Industry Advisory Council

Membership in the Industry Advisory Council (IAC) is open to practitioners interested in maintaining and strengthening the educational goals and objectives of the Civil & Environmental Engineering (CEE) Department. The purposes of the IAC include serving as the industry liaison for the CEE Department, assisting the CEE Department in satisfying ABET accreditation requirements [Program Educational Objectives (PEOs), Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) and respective assessments], the professional component, and the program criteria. The IAC also assists the CEE Department in the development of its academic curricula for producing graduates with a marketable skill set in the Civil Engineering profession and serves as an integral part of CEE Department at the committee level.

NAME

AGENCY

EMAIL

PHONE

Kelvin Solco, PE, MBA

(President)

The Solco Group, LLC

ksolco@yahoo.com

817-564-6895

 Steve Hrncir, PE

PVAMU-ASCE Student Practitioner

(Member)

(Past President)

HNTB Corporation

shrncir@hntb.com

281-799-0414

Charles (Chuck) Rivette, PE

(Member)

(Past Secretary)

Waste Management
of Texas

crivette@wm.com

713-253-4497

 Steve Fitzgerald, PE

(Member)

Harris County Flood Control District – Retired

(Member)

sfitzgerald1516@gmail.com

713-875-1212

 Johnny Gant, PE

(Member)

JRSG & Company

johnny@jrsgandcompany.com

713-542-9363

Eric Potts

(Member)

Freese & Nichols

eric.potts@freese.com

832-525-8495

Stephanie Bache

(Member)

Black & Veatch Corporation

BacheSL@bv.com

469-513-3190

 Robert J. Benz, PE

(Past President)

Texas
Transportation Institute

r-benz@tamu.edu

713-686-2971

Corey Hodge

(Past Vice-President)

CH International

coreyhodge@hotmail.com

979-219-3493

Ramesh Kalluri

Ramesh Kalluri, PE

(Past Member)

Kalluri Group Inc. rkalluri@kalluri.us 713-365-9288

 Pat N. Nwachukwu, PE

(Past Member)

Texas Department
of Transportation

pat.nwachukwu@txdot.gov

713-802-5961