UAF grad to explore high-tech's link to university research
March 30, 2016
Joe Shaw, an engineering professor at Montana State University, will examine the parallel
growth of education and high-tech industry in Bozeman, Montana, at the next Inventors'
Forum.
The forum, to begin at 3:30 p.m. April 13 in Akasofu Building 501, is sponsored by
the University of Alaska Fairbanks Office of Intellectual Property and Commercialization.
Shaw earned his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from UAF and is now a
professor of electrical and computer engineering at MSU, an affiliate professor of
physics and director of Bozeman's Optical Technology Center.
Bozeman until recently was home to few, if any, high-technology companies. It now
has dozens. Shaw will outline the events that initiated this development and the activities
that continue to promote growth in academia and industry. Shaw will also speak about
several principles that could help implement similar growth in Fairbanks.
Download a flier for the event here.