ENG Advisory Committee

The Directorate for Engineering Advisory Committee advises the U.S. National Science Foundation and the Directorate for Engineering (ENG) on issues such as:

• The impact of the directorate's activities on the fields supported by ENG.
• Investment opportunities in engineering research, education and infrastructure.
• Policy deliberations, program development and program management.
• The impact of overall NSF policies on the ENG community.

Members represent a cross section of engineering, science and education with representatives from many different subdisciplines within the field; a cross section of institutions including industry; broad geographic representation; and balanced representation of women and underrepresented minorities. We believe that this diversity allows the advisory committee to encompass as many perspectives in engineering as possible.

Gretchen Baier 
Executive External Strategy and Communications Leader
Dow
Term ends: spring 2026

Raheem Beyah
Dean of the College of Engineering and Southern Company Chair
Georgia Tech
Term ends: spring 2027

Stephan Biller 
Harold T. Amrine Distinguished Professor
School of Industrial Engineering & Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business
Director, Dauch Center for the Management of Manufacturing Enterprises
Co-Director, eXcellence in Manufacturing and Operations (XMO)
Purdue University
Term ends: spring 2026

Dianne Chong 
The Boeing Company (Ret.) 
Term ends: spring 2026

Robin Coger (Committee Chair)
Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs 
East Carolina University 
Term ends: spring 2025

Karina Montilla Edmonds 
Senior Vice President, SAP Global Head of Academics and University Alliances
SAP
Term ends: fall 2025

Cynthia Furse 
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering 
University of Utah
Term ends: fall 2024

Samuel Graham (Liaison to Advisory Committee for Cyberinfrastructure (ACCI))
Dean, James Clark School of Engineering
University of Maryland, College Park
Term ends: spring 2026

Kimberly Jones (Liaison to Advisory Committee for Environmental Research and Education (AC ERE))
Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs 
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education, College of Engineering and Architecture 
Professor and Chair, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 
Howard University
Term ends: spring 2026

Gregory Keoleian 
Director, Center for Sustainable Systems 
Peter M. Wege Professor of Sustainable Systems, School for Environment and Sustainability 
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering 
University of Michigan
Term ends: fall 2024

Tsu-Jae King Liu 
Dean and Roy W. Carlson Professor of Engineering 
University of California, Berkeley 
Term ends: fall 2024

James R. Martin II (Liaison to Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering (CEOSE))
Chancellor
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Term ends: spring 2026

Danielle Merfeld 
Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer 
Hanwha Qcells
Term ends: fall 2024

Veena Misra
Head and M.C. Dean Distinguished University Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
North Carolina State University
Term ends: spring 2027

Sanjay Natarajan
Senior Vice President
General Manager, Components Research
Intel Corporation
Term ends: fall 2026

Ismael Pagán-Trinidad 
Professor and Chair, Department of Civil Engineering and Surveying 
University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez
Term ends: spring 2027

Lance Pérez (Committee Co-Chair)
Dean, College of Engineering, and Omar H. Heins Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering 
University of Nebraska-Lincoln 
Term ends: fall 2025

Albert Pisano
Dean, Jacobs School of Engineering
Special Adviser to the Chancellor for Campus Strategic Initiatives
Professor, Departments of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of California, San Diego
Term ends: spring 2027

Donna Riley 
Jim and Ellen King Dean of Engineering and Computing 
University of New Mexico 
Term ends: spring 2026

Julie Ross 
Paul and Dorothea Torgersen Dean of Engineering 
Virginia Tech
Term ends: spring 2026

Karen Thole
Robert J. Vlasic Dean of Engineering
Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering
University of Michigan
Term ends: spring 2027

Bruce Tromberg 
Director, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering 
National Institutes of Health 
Term ends: fall 2026