Conference ParticipantsFrom Southampton: AbuBakr S. Bahaj, Professor, School of Civil Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton Ludwig Gredmaier, Research Fellow, School of Civil Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton Neil Pearce, Area Manager, SEEDA/Partnership for Urban South Hampshire (PUSH) William Powrie, Professor of Geotechnical Engineering, School of Civil Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton Graeme Purdy, CEO, Ilika Technologies Ltd Dr. Tony Raven, Director of Research and Innovation Services, University of Southampton Frank Walsh, Professor, School of Engineering Sciences, University of Southampton From San Diego/Southern California: Scott Anders, Director, Engergy Policy Initiatives Center, University of San Diego School of Law Stephen Bennett, Director of Business Development, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego Kacey Bonner, Science and Innovation Associate, British Consulate-General, Los Angeles Lisa Bicker, President and CEO, CleanTECH San Diego Robert Cattolica, Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Associate Director, Center for Energy Research, UC San Diego Jacques Chirazi, Program Manager, Clean Tech, City of San Diego Paul Linden, Blasker Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering; Chair, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Director, Sustainability Solutions Institute, UC San Diego Christina Luhn, Director, Mega-Region Initiative, San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation Dominick Mendola, Associate Development Engineer, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego Greg Mitchell, Research Biologist, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego Andy Perkins, Science and Innovation Officer, British Consulate, Los Angeles Robert Pinkel, Professor of Oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego Kathleen Ritzman, Assistant Director, Research Planning and Government Relations, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego Mike Rosenfeld, Vice Consul, UK Trade and Investment, British Consulate-General, Los Angeles Tajana Rosing, Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, UC San Diego Craig Ruiz, Economic Development Manager, City of Chula Vista Lisa Shaffer, Executive Director, Sustainability Solutions Institute, UC San Diego Emily Young, Associate Vice President, Environment Analysis and Strategy, The San Diego Foundation Edward T. Yu, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UC San Diego Staff: Karen Brooks, Program Director, SETsquared Partnership, Universities of Bath, Bristol, Southampton and Surrey Nathan Owens, Director, Regional Assessments, Global CONNECT, UC San Diego Mike Rawlins, Conference Facilitator Peter Thomas, Director, Program Partnerships, Global CONNECT, UC San Diego Scott AndersMr. Anders is the Director of the Energy Policy Initiatives Center (EPIC),
AbuBakr S. BahajAbuBakr S Bahaj is Professor of Sustainable Energy at the University Prof Bahaj’s work encompasses the study of urban energy systems (including energy efficiency, micro wind and photovoltaics), the built environment and climate change and ocean energy conversion technologies. He has authored/co-authored more than 200 publications and leads various projects on various aspects of these areas. He is also on the Editorial Boards of Renewable Energy and the UK's Institute of Civil Engineering journal Energy. Stephen BennettSteve Bennett is Director of Business Development at Scripps Steve’s first language is science—having spent the majority of his career coupling atmospheric science and meteorology with media and financial applications. His second language is business—having served as a manager and director in two multi-billion-dollar financial firms after his early career working as a weather consultant. In addition to his educational foundation in meteorology, Steve also holds a law degree with a specialized knowledge in leadership, management, intellectual property, securities, and corporate law. Prior to joining Scripps, Steve served six years at Citadel Investment Group in Chicago. He was asked to join Citadel as part of a seven-person team that built and launched Citadel's Global Energy Trading business. Steve worked in multiple roles from quantitative research (supply/demand fundamentals), to managing Citadel's Weather Research desk, to his final position as Citadel's Director of Reinsurance Research. Previously, he'd spent nearly two years at the Enron Corporation in the research division supporting natural gas trading. Steve spent the first half of his career working for a variety of consulting companies and media outlets including The Weather Channel, WeatherData Inc. and Weather Services Corporation. Steve completed his undergraduate meteorology degree in 1995 and graduated from the John Marshall Law School in 2008. He is licensed by the Illinois Bar Association and is a member of the American Meteorological Society currently serving on the AMS Energy Committee. Steve has also been an active student of continuing education courses at UC San Diego and continuing legal education at the University of San Diego School of Law. “My goal is to enlist partners from within the private sector to help Scripps bridge scientific research and business application.” For more information about Stephen Bennett, visit his LinkedIn profile. Lisa BickerLisa Bicker is President of CleanTECH San Diego. She has . Robert J. CattolicaRobert J. Cattolica is Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace
