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 John Ahlen
President, Arkansas Science & Technology Authority
John Ahlen is president of the Arkansas
Science & Technology Authority, an instrumentality of the state with
the mission of bringing the benefits of science and advanced technology
to the people and state of Arkansas. The Authority uses direct investments
or tax incentives to promote a broad range of important job creating activities,
including math and science education, scientific research, technology transfer
and development, seed capital investments, knowledge-based-company entrepreneurship,
and technology extension services to manufacturers. |
 Randal
Allen
Aerospace Consultant, Lone Star Aerospace
Randal Allen is an engineering/project manager in the aerospace/software industries.
He is certified by Franklin-Covey to facilitate the “Focus and Execution” track
for leadership development and is also a certified customer support manager through
service strategies. |
 Todd R.
Allen
Manager International Internship Programs, Global University Recruitment
Team, Johnson & Johnson
Todd R. Allen has worked with Johnson & Johnson (New Jersey) for nearly 12
years in engineering management, research & development operations management,
and leadership development for Ph.D., MS, BS scientists and engineers, and international
MBA recruitment. He has over 25 years of professional engineering practice. |
 Harry Armen
Chief Technologist, Integrated Systems Sector, Northrop Grumman
Corporation
Harry Armen is chief technologist in the Airborne Early Warning and
Electronic Warfare Systems business area of the Integrated Systems Sector
at Northrop Grumman Corporation, a large U.S. defense contractor, headquartered
in Los Angeles, California. He is responsible for the planning of research
and development programs supporting strategic corporate goals. |
 Avram
Bar-Cohen, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University
of Maryland
Avram Bar-Cohen continues his research in the thermal management of
Micro/Nano systems. He is well-known for his contributions in the field
of electronic and photonic packaging as well as thermal design, modeling,
and analysis. He has also conducted original research on ebullient
and liquid-phase cooling. |
 Richard A. Bendis
Founding President and CEO, Bendis Investment Group, LLC
Richard A. Bendis has distinguished himself
as a successful entrepreneur, corporate executive, venture capitalist,
investment banker, and consultant in the technology and healthcare industries.
He currently serves as the founding president and CEO of the Bendis Investment
Group, LLC (BIG), a global financial intermediary firm headquartered in
Philadelphia. He has a joint venture management agreement with Drawbridge
Special Opportunities Advisors, LLC, an affiliate of the New York City
based Fortress Investment Group. Under the management agreement, BIG is
responsible for the sourcing, due diligence, acquisition, origination,
management, servicing, and disposition of investments. |
 Annmarie Connor
Mechanical Design Engineer,
United Space Alliance
Annmarie Connor is a mechanical engineer for United Space Alliance (USA)
at the Kennedy Space Center in the Launch Site Design Engineering directorate.
Connor supports design efforts in orbiter and external tank systems, and
is the system design engineer (SDE) for orbiter access and multi-use ground
handling equipment. As an SDE, she leads and organizes design projects,
which include cost estimates, researching/selecting equipment and materials,
preparing engineering analyses and drawings, and certifying modifications
and new designs. |
 John F. Elter
Retired
Chief Technology Officer, Plug Power, Inc., Professor of Nanoengineering
and Executive Director of the Center for Sustainable Ecosystem Technologies
College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University at Albany,
State University of New York
While at Power Plug, Inc., John Elter was responsible for the
identification of emerging transformational technologies. He developed
the technology
roadmap in support of the company’s multi-generational product strategy.
He recently joined the faculty of the College of Nanoscale Science and
Engineering (University at Albany), where he is Professor of Nanoengineering
and executive director of the Center for Sustainable Ecosystem Technologies. |
 Amy Geffen
Director of Volunteer Leadership Development, ASME
Amy Geffen is the director of
Strategic Initiatives for ASME. She has over twenty years of experience
developing,
delivering, and promoting continuing education to adult learners in non-profit
organizations. She has led cross sector and international project management
teams in her work for ASME. |
 John
E. Goossen
Director, Science and Technology Department, Westinghouse Electric
John E. Goossen is responsible for the operations of Westinghouse’s
central research and development organization, which include advanced modeling,
advanced reactor design development, extensive testing, and hot cell facilities. |
 Bruce A. Harding
Professor and CoT Coordinator,
Purdue University
Bruce A. Harding is a professor and CoT coordinator at Purdue University.
Professor Harding's scholarship and engagement activities revolve around
the development and application of American National and ISO standards
dealing with Technical Product Documentation (TPD) as it broadly relates
to product realization and other technical aspects of Product Lifecycle
Management (PLM). In turn, this expertise is woven back into his classroom
instruction and research.
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 Angela
Hedgecock, PE
National Project Development Engineer, Johnson Controls, Inc.
