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SIU TIE S10 Agenda

Tentative - Subject to Change

Schedule of Event
9:00amDoors open for registration and coffee
9:30am-10:15amIntroduction and Keynote Speaker
10:15am-12:00pm Morning Technology Session (10 minute break at 10:35) - Speakers and Topics
12:00pm-1:00pm Luncheon Keynote, then Exhibits/Networking
1:00-2:30pm Afternoon Technology Session (10 minute break at 1:40pm) - Speakers and Topics
2:40-4:00pm Panel: “Ideas to Markets: Successful Technology Commercialization.” Panel Members
4:00-5:00pmReception


Speakers and Topics

Serdar Celik, Assistant Professor, SIUE Dept. of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering A Combined-Loop Magnetic Refrigerator
Ken Witt, Assistant Professor, SIUE School of Pharmacy Novel Drugs for Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease
Michael Shaw, Professor, SIUE Chemistry Department An inexpensive, programmable potentiostat for teaching and research applications
George Engel, Professor, SIUE Electrical and Computer Engineering Methods to Reduce the Design Time of Integrated Circuits
Yong Gao, Associate Professor, SIUC Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Midwest Energy Group: Biofuel Production
Bakul Dave, Associate Professor, SIUC Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Controlled Release Systems for Fabric Care
Luke Tolley, Associate Professor, SIUC Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry New Tools for Finding Protein Targets
William Halford, Associate Professor, SIU SOM Dept. of Medical Microbiology, Immunology, and Cell Biology Herpes Vaccine
Debashree Mukherjea, Research Assistant Professor, SIU SOM Department of Pharmacology Novel Methods for Preventing Ototoxicity

 

Panel Members

Panel: “Ideas to Markets: Successful Technology Commercialization.” Representatives from industry, university administration, inventors and investors will provide insight into the technology commercialization process.

  • Rob Patino: Director, SIU School of Medicine Office of Technology Transfer
  • Bill Rowe: Principal TIF-I Missouri, The Incubation Factory
  • David Lightfoot: Professor and Inventor, SIUC Department of Plant, Soil, and Agricultural Systems
  • Connie Armentrout, Technology Alliances Team, Monsanto