Our EWC seminar on this Friday, Oct 27, will feature Dr. Brian Stoner, who is a research professor at Duke.  He will discuss “The Sanitation Technology Cluster: Partnerships to address complex global challenges in WaSH.”  A bio is included below.  Please join us in Mann 304 from 12:50-1:40pm.

Bio: Brian R. Stoner, Ph.D. is Director of Duke’s Center for WaSH-AID, Research Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering and visiting Distinguished Fellow in Global Health Technologies from RTI International.  Brian is a materials scientist with expertise in the synthesis, processing, and characterization of materials using electrical, electrochemical and plasma techniques. At Duke University, he leads multidisciplinary programs in Global Health Technologies with an emphasis on integrating expertise across engineering, social science, economics and policy to address complex global challenges. He holds 23 U.S. patents related to novel microelectronic materials and systems, and has authored or co-authored two book chapters and more than 150 scientific publications.