About

ESTABLISHED IN 1995

The Academy of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineers at Missouri University of Science and Technology was established to recognize outstanding alumni for their professional achievement and success, and to create a group that would provide organized assistance to the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department.  Membership is by invitation extended from the current members.  The organization’s ongoing activities focus on improving the educational experience of the department’s students.

Our Mission

Recognition:  To recognize those graduates of the mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering or engineering mechanics curricula who bring honor to mechanical and aerospace engineering as practitioners and as citizens.

Consultancy:  To provide advisory guidance and counsel at the call of the mechanical and aerospace engineering chair, faculty or students.

Ambassadorship:  To strengthen the dedication to and understanding of students to mechanical and aerospace engineering through personal and professional example.

Sponsorship:  To advance the objectives of the development program by identifying, securing, and providing financial support for the mechanical and aerospace engineering program.

Current Executive Board Members

President

Lawrence (Larry) O. Brase, Jr

Technical Fellow, Structures Technology for The Boeing Company

First Vice President

John T. DeRuntz

Manufacturing and Supply Chain Interim Executive and Consultant, John DeRuntz Consulting

Second Vice President

Jon Schneider

Transformative Enterprise Leader in Operations, HR and Strategy

Secretary/Treasurer

Gerald “Jerry” L. Canfield

Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer, D&S Car Wash Equipment Company