Tuesday, 12 April 2016, 5:45 – 7:15 p.m.
Please RSVP by emailing sweet.lecture@tacny.org.
Onondaga Community College, 101 Whitney Applied Technology Center
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Presenter: Thomas Amidon, Ph.D.; Professor and Chair, Department of Paper and Bioprocess Engineering, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Dr. Thomas Amidon currently serves as professor and chair of the Department of Paper and Bioprocess Engineering at the SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry (SUNY-ESF). He is also Chief Technology Officer of Applied Biorefinery Sciences. Prior to his arrival in Syracuse in 2000, Tom spent 24 years at International Paper in various roles including Laboratory Manager of the Corporate Research Center in Tuxedo, NY. Tom is Director of the Empire State Paper Research Institute (ESPRI), a leading international research organization in the pulp and paper industry.
He earned a Ph.D. degree in Silviculture from SUNY-ESF, as well as earning his BS and MS there.
TACNY John Edson Sweet Lecture Series
TACNY John Edson Sweet Lectures, a program founded in 1913, features discussions about topics in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics in an informal atmosphere. A minimum of six free and open to the public Sweet Lectures are held each year.
Technology Alliance of Central New York
Founded in 1903 as the Technology Club of Syracuse, the nonprofit Technology Alliance of Central New York’s mission is to facilitate community awareness, appreciation, and education of technology; and to collaborate with like-minded organizations across Central New York.
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