Roberts G. Myers
Consultant to Northrop Grumman
Robert G. Myers attended Albuquerque High School, and was awarded the honor of Distinguished Alumni in 2000. He received his bachelor of science in mechanical engineering from New Mexico A&M (now NMSU) in 1958.
After receiving his degree, Robert worked for the Boeing Company on several projects, including the Bomarc Missile, M-X Missile, Reentry Systems Vehicle, B-1B Bomber, Advanced Cruise Missile, Advanced Launch Cruise Missile, and the Short Range Attack Missile I/II. Later, Robert managed all projects at the Boeing Mojave Test Center. After this Robert served as the Vice President for the Northrop Grumman Military B-2 Stealth Bomber Flight Test Program, and then as Vice President for Northrop Grumman Military Aircraft Systems Division Test and Evaluation. He also served in the Air Force and Air Force Reserves. He is presently a consultant for Northrop Grumman.
Myers is a member of many professional groups, including the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the Air Force Association, Reserve Officers Association, and the New Mexico State University Mechanical Engineering Academy. He has also received the Air Force Commendation Medal, the Air Force Space Command Distinguished Service Medal, and the Air Force Academy Distinguished Unit Medal.
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Floyde Adams Computer Guys
Floyde Adams was born in 1940 in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. His family moved to El Paso, Texas in 1950 and then to Las Cruces in 1956.
Adams attended NMSU from 1958 to 1962. While earning his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, he worked for three years in the Rocket Section of the Physical Science Laboratory. He graduated in 1962 as the highest ranking engineer in his class. Adams then attended graduate school at New York University while working for Bell Laboratories. He received his master’s in mechanical engineering in 1964, and then went on active duty as a first lieutenant with the U.S. Army for two years. Following his military service, he worked at Sandia National Laboratories for six years. While at Sandia, Adams was a project engineer for the Strypi rocket systems and designed and flew payloads for Sandia, Los Alamos National Laboratory and Thiokol Corp. Adams left Sandia in 1972 to go into business with his father in Las Cruces, and eventually retired in 2002. Currently, he and his son are partners in Computer Guys, a computer software company that develops and markets software for tire and automotive repair companies. In 2003 Adams became interested in "completing" his education and returned to school via NMSU's distance learning program in the mechanical engineering department. In 2006 he finished work on his doctoral degree in mechanical engineering through distance learning at Madison University. His dissertation is entitled "A Simplified Analysis of the Sun-Earth-Moon System." Adams is an NMSU Ingeniero Eminente and member of the Mechanical Engineering Academy. |
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Adelmo "Del" Archuleta Mozen-Corbin and Associates Archuleta began his professional engineering career 29 years ago after completing his master's degree in civil (environmental) engineering at NMSU in 1975. By 1985, he had already gained an enviable reputation as a professional water resources engineer through managing numerous projects that directly improved the quality of life in communities throughout New Mexico, and through designing several award-winning state and regional treatment facilities. Today he continues his leadership role as CEO of one of New Mexico's largest and most respected engineering and architectural firms. |
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Dan Arvizu National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Dan Arvizu is Director of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) primary laboratory for energy efficiency and renewable energy research and development. Arvizu also is a Senior Vice President with Midwest Research Institute, which manages NREL on behalf of the DOE. Prior to joining NREL, Arvizu was Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of the Federal and Industrial Client Groups with CH2M Hill Companies, Ltd. Before joining CH2M HILL, he was an executive with Sandia National Laboratories, where he directed Research Centers for Advanced Energy Technology, Material and Process Sciences, and Technology Commercialization.
In 2004, Arvizu was appointed by President George W. Bush, and confirmed by the full U.S. Senate, to be on the 24-member National Science Board (NSB), which is the governing board of the National Science Foundation. Arvizu has served on a number of boards and advisory committees, including the Secretary of Energy's National Coal Council, Secretary of Defense's Army Science Board, and on the Hispanic Engineers National Achievement Award Corporation Board of Directors. He has also served on the Technical Advisory Board of the G8 International Renewable Energy Task Force and chaired a congressionally chartered Blue Ribbon Panel on the Workforce of the Future as part of the Building Engineering and Science Talent (BEST) Initiative of the Council on Competitiveness.
