Speaker Bios
Opening Session
Martin A. Schmidt was appointed Provost of MIT in February 2014. Beginning in 2008, he served as Associate Provost, managing the Institute’s space and the renovation/renewal budgets. Since January 2012, he also assumed responsibilities for “all things industry” as the senior administrative officer responsible for MIT’s industrial interactions. In this capacity, the Technology Licensing Office and Office of Corporate Relations report to him. Beyond his regular responsibilities, he also co-led the Institute’s Task Force on the Budget in response to the 2008 financial crisis. He has played an active role as MIT’s faculty lead in support of the MIT president’s role as co-chair of the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP), a national effort bringing together the federal government, industry, universities, and other stakeholders to identify and invest in emerging technologies with the potential to create high-quality domestic manufacturing jobs and enhance the global competitiveness of the United States.
A member of the MIT faculty since 1988, he has been a faculty member in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, and from 1999 to 2006, he served as the director of the Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MTL) at MIT. MTL is an interdepartmental laboratory that provides shared research infrastructure for all of the campuses' activities in micro and nanotechnology, and supports the research of approximately 500 students and staff.
His teaching and research is in the areas of micro and nanofabrication of sensors, actuators and electronic devices, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), design of micromechanical sensors and actuators, and micro/
nanofabrication technology. He is the co-author of more than 80 journal publications and 120 peer-reviewed conference proceedings. His is also an inventor on more than 30 issued U.S. patents. More than 25 students have completed their PhD degrees under his supervision.
He is a recipient of the National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award and has an honorary doctorate from the Technical University of Denmark. He was elected as a fellow of the IEEE in 2004 for contributions to design and fabrication of microelectromechanical systems. He has received the Ruth and Joel Spira Teaching Award and the Eta Kappa Nu Teaching Award at MIT.
In addition to his academic pursuits, he is active in consulting with industry in the commercialization of technology. His research group has transferred a number of new technologies to industry, and he has co-founded or has been the co-inventor of the core technology of six start-up companies.
Professor Schmidt received his BS degree from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1981 and his SM and PhD degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1983 and 1988, respectively.
L. Rafael Reif has served as the 17th President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) since July 2012. Before taking on the presidency, Dr. Reif served for seven years as MIT’s Provost. In that role, he helped create and implement the strategy that allowed MIT to weather the global financial crisis; drove the growth of MIT’s global strategy; promoted a major faculty-led effort to address challenges around race and diversity; helped launch the Institute for Medical Engineering and Sciences; and spearheaded the development of the Institute’s latest experiment in online learning, MITx and edX.
In his in inaugural speech, he outlined the threats and opportunities presented by the sudden rise of credible, low-cost online learning alternatives and challenged MIT to use the campus as a lab to explore the future of higher education. His first year as president included both the launch of an Institute-Wide Task Force on the Future of MIT Education and the rapid growth of edX, which engaged more than 900,000 students from 196 countries in its first 13 months. He also worked actively to strengthen the MIT community, in a year whose dramatic events tested its resilience.
A member of the MIT faculty since 1980, Dr. Reif has served as director of MIT’s Microsystems Technology Laboratories, as associate department head for Electrical Engineering in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), and as EECS department head. He was instrumental in launching a research center on novel semiconductor devices at MIT, as well as multi-university research centers on advanced and environmentally benign semiconductor manufacturing. He also played a key role in creating, within the Semiconductor Research Corporation, the national effort now known as the Focus Center Research Program and in launching its Interconnect Focus Center.
An early champion of MIT's engagement in micro- and nanotechnologies, Dr. Reif is the inventor or co-inventor on 15 patents, has edited or co-edited five books and has supervised 38 doctoral theses. He focused his most recent research on three-dimensional integrated circuit technologies and on environmentally benign microelectronics fabrication. In 2004, he was named the Fariborz Maseeh Professor of Emerging Technology.
In 1993, Dr. Reif was named a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) “for pioneering work in the low-temperature epitaxial growth of semiconductor thin films,” and in 2000, he received the Aristotle Award from the Semiconductor Research Corporation. An elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he also belongs to Tau Beta Pi, the Electrochemical Society and the IEEE, and is a trustee of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. For his work in developing MITx, he received the 2012 Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Award.
Dr. Reif received the degree of Ingeniero Eléctrico from Universidad de Carabobo, Valencia, Venezuela, and served for a year as an assistant professor at Universidad Simón Bolívar in Caracas. He earned his doctorate in electrical engineering from Stanford University, where he spent a year as a visiting assistant professor. After moving to MIT, Dr. Reif held the Analog Devices Career Development Professorship in the EECS Department and an IBM Faculty Fellowship from MIT’s Center for Materials Science and Engineering. He received a United States Presidential Young Investigator Award in 1984.
Commonwealth Goals & Plans for Advanced Manufacturing
Gregory Bialecki has served as the Secretary of Housing and Economic Development for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts since his appointment in 2009. As Governor Patrick’s chief housing and economic development advisor and cabinet member, Secretary Bialecki has oversight of 14 state agencies that carry out on the Administration’s top priorities in business development, housing and community development, consumer affairs, and business regulation. The focus of his Secretariat is the creation of homes and jobs in the Commonwealth. To that end, he has aligned the state’s housing and economic development priorities to coordinate policies and programs that ensure Massachusetts maintains its global competitive edge.
Secretary Bialecki led a collaborative effort of 34 public and private sector partners in the development and implementation of the Commonwealth’s Economic Development Plan, entitled "Choosing to Compete in the 21st Century." The plan identified five areas of focus and 55 action items to improve economic development and job creation in the state. Through the execution of this plan, Massachusetts was able to recover from the recession faster and stronger than the rest of the nation and is poised to remain a national and global economic leader. To learn more, please visit www.Mass.gov/compete.
Before joining the Patrick Administration as the Undersecretary for Business Development, Secretary Bialecki enjoyed a 20-year career as a real estate development and environmental lawyer at the law firms of Hill & Barlow and DLA Piper Rudnick. His legal work focused on major urban redevelopment projects in the Greater Boston area. Secretary Bialecki graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Law School.
Federal Perspective
Phillip Singerman serves as Associate Director for Innovation and Industry Services at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). In this capacity he is responsible for the NIST suite of external partnership programs, including the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership, the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program, NIST technology transfer and small business innovation research awards, economic analysis, and technology innovation.
The position of Associate Director was established in October 2010 as part of the first major realignment of NIST programs in 20 years; Dr. Singerman was appointed to this position in January 2011. Immediately prior to joining NIST, he was a Senior Vice President at B&D Consulting, a DC-based firm providing strategic advice and technical assistance on federal economic development programs to non-profit organizations, local governments, and universities. Previously he was a managing director of a $120 million seed stage venture fund that invested in biotechnology.
Dr. Singerman has more than 30 years of experience in tech based economic development; he was the first chief executive of two of the best known public-private partnerships, the Ben Franklin Technology Center of Southeastern Pennsylvania and the Maryland Technology Development Corporation. During the Clinton Administration he served as U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development, a Presidential appointment requiring Senate confirmation.
Dr. Singerman has participated on scores of local, state, and national advisory boards and associations, including the State Science and Technology Institute (SSTI), the Technology Council of Maryland (TCM), the International Economic Development Council (IEDC), NGA’s Advisory Committee on Entrepreneurial Policy, NSF’s Small Business Advisory Committee, the Pennsylvania Biotechnology Association (PBA), the Strengthening America’s Communities Initiative Advisory Committee, and the Editorial Board of the Economic Development Quarterly. He was the 2011 recipient of IEDC's Federal Leadership in Economic Development Award.
Dr. Singerman received his bachelors degree from Oberlin College and holds a doctorate from Yale University. He has taught at Yale College, Barnard College (Columbia University), and the Fels Institute of Government (University of Pennsylvania). After graduating from college he served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Colombia, South America, working in rural community development projects.
Dr. Singerman is a co-author of “Beyond Recovery: Moving the Gulf Coast Toward a Sustainable Future” (February 2011), published by the Center for American Progress and Oxfam America, and the “Handbook on Climate Prosperity” (May 2009), published by the International Economic Development Council.
