INSTITUTE for ADVANCED DISCOVERY & INNOVATION ABOUT THE INSTITUTE (Photo: Cliff McBride) From left: (Back row standing) Victor Poirier, D. Yogi Goswami, Michael Fountain, Dennis Killinger, Richard Berman, Charles Stanish, Paul Sanberg, Richard Gitlin, Steven Sasson, John Swanson, David Eddy, Donald Keck, Shyam Mohapatra, Charles Lockwood, Dean Martin, Peter Bridenbaugh (Front row seated) James Wynne, Vivian Pinn, Lyle Schwartz, Richard Knapp The Institute for Advanced Discovery & Innovation is an initiative of the University of South Florida (USF) designed to bring together a community of internationally distinguished scholars, industry leaders, scientists, inventors and innovators to share their expertise with USF students, faculty and the wider community. Established in 2014 with five founding members, today the Institute has grown to include more than two dozen faculty. These renowned individuals include members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine; the American Academy of Arts & Sciences; recipients of the National Medal of Technology & Innovation; inductees of the National Inventors Hall of Fame; Fellows of prestigious organizations including the American Association for the Advancement of Science and National Academy of Inventors, among others. Institute faculty engage with the university and the community in all areas of innovation: sharing insights with USF faculty; mentoring USF students; collaborating on research; participating in university and community projects; and providing guidance on contemporary issues. Through their extensive combined experience, pioneering research and innovations, and senior leadership at national and international levels, Institute faculty provide a transformative resource for the university and the community at large. • 1 • ABOUT THE INSTITUTE INSTITUTE FACULTY RICHARD BERMAN PETER BRIDENBAUGH ROBERT H. BYRNE Richard Berman is the associate vice presi- Peter Bridenbaugh is a professor in the Institute Robert H. Byrne is a Distinguished dent of strategic initiatives for the University and was an executive vice president of Alcoa University Professor in the College of of South Florida (USF) Research & Innovation, until his retirement in 1998. After receiving Marine Science at USF and a professor visiting social entrepreneurship professor in a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineer- in the Institute. He holds a B.S. degree in the Muma College of Business, and a profes- ing and a master’s degree in metallurgy from physics from the University of Chicago, an sor in the Institute. A recognized global leader Lehigh University and a Ph.D. in materials M.S. in physics from DePaul University, an in health care education and management, science from the Massachusetts Institute of M.A. in chemistry from Boston University, he has consulted for the Commissioner of Technology (MIT), he joined Alcoa in 1968. At the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Alcoa, he served as the executive vice president and a Ph.D. in oceanography from the the U.S. Department of Health and Human and chief technical officer of Alcoa Laboratories, University of Rhode Island. He has made Services, McKinsey & Company, and the gov- leading all of the R&D, engineering, and health important contributions in the field of ernment of Rwanda. He has served as New and safety operations. In 1994, he was assigned marine physical chemistry—specifi- York State Commissioner of Housing and direct responsibility for Alcoa’s automotive cally, investigating the speciation of Economic Development and trustee of the market operations as well, where he was trace metals in seawater, developing State University of New York, as well as on instrumental in expanding the use of alumi- new procedures for characterizing the the Commission on Advancement of Racial num in automobiles and integrating Alcoa’s carbon dioxide (CO2) system in aque- and Ethnic Equality of the American Council technical and commercial initiatives in the ous environments, and designing new on Education, the Division III President’s automotive market. Bridenbaugh has shared instrumentation for measuring nutri- Council of NCAA, ProPAC, and the New York his technical expertise by serving on various ents, trace elements, and CO2 system State’s Commissioner’s Advisory Council corporate and advisory boards, acting as the constituents in freshwater and seawa- on Higher Education. He was advisor to the double subject editor—corrosion and nonfer- Joint Special Representative of the African rous metals—for the Encyclopedia of Materials: ter. His field research has included more Union—United Nations Mission in Darfur Science and Technology, and serving on the than 560 days at sea in the Atlantic, (UNAMID)—the then-largest peacekeep- advisory committee for writing the history of