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MatSE Alumni Board
The Materials Science and Engineering Alumni Association (MatSEAA) is a not-for-profit nonpartisan organization consisting of regular members in good standing of the University of Illinois Alumni Association. The main thrust of the Association is to foster the advancement of the MatSE Department, College of Engineering, University of Illinois and its Alumni Association. Active membership is open to all former and present students and faculty of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. All past officers and directors of the MatSEAA may serve as Ex-Officio members of the Board. The Head of the Department is also tendered this privilege. Meetings are held twice a year, in the fall and in the spring, on the campus of the University of Illinois.
The purposes of the MatSEAA are as follows:
- To offer and maintain mutually beneficial communications between the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and its alumni.
- To support and encourage the continual development of a high level of excellence in teaching, research and public service by the Materials Science and Engineering faculty.
- To encourage the continuation of the high level of creative and professional excellence which is so broadly recognized among graduates of the Department.
- To continually strive to enhance the national and international reputation of the Department and its alumni.
- To seek, through Departmental and alumni efforts, a high quality of students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
- To help the Department reach out to high school students and foster their interests in the degree programs at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois.
Officers
President James Burk
Vice President David Teter
Executive Director Cindy Brya
Members
Rick Anderson-Decina BS Met '72, Cummins Incorporated
Gary Bilow BS Met '65, MS Met '67, Boeing
James Burk BS Met '73, MS Met '74, PhD Met '78, B.P. Exploration
Paul Clem PhD Cer '96, Sandia National Laboratories
Michael Daley BS Met '92, PhD MatSE '96, Kimberly-Clark
Dwight Diercks BS Met '67, MS Met '68, PhD Met '71, Argonne National Laboratory
Jeff Eastman BS Met '79, MS Met '82, Argonne National Laboratory
Joseph Harmon BS MatSE '99, DePuy Orthopaedics
Matthew Janet BS Cer '97, MS MatSE '00, 3M
Susan Kent MS Met '90, PhD Met '92, 3M
Dan Lillig BS Met '93, PhD MatSE '00, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
Katy MacGregor BS MatSE '02, Caterpillar
David Moore BS Met '89, Packer Engineering
Atif Odeh BS Met '92, ATRONA Material Testing Lab
Lawrence Schulz BS Cer '76, MS Cer '77
David Teter BS Met '90, PhD Met '96, Los Alamos National Lab
Peter Tortorelli PhD Met '78, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Britt Turkot BS Met '90, MS Met '92, PhD MatSE '96, Intel Corporation
Jennifer Weber BS MatSE '04, Boeing
Matthew Zaluzec BS Met '84, PhD MatSE '90, Ford Motor Company
Ex-Officio
Ray Capek BS Cer '58, MS Cer '59, PhD Cer '61, Candescent-retired
Charles Connors BS Cer '60, Magneco Metrel Incorporated
Russ Duttweiler BS Met '60, R&D Consulting
Howard Friedman BS Met '55, Fotofabrication Corporation-retired
Martin Kopchak BS Met '73, MS Met '76, Caterpillar
Ken Kuna BS Cer '68, MS Cer '69, Delta USA Corporation
Keith Meyer BS Met '80, Boeing
Doug Ruhmann BS Met '64, Boeing
Sheryl Tipton BS Met '80, Caterpillar
Affiliate
Kevin Howard PhD Chemistry '88, Dow Chemical Company