Advanced Manufacturing in Our Regional Economy
Senator Edward J. Markey, a consumer champion and national leader on energy, environmental protection and telecommunications policy, has a prolific legislative record on major issues across the policy spectrum and a deep commitment to improving the lives of the people of Massachusetts and our country. Whether the issue is climate change, clean energy, safeguarding privacy, nuclear non-proliferation, investor protection or preserving an open Internet that spurs competition and consumer choice, Senator Markey stands up for the priorities and values of Massachusetts. Senator Markey Official Photo High Resolution
While serving for 37 years in the U.S. House of Representatives, Senator Markey fought for his constituents throughout his Congressional District. When he was Dean of the Massachusetts delegation in the House, he worked to harness the energy and influence of his colleagues on behalf of the entire Commonwealth. Elected to the Senate in a special election in June 2013, Senator Markey is bringing his experience, energy and expertise to fight for all the people of Massachusetts.
Senator Markey has amassed an unparalleled record of energy and environmental legislative achievements. He has consistently fought to create new jobs in American clean energy and served as a leading consumer champion against rising gas prices and foreign oil. He is the principal House author of the 2007 fuel economy law, which will increase fuel economy standards to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025, the first increase in a generation. He also is the author of the appliance efficiency act of 1987, which stopped the construction of hundreds of coal-fired plants. Senator Markey authored the law that established the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve, ensuring that New England families won’t be left out in the cold when oil prices spike. And he is the author of the revolutionary law that requires electricity regulators to open up the wholesale electric power market for the first time.
In 2009, Congressman Markey was the co-author of the landmark Waxman-Markey bill, the only comprehensive climate legislation ever to pass a chamber of Congress. It gave hope to the world that the United States was serious about addressing climate change and helped America effectively negotiate with the international community.
Senator Markey was a leading voice in the investigation into the BP oil spill. He insisted that the company reveal the true size of the spill's flow rate, raised concerns about the use of toxic chemical dispersants into the environment and forced BP to make live video footage of the oil spill available to the public on the “Spillcam” website he created. BP ultimately pled guilty to 14 counts, including one count of Obstruction of Congress for making false and misleading statements and withholding information and documents from then-Rep. Markey about the true size of the spill.
In the House of Representatives, Congressman Markey served as the Ranking Member of the Natural Resources Committee. From 2007 to 2010, he served as Chairman of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, a signature committee established by then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi. He also served on the Energy and Commerce Committee, where he was Chairman of the Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment.
A member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, Senator Markey is a national leader on telecommunications policy, technology and privacy. In the House, he served for 20 years as Chair or Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, where he fostered the growth of new information technologies and was the principal author of many of the laws now governing our nation’s telephone, broadcasting, cable television, wireless, and broadband communications systems. He is the House author of the 1992 Cable Act, which increased choices for millions of consumers and enabled satellite-delivered programming to be more widely offered.
He also authored the law in 1993 that moved over 200 MHz of spectrum from government to commercial use, creating the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th wireless phone companies. New companies entered the market with digital technology, forcing the incumbents to innovate and invest and pushing mobile phone prices down.
Congressman Markey authored the landmark Telecommunications Act of 1996, ushering competition into the telecommunications marketplace and unleashing private sector investment.
Competition remains Senator Markey’s economic mantra–in his words, “ruthless Darwinian competition that would bring a smile to Adam Smith.” He has been instrumental in breaking up anti-consumer, anti-innovative monopolies in electricity, long-distance and local telephone service, cable television, and international satellite services. He was one of the only members of the House Commerce Committee to fight AT&T’s monopoly in the early 1980’s and is a principal author of the requirement that the Bell Operating companies accept local telephone service in the 1990’s. His pro-competition policies have directly benefited job creation in Massachusetts and throughout the country.
While in the House, Congressman Markey introduced the Internet Freedom Preservation Act, the first net neutrality bill introduced in Congress, to ensure that as the Internet continues to evolve, it remains a level playing field guided by the principles of openness, competition and innovation. He also has been a key leader on providing privacy protections for personal information such as medical records, financial records, and on-line purchases. He has championed strengthening privacy protections for children and is the House author of the Children’s Online Privacy and Protection Act (COPPA), the primary law that safeguards children’s privacy online.
From 2003 to 2009 in the House of Representatives, Senator Markey also served as a senior member of the Homeland Security Committee. In that capacity, he focused on closing gaps in our homeland defenses, particularly in the areas of nuclear, aviation, maritime, liquefied natural gas and chemical security. In the wake of the 9-11 attacks, he authored the first-ever mandate in the law that 100% of cargo on passenger planes is screened, and 100% of all maritime cargo is scanned before entering America’s ports.
Senator Markey also was the leader of the national Nuclear Freeze movement and has been a Congressional champion on nuclear nonproliferation. His amendment to ban all underground nuclear testing passed in 1986, and in the 1990s, he fought to tighten controls on global trafficking in nuclear technology. Since then, Senator Markey has continued his work on nuclear nonproliferation, successfully enacting new restrictions on exports of nuclear and dual-use technologies to Iran, North Korea, and other countries designated as state sponsors of terrorism and pressing for stronger nuclear nonproliferation conditions on all future nuclear trade cooperation agreements As founder of the Nonproliferation Caucus, Senator Markey continues to spearhead efforts to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons to safeguard the future for generations to come.
He is the author of some of the most important Wall Street reform laws since the Great Depression, including statutes that strengthened penalties against insider trading, improved federal oversight over the stock and futures markets, and reformed regulation of the government securities market.
Senator Markey was born in Malden, Massachusetts, on July 11, 1946. He attended Boston College (B.A., 1968) and Boston College Law School (J.D., 1972). He served in the U.S. Army Reserve and was elected to the Massachusetts State House where he served two terms representing Malden and Melrose. He is married to Dr. Susan Blumenthal.
MIT Innovation Initiative
Fiona Murray is the David Sarnoff Professor of Management of Technology, an Associate Professor of Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management, and the Faculty Director of the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship. She is also an associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Her research interests focus on entrepreneurship, the commercialization of science and the economics of entrepreneurship and innovation. She has done extensive work with entrepreneurs, governments, large corporations and philanthropists designing and evaluating the policies and programs that shape vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystems: prizes competitions, accelerators, patent licensing rules and proof of concept funding programs.
After a short time on the faculty of Oxford University’s Said Business School, Murray joined MIT Sloanwhere she is now Faculty Director of the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship. In this role, Fiona works on the design and delivery of entrepreneurship education at the undergraduate and graduate levels. She teaches the “Innovation Teams” course, which assembles teams of students from across MIT to learn the process of technology commercialization, with a focus on evaluating a technology’s potential for significant commercial and social impact. She has recently started the REAL course –Regional Entrepreneurial Acceleration Lab -which gives students practical and academic insights into the design and development of entrepreneurial ecosystems around the world.
Murray holds a BA and MA in chemistry from Merton College, University of Oxford, and an MS in engineering sciences and a PhD in applied sciences from Harvard University.
Plenary Session: Innovative Cross-Cutting Manufacturing Technology
Relevant to Our Region
Krystyn J. Van Vliet is currently Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT. Van Vliet received her Sc.B. in Materials Science and Engineering from Brown University, studying under Professor Sharvan Kumar and Clyde Briant to investigate the mechanical behavior of titanium in corrosive environments. She continued her studies at MIT with Professor Subra Suresh, receiving a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering in 2002 for their experimental and computational studies of nanomechanics in crystalline materials. Van Vliet and Suresh worked closely with Professor Sidney Yip (MIT Nuclear Science and Engineering) and his group members Ju Li and Ting Zhu to develop new computational and analytical models to predict the homogeneous nucleation of dislocations.
Upon receiving her Ph.D., Van Vliet continued postdoctoral studies at Children's Hospital Boston with Dr. Marsha Moses of the Vascular Biology Program. She worked towards applying the nanomechanical experiments and simulations of her thesis to problems in vascular and cancer biology, such as measuring how mechanical stress can accelerate the formation of new blood vessels.
