MechSE Alumni Board
OFFICERS:
President: Patrick McAuliffe
Vice President of Engineering, Werner Co.
Degrees: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, BSME 1987
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, MSME 1996
Vice President: Mark Woodmansee
Technology Director, Halliburton Energy Services
Degrees: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, BSME 1994
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, MSME 1997
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, PhD ME 1999
CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS:
Term Expiring 2025:
Nathan Barton
Group Leader of the Materials Modeling and Simulation Group at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Degree: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, BSME '96
Sarah Buckius
Co-founder of Open Spaces Open Minds
Degree: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, BSME '01
Abigail Butkus
Connected Technologies Sales Manager at Johnson Controls
Degree: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, BSME '02
Kye Draper
Head of Engineering at thyssenkrupp Presta AG
Degree: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, BSME '15
Martha Grady
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Kentucky
Degrees: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, MSTAM '11, PhDTAM '14
Michael Keller
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Tulsa
Degrees: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, MSTAM '03, PhDTAM '07
Mike Rutkowski
Senior Vice President, Research and Technology Development at Gas Technology Institute
Degree: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, BSME '89
Mark Santschi
Senior Vice President, Director of Engineering & Innovation at Sargent & Lundy
Degree: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, BSME '86
Danielle Tene
Product Manager at Microsoft
Degree: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, BSME '15
Term Expiring 2023:
Kira Barton
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan
Degrees: University of Colorado, BSME 2001
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, MSME 2006
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, PhDME 2010
Krishna Jonnalagadda
Group Vice President, Stategic Planning and Marketing, Eaton Aerospace Group
Degrees: Banara Hindu University, B. Tech Mechanical Engineering 1991
University of Kentucky, MS Engineering Mechanics 1993
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, PhD TAM 1997
Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management, MBA 2003
Zachary Kaplan
Founder and CEO, Inventables
Degrees: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, BSME 2001
Michael Kessler
Dean and Professor, College of Engineering, North Dakota State University
Degrees: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, MS TAM 1998
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, PhD TAM 2002
Valeria Laguna
Manufacturing Operations Senior Manager, Proctor & Gamble
Degrees: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, BSME 2013
Thomas McCarthy
Chief Engineer of Research and Advanced Powertrain Engineering, Ford Motor Company
Degrees: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, BSME 1987
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, MSME 1989
University of Michigan, MBA
Nicole Reifman
Partner, McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
Degrees: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, BSME 2003
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, JD 2006
Kendra Sharp
Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Senior Advisor to the Provost for International Affairs, Oregon State University
Degrees: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, BSME 1993
University of Cambridge, MPhil 1994
University of California, Berkeley, MEng 1996
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, PhD TAM 2001
Kathryn Svoboda
Product Engineer, Progress Rail, A Caterpillar Company
Degrees: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, BSME 2011
Marina Tharayil
Smart Mobility Analytics Product Development, Ford Motor Company
Degrees: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, BSME 1999
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, MSME 2001
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, PHD ME 2005
Melonee Wise
Vice President of Robotics Automation, Zebra Technologies
Degrees: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, BSME 2004
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, BS Physics Engineering 2004
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, MSME 2006
David Wright
Owner & Executive VP in the Government Services Business Group and President , Sargent & Lundy Engineering Services
Degrees: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, BSME 1982
Jamal Yagoobi
George I. Alden Professor and Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Degrees: Sharif University of Technology at Tehran, Iran, BEME 1978
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, MSME 1981
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, PhD ME 1984