CIAT 2012 Research Associates

CIAT Research Associates are innovators from industry and educational institutions who collaborate on research that links bold and innovative concepts with practical implementation strategies. 

Mr. Jim Bos
Principal
James Bos, LLC
Sustainable Elevator Consulting
Plano, TX

Ms. Tonya Boyd
Assistant Director
Geo-Heat Center
Oregon institute of Technology
Klamath Falls, OR 97601

Daniel Coaten
Assistant Professor
Chemistry Department
Keilir Institute of Technology
Reykjanesbaer Iceland

Mr. Scott E. Gallmeyer
Research Chemist
Arctic Silver
Penfield, NY

Mr. Jack Gilbert
Assistant Vice President
Loss Control Services
The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies
New York, NY

Mr. Alan Goldberg
President
TMS Matrix LLC
Piermont, NY 

Dr. Karl Solvi Gudmundsson
Head of Institute
Keilir - Atlantic Center of Excellence
Reykjanesbaer Iceland

Mr. Robert Hawks
President
Hawks Media Inc.
Woodstock, NY  

Dr. Haukur Ingi Jonasson
Assistant Professor
School of Engineering and Natural Sciences,
Reykjavik University
Reykjavík Iceland

Dr. Magnus Thor Jonsson
Professor,
Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Iceland
Reykjavik Iceland

Dr..Ib I. Olsen
Founder
IBD CleanTech Consulting
New York, NY

Mr. Raj Parikh, M.S. M.S. P.E.
CEO & Chairman
Metropolitan Building Consulting Group, PC
New York, NY 

Mr. Gerry Posner
Chairman, Aegis Industrial Software
Director, Berwind Industrial Group
Chicago, Ill

Dr. Guðrún Sævarsdóttir,
Dean
School of Science and Engineering
Reykjavik University
Reykjavík Iceland

Dr. Dimitar D. Sasselov
Professor of Astronomy
Director, Harvard Origins of Life Initiative
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics,
Harvard University Cambridge, MA

Mr. Tryggvi Thordarson
Limnologist
Environment Agency of Iceland
Reykjavík, Iceland

Dr. Runar Unnthorsson
Assistant Professor
Industrial Engineering
University of Iceland
Reykjavik Iceland

  • Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.

  • “My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”

  • From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.

  • Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.