In 2004, she joined the MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering to form her group, the Laboratory for Material Chemomechanics. Van Vliet's group studies materials ranging from metastable iron-carbon alloys to biological cells, in order to understand the mechanisms by which chemical forces can induce changes in mechanical behavior; and how mechanical forces can induce changes in chemical potential. As these mechanisms occur at the atomistic/molecular level, her group develops new nanoscale experimental approaches and multiscale simulations to enable such studies, and collaborates with a wide range of researchers who synthesize and fabricate such chemomechanically coupled materials. The applications of such materials include sensors, transducers, and actuators, but the understanding obtained from such studies also enables tuning of biological function as is required of tissue engineering.
Digital Manufacturing, Visualization & Informatics
Neil Gershenfeld is Director, Center for Bits and Atoms, MIT Center for Bits and Atoms. His unique laboratory is breaking down boundaries between the digital and physical worlds, from creating molecular quantum computers to virtuosic musical instruments. Technology from his lab has been seen and used in settings including New York's Museum of Modern Art and rural Indian villages, the White House and the World Economic Forum, inner-city community centers and automobile safety systems, Las Vegas shows and Sami herds. He is the author of numerous technical publications, patents, and books including Fab, When Things Start To Think, The Nature of Mathematical Modeling, and The Physics of Information Technology, and has been featured in media such as The New York Times, The Economist, and the McNeil/Lehrer News Hour.
Gershenfeld is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, and has been selected as a CNN/Time/Fortune Principal Voice and by Prospect/FP as one of the top 100 public intellectuals. Dr. Gershenfeld has a BA in Physics with High Honors and an honorary Doctor of Science from Swarthmore College, a Ph.D. from Cornell University, was a Junior Fellow of the Harvard University Society of Fellows, and a member of the research staff at Bell Labs.
Brenan McCarragher is the Director for Research and Development at The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. He was previously the Associate Director of Strategic Systems, responsible for the hardware and software design, testing and verification, and transition to production of the MK6 MOD1 Guidance System. Within the Trident Guidance program, he was also responsible for the development and fielding of the Enhanced Ground Test (EGT) program, the Guidance Emulator / Shipboard Interface Test Module, and the successful Multistar Enhanced Prelaunch experiment on DASO 24. Prior to his involvement with the Trident Guidance program, he worked on several other areas as a systems engineer at Draper, including a small satellite project, several MEMS-related projects and an air-dropped surveillance project. Prior to joining Draper, he was a Professor and Associate Dean at the Australian National University, and a production and operations management consultant to several industries, including Ford Australia, Comalco, BHP, Rio-Tinto, Denso Corporation, and Telstra Telecommunications. He has authored more than 130 technical publications and over 20 corporate reports. McCarragher holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from MIT and an M.Ed in Technology Management from the University of New South Wales (Australia).
David Rich is the Director of Marketing and leads the product management team for the MATLAB family of products at MathWorks. He also currently serves as a board member of the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences. He joined MathWorks from Microsoft where his focus was strategic business development in the area of cloud applications and technologies.
He joined Microsoft as part of its acquisition of Interactive Supercomputing where he served as the VP of Marketing.
Earlier, at Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), he was instrumental in AMD’s successful bid to convert servers to 64 bit, x86 technology. His roles there included starting and running two business units as well as restructuring the customer support organization. The High Performance Computing (HPC) business allowed AMD to enter the server market, while the high-end embedded computing business (storage, telecom, medical imaging…) allowed AMD to create long term relationships with strategic customers. During this time, he also served as president of the Hypertransport Consortium.
His experience also includes VP of biz dev and marketing assignments at Fujitsu, and startups API Networks and Dolphin Interconnect. These three companies were pioneers in the area of high speed, low latency networking.
He started and managed the TotalView business (a high-end software development tool) and in the very early days worked on BBN Butterfly parallel computers and Apollo workstations. His only job writing code was Z80 assembler for an SNA (3274) protocol converter. He has a degree in computer science from Brown University
Advanced Sensing, Measurement & Process Control
David E. Hardt is the Ralph E. and Eloise F. Cross Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Professor of Engineering Systems, Director, MIT Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity. Professor Hardt is a graduate of Lafayette College (BSME, 1972) and MIT (SM, PhD, 1978). He has been a member of the Mechanical Engineering faculty at MIT since 1979. His teaching focuses on control, dynamics and manufacturing processes. His disciplinary focus is system dynamics and control, as applied to manufacturing at both the process and system level.
Dr. Hardt has served as Director of the MIT Laboratory for Manufacturing and as Engineering Co-Director for the MIT Leaders for Manufacturing Program. He is currently leader of the Manufacturing Systems and Technology Program, part of distance teaching and research collaboration between MIT and Singapore. Dr. Hardt also serves as the Graduate Officer for the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Tariq Samad is a Corporate Fellow with Honeywell Automation and Control Solutions, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His career with Honeywell has spanned over 25 years, during which time he has contributed to and led automation and control technology developments for applications in electric power systems, the process industries, building management, automotive engines, unmanned aircraft, and clean energy. His research interests relate broadly to automation, intelligence, and autonomy for complex engineering systems.
Dr. Samad is General Chair for the 2012 American Control Conference (Montréal), the first ACC to be held outside the U.S. Prior to this role, he was Program Chair for the 2008 American Control Conference (Seattle). His other service to AACC includes being on its Board of Directors and chairing the AACC Control Engineering Practice Award committee.
Dr. Samad is a Fellow of the IEEE and the recipient of several awards including a Distinguished Member Award from IEEE Control Systems Society, an IEEE CSS Control Systems Technology Award, and an IEEE Third Millennium Medal. He was the President of IEEE Control Systems Society in 2009 and previously held positions of Vice President for Publication and Technical Activities. He was the Program Chair for the 2004 IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control (Taiwan). Dr. Samad was editor-in-chief of IEEE Control Systems Magazine from 1998 to 2003.
Dr. Samad holds 17 patents and has authored or coauthored over 100 publications, including the recent online report, The Impact of Control Technology (www.ieeecss.org/main/IoCT-report). He currently serves on the editorial board of IEEE Press. He represents Honeywell on the Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute and he is a member of the Governing Board of the U.S. Smart Grid Interoperability Panel.
Dr. Samad holds a B.S. degree in Engineering and Applied Science from Yale University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.
James Watkins is Professor and Director of the Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing, University of Massachusetts, an NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center. His research focuses on Macromolecular templates for functional device structures, materials synthesis and processing in supercritical fluids, phase behavior and transport in multi-component polymer systems, scalable fabrication of nanostructure materials.
Advanced Materials Manufacturing
Vladimir Bulovic is the Professor of Electrical Engineering at MIT, holding the Fariborz Maseeh Chair in Emerging Technology. He leads the Organic and Nanostructured Electronics laboratory, directs the MIT Microsystems Technology Laboratories and co-directs the MIT-ENI Solar Frontiers Center. Bulovic’s research interests include studies of physical properties of organic and organic/inorganic nanocrystal composite thin films and structures and development of novel nanostructured optoelectronic devices. He is an inventor of 59 U.S. patents in areas of light emitting diodes, lasers, photovoltaics, photodetectors, chemical sensors, programmable memories, and micro-electro machines, the majority of which have been licensed and utilized by both start-up and multinational companies. He co-founded QD Vision, Inc. of Lexington MA, which produces quantum dot optoelectronic components, Kateeva, Inc. of Menlo Park CA, which is focused on the development of printed organic electronics, and Ubiquitous Energy, Inc., which develops nanostructured solar technologies. Prof. Bulovic received his M.S. Degree from Columbia University in 1993 and his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1998.
Julie Chen is currently the Vice Provost for Research (VPR) and a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Lowell (UML). As the Chief Research Officer, Dr. Chen oversees a $60M research and commercialization enterprise. In this role, she has developed several new initiatives related to enhancing industry-government-academia interactions. This includes: (a) a new Core Research Facilities infrastructure that allows industry (especially regional SMEs) to access university technical facilities; (b) a UMass Innovation Institute to facilitate industry-university collaborations with industry staff located on campus; (c) a new R&D center in partnership with the Natick Army RD&Engineering Center, also with significant personnel exchanges; and (d) a New Venture Development infrastructure to support startups and small companies. Prior to becoming VPR, Dr. Chen was one of the three founding co-Directors of the UMass Lowell Nanomanufacturing Center (responsible for the state-funded Center of Excellence component that focused on industry engagement and economic development). She is also the co-Director of the UML Advanced Composite Materials and Textile Research Laboratory, and is a member of the UML Wind Energy Research Group.
