• Jeffrey Glass
  Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Duke University
   
• John Muth
  Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at NCSU

Jeffrey T. Glass, Ph.D., M.B.A.
- Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Duke University
- Director, Pratt School's Master of Engineering Management Program, Duke University
- Hogg Family endowed chair in Engineering Management and Entrepreneurship

Dr. Jeffrey T. Glass' current research intererests can be separated into two broad categories: 1) materials synthesis and characterization and 2) engineering entrepreneurship. Jeff’s technical research has focused on the growth and characterization of thin films for electronics; primarily diamond, diamond-like carbon, Gallium Nitride, Zinc Oxide and Silicon Carbide. Vapor deposition, sputtering, materials analysis and electronic properties are his areas of interest. Recently he has begun studying carbon-based materials for biomedical applications and hydrogen storage. The inherent biocompatibility of carbon coupled with its unique chemical and strucutural variations make it an ideal material for such applications as in vivo electrodes and scaffolds. The unique interactions which occur between carbon and hydrogen make carbon-based materials interesting for hydrogen storage.

Jeff is also involved in the study of Innovation Management in technology-based organizations with a focus on the early stages of technical development. The management of intellectual property and the formation and financing of new ventures are his focus. Jeff holds an adjunct appointment at the Kenan Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina where he teaches Managing Innovation. He has published over 110 papers and book chapters, edited six books and is a co-inventor on 11 patents. He has been a short course instructor for several professional societies and companies and has organized numerous conferences. He has given over 50 invited presentations in 12 different countries. He served as a member of a Presidential Science Advisor’s committee for the assessment of diamond technology in Japan and has received two teaching awards and the National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator award.

John Muth, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University

Dr. John Muth, is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computing Engineering at NCSU, where he also teaches Photonics and Optical Communication courses and conducts research focused on optical properties of wide band gap semiconductors. Muth is a former nuclear submarine officer and retains his commission with the Naval Reserve as a liaison between the fleet and national laboratories. He is also the cofounder of an automated lip synchronization software company called LipSinc.