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Innovation and Competitiveness
This morning, I woke up bright and early and met Dr. CJ Broderick, Dr. Chris Bachmann and Mr. Chuck McCarty at JMU's Alternative Fuel Vehicle Lab to help prepare for a visit from the congressmen. We brought over the Ford Escape Hybrid, Flex Fuel Chevy Suburban, Compressed Natural Gas Chevy Cavalier, and a Biodesiel Bus.
This afternoon, Congressman Goodlatte and Congressman Blunt visited ISAT and met with JMU President Dr. Rose, Dr. Warner , Dr. Brown, Dr. Noftsinger, CISAT Dean Dr. Benson and other JMU students and faculty. I spoke with several of the students and faculty that were outside ISAT to greet the congressmen.
JMU President Linwood Rose with Congressmen Roy Blunt and Bob Goodlatte. More Photos
Congressmen Blunt & Goodlatte with CISAT Dean Jerry Benson. More Photos
Me with the Ford Escape Hybrid, one of ISAT's alternative fuel vehicles. More Photos
Rep. Goodlatte announced that he is working to introduce a bill in the house to support American competitiveness in innovation and technology. He called the bill The Innovation and Competitiveness Act. Both Rep. Goodlatte and Rep. Blunt complemented Dr. Rose and the university on their forward thinking and aggressiveness toward funding. Rep. Goodlatte mentioned the cautions of using earmarking in legislation and said through reform, the process could be completed with the right steps to make it a successful way to provide funding to specific projects. It will be exciting to see how this affects the university research funding. Hopefully it will allow the expansion of a Biodiesel processing and testing facility.
After Rep. Goodlatte's speech I went to ISAT 341 (Simulation and Modeling) to work on finishing the baseline model for my group project. We have a meeting tomorrow afternoon to put some finishing touches on it before we meet with Dr. Henriksen to discuss the project.
I've got to get to work on a quiz due in the morning for CIS 320 (Telcom).
Also, if you have any questions about any aspect of JMU – feel free to contact me!
Posted by Matt on March 23, 2006 08:50 PM | Link | Email Matt
