[BNC-all] BIRCK MANAGING DIRECTOR to join team, ON BEHALF OF TIM SANDS

[Deborah S. Starewich]

I am happy to announce that MONICA M.C. ALLAIN will join the Center as
MANAGING DIRECTOR, effective February 1, 2009.  Her first day in the office
(1027A) will be Monday, February 2, 2009.

As Managing Director, Monica will be responsible for enhancing the research
portfolio of the Birck Nanotechnology Center through partnerships with
industry and other sectors. In addition, we look to Monica to plan and
implement the outreach activities of the Center, engaging the public,
governmental agencies, and other academic institutions to expand the impact
of the Center¹s discovery and commercialization activities.

Monica received her PhD and MS from the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign in the Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological
Engineering, with a minor in Materials Engineering.  She received her BS
from the California State Polytechnic University in the Department of
Aerospace Engineering, with a minor in Mathematics.

Monica comes to us from the College of Engineering where she served as
Associate Director of the Office of Undergraduate Education, in conjunction
with the Women in Engineering and the Minority Engineering Programs.  She
has worked for Lockheed Martin and Exelon Nuclear.

Welcome Monica!

Tim Sands
Mary Jo and Robert L. Kirk Director
Birck Nanotechnology Center
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