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Institute Director

Bill Martin, B.S., M.B.A., M.P.P.A.; Business planning, strategic plan development, and market research, assessment and planning

(662)325-3348

Institute Staff

Amy Garrard, Outreach Coordinator, B.S., M.B.A., Marketing, workforce training

(662)325-8453

Chip Bailey, Outreach Coordinator, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.; Industrial Assessments, Technical Assistance, Time and motion, plant & process design

(662)325-6789

Debbie Miller, Administrative Assistant II

(662)325-6787

Forest and Wildlife Research Center at MSU:

David Jones, Assistant Extension Professor, B.S., M.S.F., Ph.D.
wood quality and rapid assessment techniques of wood properties

(662)325-8454

Jilei Zhang, Assistant Professor, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
furniture frame design and evaluation; mechanical properties of wood and composite wood properties; finite element modeling of furniture frames; computer-aided strength design of furniture; evaluation and testing of foam, fiber, and packaging.

(662)325-9413

Franklin Quin, Jr., Research Associate I, B.S.
Strength testing of wood and wood composites regarding quality control issues in research and industrial projects; new product development testing.

(662)325-3067

Bob Tackett, Research Associate II, B.S., M.S.
Strength testing of wood and wood composites regarding quality control issues in research and industrial projects; new product development testing.

(662)325-3096

College of Business at MSU:

Barbara Spencer, Associate Dean, Graduate Studies in Business.

(662)325-1891

Thomas Adkins, Outreach Director, Technology Resource Institute.

(662)325-8122

Bagley College of Engineering at MSU:

Royce Bowden, Professor and Department Head, Industrial Engineering

(662)325-3865

Mingzhou Jin, Assistant Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering

(662)325-3923

Sandra Eksioglu, Assistant Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering

(662)325-9220

College of Architecture, Art and Design at MSU:

Sarah Pittman, Project Coordinator, Systems Administrator, Design Research and Informatics Lab (DRIL), M.C.P., M.C.S.E.
Technology Strategies and Rural Economic Development, web design and development.

(662)325-4104

Justin Taylor, Visiting Assistant Professor, Design Research and Informatics Lab (DRIL)

(662)325-7994