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ADVANCED ENERGY CENTER DIGEST
Issue No.9 - Winter 2020
POWER PLAYERS - Our Partners
Brookhaven National Laboratory’s Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN) is one of the five Nanoscale Science Research Centers created by the U.S. Department of Energy to investigate, understand, and exploit the unique characteristics of materials and phenomena at the nanoscale. The CFN has a dual mission to serve as a user-oriented research center for the nanoscience community and advance the science of nanomaterials that address the nation’s energy challenges. Each year, the CFN welcomes hundreds of scientists from academia, industry, and other labs to conduct research accessing its state-of-the-art facilities and in-house experts.
ADVISOR 411 - Our Board
Dr. Yacov Shamash

Founder, New York State Center for Excellence in
Advanced Energy Research and Technology 

Founder, New York State Center for Excellence in
Wireless and Information Technology
There are simply too many titles, too many accomplishments, too many superlatives to list in one short Internet bio. As its 28-year vice president for economic development, Dr. Shamash ushered Stony Brook University into a renaissance of innovation and commercialization, spearheading the creation of two New York State Centers of Excellence; as the longtime Dean of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Dean of Stony Brook’s Harriman School for Management and Policy, he shaped generations of engineers and entrepreneurs; as a professor of electrical and computer engineering, he continues to mold the minds of new SBU thinkers. Brandishing a PhD in control systems from London’s Imperial College of Science and Technology and decades of practical and tactical experience. Dr. Shamash – who became vice-chairman of the AERTC Board of Directors in 2009 – currently sits on the Directors Boards for Applied DNA Sciences, KeyTronic Corp. and Comtech Telecommunications Corp.
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FROM THE TRENCHES
Beware the
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