Angela Hedgecock, PE, is the national project
development engineer at Johnson Controls, Inc. She has spent the last eight
years working in the energy and water conservation fields and has developed
projects in the K-12, higher education, healthcare, state and local government,
LEEree green buildings and municipal metering and wastewater markets. |
 Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D.
President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Shirley Ann Jackson is the 18th President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,
Troy, N.Y., and Hartford, Conn., the oldest technological research university
in the U.S. Described by Time magazine as “perhaps the ultimate role
model for women in science,” Jackson has held senior leadership positions
in government, industry, research, and academia. |
 Said
Jahanmir, Ph.D.
President and CEO, MiTiHeart Corporation
Said Jahanmir serves as vice president for biotechnology and leads R&D
efforts on implantable blood pumps, tribological coatings, and high-speed
micro-machining. His research in tribology and machining of advanced materials
is widely recognized in the scientific and engineering communities. |
 Jen Jewers
Mechanical Designer, Henderson Engineers, Inc.,
Jen Jewers is a mechanical designer at
Henderson Engineers, Inc., where she works on a variety of refrigeration
projects for Wal-Mart Stores. She is responsible for maintaining all refrigeration
updates and changes for the Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market prototype and
three of the Wal-Mart Supercenter prototypes. |
 Terry
Trimper Jones
Owner, J2 Consulting, LLC
Terry Trimper Jones is the owner of J2 Consulting, LLC, which provides
business consulting services to small business owners. She also serves
as a senior adjunct faculty member for Keller Graduate School of Management,
teaching a variety of leadership topics.
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 Ron King
Retired Chair, President and CEO of one of the nation’s
largest diverse insulation and specialty distributors
Ron King
is an expert with 45 year’s of practical knowledge and
insight in the fragmented insulation and construction industry. |
 John
A. Kleppe, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, University of Nevada, Reno
John Kleppe is an experienced product design engineer and has managed
two small companies from conception to market place. He developed
a special “CAPSTONE” course for senior electrical engineering
students that requires knowledge of all phases of new product development
including invention, innovation, patent law, product liability, business,
marketing, and venture capital. He is also director of the UNR Lemelson
Center for Invention, Innovation and Entrepreneurship funded by the
Lemelson Foundation. |
 Tom Libertiny
President of the Libertiny Group
Tom Libertiny is the president of the Libertiny Group, and is a sought
after expert with a unique combination of experience and education in
management, finance, engineering and manufacturing. His background includes
18 years of service in the finance and engineering industries--having
helped to launch new businesses in the fields of semiconductor, bio-tech,
and transportation.
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 Dennis M. Lind, PE
Vice President, Design & Engineering and IFP Strategy, Walt Disney
Parks & Resorts
Dennis Lind is the vice president of Design & Engineering and Integrated
Facility Planning (IFP) for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. Based in Florida,
Dennis leads the Design & Engineering and IFP teams worldwide in the
sustainment of existing ride, show, and facility assets in Disney Theme Parks
in Florida, California, Paris, and Hong Kong. |
 Mohammad A. Malek, Ph.D., P.E.
Senior Mechanical Engineer, PegasusTSI, Inc., Tampa, Florida
Mohammad A. Malek, Ph.D., P.E., is a professional engineer registered
in the United States and Canada. He has more than 30 years experience
in design, construction, installation, operation, maintenance, inspection,
and repair of boilers and pressure vessels. |
 Jackie Martin
Designer and Facilitator, Training Systems, Inc.
Jackie Martin is an experienced designer and facilitator with Training
Systems, Inc., a customized performance improvement and human resources
consulting company. |
 Shane McGoldrick
Advanced Mechanical Engineer, McCormick Stevenson Corporation
Mr. McGoldrick earned his BSME from the University of South Florida in 2004
and has been employed at McCormick Stevenson since that time. |
 Donna J. Michalek, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering – Engineering
Mechanics, Michigan Technological University
Donna Michalek’s
research in the area of computational fluid dynamics centers on modeling
multi-phase fluid systems for automotive, manufacturing,
and biomedical applications. Specific examples include fluid flow in
bone, nucleate boiling in fuel systems, the atomization process in fuel
injection, and the formation of mist resulting from the use of metalworking
fluids. |
 Alan
G. Miller
Director of 787 Technology Integration, Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Alan Miller oversees the efforts to develop key technologies for aerodynamics,
structures, materials, systems, payloads, noise, environment, quality,
and manufacturing and to transition them into practice on the Dreamliner.
