Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission (ETAC)

ETAC Executive Committee

ETAC Chair

Amitabha Bandyopadhyay
State University of New York at Farmingdale

ETAC Chair-Elect

Steven E. Wendel
Sinclair Community College

ETAC Past Chair

Carol Richardson
Rochester Institute of Technology

ETAC Vice Chair-Operations

John J. Sammarco
NIOSH

ETAC Members-at-Large

Scott C. Dunning
University of Maine

Wilson T. Gautreaux
Rayonier

Kirk Lindstrom
Questar

Timothy W. Zeigler
Southern Polytechnic State University

ETAC Public Commissioner

Barbara Martin

Board Liaison Representative

Ray Meredith Haynes

ETAC Committee Chairs

Nominating Committee

Carol Richardson
Rochester Institute of Technology

ETAC Commissioners

American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists (AAEES)

Otis J. Sproul
University of New Hampshire
AAEES Representative since 2008 (Term 5)

American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM)

Ralph W. Goodson
ACSM Representative since 2011 (Term 2)

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

Thomas R. Gagnier
TRG Professional Consulting, Inc.
AIAA Representative since 2010 (Term 3)

American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)

Carol E. Schulte
McNeese State University
AIChE Representative since 2010 (Term 3)

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

Ciro Capano
Capano and Parker Engineers, P.C.
ASCE Representative since 2012 (Term 1)

Maury Fortney
MEFI Engineering
ASCE Representative since 2012 (Term 1)

Sylvester A. Kalevela
Colorado State University-Pueblo
ASCE Representative since 2011 (Term 2)

John A. Wiggins
New Jersey Institute of Technology
ASCE Representative since 2012 (Term 1)

American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)

Bahman S. Motlagh
Daytona State University
ASEE Representative since 2009 (Term 4)

John A. Stratton
Rochester Institute of Technology
ASEE Representative since 2008 (Term 5)

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)

Larraine Ann Kapka
Sinclair Community College
ASHRAE Representative since 2009 (Term 4)

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

Mark Coté
Maine Maritime Academy
ASME Representative since 2009 (Term 4)

Raju S. Dandu
Kansas State University at Salina
ASME Representative since 2012 (Term 1)

Charles G. Drake
Ferris State University
ASME Representative since 2012 (Term 1)

Lynn Martin Stohlgren
ASME Representative since 2011 (Term 2)

Curtis M. Vickery
Cameron Compression Systems
ASME Representative since 2011 (Term 2)

Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)

Albert Lozano-Nieto
Pennsylvania State University (Wilkes-Barre Campus)
BMES Representative since 2011 (Term 2)

CSAB

Frank H. Young
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
CSAB Representative since 2009 (Term 4)

IEEE

Sohail Anwar
Pennsylvania State University (Altoona Campus)
IEEE Representative since 2011 (Term 2)

April Cheung
The Braun Corporation
IEEE Representative since 2012 (Term 1)

Richard Cliver
Rochester Institute of Technology
IEEE Representative since 2009 (Term 4)

Thomas M. Hall, Jr.
Northwestern State University
IEEE Representative since 2011 (Term 2)

Mary Marchegiano
Delaware Tech
IEEE Representative since 2012 (Term 1)

Timothy L. Skvarenina
IEEE Representative since 2008 (Term 5)

Ece Yaprak
Wayne State University
IEEE Representative since 2012 (Term 1)

Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE)

Patrick Patterson
Texas Tech University
IIE Representative since 2010 (Term 3)

International Society of Automation (ISA)

Robert P. Kosar
ISA Representative since 2012 (Term 1)

The National Council of Examiners for
Engineering and Surveying (NCEES)

Steven Arndt
NCEES Representative since 2011 (Term 2)

Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

Daniel E. Skurski
National Trappers Association
SAE Representative since 2010 (Term 3)

Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)

V. Jorge Leon
Texas A&M University
SME Representative since 2009 (Term 4)

Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME)

Paul J.Roden
Fairbanks Morse Engine, Inc.
SNAME Representative since 2012 (Term 1)

ETAC Alternate Members

American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)

Jerry Samples
University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown
ASEE Alternate Representative since 2012

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

Thomas Singer
Sinclair Community College
ASME Alternate Representative since 2012

Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)

Ronald H. Rockland
New Jersey Institute of Technology
BMES Alternate Representative since 2011

IEEE

Venancio L. Fuentes
County College of Morris
IEEE Alternate Representative since 2012

Ghassan A. Salim
California University of Pennsylvania
IEEE Alternate Representative since 2012

Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE)

Richard M. Morris
Georgia State University
IIE Alternate Representative since 2011

Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)

Jyhwen Wang
Texas A&M University
SME Alternate Representative since 2011

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Accredited Programs at HBCUs

Howard University was the first historically black college or university to have ABET-accredited programs. ABET's predecessor, the Engineers' Council for Professional Development, accredited three engineering programs there in 1937.