Pacific, Indian, and Arctic Oceans, and ing operation in the world. As a leader in Corning, Inc. He has chaired national confer- the Gulf of Mexico. He holds 15 U.S. and the field of education, he has served in sev- ences for the Federation of Materials Societies foreign patents and is one of the four eral capacities, most notably as the tenth and the Industrial Research Institute (IRI). co-founders of Ocean Optics, Inc. He has president of Manhattanville College and He is a member of the National Academy of written more than 220 peer-reviewed as the Interim Dean of the Patel College Engineering; Sigma Xi; the American Institute of publications, serving as first or second of Global Sustainability at USF. Previously, Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers; author on two-thirds of these. He has he was the executive vice president of NYU the American Society for Metals (ASM); The also served as a reviewer and editor for Medical Center and professor of health Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS); various agencies and academic jour- care management at the NYU School of the Materials Research Society; and IRI. He is nals, including more than two decades Medicine. He is a member of the National also the recipient of various honors, includ- Academy of Medicine and has served on the ing the National Materials Advancement as an associate editor for the journal boards of EmblemHealth, Seeds of Peace, Award, Federation of Materials Societies; Hoyt Geochemica et Cosmochimica Acta. He and the Savannah Centre for Diplomacy, Lecture, American Foundryman’s Society; is a fellow of the American Geophysical Democracy and Development in Abuja, Fellow, ASM International; Zae Jeffries Lecture, Union, the American Association for the Nigeria. He received his B.B.A., M.B.A., and ASM; Leadership Award, TMS; Alpha Sigma Mu Advancement of Science, and the National M.P.H. from the University of Michigan in Lecture, ASM-TMS; Andrew Carnegie Lecture, Academy of Inventors. Ann Arbor and holds honorary doctorates ASM; Distinguished Lecture on Materials from Manhattanville College and New York and Society, ASM-TMS; and ASM Honorary Medical College. Membership. • 2 • INSTITUTE FACULTY HARRY P. CAIN II WILLIAM CAVANAUGH III SELIM CHACOUR Harry P. Cain II is a professor in the William Cavanaugh III is a professor emer- Selim Chacour is a professor emeritus in Institute and was the executive vice pres- itus in the Institute and was the chairman the Institute and was the principal founder ident of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield and CEO of Progress Energy until his of American Hydro Corporation, which, Association (BCBSA) until his retirement retirement in 2004. After completing his under his leadership, became an indus- in 2000. He holds a B.A. in political sci- B.S. in mechanical engineering at Tulane try leader in hydro turbine upgrades. ence from Stanford University, an M.A. in University in 1961, he joined the U.S. In his industry, he is hailed for various political science from the University of Navy and became a nuclear submarine improvements to the design of turbine Washington, and a Ph.D. in social pol- officer. Upon his honorable discharge, he components and for completely rev- icy from Brandeis University. He began began his long and productive career in olutionizing runner design by creating his career in government service in the the utility industry, holding key execu- computer design programs that obviated (then) Department of Health, Education, tive positions at Arkansas Power & Light, the need for physical model testing, the and Welfare, becoming assistant director Louisiana Power & Light, and Mississippi previous standard. This work had a great of the National Institute of Mental Health, Power & Light. His success in guiding impact on hydro plants already in exis- then director of the policy office for the these companies led to his taking over tence, allowing them to upgrade their Assistant Secretary for Health, and then Carolina Power & Light, where he served facilities and improve performance. His director of the Bureau of Health Planning as president and COO and later as CEO and turbine runner designs have been used in and Resource Development, where he chairman, leading the company to finan- such iconic structures as the Aswan High was responsible for the implementa- cial success and new levels of efficiency Dam in Egypt and the Hoover Dam in the tion of the National Health Planning and in its operations and power generation. United States. Additionally, his designs Resources Development Act of 1973. He In 2000, he negotiated the purchase of have generated concrete improvements later moved on to Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Florida Progress Corporation, merging it in efficiency, resulting in gains