Designing your own experience.

Integrated Product Design Student Government Association (IPDSGA)

Mission: Penn’s Integrated Product Design students are deeply involved in designing their own experience during their two years in the program.

Formed in 2015, the Integrated Product Design Student Government Association (IPDGA) serves as a means of formally representing the interests of these students within the Graduate Student Engineering Group (GSEG). Comprised solely of students, IPDGA is responsible for liaising with the program’s department, the university administration, and peer organizations to serve the needs of students.

View the IPDGA constitution here.

IPDGA’s primary purpose is to represent and serve the interests of IPD students within the University of Pennsylvania. To this end, IPDGA works to:
  • Monitor issues of importance to the department’s students.
  • Host academic, career, and social events for the IPD student community.
  • Organize programs to improve the quality of students’ experience and build connections between students.
  • Augment programming provided by the school and department.
Board Members

Kausi Raman
IPD’23, Co-President
Email: kausi@seas(.upenn.edu)

Chris Thomas
IPD’23, Co-President
Email: cjtom@seas(.upenn.edu)

Yishen Wu
IPD ‘24, VP Treasurer and GSEG Representative
Email: yishenwu@seas(.upenn.edu)

Julia Votto
IPD ‘23, VP Studio Maintenance Committee
Email: jvotto@seas(.upenn.edu)

Akshay Panyam
IPD ‘24, Studio Maintenance Committee
Email: paks@seas(.upenn.edu)

Cameron Leung
IPD ‘24, Studio Maintenance Committee
Email: leungcam@seas(.upenn.edu)

Madeline Warshaw
IPD’23, VP Merchandise Committee
Email: mwarshaw@seas(.upenn.edu)

Alexa Chomat
IPD ‘24, Merchandise Committee
Email: achomat@seas(.upenn.edu)

Kevin Suryadharma
IPD ‘24, Merchandise Committee
Email: kksuryad@seas(.upenn.edu)

Madelyn Wyner
IPD ‘23, VP Careers and Alumni Relations Committee
Email: mwyner@seas(.upenn.edu)

Cathy Zhao
IPD’24, Careers and Alumni Relations Committee
Email: cathzhao@seas(.upenn.edu)

Khushbu Mehta
IPD’24, Careers and Alumni Relations Committee
Email: kmehta03@seas(.upenn.edu)

Michelle Epelstein
IPD’23, Careers and Alumni Relations Committee
Email: michepel@seas(.upenn.edu)

Sarah Malott
IPD ‘23, VP Social Programming Committee
Email: smalott@seas(.upenn.edu)

Dani Fernandez Castro
IPD’24, Social Programming Committee
Email: danifc@seas.upenn(.upenn.edu)

Georgina Chiou
IPD’23, VP Communications and Marketing Committee
Email: gchiou@seas(.upenn.edu)

Events

PDGA hosts a variety of social, academic, and career events for IPD students. Our full calendar of events can be viewed here.

Connect with us

Another department looking to co-host an event? Industry professional hoping to connect with IPD students? Email: pennipdga@(gmail.com)

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