The Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering seeks advice and guidance from three advising bodies. The Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Board of Advisors, and the programmatic Mechanical Engineering Industry Advisory Council and Industrial Engineering Industry Advisory Council.
The MIE Department's Board of Advisors (MIE BoA) is composed of highly accomplished professionals who volunteer their time and expertise to help develop the department strategically and position it for leadership and future success.
Mr. Ryan Cojoe, Principal Owner at COTOC LLC, Houston, TX.
Dr. Keith Comeaux (Chair of the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Board of Advisors), Deputy Chief Engineer, Mars 2020 Mission, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Pasadena, CA, USA.
Mr. Sidney E. Fuchs (Chair Emeritus of the MIE BoA and ME IAC), President and Chief Executive Officer, MacAulay Brown, Inc.; Dayton, OH, USA.
Captain David J. Giurintano, Retired, Former Rehabilitation Branch Chief of National Hansen’s Disease Programs, US Department of Health; Resides in Baton Rouge, LA, USA.
Mr. Cliff Hebert, (Chair of the Mechanical Engineering Industry Advisory Council), Reliability & Maintenance Director, Packaging & Specialty Plastics, The DOW Chemical Company, Plaquemine, LA, USA.
Mr. Brandon Hoff, Deputy Executive Chairman, Enventure Global Technology, Houston, TX.
Mr. Richard J. Juneau (ME IAC Chair Emeritus), Retired, Co-Founder, Former Owner, and Chief Executive Officer, International Manufacturers Representatives, Inc. (IMR); Resides in Baton Rouge, LA, USA.
Ms. Missy Rogers, President, NOBLE Plastics, Grand Coteau, LA, USA.
Mr. Williams K. Sales, Jr. (Chair of the Industrial Engineering Industry Advisory Council), Retired, Executive Vice President, Operations– Reliance Inc., The Woodlands, TX.
Mr. John Stinson
Ms. Tricia Thibodeaux, Global Director of Construction-Driven Execution, Fluor, USA.
Dr. Gary Wooley (Chair of the College of Engineering Dean's Advisory Council), President, Wooley & Associates Inc., Houston, TX, USA.
Dr. Tarek Zohdi
The Mechanical Engineering Industry Advisory Council (ME IAC) consists of accomplished professionals who volunteer their time and insights to help improve and enhance the Mechanical Engineering programs. They provide guidance and feedback on the curricula and all educational programmatic aspects. They also assist the Department in fundraising and acquiring resources for the program, and elevating its visibility in industry.
Mr. William Ard, Engineering Manager - Autonomous Systems, Integer Technologies, USA.
Mr. Kevin Ayer, Sr. ILS/LAM Engineer, Strategic Storage Partners, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Mr. Brian Blades, Maintenance Manager, ExxonMobil, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.
Mr. Will Cauley, Region Service Delivery Technical Manager – North America Land Completions and Wellbore Intervention; Baker Hughes, USA.
Mr. Darryl Chauvin Jr., Sr. M&E Technology Fellow, Dow Inc, Taft, LA, USA.
Dr. Keith Comeaux, Deputy Chief Engineer, Mars 2020 Mission, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Pasadena, CA, USA.
Ms. Tessa Cross
Ms. Taylor Ferguson, Rotating Equipment Engineer, Shell, Norco, LA, USA.
Mr. Fred Gillespie, Sr. Project Manager, KBR, Houston TX, USA.
Captain David J. Giurintano, Retired Former Rehabilitation Branch Chief of National Hansen’s Disease Programs, US Department of Health, USA.
Dr. Mike Guillot, Retired Former Senior Staff Consultant, Stress Engineering Services, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.
Mr. Cliff Hebert, (Chair of the Mechanical Engineering Industry Advisory Council), Turnaround and Reliability Director - P&SP/Energy, DOW, Plaquemine, LA, USA.
Mr. Andrew Larpenter, Virgin Naphtha Complex Coordinator, ExxonMobil, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.
Dr. Ann T. Leger, Senior Flow Assurance Advisor, Subseas, Pipelines and Flow Assurance, ExxonMobil Upstream Integrated Solutions, Spring, TX, USA.
Mr. Jacob Miller, Captial Investment Advisor, ExxonMobil, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.
Mr. David Moustain, Mechanical & Industrial Systems Forensics Engineer, APEX Applied Science & Engineering, West Chester, PA, USA.
Mr. Ben Pejsash, Principal Engineer, Smart Manufacturing, Mars, USA.
Ms. Cybil Pun, Rotating Equipment Engineer, Shell, Norco, LA, USA.
Ms. Missy Rogers, President, NOBLE Plastics, Grand Coteau, LA, USA.
Mr. Matt Rouse, Hydrocarbons and Chemicals Business Unit Head, US, Tata Consulting Engineers USA, LLC, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.
Mr. Williams K. Sales, Jr. (Chair of the Industrial Engineering Industry Advisory Council), Retired, Executive Vice President, Operations, Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., The Woodlands, TX, USA.
Mr. Brent St. Blanc, Retired - Associate Global Technology Director , The DOW Chemical Company, Plaquemine, LA, USA.
Dr. Oniluan Tamunobere, President, Coilmaster Corporation, Moscow, TN, USA.
Ms. Tricia Thibodeaux, Vice President, Global HSE and Quality, Fluor, Houston, TX, USA.
Mr. Eddie Veal, Global Trading and Supply Gasoline Project Advisor, Shell, Houston, TX, USA.
Dr. Gary Wooley, President, Wooley & Associates Inc., Houston, TX, USA.
Mr. Chris Zielewski, Retired Senior Staff Engineer, ExxonMobil, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.
The Industrial Engineering Industry Advisory Council (IE IAC) is composed of industry and government professionals who seek to improve and enhance the IE program through curriculum review, assisting the department in fundraising and acquiring resources for the program, and elevating its visibility in industry.
Ms. Maryam Amin, Global Operations Excellence Leader, Flowserve, Dallas, TX, USA.
Mr. Terrell Anderson, Distribution Center Manager HP, Phoenix, AZ USA.
Dr. Anthony Banks, Lockheed Martin Senior Fellow and Enterprise Ergonomics Lead, Lockheed Martin, Resides in Woodstock, GA, USA.
Mr. Ryan Cojoe, Principal Owner at COTOC LLC, Houston, TX, USA.
Ms. Taren Daigle, Vice President Divisional Strategy and Services, Ludwigshafen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Ms. Dawn Frazier, Capital Projects Procurement Specialist, Entergy, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.
Mr. Patrick Guillot, Executive Director, Crude Oil Trading, Castleton Commodities International, Houston, TX, USA.
Mr. Brandon Hoff, Deputy Executive Chairman, Enventure Global Technology, Houston, TX, USA.
Dr. Eileen Hoff, Human Factors Regional Lead - Americas, Shell USA, Houston, TX, USA.
Ms. Beth Jarlock, Adjunct Professor, LSU Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Austin, TX, USA.
Mr. Williams K. Sales, Jr. (Chair of the Industrial Engineering Industry Advisory Council), Retired, Executive Vice President, Operations, Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., The Woodlands, TX, USA.
Mr. Mohit 'Mo' Vij, President, CEO and Engineer, 365 Labs, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.
Ms. María Vidaurre White, Director of Industrial Engineering, Tindall Corporation, Conley, GA, USA.