He has a bachelor's of science degree in Mechanical engineering from NMSU and a master's of science and doctoral degrees in mechanical engineering from Stanford University. |
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Thomas M. Beall V-F Petroleum Inc. Thomas Beall is the chief executive officer of V-F Petroleum Inc., a privately owned corporation founded in 1963. Its principal business for the past 34 years has been oil and gas exploration and production, with associated pipeline and refinery operations in the Permian Basin of west Texas and southeast New Mexico. Headquarters are at Midland, Texas with an affiliated office in Dallas. The company also operates oil and gas projects in Russia through an affiliated corporation VF-Russia Inc. Before coming to V-F Petroleum, Beall was vice president, president, chief executive officer and owner of Fuel Products, Inc., a closely held independent oil and gas exploration and development company established in 1973. He also served as vice president, chief operating officer and director of Read & Stevens, Inc., an independent operating company headquartered in Roswell, N.M., responsible for directing all oil and gas exploration and development operations. He was also the engineering manager and production manager for the Samsonite Corporation in Denver, Colorado, and served as assistant to the USA Divisions Operation Manager at the Ethyl Corporation in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Beall holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from NMSU. |
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Joe Bechtol
Colonel, U.S. Air Force (Retired) Northrop Grumman Corporation, Vought Aircraft Company (Retired)
Joe Bechtol spent 14 years with Northrop Grumman Corporation/Vought Aircraft Company, first as a plant engineer and later as the director of Facilities Engineering, Environmental and Security. Previously, he served as a colonel in the Air Force, a position he retired from in 1988 after 24 years of service.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from New Mexico State University and a master’s degree in industrial engineering from the University of Nebraska. |
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John Burkstaller Daniel B. Stevens & Associates Burkstaller is a native of Roswell, N.M. and after receiving a master's of science degree in sanitary engineering at NMSU in 1968 and spending a stint in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a Combat Engineer Platoon Leader and Bridge Company Executive Officer, spent the majority of his career in New Mexico as a water quality and water resources consultant and working at municipal water and wastewater utilities. He has also done consulting work in Texas, Arizona, Nevada and California. Burkstaller is currently the Water Resources Division Vice President for Daniel B. Stevens & Associates, which does engineering and hydrology consulting in all of those states with offices in Austin, Lubbock, Albuquerque and Santa Barbara. |
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Scott Croshaw Wilson & Company, Incorporated Crosahw is a 1995 graduate of NMSU surveying engineering. While attending NMSU, Scott worked for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Cadastral Surveys Co-op Program performing public land surveys. Upon graduation, Croshaw joined Wilson & Company Engineers & Architects in Albuquerque, N.M. Croshaw currently serves as the Survey Operations Manager for Wilson & Company. He is especially adept in control, topographic, boundary, route, railroad, right-of-way, and construction surveys and is a Registered Professional Land Surveyor in both New Mexico and Texas. He is very active in state and federal surveying professional organizations, which keeps him abreast of the latest in surveying and mapping technologies. Croshaw currently serves as chairman of New Mexico State University Survey Engineering Industry Advisory Committee and as an officer of New Mexico Professional Surveyors. |
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Jack E. Davis
Pinnacle West Capital Corporation Arizona Public Service Jack Davis is the president and chief operating officer for Pinnacle West Capital Corporation (PNW) and chief executive officer for Arizona Public Service (APS) and is also on the board of directors for both companies. Davis joined APS in 1973 as an engineer in the system planning department. He has served as president and CEO of APS since September 2002. He was elected president of PNW in February 2001 and took on the added responsibility of chief operating officer in September 2003. Prior to employment with APS, Davis was chief medical technologist at Memorial General Hospital in Las Cruces, N.M. PNW is a Phoenix-based company with consolidated assets of approximately $9 billion. Through its subsidiaries, the largest of which is APS, the company generates, sells and delivers electricity and sells energy-related products and services to retail and wholesale customers in the western U.S. It also develops residential, commercial and industrial real estate projects. APS is the largest electric utility in Arizona, serving more than one million customers, and is the second-fastest growing investor-owned electric utility in the nation. Davis is chairman of the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce, and vice-chairman and board member of the Downtown Phoenix Partnership. He is also a member of the Governor’s Arizona Health-e Connection Steering Committee, as well as Greater Phoenix Leadership. He serves as a board member for Edison Electric Institute and the Arizona Community Foundation. Davis is also a member of the Dean of Engineering’s Advisory Council and the Electrical Engineering Industry Advisory Committee at Arizona State University. He earned his bachelor’s degree in medical technology in 1969 and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering at NMSU in 1973. Davis is married to MaryLou, who is also a NMSU graduate, and has one son. He enjoys woodworking, golf and southwestern art. |
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David Durgin
Verge
Dave Durgin is a successful businessman and high-tech entrepreneur with extensive experience in the start-up, expansion and management of technology-based product and services companies. During his 45-year career he has held positions as an electrical engineer, technical project manager, business executive, high-tech entrepreneur and professional investor. Durgin's career has included the positions of Technical Staff Member and Project Manager at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M., senior executive with two major international technology companies, founder and senior executive with numerous start-up and early stage technology companies, Mentor, Angel Investor and Venture Capitalist. |
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Erika Edgerly
Intel Fab 11 Edgerly holds a bachelor of science in industrial engineering from New Mexico State University and an MBA from the University of New Mexico. She is currently the Fab 11 Manufacturing Engineering Department Manager at Intel. Together, Edgerly and her team deliver high quality capacity, layout, capital and ergonomic systems that enable Fab 11 to successfully meet their safety, quality, cost and output goals. In 2006 she was recognized by the Society of Women Engineers as an Emerging Leader in Manufacturing and Construction.
