Life in an Industrial Central Research Laboratory: An Insiders View

SPEAKER: Dr. Douglas Baney, Agilent LaboratoriesAbstract: The industrial central research laboratory has undergone major transformations in the past couple of years. Labs that have successfully managed technology creation and its transition to commercialization continue to flourish. Doug will talk about his experiences in Agilent Labs, the central research arm of Agilent Technologies, and characteristics of a successful industrial research laboratory. He will provide examples of some of the projects that the Labs have investigated, and comment on attributes of projects and of researchers who have excelled in this environment. Questions are definitely welcome.Biography: Doug Baney has 25 years of industrial experience in both central research laboratories and in R&D centers directly tied to product development. He has worked as an R&D microwave engineer in Hewlett-Packard's signal analysis business unit where he designed millimeter wave down converters for spectrum analyzers. In the late 1980s, he helped launch Hewlett-Packard's lightwave instruments business in his role as a photonics instrument R&D engineer within a product business unit. In 1991 he joined Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, the central research laboratory for Hewlett-Packard, where he conducted research in various optical and opto-electronic technologies including laser displays, low-coherence optical reflectometry, optical amplifier characterization, ZBLAN rare-earth doped fiber upconversion lasers and optical components. Since then he has been promoted to Project Manager, and now Manager of the Measurements & Sensors Department of Agilent Laboratories, the central research laboratory of Agilent Technologies, Inc. Doug holds the BSEE, MSEE and Ph.D. degrees from Cal Poly, UCSB, and the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications, Paris, France respectively. He has chaired major international conferences such as OFC and OAA, he has published widely in the area of photonics measurements, and he is a Senior Member of the IEEE.Host: Alan Willner, willner@usc.edu

Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - -108

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

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