External Advisory Board

Eugene Fitzgerald

Board Chair 
Merton C. Flemings – SMA Professor of Materials Engineering, 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Christopher J. Brooks

Chief Scientist, 
Honda Research Institute USA, Inc. 
Program Director, 99P Labs

Kieran F. Drain

Managing Director Entrepreneur in Residence Group, 
Applied Materials, Inc.

Carolyn Duran

Senior Director, Product Integrity at Apple

Mark Goorsky

Professor, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, 
Samueli School of Engineering, UCLA

Jim McGuire

Chief Executive Officer, 
Entrotech, Inc.

Drew Nelson

Founder, President & Non-Executive Director IQE PLC

Joan Redwing

Distinguished Professor, Materials Science and Engineering Director, 2D Crystal Consortium, 
Pennsylvania State University

Piyush Sinha

Vice President, Technology Development Group at Intel Corporation

Mitra Taheri

Professor, Materials Science & Eng.; Director, Materials Characterization & Processing Center, Johns Hopkins University; 
Chief Materials Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Richard Vaia

Chief Scientist, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, AFRL

Gabriel Veith

Distinguished Staff Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Paul Wood

Senior Advisor – First Reserve, Retired (formerly CEO, Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services, Inc.)