate and research programs, outreach programs, former student programs, and development. Its members are nominated from a variety of sources and selected by the department head to serve three-year terms. The Advisory Board holds formal meetings twice a year.

David H. Allen

Professor and Dean of College of Engineering, University of Nebraska Lincoln

Michael S. Beck

Lockheed Martin Corporation

David S. Bodden

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics

Douglas R. Cooke

NASA (Johnson)

Alok Das

Air Force Research Laboratory

Aaron Drake

Manager, Flight Analysis, Northrop Grumman Integrated Systems

Harry M. Elmendorf

Director, Defense & Intel Programs Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp

Paul Fenley

ATEC, Inc.

BENJAMIN KYLE HENDERSON

Responsive Space Technical Area Lead, Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico

Paul Hill

Flight Director Johnson Space Center

David Kanipe

Johnson Space Center

COLONEL KIRK M. KLOEPPEL

Director, Munitions Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Air Force Materiel Command, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida

Steven C. Komadina

Northrop Grumman Corporation

Robert E. Lindberg

National Institute of Aerospace

David Lund

Boeing Phantom Works

Dr. T. N. Mikel

Bell Helicopter Textron Incorporated

Jerry Petersen

Geneva Aerospace

James Rand

Winzen Engineering

Rush D. Robinett III

Sandia National Laboratories

Merri J. Sanchez

NASA Johnson

Robert L. Sierakowski

Air Force Research Laboratory for Munitions (AFRL/MN)

Michael Slack

Slack & Davis, L.L.P.