Herff Advisory Councils
The Herff Advisory Council is a group of executives from industry and academia that have been assembled to advise the college on future direction, challenges and opportunities. The Council offers input on how the Herff College of Engineering can recruit outstanding faculty, set priorities, impact future technologies and obtain the additional resources necessary to bring the College to the next level of excellence.
Department Councils
Biomedical Engineering
| Bradley Bomar | Crossroads Extremity System |
| Chris Chiavario | Bioventus, LLC. |
| Dr. Chris Sabatino | Triad Life Sciences, Inc. |
| Dr. Christopher J. Damien | Stryker Trauma and Extremities |
| Dr. Connie Hall | College of New Jersey |
| Dr. Daniel Bastardo Blanco | St Jude Children’s Research Hospital |
| Nikkia Dugas Wilson | Medtronic Spine & Biologics |
| Dr Egleide Elene | Smith & Nephew |
| Dr. Erika Dillard | Popcheck Technologies, Inc. |
| Dr. Gary Bledsoe | St Louis University |
| Dr Isaac Rodriguez | SweetBio, Inc. |
| Dr. Jerald Redmond | |
| Dr. Jolieke van Oosterwijk | US Biologic |
| Dr. Jonathan McCanless | Abbott Diabetes Care |
| Dr. Lawrence Boyd | Restor3d |
| Dr. Mark Morrison | Smith and Nephew |
| Dr. Ranganatha Sitaram | St Jude Children’s Research Hospital |
| Dr. Richard Davidsen | Phillips Healthcare |
| Kelly Richelsoph | MircoPort Orthopedics, Inc. |
| Gretchen Selders | Medtronic Spine &Biologics |
| Sarah Stroup | Microsurgical Technology, Inc. |
| Dr. Wayne Lipson | Methodist LeBonheur Healthcare |
| Sean Wells | Orchid Orthopedics |
| Dr. Wilburn Gene Reddick | St Jude Children’s Research Hospital |
| Dr William Mihalko | Campbell Clinic |
| James Williams | Smith & Nephew |
Civil Engineering
| Mark Askew, P.E. | Askew Hargraves Harcourt & Associates, Inc. |
| Bob Bailey, P.E. | The Pickering Firm |
| Claire Barnett, P.E. | EnSafe, Inc. |
| Craig Christenbury, P.E. | Chris-Hill Construction Company, LLC |
| James Collins, P.E. | Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. |
| Zack A. Daniel, P.E. | CDM Smith, Inc. |
| Brad Davis, P.E. | Black & Veatch |
| Robert H. Dodds, Jr., Ph.D., P.E. | University of Tennessee (Knoxville) |
| Greg Dotson P.E. | Barge Design Solutions |
| John Gordon, P.E. | PSI, Inc. |
| Sanjeev Kumar, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE | P.E., Fellow ASCE |
| J.P. Mohsen, Ph.D. | University of Louisville |
| John Paul Finerson, P.E. | Lehman-Roberts Company |
| Laura Rowland, (P.E. inactive) | |
| Yousef Saleh P.E. | Pickering Firm, Inc. |
| Mike Sheridan, P.E., S.E., SECB | Allen & Hoshall |
| Cory Williams, P.E. | Geotechnical Engineering Branch |
Electrical & Computer Engineering
| Vida Abedi, PhD | Geisinger Health System |
| Michael Bartz, Ph.D | Dunavant Enterprises |
| Trey Conway, P.E. | Logical Systems, LLC |
| Ronald G. Driggers, Ph.D | University of Arizona |
| Kamal Hossain | FedEx |
| Wayne J. Jackson, P.E. | Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division |
| Ravi Kanuri | |
| Philip Lim | Middle Tennessee Electric |
| Wilburn E. Reddick, PhD | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital |
| Lisa Riales | FedEx (Information Technology) |
| Kathryn Simpson | Medtronic |
| Chandrika Winston | Memphis Gas Light & Water Division |
Engineering Technology
| MD Arifuzzaman | Google LLC. |
| Randy Bell | International Paper |
| Christopher Bell | Milwaukee Tool |
| Todd Canaday | ThyssenKrupp Elevator |
| Brad Dacus | Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics |
| Darius Hankins | Arbitrage Trade Analytics LLC |
| Atiq Islam | eBay Inc. |
| Sean Kelly | Stryker |
| Matt Kossan | Hytrol Conveyor |
| Dalibor Markovic | Stryker |
| Jasmin Nuhic | Bioventus |
| Cole Prince | Hytrol Conveyor |
| Scott Shankle | MicroPort Orthopedics |
| Mohammad Siddique | Oracle Corporation |
| Curtis Sines | Parker Hannifin Chelsea Division |
| Tucker Trey | Direct Spec |
| Christy Valentine | Hytrol Conveyor |
| Steven Wade | Medtronic Spinal & Biologics |
| Mark Williams | Compass Automation |
| Joe Williams | IPS Corporation |
Mechanical Engineering
| Ms. Amanda Winter | |
| William Armstrong | |
| Michael Bilderbeck | Pickering Firm, Inc |
| Dr. Chuck Stout | ABB, Inc |
| Joe Durante | Hyosung HICO, Ltd |
| Dr. Ersa Roan | Somavac Medical Solutions |
| Greg Hammon | Cummins |
| Dean Hughes | Smith and Nephew |
| Jonathan Jackson | Vanguard Soap |
| Dr. Johney Green | NREL |
| Douglas Kothe | Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| Dr. Naji Nassif | Hydrasep, Inc |
| Dr. Phillip Allen | NASA Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Tony Pinson | |
| Dr. Richard Komistek | UT Knoxville |
| Jeffery Stewart | FedEx |
| John Young | Medtronic Spine and Biologics |