Dr. William King—Abel Bliss Professor, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Finalists were selected by a committee chaired by Roger Webb, Professor Emeritus, and comprised of faculty members and campus administrators.

This workshop will conduct a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) analysis of the Georgia Tech scientific community to assess core and potential strengths and identify growth opportunities, and areas of synergy between groups that may not have collaborated previously.

Topics to be addressed during the workshop include:

» Future opportunity areas with scientific/engineering impact (external RFPs, or our own internal initiatives).
» Research opportunities and specific proposals to engage the PV industry
» Areas of technical strength (core strengths, area coverage, critical mass of core faculty and infrastructure, leadership for large scale proposals, gaps/weaknesses).
» Desirable teaming arrangements (internal/external) for developing initiatives, including areas of leadership versus areas of joining teams.
» Opportunities to extend leadership position in PV research

If you would like to ask a question in advance, send it to townhall@gatech.edu.

For staff who can not be present in person, the presentation will be recorded and made available to campus shortly thereafter.

Headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, St. Jude Medical has four major clinical focus areas: cardiac rhythm management, atrial fibrillation, cardiovascular and neuromodulation.

The St. Jude Medical product portfolio includes implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) devices, pacemakers, remote monitoring systems, cardiac mapping and visualization systems, catheter-based ablation devices, vascular closure devices, structural heart products, spinal cord stimulation, peripheral nerve stimulation and deep brain stimulation devices.

This seminar is co-sponsored by the Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering & Bioscience and the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering.