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