Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Advisory Board
Kamran Abers '82
Managing Director
Chapman Associates
abers@chapman-usa.com
aberskam@aol.com
Hank Highland `80
President and CEO
Foster Wheeler Constructors, Inc Hank_Highland@fwc.com
Maria Branco, PE ’74
Plant Manager
Keyspan Energy mbranco@keyspanenergy.com
Dr. Emile N Homsi `03
Manager, Application Development Engineering
Nylon SystemBASF Corp / Performance Polymers homsin@basf-corp.com
Harold C Butler `63
President
HCB26@verizon.net
Christopher B Little `93, `95
L-3 Communication Systems - East
christopher.b.little@l-3com.com
Peter C. Coppola, PE '89 '91
Vice President Commercial Operations
Foster Wheeler North America
Robert Hemler
rhemler@aol.com
Dr. Suresh Goyal
Lucent Technologies / Bell Laboratories goyal@lucent.com
Frank Tartaglia
President
Valcor Engineering Corp
mercedesspeakman@valcor.com.
NJIT Representatives:
Peggy Sullivan
Department Liaison
University Heights
Mechanical Engineering
Department
Newark College of Engineering
sullivan@njit.edu
Rajpal Sodhi
Interim Chair ME Department

University Heights
Mechanical Engineering Department
Newark College of Engineering
sodhi@njit.edu

Industrial and Management Systems Engineering Advisory Board

Mr. Maneesh Bhandari
Executive Chairman and CTO
SENA Systems, Inc.
Mr.  George J. Dekelbaum
Specialist
Bell Atlantic - New Jersey, Inc.

Mr. Salvatore Gullo
Festo Corporation

Mr. James J. Kelly
Primary Management Engineer
Port Authority of NY and NJ
Mr. Peter LilienthalLucent Technologies Col. James J. Lindenfelser USAF
Vice President
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Mr. Joseph J. Manfredi
President and CEO
GMP Systems, Inc.
Ms. Diane C. Ragosa
Patent Attorney
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Mr. Daniel Rodriguez
VP & Director of Engineering
Lab-Volt Systems
Mr. Robert A. Ruhno
General Manager
PQ Corporation
Mr. Jack W. Wagner
Global Marketing Executive
IBM Corporation
Mr. Robert J. Ziese ESQ
Vice President
Ziese & Associates, Ltd