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How research supports our economy

House R&D Caucus co-chairs holt and biggert join scientists, engineers and graduate students to discuss the importance of investing in research and innovation

On Wednesday, April 29 a group of prominent scientists, engineers and graduate students, joined by Representatives Rush Holt (D-NJ) and Judy Biggert (R-IL), Co-Chairs of the House Research and Development Caucus, will hold a press briefing to discuss the link between federal investments in research and stimulating the economy. The participants will offer their perspectives and give examples of how investing in research pays economic dividends.

The press briefing is part of the annual "Congressional Visits Day" sponsored by the Science Engineering and Technology Working Group (SETWG), which is comprised of more than 30 organizations representing a broad cross section of science and technology in academia, government and private industry.

Who: Co-Chairs of the Hongressional Research and Development Caucus
Representative Rush Holt (D-NJ)
Representative Judy Biggert (R-IL)

Professionals, Professors and Students including:

Gordon Day
President, IEEE-USA (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.)

Dr. John Huchra
President, American Astronomical Society (AAS)
Robert O. & Holly Thomis Doyle Professor of Cosmology
Senior Advisor to the Provost for Research Policy
Harvard University
Faculty member, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

Dr. Ralph James
President-elect, SPIE
Associate Director, Energy, Environment & National Security
Brookhaven National Laboratory

Dr. James Smith
President, SAE International
Director, Center for Industrial Research Applications
West Virginia University

Lauren Culver
MIT dual masters student in Technology and Policy Program and Civil and Environmental Engineering. (Conducting research in technology policies to promote the development and deployment of photovoltaic technologies.) Received a bachelor's degree in Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Florida (conducted research on organic photovoltaics)

Virginia Connolly, P.E.
President, Society of Women Engineers
Medtronic

G. Randy Keller
Councilor, Geological Society of America (GSA)
Edward Lamb McCollough Chair in Geology and Geophysics
University of Oklahoma
Director, Oklahoma Geological Survey

Gary Shu
MIT dual masters student in the Technology and Policy Program and the Department of Urban Studies and Planning. (Conducting research in the economics of carbon capture and sequestration and its integration with the electricity grid.)

What: Press briefing

When: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 9:30 a.m.

Where: Cannon Caucus Room
345 Cannon House Office Building

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