The purpose of the ECAB is to balance the internal input that the Vice Provost and Dean of Engineering and Computing (VP&D) receives from department chairs, faculty, other vice provosts and deans, and other internal and external friends of the university, with the perspectives of professionals from the Missouri and national engineering communities who have a keen interest in our endeavors and a vested interest in the results we produce. The university can benefit from the wisdom and experience of engineering leaders who have an understanding of the changing nature and future needs of the profession of engineering in general, and the various disciplines of engineering in particular.