Professor of Electrical Engineering

University of Maryland

College Park, MD 20742

TEL: (301) 405-3644
FAX: (301) 314-9694
HOME TEL & FAX: (301) 986-0645
E-MAIL: jeff@eng.umd.edu

CAN BE INTERVIEWED FOR: Print, Radio, TV

INTERVIEW LANGUAGES: English, French, Japanese

SPECIALIZATIONS:

• BUSINESS, TRADE AND ECONOMICS
  comparative business management; computer industry; corporate culture; electronics industry; semiconductor industry; US competitiveness
• POLITICS, GOVERNMENT AND DEFENSE
  science policy; technology policy
• SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
  electronics technology; engineering; modern science and technology; research and development; technology competition and cooperation; technology management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Professor of Electrical Engineering, Cornell University, 70-86; Program Director, NSF International Programs (Japan), 1985-86.

IN JAPAN: 1976-77 - fellowship; 1984-85 - visiting professor; repeated brief trips.

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:

"Death of a Vision: Japan's Strategic Failure in Electronics," (Nihon Keizai Publishing, forthcoming); "Engineering Education in Japan," Engineering Education (1991).