2010-11 Academic Advisory Council Roster

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The Academic Advisory Council (AAC) was formed in 2010 with the overall objective to enhance communications between the ABET Board of Directors and the academic community. The council represents all four ABET commissions and currently include 16 deans, associate deans, and other academic leaders who are selected to represent a range of commissions, institutional types, geographical coverage in the United States, and other demographics.

Chair

Steven M. Cramer
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Council Members

Patrick N. Breysse
The Johns Hopkins University

Kendall T. Harris
Prairie View A&M University

Ravi Jain
University of the Pacific

Richard T. Johnson
Bradley University

Jerome P. Lavelle
North Carolina State University

Richard G. Mathieu
James Madison University

Ron McKean
Ferris State University

Wiley R. McKinzie
Rochester Institute of Technology

K. Arthur Overholser
Vanderbilt University

Russell F. Pinizzotto
Wentworth Institute of Technology

Jeffrey L. Ray
Southern Polytechnic State University

Debra J. Richardson
University of California, Irvine

Heikki Topi
Bentley University

John C. Williams
Alfred State College

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