inDuke Frontiers 2007 Research Showcase
Tuesday, May 15th, 2007
Schiciano Auditorium, Fitzpatrick Center
Duke University, Durham, NC
| 8:00 am | Registration and Coffee |
| 8:20 am | Welcome and Introduction Session Moderator: Mr. Zack Robbins Director, Corporate Relations Duke University, Durham, NC |
| 8:30 am | Keynote "Building Strong Relationships: Business Meets Academia" Mr. Eric Stahre MICT Engineering General Manager GE Healthcare |
| 9:30 am | Industry Panel Discussion "Selecting an Education/Research Partner" Panel Participants: Dr. Andy Rindos, Director, Center of Advanced Studies, IBM Mr. Dave Van Arnam, President of Corporate Development, O'Brien and Gere Mr. Vipul Srivastrava, Senior Technical Officer, Parsons Corporation Mr. Brian Stemple, Senior Engineer, Qualcomm Ms. Nancy Kielty, Senior Merchant, The Home Depot |
| 10:30 am | Commercializing University Research in North Carolina: Opportunities, Challenges, and Realities
Dr. John Hardin, Deputy Director & Chief Policy Analyst in the Office of Science and Technology, NC Dept of Commerce |
| 11:00 am | Spotlight Speaker
Bill Hamilton, VP, Merchandising, The Home Depot |
| 11:30 am | Lunch and Student Poster Session
Fitzpatrick Center Atrium |
| 1:00 pm - 4:45 pm | Track Break Out Sessions
See individual track schedules for Early Stage Research Track and Commercialization Track below. |
Early Stage Research Track
Schiciano Auditorium side A
| 1:00 pm | Welcome and Introduction Dr. John Simon, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs Duke University, Durham, NC |
| 1:15 pm | Metamaterials for Invisibility Cloaking Dr. David Schurig, Department of Electrical Engineering Duke University, Durham, NC |
| 1:45 pm | Technologies for Portable Environmental and Biological Sensing Graduate Students: Dongning Yuan (Chem); Lin Luan (ECE); Raymond Kozlowski (ECE); Mathew Royal (ECE) Duke University, Durham, NC |
| 2:15 pm | Computer Vision for Medical Applications Dr. Carlo Tomasi, Department of Computer Science Duke University, Durham, NC |
| 2:45 pm | Break |
| 3:15 pm | Scalable, Low-Cost, Hierarchical Assembly of Programmable DNA Nanostructures Mr. Constantin Pistol Graduate Student, Department of Computer Science Duke University, Durham, NC |
| 3:45 pm | Information Processing and Communication Dr. Rebecca Willett, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Duke University, Durham, NC |
| 4:15 pm | Immersed Virtual Reality Visualization of a Forest-Atmosphere Flow Model Mr. Gil Bohrer Graduate Student, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Duke University, Durham, NC |
| 4:45 pm | Lab Tours and Demos |
Commercialization Track
Schiciano Auditorium side B
| 1:00 pm | Welcome and Introduction Dr. Barry Myers, Senior Associate Dean for Industrial Partnerships and Research Commercialization Pratt School of Engineering Duke University, Durham, NC |
| 1:15 pm | The University Role in Value Creation Dr. Robert Taber, Vice Chancellor for Corporate and Venture Development Duke University Health System, Durham, NC |
| 1:45 pm | Where Money Meets Ideas Mr. Jan Bouten, Principal The Aurora Funds, Inc. Durham, NC |
| 2:15 pm | Spin-Off Success Dr. Vamsee Pamula, CTO Advanced Liquid Logic Morrisville, NC |
| 2:45 pm | Break |
| 3:15 pm | The Patent System From Both Sides of the Fence Mr. Kevin Lyn, Partner Alston & Bird, LLP Raleigh, NC |
| 3:45 pm | Sensors and Integration Dr. Nan Jokerst, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Duke University, Durham, NC |
| 4:15 pm | Early Stage Spin-Out: Oncoscope, Inc. Dr. William Brown, Sr. Research Scientist, Department of Biomedical Engineering Duke University, Durham, NC |
| 4:45 pm | Lab Tours and Demos |