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Appendix C-- Speakers Biographies
Pages 49-56

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... at the University of Colorado. He holds appointments as a Research Associate at the Scripps Institution for Oceanography and the University of California, San Diego, the Aetna Professor of Public Policy and Corporate Management, emeritus, at Harvard University, director emeritus of Harvard's Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program in the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, and a member of the Center's Board of Directors.
From page 50...
... , Miller Research Fellowship (2003) , Distinguished Graduate Student Award in Nanotechnology (Foresight Institute, 2002)
From page 51...
... The Board advises and makes recommendations to the North Carolina Governor, General Assembly, Secretary of Commerce, and Economic Development Board on the role of science and technology in the economic growth and development of the state. Hardin's duties include developing and justifying legislation related to defining statewide research capacity and structure; implementing science and technology-related economic development policy and resource allocations; research, analysis, and review of substantive policy issues and proposals; preparing public policy and budget analyses; preparing and presenting highlevel state policy briefings, assessments, and reports to policy makers and external constituencies; conducting strategic planning and making recommendations for technology-based economic development; directing and overseeing strategic initiatives with impact at the state level; and overseeing the administration of grant programs to support technology commercialization by North Carolina small businesses.
From page 52...
... John von Neumann Medal, the 2000 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Benjamin Garver Lamme Award, the 2001 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM0 Eckert-Mauchly Award, the 2001 Seymour Cray Computer Engineering Award, a 2004 NEC C&C Prize for lifetime achievement in computer science and engineering, a 2005 Founders Award from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the 2012 IEEE Medal of Honor, IEEE's highest award.
From page 53...
... Summit on Research Parks. She serves on the Advisory Board for Arrowhead Research Park, the Business and Industry Advisory Cabinet for the Vice President of Research and Economic Development at the University of New Mexico, and she is a member of Albuquerque Economic Development, Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce, Association of Commerce & Industry, Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce, New Mexico Economic Forum, and the International Economic Development Council.
From page 54...
... Hearing about George M Whitesides's work using polymeric microfluidics, he teamed up with Axel Scherer to develop inexpensive fabrication methods for microfluidic chips for Lab-on-a-chip applications.
From page 55...
... Walker regularly consults with universities and their research parks regarding best practices. In 2011, Walker was tapped by the State Department's Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to become a Fulbright Specialist, and serve as an advisor to foreign universities with their university research park initiatives.
From page 56...
... Previously, he worked for two years at Bell Telephone Laboratories, before becoming a professor of Applied Physics at Harvard. He then researched photovoltaic solar energy at Exxon, followed by some time at Bell Communications Research, where he was a Distinguished Member of Staff, and also Director of Solid-State Physics Research.


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