Kanwal Jit Singh
Senior Process R&D Technologist, Intel
Panel Session on Effective Industry-University Partnerships
Engineering executives from Chevron, Dow Chemical, and Merck will join distinguished academics from Lehigh University and Iowa State for a spirited discussion of how diverse faculty strengths compare to the needs of leading companies.
Panel members will discuss the following topics:
- How to find academic or industry partners and forge the relationship
- Various types of research and consulting interactions
- Various types of industry-funded university research centers
- Involvement in pre-competitive research
- How to be successful in a university-industry research partnership
- Keys to sustaining a university-industry partnership
- Involvement with university department Industrial Advisory Boards
- Types of industrial funding opportunities
- Writing a research proposal targeted towards industry
- IP and licensing technology
- Special university-industry educational partnership programs (e.g., the Dow Safety Program, etc.)
| Panelist | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Shawn Feist | Senior R&D Leader, The Dow Chemical Company |
| Joseph Powell | Chief Scientist, Chemical Engineering, Shell |
| Mark Shiflett | Senior Research Associate, DuPont |
| Kanwal Jit Singh | Senior Process R&D Technologist, Intel |
| Gintaras "Rex" Reklaitis | Burton and Kathryn Gedge Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University |
| Brent Shanks | Mike and Jean Steffenson Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University |
| John Van Zee | Department Head of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Alabama |
