Dr. Susan Hackwood

Susan Hackwood is currently Executive Director of the California Council on Science and Technology, and Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of California, Riverside. Dr. Hackwood received a Ph.D. in Solid State Ionics in 1979 from DeMontfort University, UK. Before joining academia, she was Department Head of Device Robotics Technology Research at AT&T Bell Labs. In 1984 she joined the University of California, Santa Barbara as Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and was founder and Director of the National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center for Robotic Systems in Microelectronics. In 1990, Dr. Hackwood became the founding Dean of the Bourns College of Engineering at the University of California, Riverside. Dr. Hackwood's current research interests include science and technology policy, innovation mechanisms, distributed asynchronous signal processing and cellular robot systems. Dr. Hackwood has published over 140 technical publications and holds seven patents. Dr. Hackwood has worked extensively with industry, academic and government partnerships to identify policy issues of importance to the country's citizens. She has also served on the Board of Directors and consults on new product development for several electronics companies.