Leading R&D executive from GE presents IEEE distinguished lecture, Feb. 25

Donnelly

Scott C. Donnelly, senior vice president of GE Global Research, will visit the Cornell campus
Feb. 25 as the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Centennial Distinguished Lecturer for 2003.

His address will be at 4:30 p.m. in Phillips Hall 101, and it is open to the Cornell community.

In his presentation titled "Technology for the 21st Century," Donnelly will explore the top emerging technologies that GE expects will impact society in the coming years. He will be welcomed by Cornell College of Engineering Dean W. Kent Fuchs and will be introduced by IEEE Cornell student chapter president Yujin D. Chung.

Earlier in the day, Donnelly will meet with Robert C. Richardson, Cornell vice provost for research; John Silcox, vice provost for engineering and science; and academic deans and directors of Cornell's research centers. He will engage in a student roundtable discussion involving engineering, science and business
school students on emerging technologies, moderated by L. Joseph Thomas, professor and associate dean for academic affairs at the Johnson Graduate School of Management.

Donnelly also will hear presentations by four College of Engineering faculty members on advanced research in areas of interest to GE. Following that, he will participate in an engineering student research poster presentation just prior to his IEEE lecture at 4:30 p.m.

Over the years, GE has sponsored research at Cornell in advanced materials, semiconductors and other fields. GE recently engaged in a research partnership at Stanford University with ExxonMobil, Schlumberger and EON, a European utility, on global climate and energy, and it hopes to develop alternative energy sources.

Prior to assuming his current position, Donnelly served as vice president, Global Technology Operations, for GE Medical Systems. He joined General Electric in 1989 as manager of electronics design engineering for GE's Ocean Systems Division in Syracuse. He went on to serve in a variety of technical leadership roles in Australia as well as in the United States, and he formerly was general manager of industrial systems technology. He is a graduate of the University of Colorado-Boulder.

GE Global Research with 2,300 employees, including 1,700 scientists, engineers and technicians, is one of the world's largest and most diversified industrial research organizations. GE has 12 major business sectors, ranging from aircraft engines and medical systems to power generation and engineering plastics, operates in more than 100 countries and employs more than 300,000 people, worldwide. Donnelly is responsible for overseeing all research in GE.