Some of the most distinguished names in engineering education have been recruited to serve on a special advisory board for the college. The President's Council is a group of distinguished advisors who have volunteered their time to counsel the president on a full range of issues relating to curriculum, student life, administration and finance, governance, admission and other topics important to the college. The council meets two times per year.
Members of the President's Council currently include:
John E. Abele
Founder Chairman, Boston Scientific
Elizabeth G. Armstrong, Ph.D.
Director of Education Programs, Harvard Medical International; Director of the Harvard-Macy Institute, Harvard Medical International; Professor, Harvard Medical School
James E. Ashton, Ph.D.
Chairman of five companies in Materials, Software, and Manufacturing and President of Ashton Capital Partners
Atul Bhatnagar, MS.E.E.
CEO and President, Ixia
Marshall N. Carter, M.A.
Chairman of the New York Stock Exchange and Deputy Chairman of the parent company NYSE Euronext
Tullio Cedraschi, M.B.A.
Former President and Chief Executive Office of CN Investment Division
James C. Curvey, M.A.
Vice Chairman, Fidelity Investments
James J. Duderstadt, Ph.D.
President Emeritus and University Professor of Science and Engineering, University of Michigan
Daniel Hastings, Ph.D.
Dean for Undergraduate Education and Professor of Aeronautics, Astronautics and Engineering Systems at MIT
George N. Hatsopoulos, Ph.D.
Founder and CEO, Pharos, LLC; Founder and Chairman Emeritus, Thermo Electron Corporation
Wayne C. Johnson, M.B.A.
Vice President, University Relations Worldwide, Hewlett-Packard Company
R. Mike Lockerd, P.E.
Executive Director, N. Texas Regional Center for Innovation & Commercialization (NTXRCIC)
Venkatesh Narayanamurti, Ph.D.
John A. and Elizabeth S. Armstrong Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences and a professor of Physics at Harvard University
John J. Piret, DSc
Partner, Newbury Piret & Co., Inc.
Melvin R. Ramey, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, University of California-Davis
Kwan Rim, Ph.D.
Chairman, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology
Eileen Shapiro, M.B.A.
President, The Hillcrest Group
Sheri D. Sheppard, Ph.D.
Professor of Engineering, Stanford; Senior Scholar, Carnegie Foundation
Lee S. Shulman, Ph.D.
President, Carnegie Foundation; Professor Emeritus, Stanford
Ralph Z. Sorenson, D.B.A.
President Emeritus, Babson College
B. Samuel Tanenbaum, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Harvey Mudd College
Gregs G. Thomopulos, M.S.
Chairman and CEO, Stanley Consultants, Inc.
Carol Tomlinson-Keasey, Ph.D.
Founding Chancellor, University of California at Merced
Irving Wladawsky-Berger, Ph.D.
Chairman Emeritus, IBM Academy of Technology
Visiting Professor, Engineering Systems, MIT
Lilian Wu, Ph.D.
Program Executive, University Relations and Innovation, IBM Corporate Technology
William A. Wulf, Ph.D.
University Professor at the University of Virginia and President Emeritus of the National Academy of Engineering
