Athens, Ga.
– Ryan Adolphson, who has served as the director of the Georgia Industrial Technology
Partnership as an international spokesman and adviser on biomass energy and
fuel technologies, has been named director of the University of Georgia
Engineering Outreach Service. Adolphson succeeds
Thomas Adams, who retired from the University in January.
Adolphson has been involved in several technology and
technology-transfer policy areas at UGA since 1995, serving as director of the university’s
Fiber Processing Pilot Plant Facilities and coordinator of the UGA biomass
processing facilities for bio-energy and fuels research and development. As a
program coordinator in the Engineering Outreach Service, Adolphson has traveled
and consulted widely on the development of renewable energy and fuels,
including roundtable discussions with President George W. Bush in 2007.
“UGA’s Engineering Outreach Service has been effectively
serving Georgia and key Georgia industries such as food processing, forest
products, carpet and textiles since 1995,” Adolphson said. “With
ever-increasing demands for clean energy and water within the state and across
the nation, the opportunity for the university’s outreach engineers, scientists
and professionals is greater today than ever.”
The UGA Engineering Outreach Service enables Georgia
industries, communities and agencies to improve their profitability,
sustainability and competitiveness by providing technical assistance, education
and practical solutions. Engineers, scientists and staff work with university
researchers and the business community to facilitate technology transfer
between sectors and foster greater overall cooperation in making Georgia
competitive across industries. The Engineering Outreach Service is organized
within the UGA Faculty of Engineering. For more information about the
Engineering Outreach Service, please http://outreach.engineering.uga.edu/
“Whether it is with the largest energy companies, the newest
cellulosic ethanol plant or small manufacturing firms, we seek to partner with
industries focused on economic development in Georgia,” said Dale Threadgill, director
of the UGA Faculty of Engineering. “Ryan brings a special blend of expertise
and enthusiasm to this position and I look forward to his leadership of the
Engineering Outreach Service.”
The UGA Faculty of Engineering was established in 2001 to
advance comprehensive engineering at the University of Georgia.
With over 100 members from twenty-four departments in nine schools and colleges
across campus, the Faculty of Engineering provides an entrepreneurial setting
for engineering academic programs in the unique environment of UGA. For more
information, visit www.engineering.uga.edu.
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