Jacques ChiraziJacques Chirazi is the Program Manager for the Clean Tech Industry Ludwig Gredmaier Dr. Ludwig Gredmaier is Research Fellow in the Department of Civil The University of Southampton's Bioenergy and Organic Resources Research Group's interests are in the area of innovative technology for environmental protection, including: - controlled anaerobic and aerobic biodegradation of municipal and industrial solid wastes Current research projects reflect these interests and have led to the design of novel reactor systems and operating protocols to meet the challenges of new and adapted technologies for environmental protection, renewable energy production and sustainable nutrient management systems. Of special interest is the development of operating protocols for anaerobic digestion, to maximise rates of substrate conversion and biogas yield. As part of this, current research is promoting the use of mass and energy balances as a means of quantifying process performance and developing new analytical tools to broaden our understanding of the process, its kinetics and limitations. Ludwig has a personal interest in sustainable housing and renewable energy, and is an accredited energy advisor for dwellings with the aim to comply with the European Energy Performance of Buildings Directive. He took part in the energy optimisation of one of the first straw-bale houses in Lower Bavaria www.solar-heizen.com/strohhaus.htm
Paul Linden Paul Linden is the chair of the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Christina Anne LuhnDr. Christina Anne Luhn is Director of the Mega-Region Initiative at the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation. Dr. Luhn joined the EDC as Public Policy Manager in June 2007. As part of the public policy team, Dr. Luhn worked on land use and infrastructure issues. Research projects included a workforce housing study focusing on the high cost of housing and the balance between housing and jobs. Since April 2008, Dr. Luhn has been the senior project manager for the Mega-Region Initiative, an economic development strategy partnering San Diego County, Imperial County and Baja California for global competition. Prior to joining the EDC, Dr. Luhn taught U.S., Latin American and world history at San Diego State University and City College in San Diego, and at various institutions of higher education in the greater Kansas City metropolitan region. Dr. Luhn’s professional and academic experience has focused on international relations and foreign policy. As Project Manager at the International Energy Agency (IEA) in Paris, France, she produced non-member country energy profiles and developed and managed an energy information exchange program with Latin America that became a permanent IEA policy. In her tenure as staff assistant at the National Security Council at the White House, she provided analysis and conducted briefings for the senior staff, the National Security Advisor and the President. Highlights included preparations for the United Nations General Assembly, the Central American Energy Initiatives, and the President’s Trip to China. She also acted as NSC liaison for the Central American Public Diplomacy Strategy at the State Department. As a legislative assistant on Capitol Hill, she drafted and tracked legislation. Issues she focused on included defense, foreign relations and agriculture. Dr. Luhn graduated with an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in history and education from the University of Missouri at Kansas City. Dr. Luhn is a historian of International Relations focusing on America’s interactions with the developing world. Her dissertation research, a case study of U.S. relations with Brazil, examined how education became an essential feature of U.S. Cold War development assistance overseas.
Dominick Mendola
Dr. Dominick Mendola is an Associate Development Engineer at
Greg MitchellDr. Brian Gregory (Greg) Mitchell is a Research Oceanographer and Neil PearceNeil Pearce is the Area Manager for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Neil has worked for two Government departments in London. At Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs, Neil was an internal consultant with a thematic lead on transport, identifying tax risks and reducing burdens on business, thereby supporting the UK economy. He also worked for the Export Credits Guarantee Department , the UK’s export credit agency, assessing the risks of guaranteeing airlines, and as a country desk officer for South Asia. Neil has also worked in the private sector for Ernst & Young and for IBM in financial planning and strategy. Neil plays five-aside football and tennis and is an aficionado of the performing arts.
