UNR Innevation Center
Sep 28, 2015
Club Mtg: Mridul Gautam-UNR Innevation Center
UNR Innevation Center

Dr. Mridul Gautam serves as the vice president for research and innovation and a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno. He is an internationally recognized expert in the area of heavy-duty mobile source exhaust emissions, aerosol sampling, and particulate matter measurement, characterization, and control. 

As a member of the President's Council, Dr. Gautam advises on major policy issues affecting the University and serves as the Institutional Official.  He provides leadership for articulating and implementing a shared vision for research and addresses state and national issues of compelling interest to the research community. His office strives to support world-class research and discovery, innovation and commercialization. Furthermore, it provides faculty, students and staff with the highest quality of administrative services and a competitive infrastructure that will enable faculty to excel in their research, scholarly and artistic endeavors. The office is focused on building interdisciplinary collaborations, serving University faculty in their career development, and facilitating connections with industry. Dr. Gautam oversees the support organizations that assist University researchers both in obtaining and managing funding and in conducting research with integrity in a safe and healthy environment. The office is committed to creating an innovative ecosystem in the region and providing conditions that foster entrepreneurship and enhance economic development. Dr. Gautam strives to create an environment that will afford faculty to have career, personal and life balances.

He serves on several national and state advisory committees and on several boards of directors. Dr. Gautam received his doctorate in mechanical engineering from West Virginia University in 1989 and his master’s in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in 1984.

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