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Dr. Susan HackwoodExecutive DirectorCalifornia Council on Science and TechnologySusan Hackwood is currently Executive Director ofthe California Council on Science and Technology, andProfessor of Electrical Engineering at the University ofCalifornia, Riverside. CCST is a not-for-profit corporationcomprised of 150 science and technology leaderssponsored by the key academic and federal researchinstitutions in the California, which advises the state on allaspects of science and technology including stem cellresearch, intellectual property, climate change, energy,information technology, biotechnology and education.Dr. Hackwood received a Ph.D. in Solid State Ionicsin 1979 from DeMontfort University, UK. Before joining academia, she was DepartmentHead of Device Robotics Technology Research at AT&T Bell Labs. In 1984 she joinedthe University of California, Santa Barbara as Professor of Electrical and ComputerEngineering and was founder and Director of the National Science FoundationEngineering Research Center for Robotic Systems in Microelectronics.In 1990, Dr. Hackwood became the founding Dean of the Bourns College ofEngineering at the University of California, Riverside. At UCR, she oversaw thedevelopment of all research and teaching aspects of five degree programs to thePh.D. level. Dr. Hackwood's current research interests include science and technologypolicy, distributed asynchronous signal processing and cellular robot systems. Dr.Hackwood has published over 140 technical publications and holds seven patents.She is a Fellow of the IEEE and the AAAS and holds honorary degrees from WorcesterPolytechnic Institute and DeMontfort University, UK. From 2003-5 she was a VisitingScholar at the Anderson School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles.In the fall of 2005 she was a visiting scholar at the California Institute of Technology.Dr. Hackwood has worked extensively with industry, academic and governmentpartnerships to identify policy issues of importance to the country's citizens. She is alsoan active participant in regional and state economic development. With a stronginterest in science and technology policy, Dr. Hackwood is currently involved withscience and technology development in California, the U.S., Mexico, Ireland, Taiwanand Costa Rica. She has been appointed as an Honorary Member of the ComisionAsesora en Alta Tecnologia for Costa Rica and the California-Mexico Commission onEducation, Science and Technology. In 2003 she was appointed a member of theAAAS Committee on Science Engineering and Public Policy and is the 2007 Chair.From 2000-2 she was a member of the AAAS Engineering Delegate and is currentlyChair of the Section on Societal Impacts of Science and Engineering. She is a memberof the IEEE Spectrum Editorial Board. She has also served on the Board of Directors andconsults on new product development for several electronics companies.February 20, 20089Science Education Summit