Advisory Board

The Chemical Engineering program has an advisory board that reviews its policies and curriculum and provides suggestions to possible improvements. The current CME board consists of:

1.         Gary Frashier, Ph D, Chair, President, Principal and Founder, Management Associates, gfrashier@gmail.com

2.         Joe Hegyesi (sep51@gvtc.com)

3.         Neal Vail, Chief Technology Officer, Progenerative Medical, Inc., nvail27@gmail.com

4.         Aleisha Knochenhauer, Director of Environmental Services & Sustainability. USA Rare Earth, LLC, aleisha@satx.rr.com

5.         Dennis Parker, Principal, The Parker Group, drparker46@gmail.com 

6.         Sean Drees, Chief Executive Officer, e9 Treatments, Inc., sdrees@electrolabcontrols.com

7.         Michael MacNaughton, PhD, Vice President, Chemical and Chemical Engineering, Southwest Research Institute, michael.macnaughton@swri.org 

8.         Steve Skarke, Vice President, Kaneka Americas Holding, steve.skarke@utsa.edu

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