The advisory board for the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science includes experts from a broad range of industries, government, and academic institutions. Their guidance helps ensure that our students are prepared for the rigors of professional practice and/or graduate education. Many of the members of our advisory board are esteemed alumni of the Russ College. The current members of the board are listed below.
Dr. Enrique Medina (Chair), MSEE '91, PhD EE '07 (Ohio University), Associate Director in Sensors and Mission Systems at Universal Technology Company
Gregg Bauer, BSEE '75 (Ohio University), MBA '84 (Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania), Managing Partner at Spinnaker Venture Partners, LLC
Todd Beekman, BSEE ‘00 (Ohio University), MBA ‘06 (Georgetown University), EVP - Director of Financial Planning & Analysis at Huntington Bancshares
Dr. Marina Blanton, MSCS '02 (Ohio University), MSCS '04, PhD CS '07 (Purdue University), Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at University of Buffalo (SUNY)
Dr. Sean Calhoun, BSEE and BS, Physics & Mathematics '01, MSEE '06 (Ohio University), PhD EE (U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology), Chief Engineer at CAL Analytics, LLC
Todd Ebert, BSEE '92 (Ohio University), Senior Application Engineer at RoviSys
Dr. W. Garth Frazier, PhD EE '93 (Ohio University), Senior Research Scientist II in the National Center for Physical Acoustics at University of Mississippi
Chris Hayes, BSCS '95, MSCS '97 (Ohio University), System Programmer 3 in the Office of Information Technology at Ohio University
Shannon Hastings, BSCS '00 (Ohio University), MSCS '02 (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Chief Technology Office at Rhinogram
Janis Jones, BS, Mathematics '79 (Ohio University), MSCIS '85 (The Ohio State University), Senior Lecturer at The Ohio State University
Slave Jovanovski, BSCS '07 (Ohio University), MSCS '15 (Stanford University), Principal Software Engineer at Google
Porter Schemerhorn, BA, Computer Science '02 (Earlham College), Principal Software Engineer at Amazon
Dr. Patrick McDaniel, BSCS '89 (Ohio University), MSCS '91 (Ball State University), PhD CS '01 (University of Michigan), Professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Penn State University
Tim Murphy, BSEE '84, MSEE '85 (Ohio University), Senior Technology Fellow at Boeing
Carrie Saunders, BSEE '00, MSEE '06 (Ohio University), Partner at BCS Engineering
Greg Williams, BSEE '89, MSCS '94, (Ohio University), Principal Mobile Developer at Atomic Robot