Edgerly has been an active member of the Intel Mentoring Program since 2000, establishing both formal and informal mentoring relationships with multiple engineers per year. She has been a member of the United Way of Central New Mexico Women in Philanthropy and Young Leaders Society for the past five years. She is also active in the Albuquerque Zeta Tau Alpha alumna chapter. Outside of work, Edgerly and her husband Steve enjoy mountain biking, skiing and exploring the Rocky Mountains in their free time. |
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John Galassini
Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold
John Galassini was born and raised in Silver City, N.M. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the NMSU in 1986. After graduation, he accepted employment with General Electric Company in Albuquerque, N.M.
Galassini went to work for Phelps Dodge Mining Company (now Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold) in 1987 as a shift supervisor in the solution extraction/electrowinning facility at Morenci, Arizona. He has held various positions of increasing responsibility in Arizona, New Mexico and Chile, and is currently senior vice president of Freeport McMoRan Americas.
Galassini is a member of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (SME) and served on the strategic planning committee for that organization. He is a past chairman of the Morenci Section of SME.
Galassini and his wife Jan currently reside in Silver City, N.M. with their two sons, Christopher (14), and Gino (12). In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his children, playing golf, and hunting. |
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Timothy Gantick
Honeywell Tim Gantick graduated from NMSU with a bachelor's of science degree in industrial engineering in 1977 and started a career with Texas Instruments. He completed an MBA in industrial management from the University of Dallas in 1986 while holding positions as Manufacturing Engineer, Engineering Supervisor, Manufacturing Manager, Engineering Manager and Program Manager. He left Texas Instruments to become Director of Manufacturing for Fife Corporation in 1991 and then became part of the TwinStar semiconductor start-up in 1995. He later contributed to Solectron Corporation as a Business Unit manager, Praxair as a Plant Manager and CDS Engineering as General Manager. Gantick is now the Director of Operations for a Honeywell Semiconductor Operation in the Dallas Area. Through out his career, Gantick has maintained a relationship with NMSU either through on campus recruiting for Texas Instruments and TwinStar or by serving on the Industrial Engineering Department Industrial Advisory Board. |
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Enrique Gomez IBM Retail Store Solutions |
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Sylvia Grace Gilbert Unified School District Sylvia Grace received her bachelor's of science degree in chemical engineering at NMSU in 1982. She went on to earn a Certificate in Secondary Education from Arizona State University in 1986, and in 1995 she received her master's of science degree in chemical engineering from NMSU. Grace has been employed with Analytical Technologies, the White Sands Missile Range Atmospheric Science Laboratory, IBM/Multitek/Flextronics, and Dell. She has also taught math, science, and engineering in the Deming School District, Las Cruces Public Schools, and Round Rock Public School. She is presently a science and engineering instructor for Gilbert Unified School District. Grace is a member of the NMSU Dean's Advisory Council, the NMSU Chemical Engineering Academy, as well as a Mentor Teacher for new science teachers with the Gilbert Unified School District. She is also Arizona's 2005 recipient of the Milken Family Foundation National Teacher Award. Grace has been married to John Grace for 22 years. They have three children, Kyle (19), Aaron (16), and Zachary (15). |
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Keven Groenewold
New Mexico Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Keven J. Groenewold is executive vice president and general manager of the New Mexico Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NMRECA). Groenewold was raised on a small family farm in southwest Minnesota. Groenewold graduated from New Mexico State University in 1987 with a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering. In 1988, Groenewold received his master of science degree in electricaleEngineering from New Mexico State University through its Electric Utility Management Program. In 1989, Groenewold received the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Power Engineering Society's T. Burke Hayes Award. In 2001, Keven was inducted into New Mexico State University’s Electrical Engineering Academy. Groenewold worked as a facilities engineer for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power from 1988-1990, and as a staff electrical engineer for the New Mexico Public Utility Commission from 1990-1997. Groenewold has testified as an expert witness in more than 45 cases before the Public Utility Commission and is a registered Professional Engineer in New Mexico and California. He has been the executive vice president and general manager for NMRECA for the past 10 years. |
