Industrial Advisory Board

The Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) consists of engineering leaders from the electrical and computer engineering industry appointed by the ECE Chairperson who is an ex-officio member of the IAB. These engineering leaders assist the ECE department in assessing the technical content and performance of its programs in Electrical Engineering and in Computer Engineering.

The IAB meets with the faculty of the ECE department twice a year to discuss issues and review the outcomes and objectives of the undergraduate and graduate programs.

Members of the IAB:

Annette Ainsworth Underwater Sensors & Systems Engineer Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Newport, RI

Rick Becker Vice President of Operations Goldine Controls, Inc. North Kingstown, RI

Alexander Castner Senior Consultant Booz Allen Hamilton Franklin, MA

Edward S. Chornoboy Technical Staff Member Sensor Systems Division MIT Lincoln Laboratory Cambridge, MA

Ernest Correia Head of Information Engineering & Processing Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Newport, RI

Michael Costa IT Program Manager EMC Corporation Hopkinton, MA

Bryan Crandall Ship and Torpedo electronics Department Manager Raytheon Company Portsmouth, RI

Louis P. DiPalma DD(X) CCI Technical Director Raytheon Company Portsmouth, RI

Stephen Hall Senior manufacturing Test Engineer Excel Switching Corporation Hyannis, MA

Martin Hudis Consultant Parallax Power Components New Bedford, MA

Charles Isherwood Principal Engineer & CEO CWI Technologies Carver, MA

Seyamak Keyghobad President and CEO ArKion Systems New Bedford, MA

David Lincoln Engineering manager Micro Computer Associates East Greenwich, RI

W. Vance McCollough Senior Principal Engineer Raytheon Company Portsmouth, RI

Robert A. Mohr Director of U.S. Army Infrastructure General Dynamics network Systems Needham, MA

David Neal Regional Technical manager AVNET Electronics Marketing Peabody, MA

David Pereira Program Manager TOMAHAWK Weapon Control Systems Program Naval Undersea Warfare center (NUWC) New Bedford, MA

Daniel J. Roche Director of Advanced Manufacturing Development EMC Corporation Hopkinton, MA

Heidi Sargent Senior Development Manager Fidelity Investments Halivax, MA

Donna L. St. Amant Ship and Torpedo Electronics Section Manager Raytheon Company Portsmouth, RI