Dr. Chen was the Program Director of the Materials Processing and Manufacturing and the Nanomanufacturing Programs in the Division of Design, Manufacture, and Industrial Innovation at the National Science Foundation from 2002-2004. In 2008, Dr. Chen was invited to testify to the US House of Representatives, Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Research and Science Education, on “The Transfer of National Nanotechnology Initiative Research Outcomes for Commercial and Public Benefit”. Her leadership and service to the technical community also includes serving on the 2012 National Academies review of NIST programs in Advanced Manufacturing, and the 2011 National Academies Committee on Benchmarking the Technology and Application of Lightweighting (to Military Aircraft, Vessels, and Vehicles). She has served on the Committee of Visitors for the NSF Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation, as well as for the Division of Engineering Education and Centers.
Dr. Chen has co-organized several national and international symposia and workshops on composites manufacturing, including an NSF composites sheet forming workshop, which led to an international benchmarking effort on woven fabric characterization and finite element forming models. She also organized an ASC International Symposium on Affordable Composites Manufacturing, and a mini-symposium for the European Society for Materials Forming. Dr. Chen has served as the Technical Program Chair for the 2010 ASME IMECE (the Intl Mech Eng Congress) and as the Materials Division Chair. She has been a reviewer for the Journal of Composite Materials, Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, and the International Journal for Forming Processes, among many others.
Dr. Chen has over 25 years of experience in the mechanical behavior and deformation of fiber structures, fiber assemblies, and composite materials, with an emphasis on composites processing and nanomanufacturing.
Donald R. Sadoway is the John F. Elliott Professor of Materials Chemistry in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Born in Toronto, he obtained the B.A.Sc. in Engineering Science, the M.A.Sc. in Chemical Metallurgy, and the Ph.D. in Chemical Metallurgy, all from the University of Toronto. The author of over 145 scientific papers and holder of 18 U.S. patents, his research is directed towards the development of rechargeable batteries for grid-level storage and environmentally sound technologies for the extraction of metals. In 2012 he was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World.
Professor Sadoway's research seeks to establish the scientific underpinnings for technologies that make efficient use of energy and natural resources in an environmentally sound manner. This spans engineering applications and the supportive fundamental science. The overarching theme of his work is electrochemistry in nonaqueous media. Specific topics in applied research are the following: grid-scale storage of electrical energy (colossal but affordable batteries), environmentally sound electrochemical extraction and recycling of metals, including steel, nickel, manganese, and titanium as well as ferroalloys such as ferrochromium, lithium solid-polymer-electrolyte batteries, and advanced materials for use as electrodes, separators, and walls in fused-salt electrolysis cells and batteries. Related to these are the following topics in fundamental research: the physical chemistry and electrochemistry of molten salts (including molten oxides), cryogenic electrolytes, and solid polymer electrolytes.
Industrial Robotics
Mick Mountz is Founder and CEO of Kiva Systemss which he founded in January 2003 after spending thirteen years in high tech product development, manufacturing, operations, and marketing. With a unique blend of warehouse management expertise and technology insight, Mick is the chief architect of Kiva's game-changing product vision. Prior to Kiva, Mick worked on a business process team at Webvan designing a next generation distribution strategy for grocery home delivery, during which he experienced first-hand the high cost of order fulfillment and the inflexibility of existing material handling systems. Prior to joining Webvan, Mick spent three years in product marketing at Apple Computer as a Product Manager where he helped move many new technologies into the standard desktop platform including FireWire, DVD, Fast Ethernet, and 3D graphics acceleration. He began his career at Motorola, where he worked as both a Mechanical and a Manufacturing Engineer. In 2008 Mick was a winner of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® Award in the New England region. In 2009, under Mick's leadership, Kiva was ranked #6 on the Inc. 500 list of the fastest growing companies in America, and Gartner named Kiva one of its "Cool Vendors in Supply Chain Management." Mick holds six United States technology patents. He earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a MBA from Harvard Business School.
Julie Shah is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics and leads the Interactive Robotics Group of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Shah received her SB (2004) and SM (2006) from the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT, and her PhD (2010) in Autonomous Systems from MIT. Before joining the faculty, she worked at Boeing Research and Technology on robotics applications for aerospace manufacturing.
Prof. Shah has developed innovative methods for enabling fluid human-robot teamwork in high-intensity domains, ranging from manufacturing to surgery to space exploration. Her group draws on expertise in artificial intelligence, human factors, and systems engineering to develop interactive robots that emulate the qualities of effective human teams to improve the efficiency of human-robot teamwork. This work has been successfully applied to multiple robot testbeds, including the NASA ATHLETE Rover, a mobile, dexterous humanoid robot in the MIT Media Laboratory, and assembly manufacturing applications.
Andre Sharon is Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, and Executive Director of Fraunhofer CMI. He has accumulated over 20 years of experience, both academic and industrial, conducting research, developing, and deploying computer-controlled automation systems, devices and instruments for several industries, ranging from sub-micron, high-precision machinery for optoelectronics, biotech/biomedical, and semiconductor fabrication to high-speed assembly of consumer products. As Director of the Fraunhofer Center for Manufacturing Innovation and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Boston University, Prof. Sharon works closely with faculty, students and engineers to develop next-generation technologies for local and international companies. Drawing upon Fraunhofer's and Boston University's vast research base and working closely with industry, the Center goes beyond the scope of traditional academic research to develop and deploy actual working technologies all the way to deployment. These emerging technologies are incorporated into Prof. Sharon’s courses in Engineering, educating a cadre of future engineers with proficiency in high-precision machine design and instrumentation.
Prior to joining Fraunhofer / Boston University, Prof. Sharon co-founded and led the MIT Manufacturing Institute, created with NSF funding, to bridge the gap that exists between traditional academic research and the needs of industry. Prof. Sharon also proposed and led a large program, funded by DARPA, aimed at cost reducing the manufacture of fiber optic gyroscopes through the development of cost-effective, sub-micron automation equipment. He developed and deployed several first-of-a-kind systems that fully automated optical fiber preparation, pigtailing, splicing, and winding. Prof. Sharon also served as the Associate Director of the MIT Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity, one of the country’s premier manufacturing research centers. Additionally, Prof. Sharon has consulted extensively for industry in the area of cost-effective automation.
Prior to joining MIT, Prof. Sharon spent seven years at IBM’s T.J. Watson Research Center and IBM’s General Technology Division developing automation and test equipment for computer components. While there, he was selected as one of only a handful of resident study fellows in the entire corporation and was sent to MIT for pursuit of full-time graduate studies with full salary and living expenses. Shortly after its introduction in the early eighties, Prof. Sharon was the first to interface an IBM PC to an anthropomorphic robot, achieving for the first time, full real-time control of a robot using a PC platform.
Prof. Sharon received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and his B.S. (summa cum laude) in Mechanical Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of New York. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal, Robotics and Computer Integrated Manufacturing.
In September of 2000, Prof. Sharon founded kSARIA Corporation, and was successful in raising significant venture capital to produce cutting-edge process automation equipment for the optical communication industry. Recently, Prof. Sharon acquired funding and established the Boston University – Fraunhofer Alliance for Medical Devices, Instrumentation and Diagnostics, aimed at accelerating the process of taking medical innovations from the laboratory to the patient point-of-care.
Prof. Sharon is the first American recipient of the prestigious Joseph Von Fraunhofer Prize for Science and Innovation in recognition for his work on plant-based pharmaceuticals production.
Breakout Session on Biomedical Devices
Michael J. Cima is a Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has an appointment at the David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research. He earned a B.S. in chemistry in 1982 (phi beta kappa) and a Ph.D. in chemical engineering in 1986, both from the University of California at Berkeley. Prof. Cima joined the MIT faculty in 1986 as an Assistant Professor. He was promoted to full Professor in 1995. He was elected a Fellow of the American Ceramics Society in 1997. Prof. Cima was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2011. He now holds the David H. Koch Chair of Engineering at MIT. He was appointed faculty director of the Lemelson-MIT Program in 2009 which is a program to inspire youth to be inventive and has a nationwide reach.
