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Disruptive Change

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  posted an interesting blog post about disruptive change, R&D and innovation within the manufacturing sector on the Huffington Post. 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/zvonimir-mrsic/innovating-transformation_b_7977960.html

About me: Sean McClure is a former Senior Advisor at the White House.  Sean is currently the Suspension and Debarment Advisor to the Department of the Treasury and with over 15 years of experience working at the White House, Department of the Treasury, USAID, and Department of State. He has traveled extensively to 35 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe.  

Compact Fusion

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Lockheed has a very nice website devoted to compact fusion.    Follow the link and they have some articles discussing it.

http://www.lockheedmartin.co.in/us/products/compact-fusion.html

Helion Energy is a competitor to Lockheed.   they have a nice graphic on how it works

http://www.helionenergy.com/

 

About me: Sean McClure is currently a Federal Employee with over 15 years of experience working at the White House, Department of the Treasury, USAID, and Department of State.  He has traveled extensively to 35 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe.

NSF awards $12 million to establish urban water sustainability research network

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This is from a press release from the University of Miami.

A consortium of 14 U.S. academic institutions received a $12-million award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to address challenges that threaten urban water systems in the United States and around the world  to help establish the Urban Water Innovation Network (UWIN).

UWIN aims to create a research network for integrated water systems and to cultivate champions of innovation for water-sensitive urban design and resilient cities, CSU said.

The network will establish six connected regional urban water sustainability hubs in densely populated regions to serve as innovation centers, helping communities transition to sustainable management of their water resources.

For more information, contact UWIN coordinator Meagan Smith at[email protected].

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-08/uomr-na082615.php

http://www.innovationews.com/CSU-receives-12M-NSF-award-to-establish-Urban-Water-Innovation-Network/

 

About me: Sean McClure is currently a Federal Employee with over 15 years of experience working at the White House, Department of the Treasury, USAID, and Department of State.  He has traveled extensively to 35 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe.

$100,000 Competition for Clean Tech

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An interesting article on 8/15/15 by Robert Sanders in the Berkeley News  on a $100,000 investment “infusion” in clean tech for student teams.

“Berkeley Cleantech University Prize (CUP), which will fund the teams during the fall semester as they take advantage of the campus’s incubators and accelerators, which are now primarily helping UC Berkeley students launch start-ups.”

http://news.berkeley.edu/2015/08/17/100000-competition-to-stimulate-innovative-clean-technology/

This is part of a DOE $2.5M grant to fund clean tech.

About me: Sean McClure is currently a Federal Employee with over 15 years of experience working at the White House, Department of the Treasury, USAID, and Department of State.  He has traveled extensively to 35 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe.

 

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