Committees
External Advisory Committee
Bryan C. Brewer
Boeing Company
San Antonio Site Core Engineering Manager
bryan.c.brewer@boeing.com
Area of Research: hypersonics/aerospace
Dr. Ahsan Choudhuri
University of Texas at El Paso
(915) 747-6906
ahsan@utep.edu
Area of Research: aerospace
Dr. Siva Prasad Gogineni
University of Alabama
Chair of External Advisory Committee
(205) 348-6905
pgogineni@ua.edu
Area of Research: ice sheet/instruments
Dr. Marika Holland
National Center for Atmospheric Research
(303) 497-1734
mholland@ucar.edu
Area of Research: polar climate, modeling
Dr. Sonya Legg
Princeton University
(609) 452-6582
slegg@princeton.edu
Area of Research: atmosphere, ocean
Dr. Donald Perovich
Dartmouth College
donald.k.perovich@dartmouth.edu
Area of Research: sea ice
Dr. John Schmisseur
University of Tennessee Space Institute
(931) 393-7274 • (571) 723-5515 (mobile)
jschmiss@utsi.edu
Area of Research: hypersonics/aerospace
Internal Executive Committee
Dr. David Akopian
Professor and Associate Dean of Research
(210) 458-7718
david.akopian@utsa.edu
Dr. Bernard Arulanandam
Vice President for Research, Economic Development, and Knowledge Enterprise
(210) 458-6859
bernard.arulanandam@utsa.edu
Dr. Cristian Botez
Assistant Vice President for Research Support
(210) 458-6258
cristian.botez@utsa.edu
Dr. JoAnn Browning
Dean, College of Engineering and Integrated Design
(210) 458-4490
joann.browning@utsa.edu
Dr. Dhireesha Kudithipudi
Director of AI Consortium
(210) 458-8539
dhireesha.kudithipudi@utsa.edu
Dr. Jose Lopez-Ribot
Associate Dean for Research, College of Sciences
(210) 458-6009
jose.lopezribot@utsa.edu
Dr. Jianwei Niu
Interim Director for School of Data Science
(210) 458-7360
jianwei.niu@utsa.edu
Dr. David Silva
Dean, College of Sciences
Chair of Internal Executive Committee
(210) 458-4450
davidr.silva@utsa.edu