Andy PerkinsAndy Perkins is the Vice-Consul for Science & Innovation (S&I) at the The team promotes international research and industry collaboration in high-tech fields and works closely with colleagues in UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) to assist small companies and start-ups with the process of expanding to the UK. The team ensures that UK policy is fully informed by west coast science and technology developments, and works to promote awareness of the UK as a world-class leader in science and technology. Through contacts in US industry, academia and research institutions, the S&I team identifies opportunities in technology and innovation of interest to the UK. Prior to his current position, and after graduating from Stanford, Andy was a Senior Multi-Disciplined Engineer at Raytheon. Robert PinkelRobert Pinkel is Professor of Oceanography and Associate Director of
William Powrie William Powrie is Professor of Geotechnical Engineering at the School
Graeme PurdyGraeme Purdy is CEO of Ilika Technologies Ltd. Ilika specialises in the Tony RavenD In 1985 he was instrumental in the formation of Summit Technology, the Boston MA based market leader in laser refractive surgery, which was acquired by Nestle Alcon in 2000 for $893m. In 1987 he was a co-founder of Sagentia Group plc, a London Stock Exchange listed technical and management consultancy. In 1991 he founded Diomed Inc, the pioneer and world leader in therapeutic medical diode lasers which, after six years as a listed US company, was acquired by Angiodynamics Inc in April 2008. He is currently Director of Research & Innovation Services at Southampton University and a Committee member of UNICO, the representative organisation for UK University Knowledge Transfer offices. He is a Director of Southampton Innovations, Southampton Asset Management and Nanotecture plc. Kathleen RitzmanKathleen Ritzman is Assistant Director of
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Tajana Rosing Tajana Simunic-Rosing is Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Craig RuizCraig Ruiz is the City of Chula Vista’s Principal Economic Development Representing the City of Chula Vista, Mr. Ruiz is board member of CleanTECH San Diego, a non-profit membership organization formed to accelerate the San Diego region as a world leader in the clean technology economy, and an executive board member of Team California, a private, non-profit California membership-based corporation that brings together economic development organizations from across the state to market their communities for business investment and job creation in California. Mr. Ruiz also serves as the City’s liaison to numerous economic development organizations throughout the San Diego region, including the South County Economic Development Commission, the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation and San Diego CONNECT. Mr. Ruiz received a degree in Public Administration with an emphasis in City Planning from San Diego State University. Lisa ShafferDr. Lisa Shaffer is the Executive Director of the UC San Diego
Frank WalshFrank Walsh is currently Director of the Research Institute for
He is a Non-Executive Director of Poeton Industries Ltd (surface finishing), a Member of the Scientific Advisory Boards of Metalysis Ltd (metal production from molten salts), ACAL Energy Ltd (fuel cells) and ITI Energy Ltd (redox flow cells and materials for energy). He is pleased to have been a Visiting Professor at the University of Wollongong in Australia and currently holds a Visiting Chair in Electrochemical Technology at the University of Strathclyde, Scotland. Frank still cannot decide whether to be a chemist, a chemical engineer or a materials engineer and has spent his life crossing the boundaries of these subject areas as well as biochemical engineering and physics. He holds the qualifications of BSc (Applied Chemistry, Portsmouth), MSc (Materials Protection, Loughborough) and PhD (Electrochemical Engineering, Loughborough). He is a Chartered- Chemist, Scientist and Engineer and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Institute of Mining, Materials and Metallurgy, the Institute of Metal Finishing and the Institute of Corrosion. Frank is also a NACE International Certificated Corrosion Specialist, a Member of the Electrochemical Society, a Member of the International Society of Electrochemistry and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
His research output, which spans the areas of energy conversion, electroactive nanomaterials, coating technology, electrochemical monitoring and sensors, corrosion, surface finishing and electrochemical process engineering, includes: 4 text books, 70 short course papers, >200 conference presentations, >260 research papers and >50 educational papers. Frank was awarded the Westinghouse Prize (best paper on metallic coatings) and Johnson Matthey Silver Medal of the Institute of Metal Finishing (1999, 2007) together with the Breyer Medal of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (2000) for international contributions to electrochemical science, engineering and education.
