Department Advisory Committee

The Electrical Engineering Department Advisory Committee (DAC) is an independent body that advises and supports our faculty. The committee ensures courses remain relevant to practicing electrical engineers, provides strategic guidance on our department’s educational objectives and missions, updates faculty and students with information on industry practices, and assists the department's effort in providing scholarships for students and graduates’ placement.

The support of our committee members and the connection between industry and education is critical to the effectiveness of the EE Department. Through continual development and improvement of the program’s curriculum, the DAC is helping our department achieve its mission of educating the next generation of world-class engineers.

DAC Members 

Mr. Arturo Cisneros

Senior Manager, Design Evaluation

Analog Devices

Dr. Utku Diril

ASIC Design and Architecture

Rivos Inc.

Mr. Jamil Kawa

Synopsys Fellow, Synopsys Solutions Group

Synopsys

Ms. Yllka Masada

President & CEO

Kelmendi Engineering Inc.

Dr. Gokhan Mergen

Software Engineer & Manager

Google

Mr. Amiraj Nigam

Device Driver Engineer

Intel

Ms. Lynn Olson

Retired Vice President

High Performance Memory, Micron Technology

Mr. Rufino Olay III

Committee Chair

Entrepreneur, Former COO & Co-Founder of Bolt Graphics

Mr. Setu Pankhaniya

Senior Cloud and Infrastructure Engineer

Apple

Ms. Zeel Patel

Technical Operations Manager

Amazon

Ms. Meeta Roy

Director Strategy & Planning

Peloton Interactive

Mr. Piyush Sagdeo

Director

SanDisk Inc.

Mr. Muralidhar Shenoy

Senior Systems Software Engineer

Apple Inc.

Dr. Davood Yazdani

Sr. Director of Product Marketing

Infineon Technologies