This committee meets bi-annually, near the end of the Fall and Spring semesters, respectively. IPAC reviews the General Engineering (GE) Applied Materials (APMTL) curriculum including the program educational objectives and student outcomes. This review is done in every meeting and it is documented in the minutes of the IPAC meeting.

Mission of the Penn State DuBois Industrial and Professional Advisory Council
The mission of the Penn State DuBois Industrial and Professional Advisory Council is to advise the campus in establishing, achieving, and assessing the goals of the Engineering: Applied Materials and Mechanical Engineering Technology programs. In carrying out its mission, the Industrial and Professional Advisory Council will assist program personnel in:

  1. Building a continuous improvement assessment program to include:
    1. The development of appropriate assessment methods, feedback structure, and appraisal;
    2. A method to periodically review each program's curriculum objectives and outcomes;
    3. Provision of recommendations for change as required;
    4. Consideration of current and future aspects in the fields in which graduates are being prepared.
  2. Demonstrating that the results of the continuous improvement assessment of each program's objectives and outcomes are being used to improve and further develop each program.
  3. Developing an integrated educational experience that enhances the ability of graduates to apply pertinent knowledge to solve problems relevant to each program area.
  4. The recruitment of competent faculty and capable students.
  5. The placement of graduates.
  6. Obtaining financial and material resources for the campus and in assuring a high level of community awareness and support of the program offerings.

Industrial and Professional Advisory Council Members

Name Organization
Stephen Feldbauer Abbott Furnace Company
Brent Matheson Advantage Metal Powders
Leonid Frayman Allegheny Coatings & Pamlico Coatings Group
Robert Powell Atlas Pressed Metals
Craig Stringer Atlas Pressed Metals
Kristen Vida Atlas Pressed Metals
Nicholas Carrier Brookville Equipment Corp.
Andrew Bigley Contact Technologies, Inc.
Logan  Shirey Driven Metalworks
Alex Gasbarre Gasbarre Products, Inc. 
Mitchell  O'Neill SGL Carbon
William  Tett GKN Sinter Metals, Inc.
Daniel Merritt Hoeganaes Ridgway
Eric Wolfe Horizon Technologies Inc.
Mikayla  Burlingame Innovative Sintered Metals, Inc. 
Rob Beimel JIT Tool and Die
Raymond Serafini Messer North America, Inc.
Jason Forster Metco Industries Inc.
Raymond Rupprecht Metco Industries Inc.
John Weible Miller Fabrication Solutions
James Adams MPIF/APMI
John Brennan Penn State DuBois
Brad Lashinsky Penn State DuBois
Amity Maines Penn State DuBois
Doug Miller Penn State DuBois
Mary Mino Penn State DuBois
Ram Rajagopalan Penn State DuBois
Glenn Rishel Penn State DuBois
Jungwoo Ryoo Penn State DuBois
Daudi Waryoba Penn State DuBois
Ping Werner Penn State DuBois
James Aiello St. Marys Pressed Metals
Harb Nayar TAT Technologies
Pam Streich Workforce Solutions for North Central PA