In collaboration with industry, Frank has developed or improved over 50 industrial electrochemical processes, primarily in the areas of energy conversion, environmental treatment, corrosion control and materials recycling. The troubleshooting of industrial electrochemistry, which has included chemical plant, power stations, oil rigs, ships, fast cars and operating theatres, has provided considerable experience, many challenges, some personal risk and much satisfaction. Further information: http://www.southampton.ac.uk/ses/people/staff/WalshFC.html http://www.rifi.soton.ac.uk/ http://www.soton.ac.uk/ses/research/nCATS/http://www.southampton.ac.uk/ses/research/energy/index.shtml http://www.southampton.ac.uk/ses/research/engmats/index.shtml Emily YoungEmily Young is Associate Vice President, Community Partnerships Edward YuEdward Yu is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UC The results of his research have been reported in over 120 publications. He is currently Program Chair of the TMS Electronic Materials Committee and Conference, past Division Chair and Program Chair of the AVS Nanometer-Scale Science and Technology Division, a Fellow of the DARPA Defense Sciences Research Council, and is an alumnus of the 2000-01 Defense Sciences Study Group (DSSG). He has been a Symposium Organizer for the 1998 and 2001 Spring Meetings and the 2002 Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society, and has been the recipient of an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, ONR Young Investigator Award, NSF CAREER Award, and UCSD ECE Graduate Teaching Award. Key areas of interest and expertise:
Edward Yu received his A.B. (summa cum laude) and A.M. degrees in Physics from Harvard University in 1986, and his Ph.D. degree in Applied Physics from the California Institute of Technology in 1991. Following a one-year postdoctoral appointment at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, NY, he joined the faculty of the University of California, San Diego, where he is currently Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Updated June 2, 2009
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Conference location: Scripps Seaside Forum, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
Is there value in Southampton and San Diego building on their existing relationships and working together in cleantech to provide a stronger proposition for funding opportunities and to support the industry growth? The purpose of this workshop is to explore the expertise and interests within the two regions and how they may link around cleantech activities. Attendees include key academics, the business community, along with policy makers and advisors. |
an academic and research center of the University of San Diego School of Law. He joined EPIC in October 2005 as its inaugural director and has since developed both its academic and research programs. Mr. Anders’ work at EPIC has focused on regulatory and policy issues relating to the development of efficient and low-carbon energy. Recent projects include the first ever greenhouse gas inventory for San Diego County, which includes analysis on strategies to reach AB 32 targets, and policy work for a a comparison of the San Diego region with regions with emerging clean technology industry clusters. Prior to joining EPIC, Mr. Anders was director of policy and planning at the California Center for Sustainable Energy, where he managed legislative and regulatory activities. He also worked as a policy researcher for a Washington D.C. policy think tank and served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Mali, West Africa. He holds an M.A. in public policy, with a concentration in environmental policy, from the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy.
of Southampton. After completing his PhD he was employed by the University progressing from a researcher to a Personnel Chair. He is the head of the Energy and Coasts Division and the Sustainable Energy Research Group (SERG) within the highly rated (UK RAE in 2008) School of Civil Engineering and the Environment. The aims of the Group are to promote and execute fundamental and applied research and pre-industrial development in the areas of energy sources, technologies and energy efficiency 
Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. Steve is also Executive Director of the Scripps Partnership for Hazards and Environmental Applied Research (
held executive positions in both the private sector and the nonprofit community and has a strong track record of successfully bringing energy products to market. She was formerly president of the California Clean Energy Fund (CalCEF) where among other things she launched the CalCEF Angel Fund. Prior to that she was the Chief Operating Officer of NewEnergy, Inc., a high-growth, retail electricity provider, now known as Constellation NewEnergy. She was also appointed to and served on the Economic and Technology Advancement Advisory Committee (ETAAC). Ms. Bicker received her BA from the University of California at Davis and her law degree from University of San Francisco.
Engineering at UC San Diego. Professor Cattolica develops and employs diagnostic tools that are leading to a better understanding of the mechanics of combustion. He is extending the application of spectroscopic diagnostics in combustion, reacting flows, and gas dynamics. His research includes: spectroscopic measurements of temperature and species concentration in strained flames; plasma temperature measurements in semiconductor plasma reactors (where ions are used etch circuit features); and droplet size and velocity characteristics of pulsed fuel injectors for propulsion applications. He is currently developing laser techniques to accurately measure the chemical structure of flames including the formation of nitric oxide, a principal combustion emission. Cattolica's measurements are helping Jacobs School colleagues Kalyanansundaram Seshadri and Forman A. Williams validate the "San Diego Mechanism," a library of chemical kinetic mechanisms used to model the physical and chemical characteristics of the combustion of common fuels including the prediction of pollutant formation. The mechanism is expected to be useful for engine studies and in other areas where computerized simulations should account for the effects of varying fuel mixtures. Cattolica can provide critical perspective on matters of import to both environmental and energy policy including: the questionable use of oxygenates (ethanol and MTBE) as gasoline additives, greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution, clean-engine technology, and renewable energy from biomass.
