The mission of the IAB is to provide guidance, advice and support to assist the achievement of the goals and objectives of the Engineering Technology Program in the Department of Engineering Technology at Texas State University . The Board provides an effective linkage between the Engineering Technology Program and program constituencies including alumni, faculty, and industry.
ET - Industrial Advisory Board (IAB)
OBJECTIVES
The objectives of the IAB are to:
- Review the Program Educational Objective (PEO) periodically (every three years or as required based on the board’s evaluation).
- Provide an independent, constructive assessment of the program and activities related to teaching, research, and service including a review of items such as: 1) faculty; 2) curriculum; 3) students; 4) administration; 5) equipment and facilities; and 6) alumni/industrial relations.
- Act as a two-way conduit for communicating between the Department and alumni, industry and government.
- Review the results of accreditation visits and provide advice and assistance to the Department in the development and maintenance of a continuous improvement plan.
- Serve as an advocate for the Department with College dean and the University administration.
- Adopt a proactive role in helping the Department to:
- Acquire resources for faculty development.
- Enhance and support student professional society activities.
- Help students find full-time job /internship positions.
- Identify potential industrial partners and projects for Senior Design course.
- Assist in laboratory development.
- Support fundraising activities and events.
- Develop the necessary procedures and guidelines for various functions of the IAB.
2020-2023 IAB Membership
Dr. Hector T Hinojosa
Principal Geoscientist & Founder Cordillera Geo-Services, LLC
Mr. Jack Krohmer
Managing Partner Control Networks Plus
Ms. Valerie Little
Industrial Engineering Manager Applied Materials
Mr. Peter Macler
Management and Engineering Consultant Peter E. Macler Associates, PLLC
Dr. Sam Matson
Energy Manager CMC Americas
Mr. James Mulhall
CUE Planning Group leader Tokyo Electron America
Mr. Wayne Wheatley
Worldwide Operations Sr. Director Global Supply Chain
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IAB 2016-2019
Dr. Earl Ingram
President
Ingram Readymix, IMr. Greg Jurrens
Principal Technical Sales
DBJ Systems, LLCMs. Valerie Little
Industrial Engineering Manager
Applied MaterialsMr. Peter Macler
Management and Engineering Consultant
Peter E. Macler Associates, PLLCDr. Sam Matson
Energy Manager
CMC AmericasMr. Eric Meyer
President
Oil City Iron Works, Inc.Mr. James Mulhall
Tokyo Electron America
TEL US Installation & CUE Planning Group leaderMr. Wayne Wheatley
Worldwide Operations Sr. Director
Global Supply Chain
IAB NEWS 2021
Erling LaSalle, Engineering Technology alumnus and a new member of our IAB, gave a presentation at the October 14th meeting of the Student Chapter of the American Foundry Society at Texas State. In the presentation, Erling discussed efforts at FTC Solar to convert assemblies into castings. Erling presented a specific case, an upper damper arm, that is being converted from a complex assembly into a single cast steel part. The conversion process involved design changes made possible by advanced computational tools including a generative material optimization and nonlinear finite element analysis. Following the presentation, students had the opportunity to ask questions about FTC Solar’s business model and to gain valuable career advice.
IAB NEWS 2019
PLC donation by Phoenix Contact
Phoenix Contact donated two PLC sets the Engineering Technology Programs. This donation was facilitated by Mr. Jack Krohmer who joined the IAB in Fall 2019. The future plan is to unitizes the PLCs to control devices in various manufacturing labs in the ET department. The PLCs will be connected to Ignition Software to create an integrated control, monitoring, and data acquisition system.
IAB NEWS 2019
AFS Seminar Series
In Fall 2020, Mr. Peter Macler gave a talk related to future opportunities in metal casting industry. He also discussed the new environmental aspects and metal casting industry and new advances in this area. Mr. Macler is one the IAB member. For the past 33 years he has operated Peter E. Macler Associates, PLLC, a Professional Engineering Firm that provides Engineering and Management Consulting Services to Clients in North America, Europe, and Asia.
IAB NEW 2019
Partnership with Inductive Automation
The Engineering Technology Department at Texas State University partnered with Inductive Automation to adopt Ignition Software in support of teaching and research activities in the department. In 2017, Dr. Sam Matson, an IAB member, facilitated a donation of an Ignition SCADA software perpetual license to the Engineering Technology department.
IAB NEWS 2019
CMC-Sponsored Senior Design Project
In Spring 2019, CMC sponsored a Senior Design Project related to design and fabrication of a tool that can be used to extract the mandrel from the electrode arm that incorporates worker safety, does not damage the arm or mandrel, and is relatively simple to use. Two student teams were involved in this project. One of the teams received the Industry Choice Award in the Senior Design Day. Dr. Sam Matson facilitated this collaboration.
