Building Links between Academic Research and the Private Sector
September 21 - 23, 1997
Basin Harbor Club, Vergennes, Vermont
 
LIST OF ATTENDEES
 


 
Vermont
 
Dr. Robert Arns, Acting Dean, University of Vermont College of Engineering and Business Administration.

Dr. Norman Alpert, CEO, Bio-Tek Instruments, Inc.

Dr. Richard M. Chapman,  Vermont Technology Council leadership.

Dr. Paul Huyffer, Executive Director, Vermont Technology Council.

Dr. John Evans, Executive Dean, College of Medicine, University of Vermont.  Dr. Evans has primary responsibility for technology transfer at the medical school.

Dr. Catherine Donnelly, Associate Dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Vermont.  Dr. Donnelly has a leadership position in the Food Science Center development.

Dr. Gerald P. Francis, Interim Provost, University of Vermont.

Ms. Regina White, Director, Office of Sponsored Programs, University of Vermont.

Dr. Christopher Allen, Professor of Chemistry, University of Vermont, and Vermont NSF EPSCoR Project Director.

Dr. David Dougherty, EPSCoR Cluster Director, Computational Science and Engineering.

Dr. Douglas Johnson,  EPSCoR Cluster Director, Receptor-mediated Signaling and Biotechnology.

Mr. William Parker, Director of Research, Diffraction Ltd.

Mr. Scott Tighe, staff scientist, Diffraction Ltd.

Mr. Chuck Ross, Vermont Director, Office of Senator Pat Leahy.

Ms. Janet Franz, Vermont EPSCoR Project Coordinator, University of Vermont.

Dr. Steve Arms, President, MicroStrain, Inc.
 



 
Maine
 
Dr. Daniel J. Dwyer, Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Studies, University of Maine.

Dr. E.J. Lovett, Director, Maine Medical Center Research Institute and Maine EPSCoR Committee Chair.

Mr. Jake Ward, Department of Industrial Cooperation, University of Maine.

Dr. Terry Shehata, Vice President, Maine Science & Technology Foundation and Maine EPSCoR Project Director.

Dr. Heather Almquist-Jacobson, EPSCoR Program Coordinator, University of Maine.

Dr. Charles Davis, Director , Small Business Development Center, University of Southern Maine.

Dr. James McConnon, Business and Economics Specialist, Department of Cooperative Extension, University of Maine.

Ms. Kathryn Hunt, Research Assistant, Margaret Chase Smith Center for Public Policy, University of Maine.

Dr. John Field, Interim Dean of the College of Engineering, University of Maine.

Dr. Rebecca Eilers, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Maine.

Representative Marc J. Vigue, Co-Chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Business and Economic Development.

Mr. Michael Trainor, Attorney, Action Committee of 50, Bangor, Maine.
 



 
Other EPSCoR State Representatives

Alabama:  Dr. Robert A. Griffin, Alabama EPSCoR Project Co-Director.

Arkansas:  Dr. John Hehr, Project Director, Arkansas NSF EPSCoR Program and Dr. Greg Thoma, a chemical engineer from the University of Arkansas, who has been involved in the creation of an academic-industrial R&D center.

Idaho:  Mr. Laurence Bonar, Director of Technology Licensing at the Idaho Research Foundation, University of Idaho.

Kansas:  Dr. Ted Kuwana, Project Director, Kansas NSF EPSCoR.

Kentucky:  Dr. Joseph Fink, Assistant Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies, University of Kentucky.

Louisiana:  Mr. Jim Clinton, President of the Louisiana Partnership for Technology and Innovation (LPTT) and Ms. Carol Lafargue, Executive Assistant to the Commissioner for Economic Development at the Louisiana Board of Regents.
 
Mississippi:  Dr. Cecil Burge, Assistant Vice-President for Research and Planning, University of Southern Mississippi.

Montana:  Dr. Rebecca Mahurin, Director of Montana State University's Office of Intellectual Property Administration and Technology Transfer and Chair of Montana Science and Technology Alliance, the state's science and technology board.

Nebraska:  Dr. Royce Ballinger, Project Director, Nebraska NSF EPSCoR Program and Mr. Herman Person, Manager of Corporate Product Development for Dale Electronics Corporation.

Nevada:  Dr. John Kleppe, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Nevada at Reno.

North Dakota:  Dr. Gordon Bierwagon, North Dakota State University.

Oklahoma:  Dr. Sid Hudson, Director, Education Relations and Economic Development, Oklahoma Board of Regents.

South Carolina:  Dr. Roger Sawyer, Program Director, South Carolina NSF EPSCoR and Doug McKay, Director of Technology and Special Assistant to the Governor, South Carolina Department of Commerce.

South Dakota:  Dr. Stewart Franklin, President, RTI, Inc.

West Virginia:  Dr. Jack Carpenter, Director of Management Information Systems, National Technology Transfer Center, Wheeling, West Virginia.

Wyoming:  Dr. Keith Carron, University of Wyoming Chemistry Department.  Dr. Carron is involved in SBIR and STTR in the state of Wyoming.

Puerto Rico:  Dr. Brad Weiner, Associate Project Director for Puerto Rico EPSCoR.
 



 
Invited Speakers (see separate biographical sketches)
 
       Lt. Governor Douglas Racine
       Dr. Norman R. Alpert
       Dr. Louis Berneman
       Dr. Jeffrey Callahan
       Dr. Kathleen Denis
       Dr. Mark Frankel
       Dr. Denis Gray
       Dr. Robert Morton
       Dr. Robert Swenson
       Mr. Miguel Ferrer-Roig
 


 
Other Invited Program Participants
 
Mr. Richard Bendis, Director, Kansas Technology Enterprise Corp., and member, RCP Advisory Committee.
 
Dr. William Lacy, Director, Cornell Cooperative Extension, and member, RCP Advisory Committee.
 
Dr. Louis Tornatzky, Director, Southern Technology Council. NSF EPSCoR
 
Mr. James Hoehn, Program Director
 
Mr. Michael Crowley, Program Director (Off-site, IPA)
 
Dr. Edward Abbott, Program Director (Off-site, IPA)
 
Mr. Dan VanBellegham, Program Director (Off-site, IPA)

AAAS Research Competitiveness Program
 
        Dr. Albert Teich, Director, Directorate for Science and Policy Programs
        Dr. Scott Hauger, Program Director, Research Competitiveness Program
        Dr. Robert Rich, Program Associate, Research Competitiveness Program
        Dr. Steve Nelson, Program Director, Program on Science, Technology and Government
        Mr. Kei Koizumi, Program Associate, Program on Science, Technology and Government
        Ms. Shirley Young, Program Assistant, Program on Science, Technology and Government
        Ms. Zoe Barnard, Project Assistant, Research Competitiveness Program
 



 
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