
Industrial and Professional Advisory Council
The Industrial and Professional Advisory Council (IPAC) is a select group of alumni from industry, government agencies, and academia who advise the department on academic issues and on current trends and future directions in engineering. The council meets regularly with EECS faculty and students to receive an update on the department, undergraduate and graduate programs, and research activities.
EECS 2025 IPAC Members
- Mark Adams, VP Technology & Engineering, Peraton
- Bob Chylak, SVP & CTO, Central Engineering, Kullicke & Soffa Industries Inc.
- Don Furmanski, VP of Sales and Development, Ametek
- Shalini Govil Pai, VP & GM, Google
- Daniel Grillo, VP Engineering, LinkedIN
- Scott Patti, VP, Business Planning & Operations, Dell Technologies
- Umamahesh Srinivas, Apple, Inc.
- Annirudha Vaidya, Director, NVIDIA

2019 School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Industrial and Professional Advisory Council