Auburn Alumni Engineering Council inducts Class of 2029

The Auburn Alumni Engineering Council inducted seven new members during its annual spring meeting April 19 in the Brown-Kopel Center.

Each council class is active for five years, and those inducted into the Class of 2029 were:

• John Floyd, ’85 electrical engineering, director of demand-side management at Florida Power & Light
• James Goosby, ’00 electrical engineering, executive in residence at Auburn University’s McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security
• Antoria Guerrier, ’00 electrical engineering, president and founder of The Arnold Group
• Jeffrey Langhout, ’86 industrial engineering, retired director of the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center and founder of Langhout Consulting
• Nelda Lee, ’67 aerospace engineering, retired from Boeing
• Joseph Pelfrey, ’00 aerospace engineering, director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center
• Emily Traylor, ’10 wireless engineering, director of data and cybersecurity at Fullsteam

“This group represents the best of the best of what an Auburn engineer can be,” said Gerald Pouncey, ’82 chemical engineering, who serves as chair of the council and chairman of Morris, Manning & Martin. “These individuals have not only led distinguished careers, but they dedicate so much of their time, talent and treasure back to this institution that we all love. We are excited to welcome this group to the council as we work together to assist Dean Mario Eden and the college to continue to be the best student-centered engineering experience in America.”

During the recent spring meeting, the council received an update from Eden and addressed other matters to provide leadership and participation in areas such as academics, advancement, diversity and inclusion, governmental affairs and public relations. The group also approved its slate of award winners, which will be presented during the fall banquet.

The Auburn Alumni Engineering Council’s next meeting is scheduled for Sept. 13-14.

The Auburn Alumni Engineering Council was established in 1965 and is a group of Auburn Engineering alumni who work together to support the vision and goals of the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering. The council meets twice annually to assist and advise the college, and its members serve on a variety of committees geared to the mission and operation of the college. Council members are an active and valued component of the College of Engineering family. They demonstrate a continuing commitment to move the college to new levels of excellence and take its place among the nation’s premier engineering institutions. The council provides leadership and participation in areas such as academics, development, diversity and inclusion, governmental affairs and public relations.