COMMITTEE
Tulane Engineering Forum - 2026 Steering Committee
Matt Barrios, PhD
Professor of Practice
Department of Physics and Engineering Physics
mbarrio4@tulane.edu
Douglas B. Chrisey, PhD
Professor
Tulane School of Science and Engineering
douglasbchrisey@gmail.com
L.T. Cooper, PE, F-ASCE, F-SEI
Structural Engineering Manager
EDG, Inc.
ltcooper@edg.net
Ibrahim Demir
Professor, River-Coastal Science and Engineering
ByWater Institute, Tulane University
idemir@tulane.edu
Trivia Frazier, PhD, MBA
President and CEO
Obatala Sciences, Inc
trivia.frazier@obatalasciences.com
Wes Geiman
Director of Business and Technology Development
Vivace Corporation
wgeiman@vivace.com
David Gereighty, PE
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
Department of the Interior
david@ger80.org
Vijaya (VJ) Gopu, PhD, PE
Professor and Associate Director
UL Lafayette & LTRC
vgopu@tulane.edu
David A. Kanger, PE, Associate
Modjeski and Masters, Inc.
dakanger@modjeski.com
John J. Kelly III, PhD
President
Model Software Corporation
kelly@ModelSoftware.com
Charles J. Mart, D Eng, 2026 TEF Chairperson
Department Manager, Production Technologies Research and Development (ret.) – ExxonMobil Upstream
drcjmiv@hotmail.com
John R. McGaha, Jr. PE (inactive)
CEO
jMc Associates, LLC
jmcgaha12@gmail.com
Tommy Meehan
Specialty Polymers Support
Eastman Chemical Company
tmeehan@eastman.com
Matt Czapiga
Department of River-Coastal Science and Engineering
Tulane School of Science and Engineering
mczapiga@tulane.edu
Wayne Pertuit, PE
Mechanical Engineer, New Product Development
Intralox
Wayne.Pertuit@Intralox.com
Hridesh Rajan, PhD
Dean
Tulane School of Science and Engineering
hrajan@tulane.edu
Katherine K. Raymond, PhD
Professor of Practice
Tulane School of Science and Engineering
kraymon1@tulane.edu
Amanda Reusch, PhD
Innovation Specialist
Environmental Business Specialists
reusch@ebsbiowizard.com
Michelle Hewlett Sanchez, PhD
Professor of Practice / Director for K-12 STEM Outreach
Tulane School of Science and Engineering
sanchez@tulane.edu
Jacob Sotsky
Vice President
Jacobsen|Daniels
jacob.sotsky@gmail.com
Melanie Spring
Consultant
melanie.s.spring@gmail.com
Don W. Vinci
Executive VP, Chief Administrative Officer, (retired)
Entergy
donald.vinci@gmail.com
Jeanette Weiland
Chief Business Officer
Tulane School of Science and Engineering
jweiland@tulane.edu
Chan Wong
Landis+Gyr
chan.wong@gmail.com