Several CEPS departments and programs have recently formed industrial advisory boards to tap the expertise of leaders in regional and national businesses. “In a very real sense, these companies are as much our 'customers' as are our students,” said CEPS Dean Arthur Greenberg. “Their feedback is essential if we are to continue to meet the changing needs of today’s businesses.”

The Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, and Computer Science departments, as well as the Environmental Engineering Program, have all formed advisory boards in the last year. The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering blazed the trail, forming its advisory board in the early 1980s. The Department of Mechanical Engineering followed in 1999, the same year the college-wide CEPS Industrial Advisory Council was formed. With representatives from business, academic and research institutions, that board has been particularly active and dynamic since its inception.

“In broadest terms, the goal of the advisory board is simply to build closer relationships between the department and representatives of local industry who hire our students,” said Computer Science Chair Phil Hatcher. “Many of the companies are interested in creating formal internship opportunities for our students. A key goal is to use the internships as a way to attract more students to our program, which is obviously a win-win situation for all of us.”

At its first meeting on April 29, the Computer Science Industrial Advisory Board examined the department’s undergraduate curriculum. A second meeting in the fall will look at the master’s and Ph.D. programs.

“Meetinghouse has been continually hiring UNH computer science graduates since 1988, and they have played a large role in our success over the years,” said board member Paul Goransson, president of Meetinghouse Data Communications. “The UNH Computer Science Advisory Board will provide a forum where the department can exchange ideas with industry, keeping pace with the changing demands on today’s software engineers.”

Like Goransson, who earned his Ph.D. from UNH, many board members are UNH alumni. “First and foremost, it’s just a fantastic way for me to give back to the university,” said Civil Engineering Industrial Advisory Board member Todd Fratzel, who earned both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree from UNH and is now a senior structural engineer at Ammann & Whitney Consulting Engineers. “I feel strongly about the things the department did really well to prepare me for my career and I think there are things they can do even better.”

“Our mission is simple: disseminate knowledge through teaching, research and public service,” said Civil Engineering Chair Jean Benoit. The board will help our department fulfill that mission by providing advice on our curriculum and ongoing accreditation efforts, on needs and trends in civil engineering practice and how we can do a better job integrating practice with academia.”

The Environmental Engineering Advisory Board, which met for the first time last fall, includes representatives of government as well as industry. “Both are very important inputs for us because we deal with both employers and the regulatory environment,” said Dale Barkey, a chemical engineering professor who teaches in the interdisciplinary program. “At our last meeting, for example, we heard some valuable comments about the direction EPA is taking in regard to pollution prevention.”

From locally based companies like Beswick Engineering and Lamprey Networks to multinationals like Sun Microsystems and Ford Motor Company, CEPS is working with businesses large and small to ensure its graduates remain at the cutting edge. The membership of all the CEPS advisory boards follows.

CEPS Industrial Advisory Council
H. Edmund Bergeron, president, H.E. Bergeron Civil Engineers
James Boothroyd, president & CEO, HTA Consulting Engineers Associates
Stephen Boucher, president, AirMar Technology Corporation
John Caruso, senior vice president, Sanmina-SCI
Christopher J. Clark, president & CEO, Intellitech Scan Tools
Jeff Crothers, manager of Engineering and Business Development, Tooling and Equipment Group, Collins & Aikman
Michael Dalton, former president, Unitil Corporation
David E. Dunfee. President, D.G. O'Brien, Inc.
James Fasoli, director of Engineering, BAE SYSTEMS, IEWS unit
Ted Feigenbaum, president & CEO, Maine Yankee Atomic Power Co.
Alvin C. Firmin, vice president, Camp Dresser & McKee, Inc.
Gerry Fortin, director World Wide Foundry Management, Fairchild Semicondutor
Thomas Harris, principal investigator, Bristol-Meyers Squibb Medical Imaging, Inc.
Mark P. Hepp, managing director, Halcyon Technologies, LLC
Brian Ippolito, director, Intellectual Property & Strategic Technology Agreements, Electronic Systems Division, Northrop Grumman Corporation
William S. Jackson
George Kontopidis, senior vice president Engineering, Advanced Platform Group, NMS Communications
George R. Meyer, former executive director, Pease Development Authority
Joseph Paterno, retired corporate vice president, Norton Company
Robert Phillips, EVP & chief technology officer, Windward Investment Management
Stephen Ransom, president, Ransom Environmental Consultants, Inc.
William A. Straub, vice president, CMA Engineers, Inc.

