Dear Clark School Students, Faculty, Staff and Friends:

Pulse Doppler radar. The universal product code. Flexible coronary artery stents.

These wide-ranging technologies, which enhance everyday life for millions of people around the world, are only a few of the many pioneered by Clark School alumni, faculty and friends, and celebrated in the Clark School's Innovation Hall of Fame.

You can share in that celebration! We encourage you to attend:

The 2008 Innovation Hall of Fame Induction
Honoring Alex J. Severinsky

Kim Engineering Building
4:30 p.m.
October 30, 2008

Dr. Severinsky has developed the Hyperdrive power-amplified internal combustion engine power train, a unique successor technology to the conventional internal combustion engine power train, and founded PAICE Corporation to license Hyperdrive to hybrid vehicle manufacturers. Hyperdrive technology is used in the Toyota Prius and other well-known hybrid vehicles.

Following the induction, you can learn from national experts about a topic crucial to creative and entrepreneurial engineers by attending the Charles and Helen White Symposium on Engineering Innovation, titled:

"Intellectual Property: How Well Does the System Protect the Individual Innovator?"

The symposium will feature:

Bruce A. Lehman
Founder, International Intellectual Property Institute and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks

David Morfesi
Attorney-Advisor, Office of Intellectual Property Policy and Enforcement, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Gregory R. Lyons
Attorney at Law, Wiley Rein LLP

Alex J. Severinsky
Founder and CEO, Fuelcor, LLC, and Chairman Emeritus, PAICE, LLC

Herbert Rabin, Moderator

By attending the Innovation Hall of Fame Induction and the White Symposium, you will gain real insight into technological innovation and innovators, and the need for intellectual property protections. I hope to see you there.

Sincerely,

Herbert Rabin
Interim Dean
A. James Clark School of Engineering