The ESM Department held its annual Industrial and Professional Advisory Council (IPAC) meeting on March 20 - 21, 2006, at University Park. This year's meeting focused on Nanotechnology and Bionanotechnology and Health Monitoring and Mechanics research opportunities and initiatives. Members also met with Graduate and Undergraduate Council Officers, and discussed career paths with engineering science seniors.

IPAC provides a direct link and communication between the department and the engineering profession and provide guidance on current trends and future directions in engineering.

Shown from left to right are Barry Farmer (Wright-Patterson Air Force Research Laboratory); Alan Wilks (The Wilks Group and founder of SmartSignal Corporation); Howard Witham (ST Microelectronics); Walter Miller (Winhall Capital); Hance Huston (IBM); Charles Dages, II (Warner Brothers); William Skullney (Applied Physics Laboratory); and Mike Erdman (Lockheed Martin-KAPL, Inc.).