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Walter Hines CH2M Hill Walter Hines has had more than 35 years of experience in water resources engineering in the western U.S., including 25 years in engineering consulting and 10 years with federal and state agencies. In 1999, Hines received the James F. Cole Award for Service from NMSU. He was also named a Distinguished Alumnus by the College of Engineering. Hines earned his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering in 1966 and his master’s degree in civil engineering in 1967 from NMSU. He served as a captain in the U.S. Army Medical Service Corps from 1967 to 1970. Hines is also the author of Aggies of the Pacific War: New Mexico A&M and the War With Japan, as well “The Early Years of Aggie Sports,” which won the Doña Ana Historical Society Gemoets Award for best article in 2001. Hines also has a family history at NMSU. The sundial in front of Hadley Hall is dedicated to his aunt, Raye Rigney, and Hines Hall, part of the Alumni Avenue student housing, is named after his father, former athletic director and coach Jerry Hines. The lounge in Conroy Hall is named Rigney-Hines in honor of the two families. |
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Arthur Hurtado Colonel, U.S. Army (Retired) Invertix Corporation Art Hurtado is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Invertix Corporation, a small, veteran-owned, systems engineering and services company, headquartered in Annandale, Virginia. Hurtado is a seasoned executive with more than 30 years of commercial and government technical and management experience. Before co-founding Invertix, Hurtado served as senior vice president, telecommunications for CACI, Inc. Hurtado earlier served as vice president, systems applications for Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation. Hurtado was born in Taos, N.M. He began his undergraduate studies at Hardin Simmons University. He completed his bachelor of science degree in chemistry at Missouri State University and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Infantry. Hurtado served with distinction as an officer in the U.S. Army. Among his medals and honors he received a Purple Heart and the Combat Infantryman's Badge while serving with the 173rd Airborne Brigade in Vietnam. In addition to numerous command positions he also served as the Project Manager for Electronic Warfare, and as a Program Manager in the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization. He was the first director of the Joint Precision Strike Demonstration Office. He also served as the Chief Scientist during the early stages of development of the Public Safety Wireless Network. He earned his master's of science degree in electrical engineering at NMSU, and is a member of the Eta Kappa Nu honorary society of electrical engineers. He is a graduate and research fellow of the National War College and a certified Project Management Professional. He is a member of the College of Engineering Dean's Advisory Council at NMSU, and is also a member of the Klipsch Electrical and Computer Engineering Academy. He is an advisory board member for George Mason University's Volgenau School of IT&E, and for Missouri State University 's Department of Chemistry. He was recently appointed by the Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia to serve on the Board of Visitors of Virginia Commonwealth University. Hurtado and his wife Dianna currently reside in Fairfax, Virginia. |
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Carl O. Johnson
Northrop Grumman Corporation Carl Johnson is currently responsible for business development of all international programs for the Integrated Systems sector. The sector’s portfolio includes the E-2C, Advanced Hawkeye, Global Hawk, NATO AGS, Joint STARS, Fire Scout, Hunter, E-10, JSF and F/A-18. His previous position was Vice President of Program Management for Integrated Systems, responsible for program performance assessments and ensuring that that the Integrated Program Management Framework processes were in use throughout Integrated Systems portfolio. He led the Global Hawk ACTD, SDD and Production Programs as Vice President and IPT lead for four and a half years during the critical transition to production and the system’s first three real world deployments. During his 23-year career