2018 Spring ECC Meeting

The Spring 2018 ECC Meeting is scheduled for April 12-13, 2018, in Ithaca, NY.

Presentations and Meeting Materials	Details
Cornell Engineering Update	Lance Collins, Joseph Silbert Dean of Engineering
New Educational Paradigm Task Force Committee Report (to be posted)	Dan Simpkins and Molly Tschang
Energy, Environment, and Sustainability Task Force Committee Recommendations	*John Swanson and Elissa Sterry*
Bioengineering Task Force Committee Report	Craig Wheeler
Capital Infrastructure Task Force Committee Report	*Ken Goldman and Lisa Walker*
Breakout Session Questions What have you found effective by serving on this task force? What tools or resources would be helpful to make this process more efficient/effective? What was challenging about serving on this task force? Did your task force have the appropriate number of people? Were their other individuals with other strengths that should be included moving forward? Was the goal of your task force clearly defined? What are the logical next steps to progress towards your goal in providing an appropriate strategy/action plan to present to the Dean? Do you feel you need more time to achieve your goal in completing a comprehensive strategy/action plan? If so, what is your time frame?

ECC Bios

Spring 2018 ECC Bios

ECC Members attending

Richard A. Aubrecht (Cornell B.S. '66 ME, M.S. '68, Ph.D. '70) Moog Inc. (emeritus)

Nadine Aubry (Cornell Ph.D. '87 ME) Northeastern University

John Balen (Cornell B.S. ’82 EE, MBA ’86) Canaan Partners

James Becker (Cornell BSCE '65, MS Structural Eng. '67) Skanska USA Building, Inc. (Retired) (emeritus)

Najib S. Canaan (Cornell EE ’86, M.Eng. Nuclear Eng. ’87) Marinus Capital Advisors, LLC

Jay W. Carter (Cornell B.S. '71 ORE, M.Eng. '72) Lucent Technologies (Retired) (emeritus)

Lance R. Collins, Dean of Engineering

Frank DeCosta (Cornell B.S. '85 EE, M.Eng. '86 EE) Finnegan, LLP

Gregory J. Galvin (Cornell M.S. ’82, MSE; Ph.D. ’84 MSE; JGSM MBA ’93) Rheonix, Inc. and Mezmeriz, Inc.

Rana Glasgal (Cornell B.S. ’87, M.Eng. ’92 ORIE) Northeastern University

Ken Goldman (B.S. '71 EE) Hillspire

Kevin P.B. Johnson (Cornell B.S. ’88 EE) Quinn Emanuel Urquhart and Sullivan, LLP

Michele A. Kaliski (Cornell B.S. '85 ORIE) Public Servant

William LaFontaine (Cornell M.S. '88, Ph.D. '90 MSE) International Business Machines

Aref H. Lahham (Cornell M.Eng. '86 CEE) Orion Capital Managers

Jonathan M. Ludwig (Cornell B.S. '03 CS/ECE) Barclays Capital

Ivan L. Lustig (Cornell B.S. '80 ORE, M.Eng. '81, MBA '82) Dover Madison Capital Management

Avi Mehrotra (Cornell B.S. '91 EE) Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

James Ricotta (Cornell B.S. '81 EE) Sightpath Capital

Susie Kim Riley (Cornell B.S. '87 ECE) Aquto

Tony Satterthwaite (Cornell B.S. '82 CEE) Cummins, Inc.

Robert W. Shaw Jr. (Cornell B.S. ’63 EP, M.S. ’64 EE) Aretê Venture Management (emeritus)

Daniel S. Simpkins (Cornell B.S. '80 EE, M.Eng. '81) Hillcrest Capital Investors

Elissa Sterry (Cornell B.S. ORE '79, M.S. '80) ExxonMobil Chemical Company (Retired)

John Swanson (Cornell ’61, B.M.E. ’62, M.M.E. ’63) ANSYS (Retired)

Joseph Thanhauser, III (Cornell B.S. ’71 EE) Byrnam Wood, LLC

Molly Tschang (Cornell B.S. '85 ChE) Abella Consulting

Andy Verhalen (Cornell B.S. '78 EE, M.Eng./MBA '81) Matrix Partners

Lisa L. Walker (Cornell B.S. ChE '86) DHR International

Craig A. Wheeler (Cornell '82 M.S., '84 ChemE) Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Eric Young (Cornell B.S. '78 ME) Canaan Partners