Dr. Andrew J. Moad has joined the University of Southern Indiana as USI-Crane partnership manager. Dr. Mark C. Bernhard, associate provost for Outreach and Engagement, made the announcement.
The USI-Crane Partnership manager serves as the liaison in establishing and growing the USI-Crane partnership in areas including applied research, technology transfer, innovation, and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Specific responsibilities include supporting USI’s economic development efforts by leveraging the resources of NSWC Crane; fostering STEM collaborations between NSWC Crane, USI, and regional K-12 schools; and facilitating technology transfer and innovation activities between USI, NSWC Crane, and other stakeholders.
“I’m excited that Andy Moad is joining USI,†Bernhard said. “His work as an analytical chemist in both government and corporate sectors, combined with his entrepreneurial spirit made him the candidate of choice for the USI-Crane Partnership Manager position.â€
Moad was most recently a new product development chemist at Red Spot Paint and Varnish in Evansville. He also has experience as a research chemist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
He earned an undergraduate degree from Indiana University and a Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from Purdue University. He earned the M. G. Mellon Award in recognition of being the top chemistry graduate student at Purdue in 2006.
How WONDERFUL. I saw on CSPAN that towns and Colleges better smarten up and provide as many Partnerships as possible to keep their towns remaining around Financially. The more beneficial ways Colleges and Universities are tapped into for classes, to use Endowment Funds to help formulate programs and ideas that help the school and the community projects, to help augment where a local Government doesn’t have the resources for programs that help create jobs, THIS is the new way to do things in the USA, supposedly. Math, Technology, Science, Engineering are the “new” basics we need to see more students graduating. The job need is NOW. So, lets help the kiddies in grade school on up to college get excited about Math, Technology, Science, and Engineering. They are tomorrows new Bosses, also. Bravo!
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