Jim Von Ehr, founder and CEO of Zyvex Corporation, is also an alumnus of MSU's Department of Computer Science and Engineering and is a member of CSE's Strategic Partners Council. Jim Von Ehr was invited by Senator George Allen to testify before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation at a full committee hearing on S.189, the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act. Jim gave an industry perspective on the bill and its potential effect on the budding nanotechnology field.

The full text of Jim Von Ehr's testimony on May 1, 2003 is available at: http://commerce.senate.gov/hearings/testimony.cfm?id=745&wit_id=2015.

A brief description of Senate bill S.189 can be found at: http://olpa.od.nih.gov/tracking/senate_bills/session1/s-189.asp.

For further information about this announcement, please contact CSE Professor and Chairperson, Wayne Dyksen.