The Industry Advisory Group
AMPED’s industry advisory group members are prominent scientists and leaders from industry and national laboratories, selected to represent key segments and application areas of critical importance to the consortium. Our original advisors helped found AMPED and remain foundational to it. They give the faculty leadership team insight into emerging needs and trends across industries and government agencies, helping ensure that AMPED’s research and education stay relevant and impactful. We are grateful for their contributions and guidance.
Current Advisory Group Members

Tim Abbey
President, Control Transformer
Bharadwaj Reddy Andapally
Technical Advisor for Nanocrystalline Soft Magnetic Material, CBMM
Natan Aronhime
Principal Metallurgist, Carpenter Technologies
Stanley Atcitty
Senior Scientist, Sandia National Laboratory
Richard Beddingfield
Senior power electronics engineer, GE Vernova
Lauren Boteler
Research Engineer, Army Research Laboratory
Antonios Challita
Principle Research Engineer, BAE Systems
Ahmad El Shafei
Lead Electrical Engineer, Eaton Corporation
Karl Hobart
Head, High Power Devices, Naval Research Laboratory
Chris Horn
Engineering Project Manager, Fort Wayne Metals
Nicholas Jones
Materials Engineer, Naval Surface Warfare Center
Thomas Keister
R&D Manager, Resilient Power Systems
Alex Leary
Senior Metallurgist, NASA Glenn Research Center
Seung-Ryul Moon
Power Electronics Engineer - Principal Investigator, Leidos
Amit Pandey
Research Scientist Stf., ATC Lockheed Martin Space
Andrew Sherman
Founder / CTO, Powdermet
Jagadeesh Tangudu
Associate Director, Technology Portfolio Manager, Raytheon Technology
Eric Theisen
R&D Director, Metglas
Zafer Turgut
Senior Scientist, Wright Patterson Air Force Base
