Industry

Chair: Martin Tanaka, Western Carolina University
Co-Chair:  Lance Frazer, Southwest Research Institute
Co-Chair:  Jeffrey Soohoo, United Therapeutics Corporation

 

Topics:
The Industry Committee (IC) spans all topic areas within the Bioengineering Division. It seeks to provide meaningful content for people employed at biomedical companies. We believe that a strong connection between scientific research and commercial applications is necessary to ensure that academic research is relevant and corporations stay current with the latest developments. We support members launching their careers through engaging panel sessions with participants from commercial enterprises, government laboratories, and academia. Understanding the benefits, challenges, expectations, and opportunities in these different trajectories can help people with career decisions. Finally, we seek to promote commercialization activities through entrepreneurial pitch competitions, guest speakers from medical device manufacturers, regulatory bodies (FDA), medical practitioners, business planners and attorneys. This can introduce inventors to the broad scope of activities needed to commercialize a new medical device.  

How to get involved:
Please send an email to the chair or co-chair to join the email list. 
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