Program for the City of San Diego. He is responsible for promoting, fostering and coordinating strategic alliance and collaboration among local, regional, state and federal institutions to develop and execute a clean technology business attraction strategy. His focus is the creation of economic growth and environmental sustainability by developing a clean technology cluster in San Diego. Prior to this position, Jacques was Corporate Development Manager at Bainbridge Inc., a strategic management consulting firm which provides consulting services to Fortune 500 companies. Finally, Jacques received a Master degree from University of California San Diego's Graduate School of International Relations & Pacific Studies with an emphasis in International Environmental Polices and a Bachelor's degree in Marketing from San Diego State University's School of Business Administration.
Engineering and the Environment at the University of Southampton. He was educated in both Germany and the UK, and gained a first degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Loughborough and a higher degree from the University of Southampton (Institute of Sound and Vibration Research). He worked as a design engineer in Germany from 2004 to 2008 
Department at the UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering, where he is the Blasker Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering. He is also director of UCSD's 
Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) at UC San Diego. Dr. Mendola’s 46-year career history began at SIO in 1963 as a scientific crew member aboard the R.P. FLIP, and also conducting laboratory research into the physical chemistry of seawater. He left SIO in 1971 to finish graduate studies at San Diego State University in aquatic ecology. In 1972 he enterred the then emerging field of aquaculture, co-founding Solar Aquafarms, Inc., a pioneering, greenhouse-based, ecological aquaculture company which developed aquaculture systems for food and bio-energy production, as well as systems for wastewater reclamation and bio-energy production. In 1981, Mendola formed a aquaculture design/engineering group which first worked under contract to Mexican Federal fisheries to develop fish and shrimp aquaculture, then provided similar services in El Salvador, Brazil, Venezuela, Costa Rica, and finally for a shrimp farm built on Molokai, Hawai. From 1990-2004, he was CEO of CalBioMarine Technologies, Inc. which developed aquaculture systems for production of natural product drug precursors from marine organisms. In 2005 Mendola enterred a late-career Ph.D. program in marine bioprocess engineering at Wageningen University in The Netherlands, where he worked on aquaculture of Mediterranean sponges for their desired natural product compounds. He received his Ph.D. in April, 2008, and in January, 2009 he joined the B. G. Mitchell group at UCSD/SIO as an Associate Development Engineer, to manage Dr. Mitchell’s DARPA-funded sub-contact from General Atomics, which has as its goal the cost-effective production of JP-8 jet fuel from microalgae. Dr. Mendola has lectured extensively around the world and has published 14 scientific articles, including two book chapters.
Senior Lecturer at the University of California - San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Dr. Mitchell received his Bachelor of Science degree with honors in aquatic biology from the University of Texas at Austin and in 1987 he received his PhD in Biological Oceanography from the University of Southern California. From 1990-1992 Dr. Mitchell served the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as Program Manager for the Ocean Biogeochemistry Program and Program Scientist for the SeaWiFS and MODIS ocean color satellite missions. His research on phytoplankton photosynthesis, plankton ecology, ocean optics and satellite remote sensing has been sponsored by the Office of Naval Research, the National Science Foundation, NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. His research includes laboratory, field and satellite studies. Laboratory work focuses on growth and photophysiology of phytoplankton and developing models of phytoplankton growth that can be applied to aquatic systems. His field work includes an interdisciplinary study focused on understanding mechanisms that transport shelf-derived iron into the Scotia Sea to support open ocean blooms, application of new optical methods for inferring ecosystem structure and function, and parameterization of models for phytoplankton photosynthesis and export production. Analysis of ocean color satellite time-series is used to monitor change in global ecosystems, including the impact of the El Nino cycle on the California Current, and future changes in primary and export production of the Antarctic Ocean caused by glacial melt associated with climate change. 
for the government-funded South East England Development Agency (SEEDA), a post he has held since 2005. He is currently seconded to the Partnership for Urban South Hampshire (PUSH), a partnership of 11 local government authorities in South Hampshire (including the cities of Southampton and Portsmouth). This partnership is dedicated to sustainable, economic-led growth and improving the prosperitiy and qualify of life for everyone who lives in the sub-region. In SEEDA, Neil is responsible for influencing the delivery of the Regional Economic Strategy in conjunction with partners such as PUSH, the universities, other government agencies and business. Neil’s ambition in cleantech is to help to create a vibrant cluster of businesses with expert knowledge that develops and internationalises innovative companies, attracting foreign direct investment.