Chemical Engineering
David Atkinson, vice president, Operations/general manager, Wausau Papers of NH
Gordon Cheng, president ChemicaLogic Corp.
Allen Leach, vice president, Manufacturing, D. D. Bean & Sons Co.
Joseph Paterno, retired corporate vice president, Norton Company
Richard Stone, vice president, Business Development, Wheelabrator Technologies, Inc.
Ray Yang, professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, West Virginia University

Civil Engineering
Amoret L. Bunn, environmental engineer, Ecology Group, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Todd M. Fratzel, senior structural engineer, Ammann & Whitney Consulting Engineers
James W. Gallagher, Jr. chief engineer, NH Water Resources Council, chief water resources engineer and chief of the Dam Bureau for the NHDES
Marya E. Gorczyca, senior associate and vice president, Haley & Aldrich, Inc.
Charles L. Head, co-founder, Sanborn, Head & Associates, Inc.
Dana N. Humphrey, chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Malcolm Long Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Maine
Christopher Kelly, construction superintendent, Skanska USA Building
Duncan C. Mellor, senior engineer and project manager, Appledore Engineering
James A. Moore, assistant director of Project Development, NHDOT
Charles E. Pierce, assistant professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of South Carolina in Columbia.
Stephen B. Ransom, president and founder, Ransom Environmental Consultants, Inc.
Todd K. Walles, vice president, Weston Solutions, Inc.

Computer Science
Peter Clairmont, director, Product Engineering and Support, Aprisma
Jeff Creem, senior principal software engineer, BAE Systems
Dave Todaro, vice president, Bid2Win
Julie Pierce, VP Development and Greg Park, VP Software Development, Bottomline Technologies
Jim Richmond, senior director of Software Development, Enterasys Networks
Barry Reinhold, President Lamprey Networks
Stuart McGuigan, Deputy CIO, Liberty Mutual
Paul Goransson, president, Meetinghouse Data Communications
Mike Kaufman, engineer, Embedded Software Design and Release, Segway
Karen Jourdenais, director, Scalable Systems Group, and Kashyap Kapadia, Technical Lead, Solaris Networking Technologies, Sun Microsystems
Scott Valcourt, managing director, UNH InterOperability Laboratory

Electrical and Computer Engineering
John Apostolos, president, FPR Corp.
C.J. Clark, president, Intellitech Corporation
Justin Eisfeller, director, Engineering, Unitil
Mark Gailus, Signal Integrity, Product Development, Teradyne, Inc.
Ray Garbos, Aura
James Glynn, vice Ppesident, Underwater Systems Enterprise, Physical Sciences, Inc.
Mark Hughes, Simplex-Activation, L.L.C.
Jason Jeffords, vice president, Product Architecture & Technical Specification, Integral Access, Inc.
Warren Lackstrom, director, Hamel Center for the Management of Technology & Innovation
Paul Latham, president, Orion Design Technologies, Inc.
George Long, director, Human Resources, Unitil
Tom Mason, product engineering manager, Enhanced Solutions, National Semiconductor
George Meyer, former executive director, Pease Development Authority
Henry Mullaney, executive director, NH Industrial Research Center
John Nelson, software development manager, Tecnomatix-Unicam, Inc.
Thomas Obrey, chief operating officer, PixelMEDIA
Joseph Paterno, retired corporate vice president, Norton Company
Craig Poole, president, Eigenlight
James Randall, Randall Consulting
Dennis Skillman, R&D section manager, Qosnetics Product Operation, Agilent Technologies

Environmental Engineering
William A. Anderson, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo
Amoret L. Bunn, senior scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratories
Russell Ford, northeast regional technology manager, CH2M HILL, Inc.
Doug Owen, senior vice president, Malcolm-Pirnie, Inc.
Dwight Peavey, senior research scientist, US Environmental Protection Agency
Richard D. Siegel, environmental consultant, R & B Consulting Services
Fred Symmes, Weston Solutions, Inc.

Mechanical Engineering
Betsy Adams, Fleter Spaght, Inc.
Bruce A. Batchelder, manager, Applications Development, Collins & Aikman
Paul Beswick, president, Beswick Engineering Co., Inc.
Norris A. Browne
Steve DiOrio, director, Mechanical Engineering, Information and Electronic Warfare Systems, BAE Systems
Tom Doyon, head, Research & Development, Heidelberg Web Systems, Inc.
Timothy J. Harned, site manager, Parker Motor Design Center, Parker Hannifin Corp.
Alan L. Jacobson, head, Ford Unlimited Enterprise, Ford Motor Company
Chuck Krouse, retired head Research & Development, Heidelberg Harris.
John Laymon Jr., president, JRL Enterprises, Inc.
Vincenzo S. Lefante, technical marketing manager, Parker Hannifin
Thomas J. McCallion, senior product manager, Manufacturing Division, Autodesk Inc.
John W. Mueller, vice president, Sales & Marketing, Elektrisola Inc.
Marian B. Noronha, chairman and president, Turbocam, Inc.
Richard Oedel, managing partner, Brookwood Partners
Osamn Okyay, group head, Technical & Chemical, Kale Group of Companies
Greg Pelletier, director of engineering, Vutek
Joseph C. Petro
Joe Santamaria, JPS Industries
Michael Strack, TCS Japan K.K.
Laurie A. Watkins, manager, F/A-22 & JSF Mechanical Department, Engineering, BAE Systems