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David J. Arthur
SouthWest NanoTechnologies
Mr. Arthur has more than 25 years experience commercializing products utilizing advanced materials, working at Rogers Corporation, AT Cross Company, TPI Composites, Helix Technology Corporation and Eikos, Inc. He is co-founder of Chasm Technologies, Inc., a consulting firm that specializes in helping start-up companies commercialize nanotechnology. He is also CEO of SouthWest NanoTechnologies, Inc., a manufacturer of single wall carbon nanotubes. Mr. Arthur has a BS in Chemical Engineering from Tufts University, a MS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Connecticut, and an MBA from Northeastern University. He is a member of American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Materials Research Society, Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering, and Society for Information Display. Mr. Arthur is an inventor on more than 25 patents.
Robert Corkery, Ph.D.
YKI, Ytkemiska Institute AB-Institute for Surface Chemistry, Stockholm, Sweden
Dr. Corkery is globally recognized as a key physical chemistry and materials science problem solver. He has been granted patents in nanozeolite chemical technology and porous materials technology with four patents pending in materials science technology. Dr. Corkery is the Area Manager for Nanostructured Materials at the YKI, Institute for Surface Chemistry in Stockholm, Sweden, one of the leading surface chemistry institutes in the world. Dr. Corkery’s research is aimed at technical understanding and breakthrough, new materials discovery and industrial innovation in the areas of nano- and bio-nanotechnologies. He was formerly a research scientist with The Procter & Gamble Company and was leader of the company’s corporate colloid laboratory. He was responsible for developing nanostructure, biomembrane and complex fluid technologies. Dr. Corkery received his Bachelor of Science degree in Geology and Geophysics from the Australian National University as well as his Ph.D. in Physical and Materials Science where he was devoted entirely to nanotech and included extensive experimental and theoretical work on nanostructured clays, including halloysite. Dr. Corkery carried out postdoctoral research at the Australian National University as well as at the University of Lund in Sweden.
Emmanuel P. Giannelis, Ph.D.
Cornell University
Dr. Giannelis is internationally recognized as a pioneer and one of the leading experts in polymer nanocomposites. He is the Walter R. Reed Professor of Engineering and Director of Materials Science and Engineering at Cornell University. He is also a member of the Fields of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Cornell. His research interests range from synthesis of new nanostructured materials to characterization and property evaluation and include polymer nanocomposites, nanocomposite electrolytes, nanobiohybrids and nanofluids. Dr. Giannelis has served on the editorial boards of Chemistry of Materials and Macromolecules and currently serves on the editorial boards of Polymer and Small . He is the author or co-author of over 135 papers and 9 patents and is listed as one of the top 25 cited authors on Nanotechnology and a Highly-Cited Author in Materials Science by Thompson Scientific (formerly Thompson ISI), an information provider to researchers and scholars. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from the University of Athens, Greece and a Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from Michigan State University.
John R. Hickman
Plastech Consulting, Inc.
John R. Hickman is founder, president and chief executive officer of Ohio-based Plastech Consulting, Inc. (PCI). Founded in 1988, PCI is a full service productivity-based engineering firm providing state-of-the-art solutions to the challenges of today’s plastic products. Mr. Hickman has over 34 years in the polymer industry in management, engineering, and consultation. He has held key engineering and management positions with Weatherchem Corporation, Scott & Fetzer, Carlisle and ITT before founding PCI. Mr. Hickman has over 30 trade secrets and four polymer component patents currently in practice, with several pending. He has been involved in multiple turn-around situations, most involving polymer-based companies. One such company under his management, Weatherchem Corporation, was recognized by Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management as being one of the 100 fastest growing companies in Northeast Ohio. Mr. Hickman has significant hands-on experience with nanocomposites, productivity programs, product design/development, concurrent engineering, team building, labor partnerships, engineering value assessments, market analysis, management evaluations and advanced manufacturing and total business evaluations. Mr. Hickman has a background in chemical engineering from Ohio State University and an MBA from Case Western Reserve University, with management courses beyond the Master's program. A significant portion of Mr. Hickman's experience in the polymer industry was obtained on the manufacturing floor, directing a problem-solving environment. In addition, Mr. Hickman completed several assignments as an executive advisor to students in the nationally recognized MBA program at Case Western and served as the Co-Chairman of the Technology Committee on the PolymerOhio, Inc. board; currently a trustee on the board. Mr. Hickman participates on various boards of directors for privately held companies and teaches several plastic-related courses for the Akron Polymer Training Center as well as other clients. Recently, the Akron Section of the Society of Plastics Engineers inducted Mr. Hickman into the Plastics Hall of Honor located at the University of Akron.