British Consulate-General in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles S&I team is part of a wider global network with nearly 100 people in 25 countries. The network serves as a resource for US researchers and companies who are interested in learning about high-tech research or industry opportunities in the UK. 
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of Civil Engineering and the Environment at the University of Southampton. His main technical areas of interest are in geotechnical aspects of transport infrastructure, and sustainable waste and resource management. 
development and application of high throughput, combinatorial R&D techniques for the discovery of new materials. Graeme was appointed to head-up the Company from the beginning of May 2004, just before completion of the company's seed round of funding. Prior to joining Ilika, Graeme was Chief Operating Officer of a high- technology company in the Netherlands and before that worked internationally in a variety of technical and commercial roles for Shell. Graeme holds a Master's degree in Chemical Engineering from Cambridge and an MBA from INSEAD business school in France. 
r. Tony Raven graduated with a First in Physics from Manchester University and obtained his MSc and DPhil from Oxford University. He worked at Rutherford Appleton Laboratories and Osaka University before joining PA Consulting in 1983. He has twenty years experience of start up company management and financing as well as extensive international commercial and regulatory experience, particularly in North America and Japan. 
UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Director of its Research Planning and Government Relations programs. She oversees SIO's Federal, State and Local government relations programs and is responsible for developing and implementing SIO's strategic research initiatives. She is also responsible for managing the Scripps Advisory Council and the Science Directions Advisory Panel. She has been at Scripps since 1993.
Government’s international business development agency, in the British Consulate-General, Los Angeles. He serves as lead officer in the US for the Clean Technology sector and has significant expertise in renewable energy and environmental technologies. Mr. Rosenfeld also serves as a member of the UK’s Climate Change team addressing global warming solutions in the US.
and Enginnering at UC San Diego.
Professor Simunic Rosing is an expert on optimizing the battery life, communication, and storage of portable electronics devices such as PDAs, cell phones, and laptops as well as sensors and other embedded systems. In addition, she has recently demonstrated large improvements in energy consumption and reliability of systems on a chip by performing joint optimization of power and topology design. At Hewlett-Packard Labs in Palo Alto, CA, from 1998 to 2004, Simunic Rosing led a team of researchers focused on low-power wireless media and embedded systems. She filed five patents last year alone on technologies ranging from wireless resource management in heterogeneous networks, to optimization of power consumption in I/O of embedded devices. Simunic Rosing has devised algorithms that reduce the power consumption of small, portable, and inexpensive computing systems through the integration of intelligent hardware, software and wireless system design. For example, she demonstrated that large energy savings can be achieved by intelligent management of delivery of streaming video data to mobile nodes. After each burst of data is received, a power-hungry wireless cards can be switched to sleep mode while compressed data are being decoded. She wrote a chapter titled "Dynamic Management of Power Consumption" in Power Aware Computing, a book describing the trend towards embedded systems and systems-on-a-chip computing, in which power management has emerged as a focal point. Simunic Rosing is a leading researcher in the area of using information present in wireless systems to achieve more efficient system operation. For example, since a smart wireless server has access to information about a wireless device's characteristics and client needs in its environment, the server can schedule according to rules that maximize quality of service while minimizing power consumption. Simunic Rosing's server-level scheduling algorithm has demonstrated a significant increase in the number of clients supportable by a given server, with large power savings for each client.
Specialist. Mr. Ruiz has over 18 years experience in local government in the areas of economic development, redevelopment and city planning. Mr. Ruiz leads citywide business attraction, expansion and retention programs for the City. 
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Environment Analysis and Strategy for 
San Diego. Dr. Yu's research is directed broadly towards the understanding and application of the electronic and optical properties of solid-state materials and devices at the nanoscale. Current research interests in his group include III-V nitride materials and device physics; scanning probe characterization of advanced electronic materials and devices; novel structures for photovoltaic devices; and solid-state nanostructure physics and devices. 