Prof. Cima is author or co-author of over two hundred peer reviewed scientific publications, thirty seven US patents, and is a recognized expert in the field of materials processing. Prof. Cima is actively involved in materials and engineered systems for improvement in human health such as treatments for cancer, metabolic diseases, trauma, and urological disorders. Prof. Cima's research concerns advanced forming technology such as for complex macro and micro devices, colloid science, MEMS and other micro components for medical devices that are used for drug delivery and diagnostics, high-throughput development methods for formulations of materials and pharmaceutical formulations. He is a coinventor of MIT’s three dimensional printing process. His research has led to the development of chemically derived epitaxial oxide films for HTSC coated conductors. He and collaborators are developing implantable MEMS devices for unprecedented control in the delivery of pharmaceuticals and implantable diagnostic systems. Finally, through his consulting work he has been a major contributor to the development of high throughput systems for discovery of novel crystal forms and formulations of pharmaceuticals.
Prof. Cima also has extensive entrepreneurial experience. He is co-founder of MicroChips Inc., a developer of microelectronic based drug delivery and diagnostic systems. Prof. Cima took two sabbaticals to act as senior consultant and management team member at Transform Pharmaceuticals Inc. a company that he helped start and that was ultimately acquired by Johnson and Johnson Corporation. He is a co-founder and director at T2 Biosystems a medical diagnostics company. Most recently, Prof. Cima co-founded SpringLeaf Therapeutics a specialty pharmaceutical company and Taris Biomedical a urology products company.
Toby Feyman is Vice President, Research and Development for Arsenal Medical. Prior to joining Arsenal Medical, Dr. Freyman was an Associate Principal with Charles River Associates (CRA) where he was involved in the launch of new bio-pharmaceutical products. Before CRA, Dr. Freyman was a Principal Engineer with Boston Scientific Corporation's Corporate Research and Advanced Technology Development group. In this capacity, he focused on the identification and development of combination products to treat cardiovascular diseases. While at Boston Scientific, Dr. Freyman managed a group of senior-level scientists and established partnerships with leading academic and corporate collaborators. Dr. Freyman has 12 scientific publications and presentations, 23 patents and 13 patent applications. He holds a Ph.D. in Materials Engineering from MIT, where he received a National Institutes of Health Graduate Fellowship through a joint program with Harvard and MIT.
Ray Knox is Vice President, Operations, 480 Biomedical. Prior to joining 480 Biomedical, Mr. Knox was the vice president of quality assurance and clinical quality at Boston Scientific, where he was responsible for the development of quality systems for the clinical organization, re-creation of post-market surveillance processes and development of analytical infrastructure for the successful TAXUS® product. Mr. Knox has 22 years of experience in the design, development and manufacturing of medical devices with Becton Dickinson, USCI, Medtronic and Boston Scientific. His experience spans large-scale automated manufacturing, highly specialized research and development prototypes, innovative process development, characterization and process validation. Mr. Knox holds a Bachelor’s degree in engineering from University College Dublin and a master’s degree in business administration from Assumption College.
Breakout Session on Biopharmaceutical
Jonathan S. Dordick is the Vice President for Research and the Howard P. Isermann Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Prof. Dordick received his B.A. degree in Biochemistry and Chemistry from Brandeis University and his Ph.D. in Biochemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has held chemical engineering faculty appointments at the University of Iowa (1987-1998), where he also served as the Associate Director of the Center for Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1998-present) where he also holds joint appointments in the departments of Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, and Biology. Prof. Dordick’s research group includes chemical engineers, bioengineers, materials scientists, biologists, chemists and microbiologists all focused on gaining a quantitative understanding of biological principles and applying them to advance bioengineering, nanobiotechnology, drug discovery, and biomanufacturing.
He has received numerous awards, including the 2007 Marvin J. Johnson Award and the 2007 Elmer Gaden Award both of the American Chemical Society, the 2003 International Enzyme Engineering Award, the 1998 Iowa Section Award of the American Chemical Society, and an NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award in 1989. He was elected as a Fellow of the American Chemical Society in 2010, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2004, and a Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineers in 1996. He presently serves on the Scientific Advisory Boards for several biotechnology companies and venture capital firms, and has cofounded a number of companies, including EnzyMed (now part of Albany Molecular Research, Inc.), Solidus Biosciences, and The Paper Battery Company. Dr. Dordick has published over 330 papers and is an inventor/co-inventor on nearly 40 patents and patent applications.
Parrish Galliher is the Chief Technology Officer, Upstream, GE Healthcare Life Sciences. Mr. Galliher earned his BA in Biology at Boston University (1975) and then joined the Biofuels Laboratories of Dynatech R/D Corporation where he built and studied the performance of biomethanation stirred tank fermenters to convert coal syn-gas, kelp seaweed, freshwater algae and municipal solid waste to methane. Mr. Galliher then earned his MS degree in Biochemical Engineering at MIT (1981) after which he joined Biogen, Inc. in 1981 where he worked in bioprocess development. He was also responsible for design, commissioning and management of Biogen’s biomanufacturing facilities for both E.coli and mammalian cell manufacturing. As Director of Process Engineering, he led the team responsible for the development of the commercial upstream process and the startup, initial validation and commissioning of Biogen’s Avonex® manufacturing facility, later licensed by the FDA in 1996. Mr. Galliher joined Alpha-Beta Technology (ABT) in 1994 as Director of Manufacturing Development and led the technology transfer, startup, validation, and commissioning of ABT’s commercial biopharmaceutical manufacturing plant in Smithfield, RI at which he became Vice President of Operations and General Manager in 1997. Mr. Galliher joined LeukoSite, Inc. in 1999 as Vice President of Biologics Manufacturing and continued in that role after Millennium Pharmaceuticals acquired LeukoSite. At Millennium, Mr. Galliher led the CMC Team that contributed to FDA and EU licensure of CAMPATH® monoclonal antibody in 2001. He also created and led the Biologics manufacturing “Factory of the Future” Program which enabled high speed development of Millennium’s monoclonal antibodies for clinical trials. In December 2002, Mr. Galliher became Founder, President and CEO of Xcellerex, an advanced single use biomanufacturing services/technology company, where he led the creation of the high throughput robotic PDMax™ optimization technology, single use XDR™ bioreactor, XDM™ mixing systems and the turnkey single use modular FlexFactory® biomanufacturing platform. In December 2004, Mr. Galliher transitioned to Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Xcellerex, Inc.. As Principal Investigator, Mr. Galliher led Xcellerex's $19M US Gov't DoD DARPA/DTRA contract for the "Accelerated Manufacture of Pharmaceuticals Program" (AMP), awarded in 2007 and continued through completion of Phase 2 Swine flu Live Fire Test in 2009. In 2012 GE Healthcare acquired Xcellerex Inc. and Mr. Galliher continued in his position as Chief Technology Officer for Xcellerex, a GE Healthcare Life Sciences Company. Mr. Galliher is the recipient of Bioprocess International’s 2012 “Thought Leader of the Decade” award and is committed to the potential of biotechnology to transform human health. He is co-inventor on numerous patents in the field of advanced high efficiency biomanufacturing.
Carl Lawton is Director of the Massachusetts BioManufacturing Center (MBMC) and an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at UMass Lowell. As director of the MBMC, Dr. Lawton is responsible for overseeing the coordination and completion of process development client services including expression development, fermentation and cell culture development, downstream processing, process optimization and characterization. Dr. Lawton works closely with companies on the verge of biopharmaceutical production to give them the opportunity to utilize the Center’s services to economically address staffing needs and learning curve constraints and to optimize time to market.
Dr. Lawton creates and teaches customized training programs for biopharmaceutical manufacturing workforce as well as advising and teaching undergraduate and graduate students in the fields of chemical and biochemical engineering and other fields. He also is responsible for developing and maintaining an applied research program which focuses on technological advances to improve the quality, cost and productivity of large-scale biomanufacturing production.
Before joining UMass Lowell and creating the MBMC, Dr. Lawton was a bioengineering process consultant to companies on both the east and west US coasts and in Canada.
