Jeff will visit Reed on Tuesday and Wednesday this week (Apr 5-6) as the 2015-16 guest speaker for the Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences. Jeff, who is a Research Scientist/Engineer at the Sandia National Laboratories (Livermore, CA), received the Dept. of Energy’s inaugural Innovator in Residence Fellowship. He will be presenting two talks:
- “Multidisciplinary Innovation in Action: 5 Inventions From the Research Group of Jeff Koplow”, 4:30 pm, Tu, Apr 5, Bio 19
- “A Reproducible Methodology for Serial Innovation: Good luck not required”, 7:30 pm, W, Psych 105
Students will also have a chance to join Jeff for lunch on Tuesday. Interested students should come to the foyer of the Chemistry Building a few minutes before noon to join the lunch party.
Jeff’s been working on energy innovation for many years, and his earlier inventions offer large benefits to the US energy sector. These include the Sandia Cooler, a much more efficient way to cool heat exchangers and CPUs; and Twistact (winner of an Outstanding Technology Development Award), a new way to connect turbines to the gear box without a sliding contact, electrical arcing, or the need for rare earth metals. Jeff is also the recipient of four R&D 100 awards. Jeff was also profiled in Reed Magazine (The Small Chill, Dec 2011)