with Northrop Grumman, Johnson has also held various management and leadership roles on the B-2 program, including Quality Assurance, Production Support, Manufacturing, Program Integration and Deputy Program Manager. Integrated Systems has the capabilities to design, develop, integrate, produce and support complete systems, as well as airframe subsystems, for airborne surveillance and battle management, early warning, airborne electronic warfare and air combat aircraft. It is also integrating these capabilities for emerging network-centric warfare concepts. Johnson holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Northern Arizona University, a master's in mechanical engineering from Colorado State University and a master's in business administration from the University of California, Los Angeles. Johnson has been recognized by Aviation Week and Scientific American for his leadership contributions to the Global Hawk program. |
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General Lester Lyles U.S. Air Force (Retired) The Lyles Group Lester Lyles retired from the U.S. Air Force at the rank of general. His last Air Force assignment was as commander of the Air Force Material Command (AFMC) at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. At AFMC, he was responsible for research, development, test and evaluation, and the acquisition management services and logistics support necessary to keep Air Force weapons systems ready for war. All Air Force laboratories, test centers, product centers, air logistics centers, and more than a dozen field operating agencies reported to him. Prior to his AFMC assignment, Lyles was Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force from May 1999 to April 2000. General Lyles is a senior executive with over 26 years of experience running large, high-technology organizations involved in aeronautical and astronautical research, development, acquisition, and logistics. He was responsible for executing $40 billion annually and managing 82,000 personnel in operational locations throughout the United States and had unparalleled success in achieving multiple organization missions with result-oriented experience in supply chain management and technological operations. He has a demonstrated record of leading large organizations, effectively communicating with people, quality improvement, and optimizing revenue/costs. General Lyles received a master's of science degree in mechanical engineering at NMSU in 1969. |
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Peggy Morse The Boeing Company
Peggy Morse was named the director of ICBM Systems in September 2006. This organization is a collection of development, production and sustainment programs for the nation’s ICBM fleet, some as a subcontractor to Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, and some as a direct contractor to the U.S. Air Force. The major sites for ICBM Systems are Anaheim, Ogden, Heath, El Paso, and Mesa, and consist of a staff of 1,300 people.
Prior to that, Morse was a member of the IDS Program Management staff in Seal Beach, Calif.
Morse was the director of strategy and business integration for Boeing Australia from January 2005 until February 2006, working in the Sydney office for the Boeing country vice president. Her job responsibilities included working with all the sites in Australia to better integrate with the U.S.-based business units, as well as coordinating and deploying the country strategy.
Prior to that assignment Morse was a program manager in space and intelligence systems for three sequential programs from 1999 until 2004. From 1997 until 1999 she was the director of sales operations in BCA, and managed the interface between sales and the airplane programs. From 1996 until 1997, she was the chief engineer of the inertial upper stage program, one of Boeing’s heritage rocket programs. She was a manager in business development in 1995, as well as a program manager of a series of classified programs from 1989 until 1994. She started with Boeing in 1981 as an engineer in the area of antenna design, and radar cross section measurement and software development.
Morse attended New Mexico State University and graduated with a bachelor of science in electrical engineering in 1980. In 1986 she received a master of science in electrical engineering from the University of Washington.
Morse was recently selected by Boeing to be submitted as their representative for the board of directors of the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce. She has been on the board of the Seward Park Art Studio, the chair of the Boeing Welliver Faculty Fellowship Program, and an associate member of the Corporate Council of the Arts in King County, Wash.
Morse has one grown daughter, Jessica. She enjoys traveling, gardening, pottery and outdoor activities.
