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Meet the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station's leadership team.

Interim Director

Joe Elabd

  • Vice Chancellor for Research
  • Interim Vice Chancellor for Engineering
  • Interim Dean of the Texas A&M University College of Engineering
  • Interim Director of the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
  • Axalta Coating Systems Chair II
  • Professor, Chemical Engineering
Joe Elabd

Deputy Director

Rodney Bowersox

  • Deputy Director, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
  • Senior Associate Dean for Research, College of Engineering
  • Executive Director, University Consortium for Applied Hypersonics
  • Holder, Ford Motor Co. Design Professorship I
  • Director, Texas A&M National Aerothermochemistry and Hypersonics Laboratory
  • Professor, Aerospace Engineering
Assistant Name: Kendall Lackey
Assistant Email: kclackey@tamu.edu
Rodney Bowersox

Associate Director

Arul Jayaraman

  • Executive Associate Dean of the Texas A&M University College of Engineering
  • Associate Agency Director of the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
  • Ray B. Nesbitt Endowed Chair
  • Professor, Chemical Engineering
  • Affiliated Faculty, Biomedical Engineering
Assistant Name: Brandi Brown
Assistant Email: brandi.brown@tamu.edu
Assistant Phone: 979-845-6170
Arul Jayaraman

Executive Leadership

Lisa Akin

  • Chief Operating Officer
Assistant Name: Ella Yurk
Assistant Email: ella.yurk@tamu.edu
Assistant Phone: 979-317-3805
Lisa Akin

Saurabh Biswas

  • Executive Director for Technology Transition
Saurabh Biswas

Casey Bryan

  • Chief Information Officer
Casey Bryan

Joseph N. Dunn

  • Assistant Vice Chancellor
  • Chief Financial Officer
Assistant Name: Sherilyn Fields
Assistant Email: sfields@tamu.edu
Assistant Phone: 979-845-6946
Joseph N. Dunn

Amy Klinkovsky

  • Executive Director, Engineering Communications
Amy Klinkovsky

Julie Kopycinski

  • Assistant Vice Chancellor for Government Relations and External Affairs
Julie Kopycinski

Cindy Lawley

  • Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic and Outreach Programs
  • Assistant Dean for Engineering Academies
  • Associate Agency Director for Workforce Development and Regional Divisions
Assistant Name: KrisAnn Everett
Assistant Email: keverett@tamu.edu
Assistant Phone: 979-845-1291
Cindy Lawley

Eyad Masad

  • Executive Director, Global Initiatives
  • Zachry Professor, Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Professor, Mechanical Engineering Program - Texas A&M at Qatar
Assistant Name: Kholoud Nawahdah
Assistant Email: Kholoud.nawahdah@qatar.tamu.edu
Eyad Masad

Prabhakar Pagilla

  • Associate Dean for Research
  • James J. Cain '51 Professor II
  • Associate Director for Strategic Initiatives
  • Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Assistant Name: Nic Hernandez
Assistant Email: hernandezne25@tamu.edu
Prabhakar Pagilla

Nicole Pottberg

  • Executive Director, Engineering Human Resources and Payroll
Nicole Pottberg