Industrial and Professional Advisory Council
The Industrial and Professional Advisory Council (IPAC) is a select group of representatives from industry, government agencies, academia, and the profession who advise the department on academic issues, current trends, and future directions in engineering. IPAC is a forum where ideas are exchanged and recommendations are made. IPAC provides direct linkage and communication between the department and the engineering profession.
Current Membership
- Dr. John E. Palamara – Chair
Development Manager, Global Gases Technology
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. - Dr. Narayan Ramesh – Vice Chair
DOW Solar Associates R&D Director
DOW Chemical Company - Magen L. Buterbaugh
President
TenEx Technologies, LLC - Lisa Callender
Site Leader, Harbor Beach
Corteva(tm) Agriscience - Jane Clampitt
President, Penn State Engineering Alumni Society
Customer Experience & Loyalty Center of Excellence Lead (retired), DuPont - Kevin Dorfman
Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
University of Minnesota - Christopher I. Halliday
Partner
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP - Dr. Divakar Ramakrishnan
Vice President, Delivery, Devices and Connected Solutions
Eli Lilly and Company - Todd Reppert
Vice President, Commercial/Technical Upstream Ventures
Exxon Mobil Corporation - Suzette Schultz
Senior Project Manager
AstraZeneca Global Supply Chain - Dr. David Sholl
School Chair, Michael Tennenbaum Family Chair, and GRA Eminent Scholar in Energy Sustainability
School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology - Howard Welsh
Chief Financial Officer (retired)
Ford China