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Orlando Padilla General Motors Corporation Orlando Padilla is director of Corporate Affairs for General Motors Corporation with public policy responsibilities in the areas of trade, government relations, environment, and corporate relations. Padilla began his career with GM in 1976, and he has held a variety of increasingly responsible positions in engineering, planning, and management, assuming his present position in 1996. Born in Deming, N.M., he earned a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from NMSU in 1976. He has completed various General Motors management programs at Harvard, Northwestern, and Wharton, and continues higher education opportunities. He has very effectively bridged his corporate strategic and business planning skills to the benefit of non-profit organizations, locally and nationally. |
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Michael M. Reischman
National Science Foundation Reischman is currently the Deputy Assistant Director for Engineering with the National Science Foundation. Previously, he worked at Old Dominion University as a research professor on assignment at NASA headquarters, serving as Director of University Programs in the Office of Aeronautics. Before his assignment at NASA, Reischman was the associate dean of Research and Economic Development at the University of South Carolina from 1997 to 2000. From 1990 to 1997 he was the associate dean of Graduate Studies and Research for Penn State’s College of Engineering. Reischman also served as director of the Mechanics Division, program director for Fluid Dynamics, and as a scientific officer with responsibility for multidisciplinary, fundamental research programs in fluid dynamics at the Office of Naval Research. An expert in fluid dynamics and turbulence, Reischman holds a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Oklahoma State University and a bachelor’s and master’s degree in mechanical engineering from New Mexico State University. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers as well as a member of the American Society for Engineering Education, the American Physical Society, and the engineering honor society Pi Tau Sigma. His academic career spans 14 years, focusing on research administration, graduate studies, development of large-scale research and education programs, and economic development. Reischman’s personal interests include antique sports cars and playing seniors’ basketball. He is married with three children and lives in Edgewater, Maryland. |
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J. Stephen Rottler
Sandia National Laboratories J. Stephen Rottler is the Chief Engineer for nuclear weapons with responsibility for leadership and management of nuclear weapon engineering and production activities at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Previously, Dr. Rottler was the director of New Mexico Weapon System Engineering at Sandia. He led an organization responsible for stewardship of New Mexico-designed warheads in the U.S. nuclear weapon stockpile, including system engineering and integration for existing warheads, as well as the development of advanced concepts and technologies for future nuclear weapon applications. Rottler has also managed organizations and programs responsible for the research, development, and application of advanced computational and experimental techniques in the engineering sciences. As a member of the technical staff at Sandia, Rottler was part of a research team that developed radiation-hydrodynamics codes for nuclear weapon applications. Rottler has published papers, reports, and presented at conferences on the development and application of computational radiation-hydrodynamics codes. Rottler has also served on independent review panels for the U.S. Navy Strategic Systems Programs Office as well as the United Kingdom Atomic Weapons Establishment. He is an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and is a member of the institute’s Technical Committee on Management. Rottler is also a member of the Board of Directors of the New Mexico Humanities Council, Assistant Scoutmaster for Albuquerque Boy Scout Troop 409, and a member of the Albuquerque Committee on Foreign Relations.
Rottler received his bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, and doctoral degree in Nuclear Engineering from Texas A&M. |
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Dan Sachs
Team Specialty Products TSP is a fast growing New Mexico based high tech company that is widely recognized for its business success as well as community involvement and contribution. Daniel is responsible for the operation of this fast growing, high tech New Mexico Company. He also works with the company CEO, Bob Sachs on long-term strategy for future company growth. Daniel had over Fifteen Years in the Medical Device Industry with Johnson & Johnson Health Care Corporation. He held various technical and management positions in four Johnson & Johnson companies. Responsibilities included: R&D leadership with a focus on New Product Development. Operation leadership focused on Manufacturing and Operations. New Business Development focused on a Device Start-Up in Silicone Valley. Sales and Marketing. |
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Jerome "Jerry" Shaw VOLT Information Sciences, Incorporated Jerome Shaw and his brother William founded Volt Information Sciences, Inc. in 1950 with an investment of $13. It is now a global staffing supplier with annual sales of approximately $2 billion. Shaw received his bachelor’s in electrical engineering from NMSU. In 1995 he was named Distinguished Alumnus by the College of Engineering, and in 2001 he received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws. Shaw is a member of the Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Academy as well as Sigma Tau. Along with directing the day-to-day operations of Volt, Shaw has also built a successful real estate business. In addition, he has created an award-winning residential housing development in northern San Diego County, Shaw-Lopez Park. |