Bernhardt L. Trout is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT. He is currently Director of the Novartis-MIT Center for Continuous Manufacturing and the Co-Chair of the Singapore-MIT Alliance Program on Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering. He received his S.B. and S.M. degrees from MIT and his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. In addition, he performed post-doctoral research at the Max-Planck Institute.
Professor Trout’s research focuses on molecular engineering, specifically the development and application of both computational and experimental molecular based methods to engineering chemical products and processes with unprecedented specificity. Since 2000, he has focused on molecular engineering for pharmaceutical processing and formulation of both small molecules and biologics. In 2007, together with several colleagues from MIT, he set up the Novartis-MIT Center for Continuous Manufacturing, an $85 million partnership with the objective of transforming pharmaceutical manufacturing. In addition to Novartis, he has worked with many other pharmaceutical companies in research or consulting. He has published 120 papers and currently has 8 patents pending.
Christopher Voigt is an Associate Professor of Biological Engineering, Co-Director, MIT Center for Synthetic Biology, MIT Department of Biological Engineering. His research interests focus on the reprogramming of bacterial organisms to perform coordinated, complex tasks for pharmaceutical and industrial applications. He is a member of the National Science Foundation-funded Synthetic Biology Engineering Research Center, called SynBERC, and works in the developing field of synthetic biology.
Breakout Session on Clean Energy
Vladimir Bulovic is the Professor of Electrical Engineering at MIT, holding the Fariborz Maseeh Chair in Emerging Technology. He leads the Organic and Nanostructured Electronics laboratory, directs the MIT Microsystems Technology Laboratories and co-directs the MIT-ENI Solar Frontiers Center. Bulovic’s research interests include studies of physical properties of organic and organic/inorganic nanocrystal composite thin films and structures and development of novel nanostructured optoelectronic devices. He is an inventor of 59 U.S. patents in areas of light emitting diodes, lasers, photovoltaics, photodetectors, chemical sensors, programmable memories, and micro-electro machines, the majority of which have been licensed and utilized by both start-up and multinational companies. He co-founded QD Vision, Inc. of Lexington MA, which produces quantum dot optoelectronic components, Kateeva, Inc. of Menlo Park CA, which is focused on the development of printed organic electronics, and Ubiquitous Energy, Inc., which develops nanostructured solar technologies. Prof. Bulovic received his M.S. Degree from Columbia University in 1993 and his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1998.
Tonio Buonassisi, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT, heads an interdisciplinary laboratory focused on photovoltaics (solar energy conversion into electricity). Prof. Buonassisi completed his Ph.D. in Applied Science and Technology at UC Berkeley, with additional research at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems and the Max-Planck-Institute for Microstructure Physics. Buonassisi's thesis research revealed the chemical natures of metal defects in multicrystalline silicon solar cell materials using synchrotron microprobe techniques, which led to the founding of solar start-up Calisolar, Inc.
After his Ph.D., Buonassisi broadened his research focus from materials to devices. At Evergreen Solar Inc., he applied his defect-engineering techniques to improve performance and yield of ribbon silicon solar cell manufacturing, while a member of the team that brought a new crystal growth platform into production. Since founding his MIT research group in 2007, Professor Buonassisi invents, develops, and applies defect-engineering techniques over the entire solar cell process, from crystal growth to modules, improving the cost effectiveness of commercial and next-generation solar cells. Prof. Buonassisi excels in bringing sceince-driven breakthroughs into industry, and co-founded the Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems in Cambridge, MA.
Professor Buonassisi is an author of 101 journal, conference, and workshop articles focused on PV, and has delivered 88 invited talks and plenary/oral presentations on his work throughout the world. His work has been honored with awards including the European Materials Research Society Young Scientist Presentation Award, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Graduate Research Fellowship, and a 2010 Deshpande Center Innovation Grant.
Phil Giudice is the Chief Executive Officer, President and Board Member, Ambri. Formerly Liquid Metal Battery Corporation, Ambri is a technology company creating cost effective, reliable, wide spread grid electricity storage solutions, enabling separation of power demand from power supply. Phil has more than 30 years' experience in the energy industry as a geologist, consultant, executive, and state official.
Phil was appointed by US Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu to US DOE's Energy Efficiency and Renewables Advisory Committee as well as its State Energy Advisory Board. In addition, he is a board member for the energy business leadership trade group Advanced Energy Economy as well as the efficiency start up FirstFuel.
Most recently Phil served the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as Undersecretary of Energy and as Commissioner of the Department of Energy Resources, the state agency with primary responsibility for fulfilling Governor Deval Patrick's vision for a clean energy future.
Prior to his service in the Patrick-Murray Administration, Phil was senior vice president and board member at EnerNOC, a start-up providing electricity demand-management services to businesses, institutions, utilities, and grid operators that became a public company in 2007. He was previously a senior partner and leader of Mercer Management Consulting's global energy utilities practice for 20 years. He started his career as a metals exploration geologist with Freeport-McMoRan and with Chevron.
Phil is also active in the nonprofit realm, having help found the Center for Effective Philanthropy and serving as Board Chair for 8 years as well as currently serving on the President's Council of ACCION. In addition, he completed full terms on the boards of the City Year Boston, First Parish Church of Wayland, and Haitian Health Foundation. He was also the founding chair of Boston Cares.
Phil is a geologist (B.S. from University of New Hampshire and M.S. in Economic Geology from the University of Arizona) and a management professional (M.B.A. from Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.
Peter Rothstein is President of the New England Clean Energy Council, a non-profit trade association with 400 clean energy member and affiliate companies focused on accelerating New England’s clean energy economy to global leadership by building an active community of stakeholders and a world-class clean energy cluster. Peter is also President of NECEC’s sister organization, NECEC Institute (NECECi, a 501c3). NECEC and NECECi are affiliated non-profit organizations founded in late 2006 that have already had a strong impact on the emergence and growth of a vibrant clean energy cluster in New England—and on national clean energy initiatives as well. NECEC is the lead voice for hundreds of clean energy companies across New England, while NECECi has quickly become a leading cluster development organization, researching and developing innovation, workforce and related programs, combining forces in policy planning efforts to address clean energy cluster gaps and accelerate the innovation pipeline across New England. NECEC and NECECi share a common mission to accelerate New England’s clean energy economy to global leadership by building an active community of stakeholders and a world-class cluster of clean energy companies.
Before assuming NECEC leadership 2010, Peter led the Council’s innovation initiatives, including the Clean Energy Fellowship Program started in 2008. Peter led the formation of Cleantech Innovations New England, a consortium combining major research universities, state energy offices from the 6 New England states, cleantech private sector partners, venture capital and other stakeholders to collaborate on early-stage energy innovation and cluster development. Peter also has led a national effort linking 15 regions across the U.S. that are developing regional energy innovation cluster public-private partnerships.
Previously, Peter was part of the Flagship Ventures team, a leading VC firm. Peter has been involved in several of Flagship’s cleantech deals and portfolio companies, including Ze-gen (an advanced gasification company focused on gasifying various municipal waste streams and producing electricity), Novomer (a catalytic process company using CO and CO2 for energy-efficient, environmentally-friendly plastics, polymers and specialty chemicals), and Oasys (a developer of water desalination technology that vastly reduces energy requirements and liquid discharges). Peter was also startup executive with Mascoma, a Flagship portfolio company in the cellulosic ethanol market.
Peter has been an executive with other early-stage cleantech startups, including, Boston-Power, Planar Energy Devices and Mechanology. Earlier, Peter was an executive at Lotus and IBM after selling a company to Lotus in 1994, and was a Partner at Kodiak Venture Partners, focusing on seed and early stage Internet ventures. Peter began his career in the energy field in the late ‘70’s, moving into entrepreneurial software in the mid-80’s, and returning to cleantech in 2002.
Peter has a Masters degree from the MIT Sloan School of Management with a concentration in energy economics and finance, and a BA in Environmental Design from Clark University.
Breakout Session on Defense & Aerospace
Padraig Moloney is a Senior Scientist and Program Manager Lockheed Martin assigned to its Space Systems Company - Advanced Technology Center (ATC), where he has the charter to integrate nanotechnology, advanced manufacturing and advanced materials into its product portfolio. He leads several technology thrusts both within the corporation and in collaboration with its academic and small business partners. Padraig also works directly with key Lockheed leaders including its CTO, Chief Scientist and Director of Advanced R&D who call upon his expertise and abilities to manage corporate funded internal R&D efforts, perform technology scouting towards small enterprise and academic arenas, and represent Lockheed Martin in several key external activities.
