ChehroudiJamestown (CSi) Dr. Bruce Chehroudi, chair of the mechanical engineering program at University of Jamestown, recently was an invited speaker at the 2015 R&D 100 Conference.

The conference, widely known as the “Oscars of Invention”, identifies and celebrates the top technology products of the year.

Last year’s winners include the Automotive Phased Array Radar, used to help cars “see”, and the Lunar Laser Communication System, to communicate with a moon satellite almost instantaneously.

Dr. Chehroudi spoke on Research and Development alliances at the conference. “It is increasingly difficult for any single organization to develop internally all the capabilities needed to foster new innovations,” said Dr. Chehroudi, “We observe that in industries with expanding complexities, the innovation trajectories are increasingly found in ‘networks of R&D alliances.’”

Dr. Chehroudi has a PhD in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering and has done post-doctorate work at Princeton University related to characterization of the dense intact core region in diesel fuel sprays. He is also in charge of the Management of Research and Development Teams and Organizations seminar sponsored by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). He is currently leading the development of the Mechanical Engineering program at University of Jamestown.

Vice President of Academic Affairs, Paul Olson says, “Dr. Chehroudi’s deep understanding of how innovation happens is one of the characteristics that made us want him to develop our mechanical engineering program. He is truly an industry leader, and his being asked to present at the R&D 100 Conference is illustrative of how highly his peers in industry think of him.”