Advisory Board
Professional support of any college program is a tremendous advantage to both the students and the businesses. This support is given to the Department of Manufacturing and Engineering Technology by the Advisory Board (METAB). The advisory board is a great way to look at companies and see what they have to offer. They also provide a great collective knowledge about the manufacturing industry fields from which all students are encouraged to draw. The METAB members play adjunct role as a constituency in bringing to the program educational objectives the currency with respect to engineering technology and to ensure that graduates from the program will be adequately prepared for careers in engineering technology. Furthermore, the METAB members serve as external evaluators to assess the Senior Project presentations toward the end of each semester.
Chair
- John Lowry
President & CEO, Lowry Technical Associates Inc.
Members
- Ethan Bernhardt
President & CEO, ATC Automation - Harold Bohannon
Account Manager Deshazo, Automation LLC - Tamara Gilbert
Pre-Productuion Launch Manager, General Motors - James Graham
Technical Assistant Manager-New Model Dev., Volkswagen Group of America Chattanooga Operations LLC - James Heady
Lean Continuous Improvement Manager, Jostens Inc. - Christopher Hetzler
Sales Manager, Eureka Foundry Co - Mark Hoormann
Project Engineer, ABC Technologies - Coral Kanies
Senior Director, Walmart
- Tom Kelly
Owner, TEK Sales and Solutions - Andrew Kirby
Director of Strategic Projects, Playcore - Joel Liggins
Casting/Forging Process Engineer Manager, Nissan North America Inc. - James Mansell
Plant Manager, SignResource - Andy Page
Managing Partner, Net Results Inc. - Gordon Reed
Solutions Consultant, University of Tennessee Center for Industrial Services - Spurgeon Smith
Corporate Environmental Director, Tecumseh Products Inc. - Dedrick Watson
Manufacturing Engineer Manager, Lochinvar, LLC