Sir Harold W. Kroto, Ph.D. Professor Sir Harold W. Kroto was a co-recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and the Francis Eppes Professor of Chemistry at Florida State University. Dr. Kroto was born in England and received his BSc and PhD degrees from the University of Sheffield in 1964. He joined the faculty of the University of Sussex in 1967 and became a professor of chemistry there in 1985. Along with Dr. Richard Smalley and Dr. Robert Curl, Dr. Kroto received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry based on their co-discovery of buckminsterfullerene, a form of pure carbon better known as "buckyballs." The extraordinary molecule consists of 60 carbon atoms arranged as a spheroid, in a pattern exactly matching the stitching on soccer balls. The geodesic domes designed by the late inventor/architect Buckminster Fuller were a clue to the likely structure at the time the molecule was discovered and so Kroto called it "buckminsterfullerene." The discovery of the “Fullerenes” as this class of hollow carbon cage compounds is now called, opened up an entirely new branch of chemistry. An ardent advocate for science education, Kroto devotes part of his time and energy to promoting careers in science among young people. Through a new GEO (Global Educational Outreach) Internet broadcasting initiative at FSU and the Vega Trust website, which Dr. Kroto founded, he is creating effective new broadcast platforms for the science, engineering and technology (SET) communities, to communicate directly on all aspects of their fields of expertise using the powerful new Internet and TV opportunities.
Raymond Kurzweil
Kurzweil Technologies, Inc.
Ray Kurzweil has been described as “the restless genius” by the Wall Street Journal and “the ultimate thinking machine” by Forbes. In addition, Inc. magazine recently ranked him #8 among entrepreneurs in the United States calling him the “rightful heir to Thomas Edison,” and PBS included Mr. Kurzweil as one of 16 “revolutionaries who made America.” Mr. Kurzweil is the recipient of the $500,000 MIT-Lemelson Prize, the world's largest prize for innovation. In 1999, he received the National Medal of Technology, the United States’ highest honor in technology. In 2002, he was inducted into the National Inventor's Hall of Fame established by the US Patent Office. As one of the leading inventors of our time, Mr. Kurzweil has worked in such areas as music synthesis, speech and character recognition, reading technology, virtual reality and cybernetic art. He was the principal developer of the first omni-font optical character recognition, the first print-to-speech reading machine for the blind, the first CCD flat-bed scanner, the first text-to-speech synthesizer, the first music synthesizer capable of recreating the grand piano and other orchestral instruments, and the first commercially marketed large-vocabulary speech recognition.
Duncan T. Moore, Ph.D.
University of Rochester
From 1997 to 2001, Dr. Moore served as Associate Director for Technology in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy for the Clinton administration. He also served as Science and Technology Advisor to Senator John D. Rockefeller IV. Dr. Moore is the Rudolf and Hilda Kingslake Professor of Optical Engineering at the University of Rochester’s Institute of Optics where he has served as a faculty member since 1974. In addition, he is a Professor of Business Administration and Entrepreneurship at the Simon Graduate School of Business. He is currently working on several advanced projects including the James Webb Space Telescope, which will be the replacement for the Hubble telescope. From 2002 until 2004, Dr. Moore served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Infotonics Technology Center Inc., an industry, academia, and government partnership to foster cutting-edge research prototyping of new technology and economic development in Upstate New York state. Dr. Moore founded Rochester-based Gradient Lens Corp., which makes and sells industrial boroscopes. Other major areas of Dr. Moore’s research include computer-aided design and design for manufacturing methods, the manufacture of optical systems, medical optics and optics for minimally invasive surgery, and optical instrumentation. He serves on the Board of Trustees of the Rochester Museum and Science Center. Dr. Moore earned a doctorate and master’s degree in Optics from the University of Rochester. His undergraduate degree was received from the University of Maine in Physics. Dr. Moore was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1998.
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