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Juan Silva Raytheon Missile Systems Electronics Center Juan Silva is a senior principle electrical engineer responsible for technology development for the Electronics Center at Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, Ariz. He has more than 25 years of experience in the missile hardware design and development industry. His expertise includes development of electronics packaging technology roadmaps, managing IR&D projects, supporting new business proposals and managing special projects in technical areas such as missile product-line architectures, reusable components and rapid product development. Silva co-chairs the Electronics Packaging and Interconnects Technology Interest Group within the Raytheon Corporate Technology Network and is also a member of the Raytheon Patent Review Committee. He is also the Raytheon Campus Manager at NMSU, coordinating university programs and recruiting activities. He has been actively supporting and recruiting students at NMSU since the early 80’s. Silva has a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of California at Davis. |
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Samuel "Bob" Skaggs Los Alamos National Laboratory (Retired)
Bob Skaggs attended high school in Las Cruces graduating with the class of 1954. Upon graduation, he applied to the Physical Science Laboratory for a job as a student analyst and was hired two weeks after he graduated from high school. In the fall of 1954 he entered New Mexico A&MA in the field of mechanical engineering. He apparently applied himself well as he was honored as the freshman mechanical engineering student with the highest overall gradepoint. He continued on for four years and two summer sessions and graduated with honors in August 1958 in the last graduating class from New Mexico A&MA. The name of the institution was changed to NM State University of Agriculture, Engineering, and Science in September of 1958. Two years later, the A, E, & S were dropped from the name. Skaggs has been a very strong supporter of the College of Engineering in several ways. His father and mother created a Skaggs Family Work-Study Fellowship while they were alive beginning in the early 1980s. After they died, Skaggs and his wife along with his sister and her husband have kept the Work-Study Fellowship alive. Skaggs has participated in the search for the Dean of the College of Engineering and the search for the Department Head of Mechanical Engineering. He currently is a member and was the founding President of the Mechanical Engineering Academy. He serves as the Secretary of the Advisory Council to the Dean of the College of Engineering. |
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Jerry Strange El Paso Natural Gas Co. (Retired)
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Rob Tachau Sandia National Laboratories Robert Tachau is currently manager of the Thermal, Fluid and Aero Experimental Sciences Department at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M. The department engages in a broad spectrum of experimental research activities which focus on both fundamental engineering science experiments and the development of advanced experimental diagnostics. Department staff seek to improve fundamental understanding of phenomena in the areas of fluid flow, heat transfer and aerodynamics. After completing his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering at NMSU in 1977, Tachau spent six years in the U.S. Air Force piloting the RF-4C Phantom II tactical reconnaissance aircraft. He left the military and returned to NMSU in January 1984 to complete his master’s degree in civil engineering. Upon graduation, Tachau joined the technical staff at Sandia National Laboratories’ Rocket Sled Test Facilities, and was responsible for the design, development and execution of high-velocity, reverse ballistic rocket sled tests. With Sandia sponsorship, Tachau completed his doctoral degree in engineering mechanics from the University of Texas at Austin in 1991. From 1995 to 2005, Tachau managed Sandia’s Explosives Applications Department. Tachau assists the Sandia Campus Executive for NMSU in promoting collaborations between Sandia and NMSU. He also is a member of NMSU’s Academy of Civil Engineering. Tachau is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of New Mexico, a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and a member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. |
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Eloy J. Torrez
SEI Group, Inc.
Eloy Torrez is currently the president of SEI Group, Inc. (SEI) which he founded in 1996. He has 37 years of engineering, program management and general management experience in the defense, aerospace, and construction industries. He is experienced in start-up, turnaround, and growth of small and medium-size companies and understands the process of capital formation. SEI provides engineering, construction, facilities operations and maintenance, plus energy saving and security technologies to the U.S. Department of Defense and other federal government agencies. The company’s annual sales have grown to $23 million in 2006 with a professional staff of 104 employees. Torrez’s leadership has resulted in SEI Group, Inc. being a member of the 2004 Inc. 500, and since 2002, an annual member of the Hispanic Business 500.
Other executive positions held by Mr. Torrez:
Prior to founding SEI, Torrez was a vice president at Teledyne Brown Engineering. He led a corporate project to start up a commercial business in Mexico that provided the infrastructure to convert public transportation to natural gas, and establish a joint venture company with a large Mexican business group. Also, he managed the Operations Division, which was responsible for all equipment engineering and manufacturing.
He served as the president, Missile Systems Division, Ferranti International, Plc., and president of ISC Aerospace, Inc. a Division of International Signal and Control Group. He directed all development and production operations of these divisions supporting a $430 million commercial contract with the United Arab Emirates Air Force to develop and produce an electro-optical missile system.
Torrez started his professional career with Hughes Aircraft Company as an entry level engineer, and in 14 years rose to become the chief engineer of the maverick missile system and a laboratory manager which is the fourth level of management.
