{"id":13375,"date":"2019-12-19T14:21:31","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T19:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"health.uconn.edu\/regenerative-engineering-institute?p=13375"},"modified":"2019-12-19T14:21:31","modified_gmt":"2019-12-19T19:21:31","slug":"second-uconn-nai-chapter-member-induction-ceremony-a-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/regenerative-engineering-institute\/2019\/12\/19\/second-uconn-nai-chapter-member-induction-ceremony-a-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Second UConn NAI Chapter Member Induction Ceremony A Success"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The second member induction ceremony of the UConn chapter of the National Academy of Inventors, held at the Mark Twain House in Hartford on Dec. 18, 2019. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The second member induction ceremony of the UConn chapter of the National Academy of Inventors, held at the Mark Twain House in Hartford on Dec. 18, 2019. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The second member induction ceremony of the UConn chapter of the National Academy of Inventors, held at the Mark Twain House in Hartford on Dec. 18, 2019. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 2nd UConn NAI Chapter Member Induction Ceremony was held on on Wednesday, December 18th<\/sup> at the Mark Twain House in downtown Hartford. Over 60 faculty members, researchers, students, engineers, clinicians, and staff attended and supported the event. President and Vice President of the UConn NAI Chapter, Drs. Cato Laurencin and Lakshmi Nair facilitated the program throughout the evening. Followed by their opening remarks, Dr. Gregory Sotzing, a current UConn NAI member, announced the induction of new members. This year the event featured a special guest, UConn President Thomas C. Katsouleas. The President was amongst the 13 new inductees joining the UConn NAI chapter. He inspired the crowd with remarks on inventorship and provided an overview of UConn\u2019s history of inventors. Dr. Radenka Maric, Vice President for Research, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, also shared some encouraging words on the past, present and future of technology and innovation. The program concluded with Elizabeth Dougherty, who sits on the Board of Directors at NAI and is the Eastern Regional Outreach Director for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.<\/p>\n

The CT Convergence Institute would like to congratulate all new UConn NAI members!<\/p>\n

2019 Inductees<\/u><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Mostafa Analoui, Ph.D. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Office of the Vice President for Research<\/p>\n

Alexandru Asandei, Ph.D. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Department of Chemistry<\/p>\n

Diane Burgess, Ph.D. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Department of Pharmaceutical Services<\/p>\n

Gregory Gallo, Ph.D. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Office of the Vice President for Research<\/p>\n

Amy Howell, Ph.D. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Department of Chemistry<\/p>\n

Eric Jordan, Ph.D. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Department of Mechanical Engineering<\/p>\n

Thomas C. Katsouleas, Ph.D. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Office of the President<\/p>\n

Yu Lei, Ph.D <\/strong><\/p>\n

Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering<\/p>\n

Leslie Loew, Ph.D. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Department of Cell Biology<\/p>\n

Peter Luh, Ph.D. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering<\/p>\n

Richard Parnas, Ph.D. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering<\/p>\n

Guillermo Risatti, Ph.D. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Department of Pathobiology<\/p>\n

Shengli Zhou, Ph.D. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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