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Annex B. Biographies of Contributors
Annex B. Biographies of Contributors
Pages 287-294
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His recent work includes the development of a quality-adjusted cost index method for estimating future returns from innovation. The index permits estimation of private and public economic benefits of technology-driven services in the renewable energy, information, and space exploration sectors for which consumer demand is not directly observable.
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At HEW, he was a member of a small staff assembled to implement major Departmental reorganization, involving several programs with a combined budget of over $52 billion and more than 10,000 employees. Prior to coming to Washington, he served as an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the State University of New York at Buffalo and worked with the New York State Legislature and the National Conference of State Legislatures.
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The Center employs microeconomic, financial, technical modeling using interdisciplinary frameworks; primary data collection and analysis; and benefit-cost, cost-effectiveness, and economic impact analyses to evaluate alternative public policies.
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Mr. Powell's six years of professional experience includes working for Milliken & Company's alliance with TRW to develop air bag fabrics and work as a consultant with Heiniburg Corporation setting up automotive joint ventures in Thailand.
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in management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She has published extensively on economic, management, and policy issues concerning technological change, in such journals as The American Sociological Review, Economic Development Quarterly, Management Science, Research Policy, and Science.
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She has recently been nominated by the National Research Council to serve as a member of the Committee on an Assessment of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Space Solar Power Investment Strategy. One of her major research projects looks at the ongoing economic, privacy, security, and other implications of American companies selling images photographed by privately owned satellites in outer space.
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Other positions she has held include Senior Staff Advisor to the Associate Director of the National Engineering Laboratory of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) ; Research Economist in NIST's Applied Mathematics Laboratory; Financial Economist with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; and Course Designer and Instructor for universities, government agencies, and a private company.
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