Prior to joining Lockheed Martin, Padraig was Applications Team Lead for Applied Nanotechnology at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, where he led numerous projects including sensors, CO2 scrubbers, nanocomposites, radiation shielding, water purification and thermal protection systems. Padraig received a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from M.I.T., an M.S in Nanoscale Physics and a Ph.D. in Materials Science from Rice University. He has also worked at the startup level, has co-founded two companies, and managed projects involving a broad base of stakeholders from small business, academia to government laboratories.
Jeff Shubrooks has worked at Raytheon for the last 25 years. Jeff is currently an Engineering Fellow and the Corporate Manufacturing Technical Area Director and is responsible for the coordination of manufacturing technology development and strategy for Raytheon. Previously Jeff was the manager for Circuit Card Assembly New Product Introduction Engineering where he has been responsible for coordinating the introduction of new programs and new technologies into Raytheon's Circuit Card Assembly Center of Excellence. Jeff received his Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1988. Jeff received his Master's in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1992.
Breakout Session on Digital Manufacturing
Brian Anthony is the Co-Director of the Medical Electronic Device Realization Center and Director of MIT’s Master of Engineering in Manufacturing Program. With over 20 years experience in product realization – he won an Emmy (from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences) in broadcast technical innovation – Dr. Anthony designs instruments and techniques to monitor and control physical systems. His work involves systems analysis and design, calling upon mechanical, electrical and optical engineering, along with computer science and optimization.
David E. Luzzi is a Northeastern University College of Engineering professor, Executive Director of Northeaster's Strategic Security Initiative, and former dean of Northeastern's College of Engineeering. He is a distinguished scientist known for developing innovative interdisciplinary programs.
Author of 120 scientific articles in peer reviewed publications; Luzzi is internationally recognized in nanotechnology, advising leaders in the United States and around the world. His discovery of the peapod class of nanomaterials has been widely noted. In addition to his scholarly endeavors, Luzzi served as the science and technology chair of the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board. As science and technology chair, Luzzi led reviews of the $3.6B Air Force Research Laboratory program.
His workforce development, educational initiatives, and outreach programs have impacted thousands of students and teachers. Luzzi was at the helm at Northeastern's engineering college as it celebrateed its 100th anniversary in 2009. The college is widely acclaimed for its National Science Foundation national centers of research in nanomanufacturing and subsurface sensing and imaging.
In addition to his B.E. in engineering physics from the Stevens Institute of Technology and a Ph.D in materials science and engineering from Northwestern University, Luzzi holds an M.B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business.
Brenan McCarragher is the Director for Research and Development at The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. He was previously the Associate Director of Strategic Systems, responsible for the hardware and software design, testing and verification, and transition to production of the MK6 MOD1 Guidance System. Within the Trident Guidance program, he was also responsible for the development and fielding of the Enhanced Ground Test (EGT) program, the Guidance Emulator / Shipboard Interface Test Module, and the successful Multistar Enhanced Prelaunch experiment on DASO 24. Prior to his involvement with the Trident Guidance program, he worked on several other areas as a systems engineer at Draper, including a small satellite project, several MEMS-related projects and an air-dropped surveillance project. Prior to joining Draper, he was a Professor and Associate Dean at the Australian National University, and a production and operations management consultant to several industries, including Ford Australia, Comalco, BHP, Rio-Tinto, Denso Corporation, and Telstra Telecommunications. He has authored more than 130 technical publications and over 20 corporate reports. McCarragher holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from MIT and an M.Ed in Technology Management from the University of New South Wales (Australia).
Plenary Panel on Advanced Manufacturing in Our Regional Economy
Noubar Afeyan is founder, Managing Partner and CEO of Flagship Ventures, a leading early stage venture capital firm. He also leads the firm's VentureLabs unit that invents and launches transformative startups. He is a Senior Lecturer at MIT’s Sloan School of Management where he has taught courses on technology-entrepreneurship, innovation, and leadership since 2000. Dr. Afeyan has authored numerous scientific publications and patents since earning his Ph.D. in Biochemical Engineering from MIT in 1987. He lectures widely in the United States and internationally on diverse topics ranging from entrepreneurship, innovation and venture capital to biological engineering, drug discovery, medical technologies and renewable energy.
Mike Majors is an Investment Partner at Siemens Venture Capital. He focuses on investments in the industrial space, including industrial automation, drive technologies, cyber security, and analytics. Before joining Siemens Venture Capital, Mike was the CFO at Indeed.com, a search engine for jobs, and a Venture Partner at StarVest Partners, a New York City based venture capital firm focusing on SaaS investments. Prior to that, Mike was the CFO at Visible World, a provider of targeted television advertising solutions backed by Comcast, Time Warner, and WPP. While a Vice President at BEV Capital, a consumer, digital media, and software focused venture capital fund, Mike led investments in and worked with companies including Retail Solutions (acquired by VeriSign), MaxPreps (acquired by CBS), and ProfitLogic (acquired by Oracle). Earlier in his career, Mike was a consultant with the Boston Consulting Group.
Mike received a PhD in control systems from Cambridge University and a BSE in mechanical and aerospace engineering from Princeton University.
Gary Pisano is the Harry E. Figgie Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. He has been on the Harvard faculty for 25 years. During this time, he has taught MBA and executive level courses on technology and operations management, operations strategy, competitive strategy, product development, and the management of innovation. Professor Pisano's research has examined technology strategy, the management of innovation, organizational learning, outsourcing, and the management of intellectual property. His research, teaching, and consulting on these issues span a range of science and technology based industries including aerospace, biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, specialty chemicals, health care, nutrition, computers, software, telecommunications, and semiconductors.
Pisano is the author of over 70 articles and case studies. His "Restoring American Competitiveness" (co-authored with Willy Shih) won the McKinsey Award for best article published in Harvard Business Review in 2009. He is also co-author of the award winning article, "Dynamic Capabilities and Strategic Management" (Strategic Management Journal, 1997), the most-cited publication in economics and business from 1995-2005. His article "How to Capture Value from Innovation: Shaping Intellectual Property and Industry Architecture" (California Management Review) was a finalist for the 2008 Accenture Award. He has also written case studies on such companies as Amazon, BMW, ITT-Automotive, IBM, Intel, Jet Blue, Merck, Eli Lilly, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Teradyne, Flextronics, and VF Brands. He is the author of six books including The Development Factory; Operations, Strategy, and Technology (with co-authors Robert Hayes, David Upton, and Steve Wheelwright); Science Business: The Promise, The Reality and The Future of Biotech and, most recently, Producing Prosperity: Why America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance (co-author Willy Shih).
Professor Pisano has served as an advisor to senior executives at leading companies in the United States, Europe, and Asia in the aerospace, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, specialty chemical, nutrition, medical device, computer, software, electronics, and financial services industries. In addition, Pisano has served on the Board of Directors and Advisory Boards of a number of start-up companies. He speaks widely at industry conferences and to senior executive audiences. Professor Pisano holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley and B.A. in economics from Yale University.
Elisabeth Reynolds is the Executive Director of MIT’s Industrial Performance Center (IPC), an interdisciplinary research center dedicated to the study of innovation, productivity and competitiveness.
Dr. Reynolds works on topics related to the geography of innovation, regional economic growth, and industrial innovation and competitiveness. She has worked in particular on the theory and practice of cluster development and regional innovation systems and advises several organizations and governments in this area. Her current research focuses on innovation and advanced manufacturing, in particular the globalization of the biomanufacturing industry, as well as how innovative startups grow to scale. She is a member of the Massachusetts Advanced Manufacturing Collaborative and an advisor to the Massachusetts Biomanufacturing Roundtable.
Before coming to MIT, Dr. Reynolds was the Director of the City Advisory Practice at the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC), a non-profit founded by Professor Michael Porter focused on urban economic development.Her background also includes working as a policy analyst at the Institute for Research in Public Policy, a Canadian think tank, and as a financial analyst with Goldman Sachs.
