Mission Statement

• The Industrial Advisory Board's mission is to:

  • Monitor the current and future technical employee skills needed in industry.
  • Offer new programs and upgrades to existing programs by the Kutztown University Computer Science Department that meet these needs.
  • Prepare KU students as well as provide the opportunity to employees of industry to better prepare them for entry and advancement in their chosen professional field.

Meetings, News, & Recent Activities:

• Spring 2010 IAB Meeting

  • Topic: How do we make computers smater? In the short term? In the long term?
  • Presentation By: Dr. Paul Kogut
    Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Services
  • Date: April 14, 2010

• Past IAB Meetings

Members :

• Corporations

  • Agere
  • Air Products and Chemicals Inc.
  • AstraZeneca
  • Backbone Security
  • Bethlehem Steel Corporation
  • Boeing Defense and Space Group
  • East Penn Manufacturing
  • Gateway Ticketing
  • GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals
  • Hewlett-Packard
  • Information Technology of Kutztown University
  • Jadcon Consulting, LLC
  • Lehigh Valley Physician Hospital Organization, Inc.
  • Lockheed-Martin
  • Lucent Technologies Bell Laboratories
  • Merck & Co.
  • Milestone Technology Solutions
  • Online Rodale Press, Inc.
  • Penske Truck Leasing
  • Progressive Software Computing, Inc.
  • Object Mania Consulting Inc.
  • Sanofi-Pasteur
  • State Farm Insurance
  • Wachovia

• Faculty:

  KU Faculty participating on the IAB represent the Computer Science department.
  • Dr. Dale Parson, Dr. Oskars Rieksts, Dr. Greg Schaper, Dr. Charlie Shim, Dr. Joo Tan

History of the IAB at KU:

The concept of monitoring local industry needs to improve KU programs offerings was developed by Dr. Rieksts working with Randy Schaeffer, Bill Bateman, Dr. Fran Vasko and Cherry Mauk, all of the KU Math and Computer Science Department around 1993. The initial intention and focus of the IAB was to bring together members of IT departments of various industries in the locality of Kutztown with faculty to exchange ideas on current and future directions of IT.

IAB meetings have historically been held once yearly, usually during the week of Thanksgiving. The typical meeting consists of a presentation by a keynote speaker followed by a panel discussion and an open interexchange of ideas on the presentation topic by IAB members.