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 2026 IPAC Members

Jeff Berlet, Chief Technology Officer, Peraton Cyber Mission Sector
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
Bill Higgins, Vice President, AI, IBM
Ravi Jain, Head of Product and Technology, Google
Scott Patti, VP, Business Planning & Operations, Dell Technologies
Rajesh Rangarajan, Product Manager, Meta
Umamahesh Srinivas, Apple, Inc.
Annirudha Vaidya, Director, NVIDIA
Roger Van Art, Senior VP, Sales and Strategy, Multibeam Corporation
Jisheng Wang, VP of Engineering, Cisco

About

The School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science was created in the spring of 2015 to allow greater access to courses offered by both departments for undergraduate and graduate students in exciting collaborative research fields.

We offer B.S. degrees in electrical engineering, computer science, computer engineering and data science and graduate degrees (master's degrees and Ph.D.'s) in electrical engineering and computer science and engineering. EECS focuses on the convergence of technologies and disciplines to meet today’s industrial demands.