She has an A.B. from Harvard College in Government and was the Harvard Fiske Scholar at Trinity College, Cambridge. She holds a MSc from the University of Montreal in Economics and a Ph.D. from MIT in Urban and Regional Studies.
Phillip Singerman serves as Associate Director for Innovation and Industry Services at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). In this capacity he is responsible for the NIST suite of external partnership programs, including the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership, the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program, NIST technology transfer and small business innovation research awards, economic analysis, and technology innovation.
The position of Associate Director was established in October 2010 as part of the first major realignment of NIST programs in 20 years; Dr. Singerman was appointed to this position in January 2011. Immediately prior to joining NIST, he was a Senior Vice President at B&D Consulting, a DC-based firm providing strategic advice and technical assistance on federal economic development programs to non-profit organizations, local governments, and universities. Previously he was a managing director of a $120 million seed stage venture fund that invested in biotechnology.
Dr. Singerman has more than 30 years of experience in tech based economic development; he was the first chief executive of two of the best known public-private partnerships, the Ben Franklin Technology Center of Southeastern Pennsylvania and the Maryland Technology Development Corporation. During the Clinton Administration he served as U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development, a Presidential appointment requiring Senate confirmation.
Dr. Singerman has participated on scores of local, state, and national advisory boards and associations, including the State Science and Technology Institute (SSTI), the Technology Council of Maryland (TCM), the International Economic Development Council (IEDC), NGA’s Advisory Committee on Entrepreneurial Policy, NSF’s Small Business Advisory Committee, the Pennsylvania Biotechnology Association (PBA), the Strengthening America’s Communities Initiative Advisory Committee, and the Editorial Board of the Economic Development Quarterly. He was the 2011 recipient of IEDC's Federal Leadership in Economic Development Award.
Dr. Singerman received his bachelors degree from Oberlin College and holds a doctorate from Yale University. He has taught at Yale College, Barnard College (Columbia University), and the Fels Institute of Government (University of Pennsylvania). After graduating from college he served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Colombia, South America, working in rural community development projects.
Dr. Singerman is a co-author of “Beyond Recovery: Moving the Gulf Coast Toward a Sustainable Future” (February 2011), published by the Center for American Progress and Oxfam America, and the “Handbook on Climate Prosperity” (May 2009), published by the International Economic Development Council.
Plenary Panel Discussion on Workforce Education
Nancy Alberto is currently the Academic Dean of Sciences and Mathematics at North Shore Community College, and has served in this position for almost 20 years. Prior to this position, she was the the Director of Engineering and Technologies at the College for 8 years. While at the College, she has worked with faculty, employers, consultants as well as 4-year college representatives to develop, coordinate, and revise a variety of science, engineering, and technology-related programs. She holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and a Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of New Hampshire.
Brian Anthony is the Co-Director of the Medical Electronic Device Realization Center and Director of MIT’s Master of Engineering in Manufacturing Program. With over 20 years experience in product realization – he won an Emmy (from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences) in broadcast technical innovation – Dr. Anthony designs instruments and techniques to monitor and control physical systems. His work involves systems analysis and design, calling upon mechanical, electrical and optical engineering, along with computer science and optimization.
Thaddeus Bauer is Manager of Work Force Development Programs, MassMEP (Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership). In this position Mr. Bauer has developed and implemented the first successful comprehensive manufacturing technical skills training program within the state, that included employment skills training, and assistance with job placement for the long term unemployed, hard to serve, and at risk populations. He has organized the first mobile vocational outreach program that has provided career counseling opportunities for skilled manufacturing careers, to over three thousand middle school students and developed and implemented a state wide pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship program for the machining trades.
Involved in the design, organization, and launch of a successful manufacturing workforce development model, the Manufacturing Advancement Center Workforce Innovation Collaborative – MACWIC, that promotes small, medium, and large companies to work collaboratively to develop and deliver critical workforce technical skills training.
Implemented the Manufacturing Skills Academy Network – MSAN that established a broad, cost effective, skills curriculum that is accessible to Massachusetts manufactures to improve incumbent technical skills.
Facilitated a manufacturing skills credentialing system, that has resulted in an articulation agreement with Quinsigamond Community College, as part of the school’s degreed program in Applied Manufacturing Technology.
Mr. Bauer gained his manufacturing work force experience as an executive, with over thirty five years in the Hi-Tech material applications industry, including, Powder Metallurgy, Heat Treating, Particulate Materials, Thread Rolling Technology and Pressure Die Casting.
William Mulholland is Vice President for Community Education & Workforce Development at Berkshire Community College, Dean of Lifelong Learning & Workforce Development and Professor of Business/ Business Department Chair Director of Economic Development. From 1986-1980, he served as President and CEO of Berkshire Stationery Manufacturing Company, and was Plant Manager from 1976-1986 at Sheaffer Eaton Division of Textron Inc. Mr. Mulholland participated in the Textron Executive Development Program conducted by Harvard Graduate School of Business, received his MBA from Western New England College, a BS Business Administration from North Adams State College, and an AS Business from Berkshire Community College.
He served in the USAF, Vietnam, and is a board member of Area Health Education Collaborative, Pittsfield Economic Development Corporation, Berkshire Compact for Education, McCann Advisory, Taconic Manufacturing Advisory Traffic Advisory Committee, Berkshire Applied Technology Council.
Elisabeth Reynolds is the Executive Director of MIT’s Industrial Performance Center (IPC), an interdisciplinary research center dedicated to the study of innovation, productivity and competitiveness.
Dr. Reynolds works on topics related to the geography of innovation, regional economic growth, and industrial innovation and competitiveness. She has worked in particular on the theory and practice of cluster development and regional innovation systems and advises several organizations and governments in this area. Her current research focuses on innovation and advanced manufacturing, in particular the globalization of the biomanufacturing industry, as well as how innovative startups grow to scale. She is a member of the Massachusetts Advanced Manufacturing Collaborative and an advisor to the Massachusetts Biomanufacturing Roundtable.
Before coming to MIT, Dr. Reynolds was the Director of the City Advisory Practice at the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC), a non-profit founded by Professor Michael Porter focused on urban economic development.Her background also includes working as a policy analyst at the Institute for Research in Public Policy, a Canadian think tank, and as a financial analyst with Goldman Sachs.
She has an A.B. from Harvard College in Government and was the Harvard Fiske Scholar at Trinity College, Cambridge. She holds a MSc from the University of Montreal in Economics and a Ph.D. from MIT in Urban and Regional Studies.
Susan Singer, the Laurence McKinley Gould Professor of the Natural Sciences at Carleton College, was appointed as the director of the National Science Foundation’s Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE) in 2003.
The NSF’s DUE, housed within the Directorate for Education and Human Resources, sets undergraduate science education goals to provide leadership, support curriculum development, prepare the workforce and to foster connections. These goals constitute a comprehensive approach to strengthening science, technology and math (STEM) education at two- and four-year colleges and universities by improving curricula, instruction, laboratories, infrastructure, assessment, diversity of students and faculty, and collaborations.
Singer, who earned her undergraduate, master’s and Ph.D. degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, arrived at Carleton in 1986. Her leadership positions at Carleton include a stint as director of Carleton’s Perlman Learning and Teaching Center from 2000-03 and as co-director of the Carleton Interdisciplinary Science and Math Initiative from 2005-06. Additionally, she was the biology department chair from 1995-98.
A developmental biologist who also does research on learning in genomics, Singer is an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow and received both the American Society of Plant Biology teaching award and Botanical Society of America Charles Bessey teaching award. She was an NSF program officer in biology, and is a co-author of the report and an introductory biology text.
She serves on numerous boards, including the NSF EHR advisory committee, Biological Sciences Curriculum Study Board, and the Botanical Society board of directors; is a member-at-large for the AAAS Education Section; participates in the Minnesota Next Generation Science Standards team; and was a member of the National Academies’ Board on Science Education. She has participated in six National Academies studies, including chairing the committees that authored America’s Lab Report, Promising Practices in STEM Undergraduate Education and Discipline-based Education Research: Understanding and Improving Learning in Undergraduate Science and Engineering.
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