These efforts are being performed in cooperation with a global alliance
of partners and suppliers from North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. |
 Dr. Steven P. Nichols
Director, Chair, Free Enterprise
Steven Nichols’ research interests
include topics in engineering technology entrepreneurship, design and manufacturing,
technology commercialization,
and professional aspects of engineering practice. He currently serves
as a professor of Mechanical Engineering, as the director of the chair
of Free Enterprise, and as the director of the Advanced Manufacturing
Center. He has served in numerous administrative and academic positions
in the College and at University of Texas at Austin. |
 Ahmed
K. Noor, Ph.D.
Eminent Scholar, William E. Lobeck Professor of Aerospace Engineering
and Director of Center for Advanced Engineering Environments, Old Dominion
University
Ahmed K. Noor’s current activities involve future intelligent
design and synthesis environments; novel learning technologies/paradigms;
collaborative distributed visual simulations; structural and computational
mechanics; multiscale modeling and simulation; and distributed immersive
hyper-reality environments. |
 Johné M.
Parker, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of
Kentucky
Johné Parker is an associate professor of mechanical
engineering at the University of Kentucky. She has industry experience
as a production
engineer for Shell Oil Company and as a process engineer at Mobil Chemical
Company. |
 Kristen J. Pedersen
Vice President, IBM Global Business Services (GBS)
Kristen Pederson is currently leading IBM’s Value Creation
programs, which focus on defining and delivering solutions to clients which
provide
measurable, bottom-line improvements to their business. This outside/in
perspective begins with rigorous benchmarking, shareholder analysis, and
target setting. |
 Marsha Rhea
Senior Futurist, Institute for Alternative Futures
Marsha Rhea has extensive experience working with boards and senior leadership
teams to define the vision and strategies needed to transform their organizations. |
 Rita Rizzo
Associate, Training Systems, Inc., and Principal, Rizzo & Associates,
LLC
Rita Rizzo, CMC, is an associate with Training Systems,
Inc., and the principal of Rizzo & Associates, LLC, an Ohio based
management consulting and training firm. |
 Michael Rogers
Futurist-in-Residence, The New York Times Company
One of the nation's leading experts on the impact of technology on business
and society, Rogers is an interactive media pioneer, novelist, and journalist.
He also writes the popular Practical Futurist column for MSNBC. Rogers
is also a best-selling novelist whose fiction explores the human impact
of technology. |
 Mario J. Scarabino
Technical Director, Attractions Engineering Services, Walt Disney Parks & Resorts
Mario Scarabino began his career at the Walt Disney World® Resort nearly
20 years ago as a mechanical engineer on the Ride & Show Engineering
team. He is currently part of the Worldwide Safety and Accessibility team
and is the technical director of the Attractions Engineering Services team.
The primary focus of this team is to help bridge the gap between the defined
engineering requirements and the actual maintenance of the attractions. |
 Lisa Schott
President and Principal Acoustical Consultant, Quietly Making Noise, LLC
Lisa Schott is the president and principal
acoustical consultant at Quietly Making Noise, LLC, a company that she
founded in 2002 in Orlando, Florida. She has over 22 years of experience
in the energy and building construction industries, with extensive experience
in industrial, commercial, and residential acoustics and noise control
projects. She invented and now has a patent pending on Shut-Eye™ acoustical
shutters for windows and doors. |
 Elaine Seat, Ph.D.
President and Founder, CircleSpring,
LLC.
Elaine Seat consults regularly on improving performance. Her interest combines
industrial experience with passion for improving individual performance.
She is on the faculty in the Management Department at the University of
Tennessee’s School of Business. She spent 20 years as an engineer
and engineering manager at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge facilities. |
 Gregory M. Stone
Attorney, Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, LLP
Gregory M. Stone is an attorney from Baltimore,
Maryland. His areas of expertise include patent prosecution, patent infringement,
technology and intellectual property, software licensing, and e-commerce
advice. |
 John
G. Voeller
Consultant to Office of Science and Technology Policy, The White House, and Senior
Vice President, Black & Veatch
As a consultant to the White House and Department of Homeland Security,
Voeller helped lead the first all agency security research and development plan
for the
nation. The plan, called the Critical Infrastructure Protection R&D Plan
(CIP Plan) brought together all the capabilities of government to address the
vast array of issues related to protecting the critical assets of the nation
required by Homeland Security. |
 Charla
K. Wise
Vice President, Technology, Lockheed Martin
Charla Wise is a recognized leader at the national level for aerospace and technical
associations, and is immediate past-chair of the Aerospace Industries Association
Technical Operations Council and vice chair for the ASME Industry Advisory Board. |
 Terrell H. Yon, III, PE
Mechanical Engineer, Generator Service Engineering, Siemens
Power Generation
Yon has practiced mechanical engineering in a broad array of mechanical
disciplines in the aerospace and power generation industries. He has
held positions in operations, product development, and service engineering,
which have provided opportunities to utilize a wide variety of analytical,
management and field skills in hydraulics and pneumatics, mechanisms,
manufacturing and tooling. |
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