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

Bharadwaj Reddy Andapally
Deeptech Ventures & Technology Commercialization | Niobium(Nb)-Technical Market Development | AI Grid Infrastructure | Global Nanomaterials | Critical Materials | Advanced Hybrid Supercapacitors | Innovation Strategy
Karl Hobart
High Power Devices Section Head, Power Electronics Branch, Naval Research Laboratory
Nicholas Jones
Materials Engineer at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, U.S.Navy
Alex Leary
Senior Metallurgist, NASA Glenn Research Center
Amit Pandey
Fellow- Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co | Ph.D. I WPMBA I Book Author
Andrew Sherman
President at Powdermet Inc, PMT Critical Metals Inc.
Jagadeesh Tangudu
Strategic Technologies (Research) at RTX Technology Research Center
Zafer Turgut
Senior Scientist at AFRL
