University at Buffalo (UB)
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Research Team

Principal Investigators

  • Liesl Folks.
    Liesl Folks, PhD, MBA, FNAI
    PhD, University of Western Australia

    lfolks@buffalo.edu

    exec.dean@eait.uq.edu.au

    Volunteer Professor
    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
    University at Buffalo
    Executive Dean
    Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology
    The University of Queensland

    Specialty/Research Focus: Semiconductor national policy, materials design and innovation; technology transfer cycle optimization; nanostructured magnetic materials and spin-electronic devices; data storage; random access memories; access and participation in STEM.

    lfolks@buffalo.edu

    exec.dean@eait.uq.edu.au

  • Coleen.
    Associate Professor
    Department of Engineering and Society
    University of Virginia

    Specialty/Research Interests:: Critical race feminist theory, Cultural anthropology, Science and technology studies, Medical anthropology, Ethnography, Action research, Class theory, Intersectionality, Engineering education, Critical methodologies, Broadening participation, Diversity

Co-Principal Investigators