UCLA-MAE Industrial
Relations
Rajit Gadh
2006 Industrial Advisory Board
Meeting
MAE Department Industrial Advisory Board
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Mr. H. K. John Armenian, TechFinity Inc.
Mr. Rick Baker, General Manager, VP, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
Chris Cox, Section Manager, Raytheon Company
Dr. Gaurang Choksi, Manager, Assembly Technology Development, Intel
Mrs. Natalie Crawford, VP and Head, Project Air Force, Rand Corporation
Mr. Gary Ervin, VP and Deputy, Air Combat Systems, Northrop Grumman
Wayne H. Goodman, General Manager, The Aerospace Corporation
Jason Hatakeyama, Team Leader-High Speed Structures, The Boeing Company
Herschel R. Evans, Engineering Supervisor, ConocoPhillips
Dr. Asad M. Madni, President and COO, BEI Technologies, Inc / Schneider Electric
Dr. Gregory L. Davis, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mr. Roger Murry, Senior Principal Engineer, Honeywell Engines
James S. Paulsen, VP, General Manager, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, Inc.
Dr. Kevin L. Petersen, Center Director, NASA Dryden Flight Research Center
Dr. Shawn Phillips, Chief, Engine Branch, AFRL/PRSE, Edwards AFB
Dr. Munir M. Sindir, Advanced Analysis Processes, Rocketdyne Propulsion & Power
Mr. Geoffrey Turner, Manager, Product Engineering Center, Northrop Grumman
Dr. Tom Tyson, President (Emeritus), GE/Energy and Environmental Research 18
Dr. Jeff Willis, Vice President, Capstone Turbine Corp.
Industrial Affiliates Program
Membership Fee: $10,000
Membership Status
• ? ConocoPhillips
• ? Techfinity
• 2/?/06 Pratt & Whitney
• 5/31/05 Northrop Grumman
• 1/13/05 Lockheed Martin
• 2/28/05 Honeywell
• 1/10/06 Exxon Mobile
• 7/18/05 Boeing
• 8/31/04 BEI Technologies
Benefits to IA members
• Recruitment of undergrad and grad students
• Way to get introduced to faculty to initiate collaboration in new
research areas
• To educate your company on the latest developments in UCLAMAE
• Arrange visits by your company to UCLA-MAE research labs
• Participate in joint research publications, grant proposals, etc.
• Participate at our Annual research review and other events
• Develop a partner relationship with UCLA-MAE
MAE participates in joint SEAS
Research Review
• SEAS- RESEARCH REVIEW WILL BE HELD ON FRIDAY, MAY 5:
• “Emerging Multidisciplinary Engineering Opportunities”
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PROGRAM:
8:00: Registration & Continental Breakfast: DeNeve
9:00: Session I: DeNeve
10:30: Coffee Break: DeNeve
11:00: Session II: DeNeve
12:30: Lunch + VC session: Covel
2:00: Parallel Sessions: Bradley, Covel, DeNeve
3:30: Coffee Break: walk to Covel Patio
4:00: Poster Session: Covel
6:00: Reception: Covel
It takes 20 mins to get from Bradley to Covel