Education, Certifications and Affiliations:
High School Graduate, 1965, Hondo Valley Public Schools, Hondo, NM
Bachelor of Science, 1970, Electrical Engineering, New Mexico State University (NMSU), Las Cruces, NM
Master of Science, 1976, Engineering, University of California at Los Angeles, (UCLA)
Registered Professional Engineer, 1978, California
NMSU Centennial, 1988, College of Engineering 100 Outstanding Alumni
NMSU, Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Academy, 2007 Vice President, 2008 President
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Jeffrey L. Weiner IBM Global Technologies Jeff Weiner holds the title of Distinguished Engineer in IBM Global Services. Weiner joined IBM in 1981 as a member of the Advanced Communication Systems department in Kingston, NY, where he was responsible for end-to-end network modeling. In 1984, Weiner transferred to the I/O Architecture and System Structure group in the Mainframe Hardware Laboratory in Poughkeepsie, NY. His responsibilities included TCP/IP networking strategy and channel-to-channel communication architecture. In 1995, Jeff moved to Austin, TX, with the formation of the cross-server Systems Technology and Architecture Division, where he was responsible for identifying PCI as the strategic I/O subsystem interface and defining converged networking hardware across all IBM server platforms. Weiner joined the Global Technology Center in IBM Global Services in 2000, where he was Lead Architect for the Managed Storage Services offering. Presently, his primary responsibility is as Global Technology Center focal point for evaluations of IBM and vendor technologies in support of various IGS business areas. Before joining IBM, Weiner led a small team that designed and developed an automated child abuse and neglect tracking systems for the NY State Department of Social Services and managed the Data Processing Department at Albany (NY) Housing Authority. Prior to entering the computer industry, he had a career in education and is a Certified Guidance Counselor and Mathematics Teacher. Weiner holds a master of science degree in computer science from the State University of NY at Albany and a master of science degree in education from Brooklyn College of the City University of NY. He has served as an Adjunct Faculty Member in the Computer Science Departments of several colleges. |
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Karen Wells Los Alamos National Laboratory Karen Wells is a Technical Staff Member in the Weapons Response Group at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) where she applies industrial engineering including statistical analysis and simulation to solve systems reliability, manufacturing and facility nuclear materials management problems. She has worked for LANL since 1984 is in various roles and worked for Texas Instruments as an industrial engineer prior to joining LANL. In 1994, she was offered an opportunity to earn her doctorate in industrial engineering at NMSU and completed her degree in 1996. A native Texan, Wells earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in industrial engineering from Texas A&M University. As an alumna, Wells is active in her support of the College of Engineering, serving on the Industrial Engineering Industrial Advisory Committee and the Dean's Advisory Council. |
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Allyson D. Yarbrough
Aerospace Corporation
Allyson D. Yarbrough holds five patents, has published extensively, and has received many honors and awards such as President’s Council of Cornell Women, Launch Programs Directorate Team of the Year and Who’s Who of American Women.
Yarbrough received her bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from New Mexico State University in 1979 and her master’s and doctoral degrees in electrical engineering from Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, in 1985 and 1988, respectively.
Now Yarbrough is the Associate Principal Director of the EHF Systems Program in the MILSATCOM (Military Satellite Communications) Division, responsible for assisting the Principal Director in management of the Aerospace support to the AEHF (Advanced Extremely High Frequency) program that will provide and sustain worldwide satellite communications to strategic and tactical forces during all levels of conflict.
Yarbrough joined the Aerospace Corporation in 1989 and held numerous positions including one that required her to manage several projects as well as nearly 80 employees with expertise in space system electronics engineering.
Before working for Aerospace, Yarbrough served as an associate professor at California State University, Los Angeles, and held positions at Hewlett-Packard and IBM.
Yarbrough is responsible for the creation of the Micro-Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) antenna array and switch/filter components, the Concentric Metal Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (MESFET) and a computer program useful for evaluating receiver front-end architectures. Yarbrough is also the co-inventor of the MEMS etching process.
Yarbrough is a frequent contributor to corporate programs, committees and external interactions. She is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Society of Women Engineers and the NMSU Electrical and Computer Engineering Academy among others. |
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Robert G. Myers 
David Durgin 
Erika Edgerly 
John Galassini 
J. Stephen Rottler 
Jerome "Jerry" Shaw
Eloy J. Torrez
