For release March 3, 2006
Dr. Greg Sedrick will speak at a meeting of
the American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM) in
Knoxville March 9.
A professor of Industrial and Information Engineering at The
University of Tennessee Space Institute, Sedrick also is
executive director of The New Economy Institute (NEI) that
manages the Workforce Aging Management Program Initiative in
seven districts of the Tennessee Valley Technology Corridor.
The program, preceded by a social hour at 6 p.m. and dinner at
7, will be held at Rothchilds, 8807 Cedar Bluff Road on Kingston
Pike.
Sedrick’s focus will be on “The Economic Development and
Opportunity in the Tennessee Valley Through Innovation and
Emerging Technology.” He will address Congressman Zach Wamp’s
efforts to provide free training to engineers, scientists,
technicians and mathematicians for career development. He also
will talk about the state’s upcoming economic development effort
labeled “the Innovation Tennessee Roadmap.”
Positions held by Sedrick in the past include serving as the
State Executive Director of the Tennessee Small Business
Development Center Network. He joined the Space Institute’s
full-time faculty early this year and is in the process of
locating NEI at UTSI.
DR. GREG SEDRICK
Writer: Weldon Payne (931) 393-7222
wpayne@utsi.edu
