An external HSI-STEM advisory committee will be established to reinforce the success of this program with prominent members from academia and industry. This advisory committee will also evaluate the program’s progress in terms of specific goals, interact with the faculty and students, and offer constructive feedback to improve the program on an ongoing basis.
External Advisory Committee for HSI-STEM Grant
Dr. Vaughn Cable, JPL
Spacecraft Antenna Research Group
Caltech-JPL
College Industry Advisory Board (Chair)
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Liaison Council
Mr. Luis Carbajo,
ECE Program Alumnus
IEEE SFV Section Chair
Membership Development Chair, IEEE Region 6
Vice Chair, IEEE Los Angeles Council
Treasurer, IEEE San Fernando Valley Section
Ms. Rupa Dachere
Member of Technical Staff, VMware
Executive Director & Founder, CodeChix.org
Advisory Board, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Colorado, Boulder
Ms. Linda Friedman, Northrop Grumman, Woodland Hills
Manager, Engineering Excellence
Northrop Grumman Corporation Electronic Systems
Computer Science Department Liaison Council
Mr. Neal Gaborno,
Senior Manager, Raytheon
SAS Systems Verification Center
Raytheon, Space and Airborne Systems
College Industry Advisory Board
Computer Science Department Liaison Council
Mr. Bill James,
Managing Director,
Avery James, Inc.
Prof. Miguel Macias,
Emeritus faculty, Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics
CSUN
Mr. Tony Magee,
Member of the Technical Staff, Materials Design Producibility
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
Manufacturing Systems Engineering & Management Department Liaison Council
Mr. Michael Medina, Hill International, San Diego
CMT Program Alumnus
Analyst
Consulting and Claims Services
San Diego
Dr. Rick Ratcliffe
Dean Emeritus, College of Engineering and Computer Science
CSUN
Ms. Roslyn Soto
Higher Education Group
Education Office
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory