Engineering Advisory Board

The primary mission of the Engineering Advisory Board is to assist The Henry Samueli School of Engineering in developing strategic relationships with the engineering and business community, within Orange County and nationwide, which will garner the support necessary to ensure the school can reach its academic goals into the foreseeable future. A secondary mission of the board is to provide meaningful feedback to the dean and the faculty of the school regarding academic and research goals.

Membership

It is our belief that engineering touches almost every sector of Orange County's economy, and of the nation. Therefore, the Engineering Advisory Board members include experienced professionals in traditional fields of engineering; engineers and managers of high technology companies; venture capitalists; and other prominent members of the Orange County business community. Membership on the Engineering Advisory Board is by invitation, and is open to Engineering Corporate Affiliates, members of the industrial community, and alumni of the School.

Current Engineering Advisory Board members include:
Gary M. Augusta, OCTANe
Donald R. Beall
Olav B. Bergheim, Fjord Ventures
Nikolas A. Bletsos      
C. Craig Carlson, Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth   
John C. Carson, Irvine Sensors Corporation   
Mark Czaja, Parker Aerospace          
Dr. Dwight W. Decker, Conexant Systems, Inc.
Benjamin R. Du, Benjamin and Carmela Du Foundation
Raouf Y. Halim, Mindspeed Technologies, Inc
Mark Hayes, Microsoft Corporation  
Don Hicks, American Electronics Association
Shawn Iravanchy, The Aerospace Corporation
Timothy Jemal, Jemal Public Affairs
Robert  A. Kleist, Printronix Corporation        
Louis J. Knobbe, Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP
Dr. William J. Link, Versant Ventures 
Dr. Fariborz Maseeh, The Massiah Foundation
James V. Mazzo, Advanced Medical Optics  
James M. McCluney, Emulex Corporation
Hossein M. Moghadam, Western Digital        
Dr. Joel P. Moskowitz, Ceradyne, Inc.
Michael A. Mussallem, Edwards Lifesciences, LLC    
Dr. Bun-ichiro Nakajima, Hitachi Chemical Research Center  
Stacey  Nicholas, NS Holdings LLC  
Robert Phillippy, Newport Corporation
Dr. Henry Samueli, Co-founder, Broadcom Corporation    
Ali Shadman, Unisys Corporation      
James P. Spoto, Kairos Microsystems                                   
Dwight C. Streit, Northrop Grumman Space Technology        
Dr. John J. Tracy, The Boeing Company        
Bill Vassilakis, Powerwave Technologies        
Dr. David A. Whelan, The Boeing Company