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2009 BEST Advisory Council
David Brant (chair)
Senior Vice President
Product Engineering
Cessna Aircraft Company
Wichita, KS
Dr. Paul Beran
Chancellor
University of Arkansas – Fort Smith
Fort Smith, AR
Dr. Ken Berry
Assistant Director
Science and Engineering Education Center
University of Texas at Dallas
Chris Culbert
Deputy Division Chief
Automation, Robotics and Simulation Division
NASA/Johnson Space Center
Houston, TX
Dr. Richard Gale
Associate Dean
Edward E. Whitacre, Jr. College of Engineering
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX
Dr. Miguel Garcia-Rubio
Associate Dean
College of Engineering
University of North Texas
Denton, TX
Hugh Hall
Brigadier General, U.S. Army (Retired)
and Chairman of the Board
HP LogIT Management
Austin, TXÂ
Steve Harris
President
Rixan Associates, Inc.
Dayton, OH
Dave Heacock
Senior Vice President
High Volume Analog and Logic
Texas Instruments
Dallas, TXÂ
Susan Herman
Vice President
Education Technology
Texas Instruments
Dallas, TX
Dr. Stephen Jones
Associate Dean
College of Engineering
Villanova University
Villanova, PA
Joerg Kemnade
Vice President
SU Process Technology & Engineering
Evonik Degussa Corporation
Theodore, AL
Steve Perry
Executive Director
The Forum, Industry Partners in Environmental Progress
Mobile, AL
Lee Sampson
Principal Engineer
Engineering Operations
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company
Fort Worth, TX
Charles Shepard
Program Manager
Technology Development and Application
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
Colleyville, TX
Joseph Sun
Director of Academic Affairs
School of Engineering and Applied Science
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Andrew Unverzagt
Senior Director, Corporation Development
Luminant
Dallas, TX
Ronald Weaver
President/CEO
CAMtech Precision Manufacturing, Inc.
Jupiter, FL